I am not worried about the learning curve…I’m a quick study 😉 I also know about LOD (level of detail) and faking it with textures. I can’t use that for this particular 5 second scene. It is a camera fly (low angle – almost on the grass) of a golf tee box partially surrounded by trees / shrubs. The camera rotates around the golfball teed up with our logo on it and as the camera eases into a stop, a driver comes in and smacks the ball off the tee – tee spinning & flying straight up out of frame.
I thought about a bump or displacement map for the grass…but I won’t get blades of grass from that (like Paint Effects in Maya). Thanx for trying.
Anyone else have any GRASS / TREE / SHRUBBERY experience? PLEASE chime in…I would love to hear how it can be accomplished in C4D (plug-ins / modules / whatever).