Creating a Palm Plant

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Export your map from the file menu and save it- here is the comparison between 2 filters.

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We are done with normal mapping. Now its time to create the other maps.
Open up your version of Photoshop or any other image editing program and import the diffuse map supplied along this tutorial. With the magic tool select all the white background and hit delete.

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Fill the background with the white color by adding new layer underneath with the paint bucket tool, and fill the leaf shape with white color as same you did with background, save it as opacity.

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Let’s create the specular map next. Again, with the same diffuse map selected from the image menu in Photoshop select Black and White option and follow along the image below.

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Delete the background and fill it with the a lighter color of the same color, as you can see on the image below.

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Set the textures to appropriate slots and apply it to the leafs, now you should have something like the image below.

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Select the plant pot and add your texture. Then add the UV Map and set it as box.
Lastly, add a mesh smooth modifier with iteration of 2

Final Results

So here are the final renders.

final image with wireframe

Same image without wireframe

And another render for good measure

And we have finished the tutorial! Now you will be able to work with your own plants, this is useful if you are into architectural visualization, if you got any question or feedback please feel free to shoot me a message

Good luck with your modelling!

Aziz Khan

Plant Textures

Also, you will be needing these textures or you are more than welcome to use your own, download the textures from here: Leaf Sample Texture.