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SpeedTree® For Unity® 5 Beta Launched with $19/Month Modeler

Unity® 5, now released in beta and available for preorder, includes the first run-time integration with SpeedTree®, meaning the game industry’s premier vegetation may now be used directly with Unity Technologies’ popular engine. Unity 5 users who want to add dynamic, animated SpeedTree tree and plant models to their projects may download four free sample […]

Using SpeedTree to Match Concept Art (Time-Lapse Video)

In this 90-second video, we use the SpeedTree Modeler to create a tree from scratch, using concept art imported and placed directly in the scene. Textures and auxiliary scene meshes are pulled from our library, but everything else is created on-the-fly. All features shown, except seasonal change, are available in most versions of the SpeedTree […]

SpeedTree for UE4 Tree Sale Through October 31

4 Scary Trees, 7 New Trees, and Introducing: Tree Packs! SpeedTree for Unreal Engine 4 Subscription was launched on July 16, to much cheering and clapping of hands. Three months later, it’s time for us to give back. So we’re launching a sale of our four scariest models, seven newest models, and something we’ve never […]

Discounts on SpeedTree Studio, Architect and Tree Models Through October 12

Until October 12, get significant savings on SpeedTree Studio, SpeedTree Architect and all the trees you can use with them! SpeedTree Studio, regularly $895, is $595 ($300 off!) SpeedTree Architect, regularly $495, is $345 ($150 off!) And all VFX trees are half off! The sale applies only to VFX trees as listed at the “Version 7” […]

UE4 ArchViz Cited for Exceptional SpeedTree® Foliage & Lighting

It seems game developers are not the only users excited about Epic’s Unreal Engine 4 with SpeedTree integration.  As cited by Architectural Visualization blogger Ronen Bekerman in a recent post, the popular engine has been used to create a “drop dead gorgeous” ArchViz test by Koola.  Several videos and images were also posted on Koola’s […]

Five New UE4 Trees On Sale

Sadly, our all-trees grand opening sale has ended, but we’ve added five new tree models that are all currently 33% off! They are: Red Maple Rough Grass Snake Weed SpeedWeed™ Colorado Blue Spruce Also, we’ve added a new category just for trees that are currently on sale. What makes SpeedTree models so special? How many […]

Update Available for UE4 Subscribers as of July 22, 2014

SpeedTree for UE4 Subscription v7.0.7, released July 22, 2014, includes our first version for Mac OSX. The new release also improves lightmap UV generation in the Modeler, permitting you to tune for a small texture and see the results immediately on a larger texture without disrupting the layout.  This technique allows you to tune for very […]

UE4 Tree Store Open!

The official Unreal Engine 4.3 release is out! We’re proud to finally introduce our small library of tree models just for UE 4.3 users. It’s small because we’ve packed a lot into each species — drop-in UE 4.3 ready, very efficient lightmap-ready UVs, tuned LOD & wind, multiple resolutions, and much more. List price for […]