Chaos Corona 8 for 3ds Max - Control the distribution of grass, trees, and more with Chaos Scatter.

In this short video you will learn the basics of how to use Chaos Scatter to easily place trees, grass, and rocks in a landscape scene.

00:00 - Intro
00:09 - Add a Chaos Scatter object.
00:17 - Choose where to distribute your foliage.
00:25 - Add objects to be distributed (trees).
00:30 - Adjust the number of scattered instances to create.
00:46 - Adjust slope controls & fine-tune your distribution (stop trees from growing on cliffs).
01:03 - Set up a second Scatter for grass.
01:46 - Use spline objects to exclude specific areas (make a path through the grass).
01:55 - Fine-tune paths with distance controls.
02:10 - Each spline can have different settings (create multiple paths through the grass, which can all have different widths).
02:39 - Add a third scatter for bushes and wild flowers (spline excludes mean they will not appear on the paths).
02:43 - Add a fourth scatter for large rocks on the shore.
03:08 - Use closed splines for precise distribution (use spline includes to limit the large rocks to a specific area on the shore).
03:18 - ‘Avoid Collisions’ to control spacing of instances (avoid rocks overlapping each other).
03:30 - Final render.
03:36 - Try Chaos Corona.

[abhimanyu]

On 2016 i started working on interior rendering for my work. I used only trial versions at that time and the results were just amazing and realistic. I simply installed and started rendering, UI is very user-friendly and easy to understand. I would like to thanks the entire team who put efforts to create this magic. Now I'm not in the field now but I'm still exploring your new stuffs and following the updates. New chaos scatter is just wow. Thank you 😊

[bkzzzzz]

Thank you for making these videos. Chaos corona looks more advance. it is now very easy to do forest work without using any plugin.

[BharathidasanNatarajan]

We are using corona scatter for years and works incredible. We will be happy if this new Chaos scatter also part of V-Ray 😊. Looking forward to working with version 8👍

[punithaiu]

damn. chaos scatter can do almost everything that FP does for most use cases.. awesome!! is there a scatter tint variation map or something similar to forest color?

[kyubae]

If I have a scene with water (using a plane for the water) is there a way I can cut-off the scatter beneath (or above if necessary) a certain height? The splines work great for most things but not for this scenario, unless im doing it wrong

Great work on Corona 8, I love all the new features and improvements !!

[littlebear]

Is there a control for crisp boundaries? For example, the grass not falling outside of the sidewalks

[lukedarling]

Damn that preview render seems instant! Has corona 8 improved preview render times? Using a 2080 seems to still take quite a while to get previews

[BeckyMsouza]

Chaos Scatter button is missing in my 3dS Max. I've already uninstalled Corona 8 and installed again, but nothing changed.