LogInGrowFX could be an alternative to SpeedTree.
Have you been looking for a SpeedTree alternative that can help you saturate your 3D scenes with trees and various plants? Then perhaps GrowFX can become such a solution for you.
This 3ds Max plug-in allows you to generate and animate vegetation, creating realistic assets of any shape. With its special technology Meta mesh, it is possible to combine a trunk and branches into one surface with smooth transitions at the points of contact.
Moreover, you can make climbing and trailing plants by using path reactions to other objects in the scene. There is also a Spline direction modifier, which will let you use interpolation between different splines, creating smooth transitions.
In GrowFX, you can animate almost all parameters and create any plant animation. The Affects mechanism will make parameters influence others so you don't have to configure animation by hand.
Finally, there is a mesh builder called Instanced Geometry, which allows using any geometric objects and even entire object hierarchies to create leaves, flowers, fruit, and many other objects.
GrowFX 2.0.1, the latest version of the software, is compatible with 3ds Max 2013+ and 3ds Max Design 2013, 2014, and 2015. Check it out here and join our 80 Level Talent platform and our Telegram channel, follow us on Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, TikTok, and Reddit, where we share breakdowns, the latest news, awesome artworks, and more.