Chris Stokel-Walker: In bloom: the secret history of the 3D-rendered trees of Photoshop (Input)
As the software enters its 30th year, a look back at one of its weirdest, most wonderful features.
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The idea is simple: you pick a tree species, change how voluminous you want your leaf count to be, on a sliding scale from zero to 100, and tinker with the size of the leaves and the height and thickness of the branches. Then fill the landscape with pre-rendered trees.