I am considering purchasing the aforementioned software, but I am curious if anyone has any experience using it with GameStudio.

I just want to make sure that it will export to a format that GS will accurately import.

According to their website it will export to .X and milkshape .TXT files, which GS should be able to read, but before I go spending an extra $45 I wanna make completely sure.

Thanks,

treemagic is great it will export to a lot of formats .x and obj being the better options for importing into med. i assume plant life would have the same export options

I bought Treemagik G3. You can export it to .x and read it instantly with MED and save it as MDL. The workflow is very good, so you shouldnt hesitate to buy it.

its pretty awesome, I love the gnarly roots it can make

Awesome, just what I wanted to hear

Thanks a lot guys, I appreciate it!

Good choice it's a little tricky but doable.

I wish I would have known that TreeMagik doesn't export into a texture format that MED can use.. It generates PNG and JPG files, and MED will only open BMP, PCX, TGA, and DDS.

I can convert the files to BMP and PCX, but for some reason the leaves lose their transparency.

Do I need to set the alpha somehow?

EDIT:
I figured out how to convert to a format that supports transparent layers (TGA) using photoshop, but in order to create the alpha channel, I have to go through and manually lasso every area of white around the leaves, which is very time consuming. Perhaps someone knows of a way to highlight all of the transparent color quickly?

Thanks,

Which format are you trying to convert to tga? jpg doesn't support transparency, so you have to convert png to tga or dds

TreeMagik G3 supports TGA's. But the program is buggy as all hell, and I've found that to keep it from crashing, all the image types in, say, the leafskins directory (or any of the skins directories) have to be the exact same type--if you mix a .bmp in with the tga's for example, the program will crash when you go to select a skin.

I used .X to export and them import into MED with no problem.

@Shadow969

I used photoshop to convert the png to a tga, but the problem is that it doesn't seem to preserve the transparency across. I can import my tree just fine, but it will show the giant white background around the leaves. I can go into photoshop and create my own alpha channel for it, but I have to go through and highlight every little chunk of whitespace between the leaves with the magic lasso to do that. I was just hoping there was an easier way to select all of the white space at once.

@Galen

I haven't had a problem with it crashing yet, but are you saying that I can convert all of the skins in the skins to one format (tga), and it'll use those skins? I have no problem importing .x files into med either, I just can't seem to get photoshop to preserve the transparency from the png file to the tga file.

Thanks for your replies,