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This VrayScatter video is woven from the fabric of awesome! VrayScatter Demo from Alde on Vimeo . And here are some handy VrayScatter tutorials (13 of them!) on mentalscatter.com: http://www.mentalscatter.com/tutblog/?cat=3&paged=2 VRayScatter 2.5.5 is a plugin for Autodesk 3ds max 2010 and VRay The key features are: Generation and scattering massive arrays of VRayProxy by surfaces Capability of creation huge amount of objects in array Quick rendertime generation of objects with optimized RAM management Random transformations (scale, rotation) of objects in array Distribution of objects based on bitmaps or procedural maps Scaling of objects based on bitmaps or procedural maps Realtime viewport preview of objects placement Support of animated VRayProxy Different types of viewport preview of objects Special procedural map the VRayScatterTexture 64-bit support

Peter Guthrie has the beginnings of a kick ass tutorial on how to make a grass meadow, using VRayProxy objects and VRayScatter. VRayScatter is a plugin that you can get here or here The tutorial is here