CompuServe Messages

Stephen, 'Been there, done that' with the "x" trees. The problem lies with trying to find a soft, realistic look. I've even bought Gallery Effects for Photoshop to apply different techniques like watercolor and charcoal to the finished renderings- to no avail. All the criticisms come form comparing my hand drawn exterior renderings to the computer illustrations. Everyone is fine with everything except for "those funny looking plants (ie. Shreiber Nursery, or opacity mapped trees). I guess, untill the hardware can realistically ($) catch up to the software, there will always be a problem. Thanks for the input. Nick P.S. Are these photos of trees or computer generated renderings of trees that you use for your maps?