2nd September 08
News for September 2008
Who created the render featured in the latest Jigsaw UK catalogue?
The latest Jigsaw Catalogue which includes "UK Designer trees & plants" features a SketchUp render by Stuart Mayhew. Stuart kindly created this render for us using some of the plants from "UK Designer trees & plants".
If you are looking for professional 3D landscaping images and concepts, we highly recommend
you contact Stuart Mayhew from Aspect Landesign.
For more information, make sure you visit this web site: http://www.landesign.com.au/
19th August 08
News for August 2008
Cadimage Tools & Trees of the South Pacific
Cadimage Tools, well known ArchiCAD add-on developers have developed a new Landscaping tool for ArchiCAD. They have converted Trees of the South Pacific for use in the new landscape tool which is available to purchase from their website.
For more information, please visit Cadimage Tools
Australian designer special
For our Australian visitors, please make sure you visit the 'Australian designer special' page. We have made available an Australian plant starter CD bundled with Trees of the South Pacific while we continue developing the more comprehensive Australian plant library.
Until Friday the 29th of August 2008 you get the 'Australian designer special' for just AU$89 (normally $135). We also offer free international air shipping to any destination.
This offer has now expired. We will accept cheque orders until 12/09/08 to allow for postal delays.
Melaleuca – paper bark tree Rendered in ArchiCAD
27th June 08
News for June 2008
New "free" page and "link" page added
Check out the new free page link at the top of this page, more content will be added in the future. We have also added a links page, if you would like your site added - send us an e-mail.
6 new Ozbreed plants completed
We have just completed another 6 Ozbreed plants which will be available soon.
New exclusive United Kingdom reseller
Enviro Graphic are pleased to announce Jigsaw Systems Ltd are the exclusive UK & Eire resellers for UK designer trees and plants.
UK designer trees and plants is similar to Trees of the South Pacific but includes extra content and every specie from this product grows extensively throughout the United Kingdom.
To find out more about this announcement, visit the Jigsaw portal here
For more information about Jigsaw Systems Ltd, visit this page.
New exclusive New Zealand reseller
Enviro Graphic are pleased to announce Professional CAD Systems Ltd are the exclusive New Zealand resellers for Trees of the South Pacific.
Professional CAD Systems Ltd are specialists in Architectural and Engineering CAD software.
To find out more about Professional CAD Systems Ltd, visit the web site
6 more Free Ozbreed plants almost ready
If you have been wondering when the next free Ozbreed plants will be available - the wait is almost over.
Another six free plants will be available to download from the Ozbreed site within the next two weeks.
8th May 08
News for May 2008
Australian native trees and plants update
An Australian native trees and plants development preview page will be available soon.
Initially we had intended to sell this product in parts, as a downloadable product.
We will be in negotiations at some stage with a potential reseller\distributor in Australia for this product and need to take this into account. It would be unfair to both our customers and the potential distributor to sell before the physical CD-Rom is complete.
A new development page with previews will be created, also - suggestions and feedback will be encouraged in terms of proposed plant species.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Andrew Dale
April 08
News for April 2008
Revit users update
With the growing use of Revit in architectural practices - we get a lot of inquiries from people wanting to use 'Trees of the South Pacific' content in architectural renders.
Revit uses a 'RPC' plug-in
produced by Archvision for content such as plants etc. Archvision owns the rights to 'RPC' content which excludes the distribution of 'RPC' files in any form whatsoever.
This means we can not create our products in 'RPC' format and sell to Revit users.
Revit users can however download a free 'RPC' content creator from Archvision. With the 'RPC' content creator, users can quickly convert our plants into 'RPC' files which will then work in Revit. To download the free 'RPC' creator, visit this link: http://www.archvision.com/RPCCreator.cfm?Category=1 .
Hopefully we can get more information from Archvision regarding distribution, if you would like further information please feel free to get in touch.
When will the Australian native plants become available?
The first eight Australian native plants will be available to purchase and download at the end of this month. At this stage we intend to sell the plants in bundles rather than individually with pricing for the first bundle of eight between $19 - $28.
We have had a lot of requests for various Australian species and are always keen to hear your suggestions. Likewise, if you have any digital photos of a plant you would like us to produce - please feel free to get in touch. If we end up using your supplied photo we will give you a free copy of the completed plant and add you to our Australian beta e-mail list.
Aspect Landesign - customer spotlight
Visit the new customer spotlight page featuring landscape renderings by talented designer Stuart Mayhew from Aspect Landesign in Melbourne. Stuart specialises in 3D landscape design and offers this service to landscape architects both in Australia and worldwide.
Australian native plants update
We are hoping to have the Australian native plants page up and running later this month. To view a recently completed 'Callistemon Kings Park Special' - visit the following links:
Partial composite at 100%:
http://www.envirographic.com/King_comp.JPG
ArchiCAD test render:
http://www.envirographic.com/King_archicad.JPG
Work is also progressing with the free Ozbreed range of plants. In case you missed the link - here is the download page: http://www.ozbreed.com.au/3DGraphics.html
Web Site changes
We will be making a few changes to the web site throughout this month so please feel free to contact us if you run into any technical problems.
23rd Jan 08
News for January 2008
Your renders needed
We will be updating the customer gallery shortly, so now is a good time to showcase some of your work using Enviro Graphic trees and plants. If you have any renders you would like us to include in the gallery, please send any images and info to Andrew
Australian native trees and plants update
The Australian native trees and plants library is still in production, more information including a preview page will be available soon. It is expected this library will be released on CD Rom in volumes of 20 species.
Changes to currency
Please be aware we will be making changes to the currency for online orders. With a growing international customer base the prices will change from $NZ to $US. Bank direct credit and cheques can still be made out in local currencies.
Revit expert needed
If you have a good working knowledge of Revit and are able to convert alpha channel plant graphics into camera facing objects for Revit - please contact andrew@envirographic.com
News for June
29 June 07
More information will be released in the next few weeks about the Australian native tree and plant Cd rom, for Australian customers who have purchased the package - I will be sending you an e-mail in the first week of July.
There will also be some good news for Revit users, keep an eye out on the product page in the coming weeks.
Andrew Dale
The bonus disc has now started shipping, previous "Trees Of The South Pacific vol.1" customers who have not received the disc by late next week - let us know. For our Australian customers, please allow an extra few days.
Customers who purchase "Trees Of The South Pacific vol.1" from today will have the bonus disc included in the package.
12th May 07
News for May
New Zealand customers:
Credit card transactions will be unavailable until 19/6/07.
You can still order Trees Of The South Pacific & Bonus disc for $99 + GST and delivery.
Please send an e-mail to sales@envirographic.com for direct credit and ordering information.
26th April 07
News for April
The bonus disc master will be sent next week for replication and printing, we will start sending them out as soon as they arrive. The edge painting on the kowhai tree alone took over fifty hours to complete, probably seventy hours to create the tree from start to finish.
We have 35 copies of "Trees Of The South Pacific" left at the special $99 price, the feedback from architects who have purchased the disc has been fantastic - so take this opportunity to get a copy before the price goes back up. All 35 $99 copies have now been sold.
30th March 07
Architects $99 special extended
After the success of the architects ten day Trees Of The South Pacific promotion, we have decided to extend the architects $99 special until our last 63 copies are sold. The normal price will apply thereafter when the next disc re-run arrives from our supplier.
Order Trees Of The South Pacific CD Rom & bonus disc for just $99 + GST (Normally$141.33 + GST)
March 07
Bonus Disc Update
The release date for the free bonus disc has now been delayed, we hope to have it shipped to all customers later this month or early next month.
For customers who have purchased Trees Of The South Pacific, if you need the finished plants for a project - send me an email and I will set up a download link so you can use them now.
February 07
The Animation LaunchPad
http://www.alp.co.nz
Jonathan Fowler, a digital effects producer from The Animation LaunchPad has kindly sent some images of his work utilising trees and plants from the Trees Of The South Pacific CD ROM.
Animation Launchpad creates 3d models of houses and apartment buildings, and then creates still images and animations from these.
Developers have also found this a very useful way of visualising their development from all angles and making any necessary adjustments.
The Enviro Graphic "Trees of the South Pacific" has been a great addition to place high quality images of native flora.
The images of the 3d houses supplied were used by 'Winstone Homes' to sell their homes on their website and in printed advertisements.
© Images copyright The Animation LaunchPad
Free tree bonus disc update
As mentioned in December, when you order Trees Of The South Pacific we will ship a free tree bonus disc in Feb 07 containing 10 high res NZ native trees and plants.
Customers who have already purchased Trees Of The South Pacific will also receive the bonus disc at no charge, we will be shipping the disc to the address you supplied when you ordered Trees Of The South Pacific, if your address has changed - please let us know as soon as possible.
There will be more great news in April regarding a second free bonus disc - until then here are the 10 bonus trees and plants shipping this month including an update to the Pohutukawa from Trees Of The South Pacific.
To see a small section of the first two trees at 100% click here and here.
*Please be aware, to keep the file size down we have had to reduce the preview quality.
NZ native grasses
Here are some more shots of NZ native grasses in production, at this stage we intend to produce a cd rom containing 30-40 unique NZ grasses. The price and release date are yet to be decided.
Like all our alpha channel images they are hand traced and the edges are hand painted so they render beautifully in 3d or 2d software.
December 06
Free tree bonus disc
Order Trees Of The South Pacific now - and we will ship a free tree bonus disc in Feb 07 containing 10 high res NZ native trees and plants. The disc will include ferns, grass, plants and updates to some of the trees from the first disc, see below for some of the new plants included on the disc.
Customers who have already purchased Trees Of The South Pacific will also receive the bonus disc at no charge. The retail price for the bonus disc is still to be worked out, so now is a good time to get a free copy by ordering Trees Of The South Pacific .
December 06
Preview
Below are some NZ grasses currently in progress, we are always interested in your suggestions for new products - feel free to use the suggestion box and let us know what you want.
