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Now back in the shader room, drag the leaf shader from the
browser to the shading domain for the leaf part of the plant.
Another tip for shading: Take your leaf texture into your
photo program and lighten it a little and increase the intensity
a little and put that image into the translucency channel of the
shader. You might want to darken the original image also. This
will make for more realism when rendering with light through
transparency. With some leaf images it is possible to create
a bump map from the photo also, depending on the image.
Play with the shininess and highlight also. This type of leaf
is quick to load and render and is good for a wide range of
small plants and trees. Even complex shapes can be used.
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