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How to better optimize Cycles render

I have a pretty complex scene made up of 15 sapling trees (which are all duplicates of each other), each with leaves. Obviously this means I have really long render times. While rendering I noticed ...
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What is the best way to reduce polycount of the leaves

I have a small desk plant tree I modeled in Blender (using the Tree Sapling Generator) and it might be used in a game. It has a high polycount, so I've tried decimating it with the Decimate modifier ...
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Sapling tree addon - improper leaves

I am using Blender 2.78c and trying to make a tree. When I decide the size, shape, variation of my tree, I add the leaves. Everything looks fine, but when I add the leaf material, the leaves get ...
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Why isn't my sapling rendering?

I have set up a fairly simple scene and have gone through the process of making and animating a sapling. I left it as a curve and applied a material to it. When I hit render, the tree doesn't show at ...
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Reduce "Synchronizing Object" time for Tree Curve

I've set up a sapling curve using the tree add on. I've left it as an animated curve. When I go to render in cycles, the rest of the scene Synchronizes fine, but then I get stuck with the message "...
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Can I use the sapling addon in Blender render instead of Cycles

I have created a scene in blender render and looking to add trees, and now I only see tutorials to make sapling trees in cycles, not blender render. I cant see how to key out the black alpha parts of ...
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UV unwrap sapling in cycles

I have tried to UV unwrap a tree's branches that I have created in Blender. However when I switch into Edit mode and press the U key for the Unwrap menu nothing shows up. Is there something I am ...
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How do I randomize the movement of trees made with the sapling generator?

I've made a couple trees/bushes with the Sapling add-on and then distributed them over a landscape with a hair particle system. The original trees have a "swaying in the wind" animation and when they ...
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