There are a plethora of scattering tools available on the market, but because they often hitch themselves to a single DCC tool there isn’t always a huge amount of choice for your chosen DCC. We’ve reviewed two options for 3d Max, one for Cinema 4D and one that is linked to V-Ray and Corona renderers. If you’re a Rhino user there’s Rhino Nature, or Maya artists can make use of a MASH and SpeedTree workflow. If any of the scattering tools were to make themselves accessible across several of the main DCC tools, then I think they’d rake in the market share.

For the general feature set I think Forest Pack wins. It is comprehensive, extensive and benefits from regular updates, something that MultiScatter really lacks. Forester comes close, but only by purchasing the two expansion packs which adds several hundred pounds onto the cost of the software. Chaos Scatter is the newest beast to the market and this is shown in its more primitive set of features. Chaos Scatter will become stronger over the years, but if you need something that delivers on every front, right now, then you’ll need to find a different option.