You’ll see a rendering of your tree in the large preview panel. Here’s how the dialog box looks when you first open it.

A Scripted Patterns pop-up will appear at the bottom choose Tree from the bottom of the list. To access it, choose Edit > Fill, then choose Pattern from the Contents/Use pop-up menu at the top of the window. Choose Layer > New > Layer, and call the layer Tree so you can identify it easily later. Otherwise, your tree will be burned into the background layer, and you won’t be able to either move it or adjust it easily. It may sound obvious, but before you start building trees, you should make a new layer for them to sit on. We’ll plant a tree to replace that yellow traffic bollard on the right. It’s a view of London’s Houses of Parliament, and it’s just crying out for some natural enhancement. In the first part of this tutorial, we’ll see how to use the settings to control the effect in Part 2, we’ll go on to see how to make the tree look more like it belongs in this environment. Despite its quirks, it’s an excellent way of adding foliage to your montages. The tree generator is a curious enhancement, with a live preview showing some but by no means all of the available effects. To a limited extent, you’re also able to set the angle of view. You’re able to pick from 22 different varieties, and to control many aspects of their appearance including the amount of leaf cover, the color of the leaves and the lighting direction.

One of the more surprising features in the latest update to Photoshop CC is its newfound ability to create trees.

Photoshop render trees plan view