Hi everyone ,Thanks for helping to get your Challenge Arena Started. For now, lets use the forum to post our information until we get a form to fill out. Just list the Applications you have to work with so people can Challenge you more efficiently. I Will be starting another thread to list theme's also so we can have a pool to choose from if needed. ANYONE AT ANYTIME can start a triangle Challenge so lets get our information out, so we can get this thing Rolling. And Remember SPREAD THE WORD Hawkfyr

Name: Traveler (Eric) Email: nimbus@telenet.net Programs/Level: Poser 4 (High), Rhino (High) , RDS (Beginner) , Bryce (Beginner) , Photoshop (High) , Painter (Beginner) , Fontographer (High) ;) , Amorphium (Moderate)

Name : Hawkfyr Programs/Level: Poser 3(intermediate/moderate) Bryce(Advanced/High) Photoshop(Beginner) Raydream(Beginner) UVMapper(Cant seem to grasp it)(Beginner) Diablo/Hellfire(Nightmare level)lol. . Traveler, What's Fontographer? Hawkfyr

It makes fonts

lol I Figgered that .does it make Mesh or 3D font's Hawkfyr

No it makes regular system typefaces

name:criticom programslevel: Poser4 (advanced)(not advanced with joint params.) Bryce4 (advanced) 3d max (beginer) psp(intermediate) imagination level(very advanced:)

Poser4 (moderate: can't figure out new figs/jps/anything like that) Bryce4 (advanced) 3DS Max (Better than beginner, not quite moderate) Rhino (Moderate) Photoshop 4 (moderate) Painter 5 (cheesy cartoon skills) Rosh

name: pam poser4/moderate bryce4/baby steps Photoshop/advanced Painter 6/advanced photopaint 8/just got it Rhino/just dl the eval,and totally lost

Oops I forgot to list versions. Poser 3 Bryce 4 Photoshop 5 Ray Dream 3d

Name: GeorgeD Bryce 4.0 - Advanced Poser 4.0 - Advanced (I don't use it for rendering though) PhotoShop 5.0 - Advanced 3D Studio 4.0 DOS - Advanced Organica - Advanced Rhino 1.1 - Moderate 3D Studio Max 3.1 - Beginer Deep Paint 3D - Moderate

Name: Stormrage programs/level bryce 4 (moderate) Poser 4 (Advanced) 3D Studio Max (beginner) Photoshop, Paintshop Pro (Advanced)KPT 6 (beginner) Painter (Beginner) Canoma (beginner) Infini D (beginner) RayDream (Beginner)

Name: Eshal Programs/Level Bryce4/intermediate Poser4/beginner (only use it for posing) Paintshop Pro 5 and 6 demo/above beginner not quite intermediate Painter Classic & 5.5/Beginner

Name: Bast (Lizzy Birdsong) Email: hbg@kreative.net Programs/level: Poser 4, Intermediate Photoshop, Expert Animatek World Builder, Intermediate 3d Studio Max, Intermediate Adobe Illustrator, Intermediate Flash, Intermediate Macromedia Freehand, Intermediate

Name: Hell^Dog email: helldog@helldog.i-p.com Progs/level: Poser4-Intermediate Bryce4-Intermediate 3DSMax-Beguinner Corel9-Master Photoshop-Master PaintShopPro-Master

Name: Phoenix email: arkainkas@roadrunner.nf.net Bryce 4 (advanced) Poser 4 (moderate) Photo-Paint 8 (advanced) I think i have painter here somewhere (beginner) RDS (The thing crashes on me atleast every 5min so beginner) Rhino (learning) Everything gets rendered in Bryce :P

Name: jstawarz Programs/levels: Bryce 4 (Intermediate) Poser 3 (Beginner) Raydream Studio 5(Beginner)(How do I start it again?) Photoshop 5.5 (Beginner) Have played with Rhino and sPatch so ...

Name: Glengarry Programs/Levels: Bryce2 (Intermediate) Painter3 (intermediate)

Well, I doubt that I'm as good as ANY of you so far but.. Name: Charles Brown (aka CEBrown) Programs/Levels: Poser 4/Moderate Bryce 4/Beginner Canoma 1/Pre-Beginner (got lost the first time I tried it, haven't been back...) PaintShopPro (with Xenofects and Eye Candy) 6.02/Moderate Had my computer crashed by a demo of Organica...

Name: Hoborg Programs/(Level) Poser 4/ high-moderate 3ds MAX/ beginner Truespace4/ Advanced Carrara 1/ Moderate Canoma 1/Beginner PSP 6/ Advanced Rhino 1/ Beginner AutoCAD 12/ moderate Notepad/ Expert That's all folks.

Name: Locke Poser 4/moderate Bryce 4/high-moderate Photoshop 5.5/advanced PiXELS 3D demo (a macintosh modeler)/beginner Painter Clasic/beginner

Name: Bone Email bone@tcac.net Poser/beginner Bryce 3/moderate Photoshop/advanced Paint Shop Pro/moderate Painter 3D/beginner I have modeling programs, but I'm no good at them yet. Still learning the UI and basics

Name: Xurge Email: Xurge@bellsouth.net Poser 4/Average Bryce 4/beginner Photoshop 5.0 and Plugins/advanced Corel Draw 9/Advanced UV Mapper/Average No modeling skills, good texturing skills, average graphic design skills.

Name: GhostofMacbeth Bryce 4.0 - Advanced Poser 4.0 - Advanced (don't render there though) PhotoShop 5.0 - Advanced Painter 5 Web: Beginner Ray Dream Studio 5.5: Beginner

Name: Karsten email: emailnow@gmx.de (yepp, a german :o)) i used an amiga for years with several graphicsoft and have done almost everything with it but i'm totally new to PCs and software like bryce, poser etc, though i have bought them all because it seems to be (sort of) my "destiny". Heres my list (beginner in almost every app) Bryce4 Photoshop5 (with several plugins KPT6, eycandy etc. low moderate level) Poser4 (well, at least i can pose a model and load a background-picture) 3DSmax 3.0 (uhoh..heavy to learn) Canoma 1.0 (the demo) Corel Draw and Photopaint8 (low moderate level) I'm looking forward to increase my knowledge during a challenge... see ya, Karsten

Name : Crescent Poser 4: Intermediate for all but lighting. Lighting-beginner Bryce 4: Intermediate Corel Photo: Beginner-Intermediate No plug-ins. 3ds Max: Beginner (Does it every get any easier?) Rhino: Beginner I'm best at cross-platform stuff. I may not figure out the right way to do things, but I can often kludge together something, taking about 3 times as long to do it and astounding everyone at how I can take something so easy and make it so complicated. ;-)

Name: Mav Apps.... Lets see.... Poser 4 Bryce 4 Photoshop 5 Carrara Canoma Strata Studio Painter 3D a bunch of pencils a bunch of pens I don't presume to guess my level of expertise.... :-) I suppose its low with Carrara and Canoma. Intermediate with Painter and pretty high with everything else.

I don't consider myself an expert at anything, that's up to the viewers of my creations to decide. :) Name: SnowSultan Poser 4: Experienced, primarily in my own "illustrender" technique and complicated posing. Photoshop 5.0: Intermediate, using almost entirely for post-render work/cloning. Bryce 4 Demo: Beginner (not being able to save doesn't help) Corel Photo-Paint 7: Average, use mostly for touch up work that Photoshop 5 is unsuited for. All work done by Wacom tablet...I don't even have a working mouse. :)

Name: ElektraLusion (Cris) Poser 4: Beginner Photoshop: Intermediate Painter: Very High (my principle program) Bryce 4: Beginner (just learning basics) Illustrator: better than Beginner All work done on a Wacom

NAME: SturkWurk (Douglas Sturk) Applications: Poser 4: Intermediate Bryce 4: Advanced Illustrator 8: Professional PhotoShop 5.5: Professional 3D Studio Max: Beginner Hash Animation Master: Beginner

Name: ratta Email: ratta@ratta.com Apps: Illustrator 7 Intermediate PhotoShop 5 Advanced FireWorks 3 Advanced Painter 5 Intermediate Bryce 3D Intermediate Painter 3D Baffled Poser 4 I guess I'm Ok with it Ray Dream Studio 5 Advanced Tree Pro Beginner

I want to play too! Name: anvilhead E-mail: j.barniskis@worldnet.att.net Apps:/level Poser4.x/Average to frustrated. Bryce4.x/Addicted. UVmapper/I understand the concept anyways. Photoshop4.1 le/Begginer. Elefont1(makes beveled dxf's from your fonts)/Pretty easy. Spiralizer1(makes dxf spirals/shells)/Also easy. L-System4(makes dxf plants/trees)/Can get it to work. Xara3d3(does raised 3d text with shadows)/Easy. Painter3d/Haven't had time. I have a large collection of models and morph targets.

Name: Verdie Ingram of Dreamspinner E-Mail: drmspinner@earthlink.net PROGRAMS: Bryce4: Intermediate? Don't know my level for certain Poser4:Fetus Level (haven't opened it yet) PlantStudio: New at it, but love it! PhotoShop4&5: Have only used 4 once PaintShopPro: Havent opened it yet Corel5: Novice, but like it PaintBrush: Good working knowledge ArtDabbler: Work well in, but it has it's limits I have a very large collection of materials and obp's And as most of you know I do a lot of Abstract Art, but love landscapes too.