Hi. I'm interested to use the image above in Bryce 5. How does one go about using it? Does it have to be a .jpg image or a bitmap? Can it be used as terrain? Any help is greatly appreciated!!! :)

2d pic on the left, terrain on the right. I used the image you posted without alteration. To create a 2d pic, pick the "Leo" icon on the create menu, then load in your pic. For the terrain, create a terrain, and in the terrain editor increase the resolution, load in your picture via the picture menu, smooth a few times and you'll have your terrain object. I inverted the terrain and used clipping on it to get the version you see here. Hope this helps.

P.S. A higher res pic would help the terrain look less bumpy.

BMP creates better bumpmaps since it doesn't create loos of detail. The bumpness in tjohn's example is because of the JPG-artefacts. A heavy edge perserving smooth in PSP might help to get rid of the JPG-artefact.

loos = loss bumpness = bumpyness

A bigger background might also help. You know, 768x768 pic where the actual cross takes only something like 300x300 pixels.

Another possibility. . . . Process a gray image to include several levels of brightness. . . . when the 2d image is assigned to the object, each matching area will have a different amount of relief height.

Wow guys, thatnks for the looks and the directions. I'll need to find a better pic or touch it up some but wow... I'm impressed with this stuff. Thanks a lot!!!! :D :D

A slight gaussian blur done to the terrain greyscale image using a 2D program will smooth the edges and make it look better as well. Also having a higher grid (resolution) setting on the terrain editor will usually result in a more sharply defined object. You can also have fun with using a black&white or greyscale copy used on the specular and reflective layers. By doing so you can have a reflective & shiny (metallic?) material combined with a plain colored one. I did something similar to this for an emblem I made for a car. (Dunno what I did with it though, maybe I should look huh?)

tjohn, Ok, I've been able to get the terrain image on Bryce but I can't figure out the clipping you are talking about. I'd like to make it just the way you have it in this post. How do I go about "clipping" it? Or is clipping another type of program.

Wind_Danzer: If you go into the terrain editor and click on the little icon the little red arrow is pointing to the gradient bar will appear on the right.

Click on the bottom of the bracket and drag up to clip from the bottom. Click and drag the top down to clip from the top.