Forum: Bryce


Subject: A call to arms...

brycetech opened this issue on Sep 06, 2000 ยท 20 posts


thip posted Mon, 11 September 2000 at 2:54 PM

Hi, Brycetech - my two cents worth for Corel: As a hopelessly addicted Bryce user, I implore Corel to respect the program - and the sales opportunities such a respect will bring. Bryce has long been a favorite not only of its die-hard fans, but also of a vast number of occasional users (both pros and amateurs) who use it to provide their pictures with that special, enigmatic something which is peculiar to Bryce, the sheer visual beauty it gives to every render (two random checks could be tgs.com Amapi gallery or almost any issue of Computer Arts magazine). Bryce has plenty of room for improvement, to be sure. Vegetation, a faster renderer, more and better import options and infinite lights, to name a few. Anyone wanting to improve the program will have access to a ready-made, detailed wish list at Renderosity.com, just to name one place to check. Moreover, Bryce has a dedicated, highly knowledgeable user community who will be more than ready to provide suggestions and beta testing, given half the chance. But please: don't rush it. Good things are worth waiting for - if they ARE good! In the meantime, Bryce can be improved with very little tampering with the core program, simply by adding more and better import filters, more and better presets and library organization (such code exists already in the user comm), and perhaps by offering a bundling deal on vegetation (and other) tex/tran maps such as those of Marlinstudios or Gardenhose (I have no commercial interest in suggesting this, they are simply the only ones I know of). Bryce's handlling of pict tex's is second to none, and this aspect of the program is both one the most potent and the most under-used parts of it. One that would also tie in perfectly with the 2D capabilities of other Corel programs, by the way! Given such short- and long-term updates, Bryce would be a must-buy for the die-hards and a very attractive extra for the occasional users. Plus which, Bryce has been the first, seductive step from traditional to digital art for many an artist - yours truly among them - so there are armies of new users waiting in the wings, if only Bryce is allowed to grow to its full potential. Cheers, Thomas aka thip