Can anyone tell me how i would go about importing a figure(with textures hopefully) into Bryce. Like most that will answer this already know i'm new to using Bryce, have no clue on using Poser or anyother 3d modeling program so i might be asking a lot of questions on this subject until i get it correct :) Got an idea for a project, found a great car model(HotRodHurstCG) in the freebies, now i need at least 2 human models to place in the same project.

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If you export as an object from poser then you can import and use the image textures in Bryce. This tutorial onsite covers the subject well.

usually, you'll get asked to find the given texture (like..Malefigposer4..just made that up)..if you know where the textures are actually stored (start with Poser4runtimetextures..though sometimes they're not there). It does pay off in the end. Oh, and one Bryce 'gotcha'..texture the outer eyeball with the first glass mat in your standard materials..have fun.

It's eye_4 and eye_5 that have be glass textured with Poser 5 figures.

Ok, would you like to read my post again please. I did state in it somewhere that i have NO clue on using Poser or anyother 3d modeling program. Now if that is the only way that i am going to be able to do this then i'll stick to the more mundane things that can be done with Bryce like the landscapes, sci-fi or whatever else i can do that won't include any human figures that are made in Poser. Thank you for your information.

Here's a link to some helpful newbie Poser questions, such as yours about importing files to Bryce. Scroll all the way to the bottom and you will find additional links. http://www.posertutor.com/newuser/newuser.htm My suggestion to you though is that you have a bit more patience or you won't last 5 minutes trying to get these programs to work together. There's a million tutuorials out there that will teach you the basics, hopefully my link above will help you get started. Good luck!

You can also use photos on a flat plane in Bryce. These could be photos from the web, magazines or even a digital photo of yourself or one scanned into the computer. It's a neat trick to put yourself into some fancy car and make it look real. If this interests you then you need to learn how to use the leonardo tool on your bryce desktop.

sorry guys maybe i should explain myself a bit better, i'm not interested in using Poser or anyother 3d modeling program at the moment. I want to do things in Bryce first then maybe look at starting to use Poser, DAZ-studio, Lightwave, Maya or one of the many other 3d modeling programs out there. Thanks anyway all, i'll just put this prject on the back burner for now and keep messing around with other models i can use without asking for help.

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Jeez, I just started using Bryce about 2 weeks ago, and I haven't used Poser until last Thursday and I already successfully imported a custom made Poser figure I made (clothing and all, no hair though) into my Bryce scene. I found it relatively easy, and I'm no genius. I just browsed around here, asked a few questions and did step by step instructions. I don't want to sound patronizing but it sounds like you're trying to drive a F1 car in the Grand Prix by saying "I'm not interested in learning how to drive, I just want to race". I'm puzzled. I takes time and patience to do the simplest stuff and Poser and Bryce are moronically easy compared to something like Alias Wavefront's Maya. Anyway, if at any time you're ready to import a Poser figure into Bryce here's the tutorial I used... (above)

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bandolin, maybe i did sound a bit wrong in what i was saying. I would like to learn how to do things in Bryce then i will start to use poser at a later date. I have two 3d modeling programs on my computer and to be totally honest with you i get completely lost when i open either of them. so for now i'll stay with learning Bryce then maybe one of them or poser in the future. Like the saying goes, you have to crawl before you can start to walk :)

The Robinwood tutorials are amazing. You can go all the way to an intermediate level in Bryce with those tutes.

yep guess you can if you are just starting out using poser, i'm not "Yet" maybe later on i will do. Until then i'll just keep playing around with Bryce, sooner or later if things keep going the way they are i'll go back to my trusty HB Pencil and scetch pad and not bother with any of this gear. I'm wanting to use and learn Bryce but it seems you lot just keep on about Poser and are trying to get me using that even though i have stated a couple of times "I am not interested in using Poser or anyother 3d modeling program just yet". So i'll just give up asking for help on anything to do with Bryce on this forum, maybe i can find one on the net that only deals with helping new users of Bryce and wont tried push them into using something they are not interested in using until a later date. Thanks guys, i started losing interest in Bryce until some kind people on this forum answered a post i did and encouraged me to keep going with it, you lot in less than 24 hours have put me back to where i was thinking of removing it from my computer and not bothering about it or anything to do with the 3d art world.

Umm...well...in your thread title you did ask how to put a poser mesh into bryce. That does require you to firstly get the mesh out of poser. Anyway, if you don't want to go with poser, but still want a figure you can pose into a sitting person shape, twistedbolt (I think) made a human figure for use in bryce. I'm not sure where it is, but it may give you a bryce only option (just get in touch with him).

http://www.robinwood.com/Catalog/Technical/BryceTuts/BryceTutSet.html These Robinwood Tutes are PURE Bryce, since you are so dead set against digging a bit deeper for what you need, this is the direct link. Honestly to me it sounds like you just want a reason to give up. All the people here were trying to help you, you should be ashamed of coming back with the attitude you did. Bryce takes a ton of patience and I don't think you have enough.

Thanks for the link karineq. I'm sorry for my attitude in my posting but to me when someone asks for help with Bryce then that is what they should be getting help on not on poser or anyother 3d modeling program. That is why my attitued was bad. Anyway maybe one day i'll know or i will get an answer to my first posting about importing Poser meshes/models into Bryce, esecially human models :) Take care and have fun 3ding :)

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if you do get around to Poser, look for Dr. Geep's tutorials here..very basic, but very informative.

Ummm...lunartick you did get your answer to getting Poser meshes into Bryce. What you may seem to be missing is that in order to do that you must first EXPORT the mesh out of Poser as an .obj file THEN IMPORT it into Bryce. You cannot use straight Poser meshes in Bryce and once Imported they cannot then be reposed without going back into Poser, correcting the pose then exporting again. Maybe in Bryce 6 this will be possible but not now.

You were given your answer and you chose to ignore and become snotty about it because it involved you having to delve into another program to do what you want. Not everything can be done in Bryce and some things require work-arounds and using other programs to do it.

You stated you wanted Poser figures in a scene and were given the way to do it, then stated you had no interest in using Poser because you didn't yet understand it all and were given easy tutorials on Poser. Those people were simply trying to help you achieve what you wanted and weren't "pushing" other programs on you. You chose not to use it, that is your choice to do that and when you are ready you can come back to this post and use the info that people gave you to use Poser.

This is the best forum on the net for asking and finding out the ins and outs of Bryce. I'll also add my standard speil about getting Real World Bryce to learn the details of Bryce.

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Aldaron, i can totally understand what you and everyone else is saying or trying to do. I'm sorry about my attitude towards those that were just pointing me in a direction that was to help me with a solution for what i would like to do.

At the moment i would just like to try and stick with learning Bryce and later on move into the world of doing 3d models. What i said about using Poser or anyother 3d modeling program i may have said in the wrong way, I'm interested in being able to use something in that line of the 3d art world but just not yet.

With my age, medical problems and other things going on in my life i have a hard time with learning Bryce at the moment let alone anything else.

Sorry all for sounding rude and un-appreciative for your help, i didn't mean to sound that way at all. I blame myself for not reading your post correctly and realising you guys were only trying to help me out with my problem.

Thanks again and one day i will look at the use/learning of Poser and i hope that you all are around then to give me the same kind of help you gave here :)

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As Aldaron said - "This is the best forum on the net for asking and finding out the ins and outs of Bryce." Ask questions when you find something you don't understand or hit a block or just post wips (work in progress shots) showing us what you're doing and you'll be sure to get several people answering and trying to help out or offer suggestions. Very creative and knowledgable group here. And welcome to that group, LunarTick :)