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Hi all Ive recieved about 10 emails over the past few weeks regarding print resolution...I assume this is because of 3dworldmag..(just guessing). anyhow, I have made a print resolution tutorial..it includes a calculator that will do the calculations automatically for those that just want an answer and now how to do it. http://www.brycetech.com/tutor/bryce/bryceinprint.html also, I have updated the rain tutorial...it now includes another method for making rain as well as how to use the new method to create snow. http://www.brycetech.com/tutor/bryce/rain.html hope this helps someone :) BT

Bitchin'! Both are excellent and downloaded! The rain one is the best! I never knew you could do that in Bryce!

Sweet dcrich , About the mag? did you do a tut for it? Hawkfyr

not yet hawkfyr, I thought about putting them there first before putting them on the internet...but thats hardly fair to the people that dont get the mag. It is a really cool mag if you havent seen it. I hope that they broaden the spectrum of coverage tho...its fun to read about the big programs, but hardly practical in relation to what we use. However, I enjoy reading it and then trying to make Bryce to the things that they do...I actually think I can do real fur in Bryce now, but making a tute about it would be next to impossible sigh later BT

Attached Link: http://www.geocities.com/hawkfyr/Tutorials/tut.htm

Thanks , I do have the second issue(the one with Bryce3 I got it so my son could have a registerd version). But I was recently discussing this mag with someone over at the other site. seems they have a "Splash" tutorial for Bryce. I'm thinking of giving myself a subscrition(and all back issues) for a holiday Present. By the way, I would be honored if you would take a look at my Terrain tileing tutorial, and give me your opinion on it. At your liesure of corse. Thanks Hawkfyr

I heard someone mention that this had a bug in it early in 4.0 (and maybe 4.1?) something about spaces being left between the tiling...but by your image, they fixed that. to be honest, Ive never used it but its a nice feature... about the tute, my only suggestion would be to put the text next to the image so one could look at the image at the same time they are reading. For those "seasoned" the text would be great..for those "unseasoned", its just better "tute" practice to give both...makes everybody happy :) oh...I saw one typo, (dont ya hate that...you can read it over and over and over and they STILL get by!) Note : Using the Shift(opt) key with the Arrow keys will double the distance the object it moved. should be: Note : Using the Shift(opt) key with the Arrow keys will double the distance the object is moved. (it-->is) definitely need to let people know about that tute, it will help a lot of 'em. Id make a big noise about it if I were you so lotsa people would see it and pass it on more readily. later BT

Wow,, thank you , in all fairness.I'm still running the MetaCreations patch. and I did have to zoom in real (and I mean really close) and use the pan tool to get better alignment(exact alignment actually). I tried snap to grid and other alignment options but they still left a seam. I guess I should modify the tutorial to reflect that huh? BTW which patch version are you using? heh yeah I hate the typo's ,I run it through a spellchecker but it didn't catch it(grammatical error). Thanks for pointing it out. I'll take your advice and place the images to the side, I agree that it would be easier to follow that way with allot less scrolling back and forth. I really appreciate you taking the time to look it over for me. It's actually my first tutorial. I've always admired your( and Debbie, Gods Rest her soul) work and research in the Bryce community. Thanks again Hawkfyr

Im running the new corel patch. Thus far, it and winME are in total agreement :) and I love the new mapping options they added...very simple changes, but invaluable. Ive only heard of a few problems with their new patch...mostly Mac stuff..which can be expected since Corel isnt really a "mac" group. I have high hopes for them and B5...especially since the uproar that the first 4.1 patch caused with all the bugs. Based on what the folks say that went to B2000 camp, Im very interested in seeing what they do...just so long as they dont screw it up, I welcome any/all changes. I did finally manage to crash winME with this patch...but it took some effort...I crashed it making the "snow" scene above...see I created that whole forest of trees (all 3d models) and as is standard "snow" practice, I duplicated the whole forest and raised it just a smidge...then I went to applying the transparency maps...I guess it was too much RAM swapping...(I'd have hated to actually save that file to see the size itd have been quite scary ;)) cant wait to get a new computer...one that removes the RAM limitation.. and about the tute, if you had to do all that nudging stuff to make it work properly...should most definitely add that...never make a tute that is misleading, if you have to do something a little tedious, the reader needs to know they have to, otherwise the "unseasoned" will think they are making mistakes, and that is very discouraging to them :) later BT

Thanks BT, I'll do some more screenshots to illustrate the nudging, I actually found an efficient way to do it where you actually only have to nudge "Groups"instead of nudging each individual terrain. So Thanks for the suggestion on that one. I may break down and run the new patch. I'll just back up all my presets just in case. I was pretty exited about the new features also. but I was one of the guinea pig for the first real corel upgrade( not just the splashscreen one). it was followed shortly thereafter with The now latest patch,Which I have not yet tried, I guess I was still a bit cautious after the first release. Thanks again, You've been most helpful. I'll be sure to let you know when I make the changes. I have a nice long 4 day weekend to get caught up on some stuff so it will be soon. Hawkfyr

lol the first real corel update/patch ahh the memories glad that thing went the way of the dodo bird ;) lemme know when you update the tute, I'd like to see it :) later BT

lol Thanks I'm working on it right now and I'm having trouble getting the wrap to work . I'm useing Word 97. I dont know how to do it. I'd rather not re write the whole thing. Text stops either at the top or bottom of the image. any suggestions? Thanks Hawkfyr

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okay ...BT Ignore that wrapping stuff I wrote, I figured it out. I have what I think is the finishing touches on the tutorial, Would you mind taking one more look? At your leisure of course Thanks Hawkfyr

almost every image is broken (this computer has ie4 on it)...Im assuming you have spaces in the image names? Sometimes they just wont work...try removing them and lemme know when you get that fixed btw, at the bottom..if you really want to put any credits to me, please put "BT" instead of "dcrich" thanx BT

Broken? really? Hmm nobody else told me that....I'll check it. I was carefull to use all lower case with no spaces. I'll get right on that. And I'll drop the Dcrich and just leave the BT. Thanks again Hawkfyr

I've tried to get into Geocities and it seems that they're down right now, That might have been the problem. I'll try it again later. Hawkfyr

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well with url's like: file:///c:/my%20documents/my%20tutorials/tut_files/nogap.jpg its most definitely a bad link :P need to change those...I just looked at it again and they are still down, that is one of the actual image links cut/pasted for you to see later BT

Thanks BT, I'll get to it today If I can get in. Beautiful image BTW 8 ) Hawkfyr

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okay this is it.. It turns out I was formating using absolute path's fixed now...Last time I bother you with it. I swear(well maybe not swear....lol) Thanks for all of your help BT Hawkfyr

ok I do have one more suggestion... just to prove the point...click "print" and see what happens... white on black does not print anything in most all cases... Brycetech used to be white on black, but there were so many complaints about the lack of print ability that this was changed...hope you can benefit from our/my early errors :) BT

Thanks BT, My printer has been down for months.I'll print it out on my kids PC tomorrow. I thought there was an option to print text only from browsers. But I'll see, I had never thought about that, Thanks again for all the help BT, I really appreciate your time. Hawkfyr