Well, firstly.....Welcome! Secondly...you've come to the right place to learn. I've been using Bryce, (beit Bryce 3d, Bryce 4,5 and 5.5c) for quite a few years now and I'm still learning. There are thousands of great sites on how to learn in Bryce but, you have one hell of a Brycer crew here and need only to ask and you will get more than you can bare!! LOL. Dan (above) has given you one of the main learning centers in which covers most of your problems on 'How to' in Bryce. Another learning process is to follow the names of people using this Bryce forum, scan their galleries and ask them how they made the pictures you liked. You will be amazed how many times I've used this to learn. You will also find many people (As Dan mentioned above) use other modeling programmes and then import it into Bryce for better rendering, lighting or compositions. You will pick up many ideas as you go along and stop to wonder how it was made.....again, just ask. I hope to view your gallery very soon and also learn from you too. Happy Brycing!! Marc :)

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