anything in the Susan Kitchens book should be relevant to B5 and 6 (being the weirdo I am, I have B4 and B5 free, and B5 spendy..;) Though I don't have the book...;)

What I did was to just start playing with what came with the package. It's a right of passage to make a reflective sphere over water, but you don't have to..;) If you go back through this forum, searching on terms, you'll find dozens (hundreds..;) of mini tuts on how to do things.

there's also tuts all over the web. There's so many tuts, 1 or 2 should be helpful. I started doing Bryce about 5 years ago, so some are missing. But the important thing is, is don't be afraid to ask questions (Poser forum, for some silly reason, starts a lot of questions with 'I know I'm stupid'...well, you're not. You have Bryce, don't you?..;)

Also, you don't have to master every facet of the program to make art. I've never created a mat, done animation, or sculpted a shape in the Terrain editor (successfully, that is..;)

As for Poser, they don't make a perfect fit, and there are some things that cause problems between the 2 (the white, blank eyeballs, dynamic hair and clothes not importing, smoothing problems on models, etc), but they can be made to play well together.  Don't be afraid to ask about things in the Poser forum as well.

You can do Poser/Bryce pics in 2 directions. One, I do more than others, is to make a background in Bryce, then import it,as a background, into Poser. Gives a sense of depth to the Poser pic. Just match the lighting colors and angles from Bryce to Poser, and they'll blend well.

The other way is to import Poser figures into Bryce. Daz Studio does this slightly better (there's long debates in the Poser forum as to which is better..;), because frankly, they have the code for both sides of the transfer..;) Poser can export figures, except for dynamic clothing (well, there's supposedly a way, but it's over my head..;) There's a program called Grouper, here in freebies, that will keep all the Poser textures together for the export. Usually you'll pose and texture the figure in Poser, then export the object to Bryce.

It will come; i didn't learn all this overnight. Just play with the programs, make mistakes, try new things, and ask questions. I've seen many a person start out, then breeze past me into Bryce stardom. It could happen to you.

I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit

anahl nathrak uth vas betude doth yel dyenvey..;)