Forum: Bryce


Subject: Original Bryce

Sambucus opened this issue on Apr 04, 2008 · 27 posts


scotttucker3d posted Fri, 04 April 2008 at 7:05 PM

Now - dig the interface in 'expert' mode.

In expert mode each palette was detachable and if you click on the '!' (exclamation point) you get into the deeper functions of each palette.

Note the whopping default render size of 520 x 354.
This same render used to take a half hour on my old 66mhz PowerPC 601. 
Now it runs in about 20 seconds on a G5 2.3ghz.

This is 1994 technology.

Notice the render that was made by choosing the mixer in the creation palette.
That purple fog is pure Roger Dean...

btw - I did a history of Bryce presentation at BryceCamp Sedona in 2002 - so I've got access to some of the really old stuff.

For complex scenes renders would have to run overnight- just to get a render of 520 x 324.
I remember one user modeled a dinosaur using nothing but crushed spheres to form the muscles.

I'll have to dig to see if I can find some of my ancient renders.

Thanks for playing.

Scottt