ooh that's very cool! can you tell us a bit about how you made this?? hopeful look

You've just given me an idea, too- thanks!

Yes, that's very cool! I too would love to know more :)

I first created the fractal in photoshop using kpt. Then in bryce i created a terrain and rotated it so it's facing me. Then go into terrain editor and select pict for the terrain. After that i select objects menu and select the fractal i made in photoshop as the material. Then render. Sometimes you can get neat effects by messing with ambiance, specularity etc. mike

p.s. check out my gallery for more of the same type. mike

I just did! And, got thoroughly side tracked. Nice work! Please be prepared for a rash of ebots (grin) Now, what is kpt? :)

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That looks like a fun plugin! Thanks Micheleh!

May I add to this here...I make the fractals in KPT5 in Photoshop...and then use the 2D pics of fractals in Bryce4 as Material Presets applied to wiremesh and objects, etc. Yes, this is timeconusing and also requires an eye for creating fractals which will result in the presets I want in a given Bryce pic. This "eye" is of course acquired with repeated expewriences in this process. The results I have found are a very "organic" appearance which i have otherwise not achieved in Bryce, Needless to say, I have spent a LOT of time in this pursuit.

What a beautiful image. This does sound like a lot of work, trial and error but the outcome I see here makes it very worth while. I don't have that plugin but am thinking this would work if I were to take the bmp of one of my fractals into bryce and apply it as material preset. hmm.... i wish there were more hours in the day! Thank you for the further explanations eppesart. Course, I do realize that I won't be able to generate those awesome 3D fractals like above :)

Firefly, As i said in an IM to you, thank you for your appreciation of my work. I owuld like to add here how i handle "bump" I found bmp a mystery, when i started this application of fractals to Bryce over 4 years ago. Now after trial and error, I use contrast while creating the fractal and KPT convolver while still in Photoshop. I adjust the "relief" setting in Convlover...I have learned to do this in a very delicate and ginger manner, elsewise OH Wow to i have some bmp in Bryce...LOOKOUT! In Bryce I import the 2D fractal using it as its own bmp. Truthfully, I can go on at the mouth for hours bout this stuff...oh well, guess that's me LOL :-)

hehehe, well, when I get totally mired in this I will sure know who to cry out to for help! And also who to come to with triumphs. Thanks eppesart :)