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Bryce F.A.Q (Last Updated: 2024 Nov 26 4:28 pm)
Subject: Texture, texture, texture...help!
This is not my "second childhood". I'm not finished with the first one yet.
Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
"I'd like to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather....not screaming in terror like the passengers on his bus." - Jack Handy
Looking much improved! Yes, you can paint on the terrain (kinda clunky and a pretty steep learning curve for me). But you'll need to spend some time with the manual and go through the tutorials in it for the Terrain Editor, so you'll understand how it works (essential!). The very best advice, RTM (read the manual) or RTFM for those like me who only read the manual when all else fails. :^) Second best advice: get a copy of Susan Kitchens' Real World Bryce 4. It's actually better than the manual, but you have to purchase it, and you should already have the manual.
This is not my "second childhood". I'm not finished with the first one yet.
Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
"I'd like to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather....not screaming in terror like the passengers on his bus." - Jack Handy
"How do you click on/select something that is behind another object?" In the windows version, you can use Ctrl-left click on the object and highlight the name of the one you want to select. Then only that object will be selected. If you want to select more than one object that is behind one you don't want to select use Ctrl/Shift-left click and select the names of the objects you want. I only found out about this recently myself. I had been selecting my objects that had other objects in the way by Tab-ing through them all. All that wasted button pushing (sigh). Sorry if you have a Mac, don't know anything about it. By the way, am I one of the last to know that you can use the same method to select individual objects in a group without ungrouping first? It sures speeds up the process of adjusting textures on Poser figures.
This is not my "second childhood". I'm not finished with the first one yet.
Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
"I'd like to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather....not screaming in terror like the passengers on his bus." - Jack Handy
"Yep, I have the manual, and I do read it, but sometimes I get confused, don't know what to ask, or where to go. I'm trying, I will pick up Kitchen's book." I wasn't trying to hint you might not have the manual. :^) And when you got confused, you came to the right place. This is where I come (I'm confused a lot! LOL), the folks here are Bryce experts and can help with anything. I come in to read the posts here all the time and I think I've learned more here in the past year or so than I ever got out of a book.
This is not my "second childhood". I'm not finished with the first one yet.
Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
"I'd like to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather....not screaming in terror like the passengers on his bus." - Jack Handy
Something to consider...
Can vary a terrain's appearance, buy duplicating a terrain & then resize, change angles, etc... change the parameters for the same texture ( or change to another texture altogether) and have both terrains in virtually the same space... or create another terrain that is different physically and overlap, jut out of, rise out of and above, etc....
A low tech technique that I'm a bit fond of, but doing this will increase the scene's poly count and will increase your render times....
Also can use a paint program and "paint" a terrain map to use, and then there's importing a bitmap to use as a terrain.....
Have fun, play and experiment.
best, hewsan
use all your camera views... in a perspective view, I very rarely reposition anything directly, but instead use the move tool in the edit controls. Using the ortho views (top, front, left, right) it is much easier to grab your object and move it where you want it. Personally, I use the directors cam and top view most often to position objects, occasionally using front and side views when necessary.
Thanks again everyone, I feel like I really learned a lot, you have been a tremendous help. I was up late working on this stuff last night, and first thing this morning. This program really gets you hooked, especialy when you start to see some results. I realize I got a long way to go, but I'm on the road now. Thanks
"How do they make those stone arches/bridges?" Without pics to be sure what you mean, I'm going to guess you've seen some objects made with lattices or terrains.
This is not my "second childhood". I'm not finished with the first one yet.
Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
"I'd like to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather....not screaming in terror like the passengers on his bus." - Jack Handy
This is not my "second childhood". I'm not finished with the first one yet.
Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
"I'd like to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather....not screaming in terror like the passengers on his bus." - Jack Handy
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Hi I'm having problems with getting the texture to look right. When I apply the mountian/terrain texture I get the bloby texture you see. I tried changing the scale of the texture, played with the bump adjustment(both plus & minius), but no luck. I tried using the stones/rocks texture and that seems to work fine. What am I doing wrong? Unfortantly the stones/rocks textures do not have trees/brush etc. confused