I was wondering how to make a poster in Bryce? E.g. 1 to 1 m2? I can't get the picture any bigger than my pc-screen... (21 inch) Any peoples who know how to do this? Thanx!!! Marinke

Thanx, I've found the topic! Marinke

Go to the upper bar and pull down the file menu. Click on the document setup line to open this window. Click on maximum recommended to find out whats the biggest bryce thinks your computer can do. If you want to do a square render uncheck the constrain aspect and manually change the larger document resolution dimension to match the smaller. Click on 1:1 render resolution to setup your scene. Everything should fit on your 21" screen so you can setup objects. Render at this setting till you are happy with the results. When you get ready to do your poster click on the 1:4 render resolution or whatever the largest magnification you can get. When you render at this setting only the top left corner of the total picture will appear on your screen. The rest of the image will render but won't fit on your monitor. when the picture is 100% complete save the image. You should be able to open the image in a paint program and zoom out to see the whole image. You can click on the 1:1 aspect and change the pixel size of your document resolution directly. If this is larger than the max you will at least start using hard drive as ram and take days to render. At worst you could lock the computer and loose your file. Save a backup bryce file under a different name before rendering.

You can actually pause the render and zoom in and out, then resume, but Bryce screws up the screen colours (although only on the display, the render turns out fine). For 1m2 render you are looking at a BIG BIG resolution. You'd have to do 150dpi or less, though, for that size. You're still looking at around 6K x 6K.

The document setup menu will not render larger then 4000X4000 (At least not for me). I typically have a render size of 5179X1831. What I do is check the document's pixel size with a blank PS file and then "Render to Disk" with a document of that size. Enter PS of Paint and create a new document at the size and DPI you want and then check the pixel size. Transfer this setting into the RtD dialog and walk away from your puter for a day or two or ten. :) I've also discovered that unless your image requires one of the premium options, i.e. Depth of field, regular strength antialiasing is adequate with LARGE images. I did a test and I could see no difference at all at the high resolution.

Render to disk allows larger renders than 4k wide or high.

You can render any height to screen, it's only width that's restricted (in B5). Enforcer - yes, I've found the default settings are fine (no pun intended) for big renders, unless you're looking for accurate reflections / distortion, in which case you need more rays / pixel.