Hi all: I am new to bryce, and would like to know how to create hoodoos in bryce 5?? I know it sounds stupid, but I really don't know how 2 do that, somebody please help me~~ thanks~ btw, just brought the real world bryce 4, follow the instructions, still can't find a clue..... king274

what is a hoodoo?

If you have real world bryce then anything someone would post here is just a repeat of what is in the book, there's a tutorial on how to do it in the book. What are you having problems with?

I'm sorry, but I have got no idea what a hoodoo is. If you can show me what a hoodoo looks like I might be able to help you out.

the funny looking things in the real bryce canyon in utah - front cover of the book

Even with the pic above, I'm still at a loss as to what a hoodoo is! And Ang - got ya beat by 3 years! Someone tell an old-timer (shall I get my zimmer frame?) what a manga eye is too, please....

my problem is that I need to know how to do it step by step, 'cause I wanna make the same hoodoo just like figure 8.20. unfortunately, can't find the "HOODOO HOWDUNNIT" (page 357) folder on the CD, so I came here ask for help..... king274

i think i just ate a hoodoo

WTH is a Hoodoo. King since you want to know how to make one it might be polite to explain what a Hoodoo is...

Main Entry: [1]hoodoo Pronunciation: 'h(")dFunction: noun Inflected Form(s): plural hoodoos Etymology: of African origin; akin to Hausa hu3'du3'ba1 to arouse resentment Date: 1875 1 : a body of practices of sympathetic magic traditional especially among blacks in the southern U.S. 2 : a natural column of rock in western No. America often in fantastic form 3 : something that brings bad luck - hoodooism /-"i-z&m/ noun 2001 by Merriam-Webster, Incorporated Merriam-Webster Privacy Policy I assume we're talking about def. #2 here.

Quote - WTH is a Hoodoo. King since you want to know how to make one it might be polite to explain what a Hoodoo is...

hi cyberbeat: I am sorry, although I would like to, I am not good at english...hope u could understand that(cause I don't know how to describe it)...frankly, I just copy the word from the book and type it in this forum thanks 2 FWTempest help me out, thanks~~ and could somebody please send me the "HOODOO HOWDUNNIT", please. and thank you for your kindly help~~ king274

A collumn of rock is best made using a symettrical lattice. Using greyscale to height-mapping in the terrain editor to create the shape. As for making a texture like the one on Ang25's hoodoo you can look at a few of the preset textures from planes&terrains and rocks&stones in the texture library. I can't give you any screenshot's rightnow, because I'm not on my bryce-station. I hope this answers your question (or at least part of it).

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thanks, Rayraz it helps~~~ :)

Today, I have been educated. Thank you all so much. :)) I shall spend the rest of the evening making hoodoos with manga eyes peering out from them. Life gets very exciting in rural Ireland at times. :))

I used a symlat instead of a terrain and went into the filters option next to the elevation option. I used one of those pics there and then used the arrow next to it to get the add horizontal and add vertical. I played around with these a lot until I got something ok. And I just used a preset terrain material because I had no time to do more. I am currently stuck at the library waiting for a ride home. Its snowing out quite miserably. My meeting got canceled but luckily the library is right across the street. Can't wait to get home and play on bryce some more. (Ithaca, NY) in case anyone cares to know where its snowing right now, :-D Ang

Well the textures are in .brt file format on the CD in the goodies/preset libraries. As for the tutorial they seem to have forgotten to put it on the CD. Basically it deals with using the filters in the terrain editor. I don't have time now but maybe I'll do a step by step later.

I'm rendering right now, lol. I'll get back to this in a few, yeah it can be done in the Bryce terrain editor with plugins. AgentSmith

And, YES the sequence/folder is NOT on the Real World Bryce CD...always wondered about that.

Ang, download the bryce path from corel, it fixes that problem.

oops...patch

Cool, thanks Aldaron!!

2Cool, thanks Aldaron!

Well I guess hoodoos are going to be ALL the rage!!!!!

Lol...who knew Bryce could do them?

wow~~~ thank you all for your replies.. thanks~` :) and Aldaron, thank you so much for your tutorial will d/l the patch to fix that problem... thanks, guys :) oh~~ god, I love this place king274 btw, Ive already sent a request letter to peachpit asking for the sequence, wish them could reply soon

I would think some sort of plug-in would be the simplest. I haven't made terrains like that in photoshop. Just mechanical parts, etc.

hi AgentSmith: thank you for the instant reply and could you please give me a hint about the plug-in??thanks and merry christmas :)

I've got another possibility for what caused that problem but am not at the computer to test it. I was reading more in the susan kitchens book and there was this part about using the clipping thing to only make changes to part of the terrain, well its possible I didn't have the whole image when I was trying to erase. So I'm gonna test it again maybe tonight. These hoodoos are fun once you get the hang of them. Ang

Oh, I have no idea what kind of plugin, obiously something that would make a fractal pattern, is the only thing that comes to mind. But, I don't know of anything specific, sorry.

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AgentSmith : okay..anyway, thank you for your reply Hi comet166: could u please post the original displace map for me?? thanks~~ :) Ang25: it seems that susan kitchens didn't use Bryce 5 to create hoodoos, neither install the patch.. so I guess there must be some way can erase the edge.. and if u also brought the real world bryce 4, maybe u could write peachpit a letter for help about the missing files, 'cause till now, they still not reply my request..

Erase the edges?...that's easy. Look at the picture on page 332 of Real World Bryce to locate the "Clipping Bracket". Then go to page 360, where it will tell you how to use it to help erase edges, etc. AgentSmith

guys: just got the reply from the peachpit, hoodoo howdunnit included so if u need this, send me a message and will send it to u by email also. maybe u will ask "why not upload it to a website ?", well, 'cause I don't run a website myself, so if somebody could offer the room for this, it would be very nice... for file request/offer web space please email me e0806449@hotmail.com also, sorry for my terrible english..:) king274

agentsmith@attbi.com

I'll see about getting it hosted. AgentSmith

Well my tutorial is now active but if king got the actual one that was supposed to be on the CD it was somewhat a waste of time. But it was good practice. :)

Maybe not, we may not be able to directly host that file for download.

Aldaron, Not a waste - I just DL'd the printer friendly version, and the quick scan of it looks pretty good - I will read it later this morning or Sunday. - Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, - TJ

Hi AgentSmith: sorry for reply late, and now I am sending the hoodoo howdunnit to you, thank you for your help~~ thanks~~ :) Hi Aldaron :

Quote - Well my tutorial is now active but if king got the actual one that was supposed to be on the CD it was somewhat a waste of time.

don't said so please, I am so glad that u write a tutorial for everyone, and could u give me the linkage of your tutorial, please?? ('cause I wanna learn more about hoodoo :)) king274

Thanks for the file king! AgentSmith

king,
In case Aldaron's not on line,
Aldaron's Tutorial is at the top of renderosity page in the tutorials setion here at renderosity. you should be able to scroll up to it from here.(4th white dot down on the left and click on the word tutorials. when the new page opens scroll down and you should see the link to it. )

I would suggest that when you get to the end where Aldaron
says to use a minimum brush and minimum elevation that you
experiment with different settings - I tried to draw a sort of a face there - failed, but I'll keep trying!

Thanks again Aldaron,

• TJ

Ahhh... Easter Island faces. Not bad for the first try. Thanks for all the encouragment, glad it wasn't wasted :) BTW it took me sevral tries to get the hoodoo above, so pratice practice practice. :) Getting used to using the terrain editor takes time. The reason I said use minimums was so you could get smooth transitions instead of flat cutoffs. You can always hold the brush in place longer to get more effect but it's very hard to correct if you use too much.

Hey cool tutorial Alderon... Now all I need are 3D models of Wiley Coyote and the Road Runner... Heh... Well, one could hope to find those I guess. Something like that would be cool to have in a badlands type landscape. Hmmm...

try
here for a roadrunner - Scott Ayers also does good low res dinosaurs.