I use both Bryce and C4D...and where cinema is great for modeling...i always go back to bryce...something about it is soothing, perhaps the familiar interface, or maybe that you can start to see your image in a matter of minutes...but I have always fallen back on bryce, it is a great tool and will forever be in my toolbox

ok...i was installing it right, just in the user directory, maybe that was the prob. another thing im using bryce 5 and i am running a AMD Athlon XP 1600+

heh rug and a lamp, great stuff good times good times

well my first guess would be maybe start with a smaller sun? start with a different sky preset and work from there? i have never found a problem with the sun size using the resizing controls in the sky lab.

wow, that looks great...i think ill check it out and post the final outcome when im done.

lol, right after i posted i saw that thread. and i will state an opinion of mine, maybe some of you will agree with, perhaps not. I am a brycer, just like the rest of you. I love the program...but honestly...havent you ever wished it could do more? I recently got Metasequoia, a great freeware object modeler. It is an AWESOME companion to bryce. I am a member of another posting forum and bryce is the butt of quite a few jokes about it not being true 3d, i agree with this and dont. No where does bryce state its a 3d object modeler...its 3d landscape. Booleans by most peoples standards doesnt count as true "modeling" so with that said... When i posted this thread, prior to reading the one below..i thought to myself, wouldnt it be GREAT if bryce 6 was a TRUE 3d object modeler AS WELL AS the tool we love (being landscape) The article at Brycetech.com said something to the effect about the artists in mind...well wouldnt it be just that? think about it for a second: Lightwave, 3DS, softimage...all 3d modeling apps...bryce does one thing they dont...model landscape. How cool would it be to have a landscape AND modeling program? In my honest opinion that would kick ass. =) just some thoughts

WOW, great...thanks peggy.

ive run into a couple empty zips but mainly i do pretty good...but i havent dl'd enough of em to say which i get more of...complete or incomplete.

sweet...do you have any contact information for that video? id be interested in it...would it be a web video? like a .mpg online? or a VHS that is purchased?

just how to make effective lighting...i have made light sources...but i dont know how to use them effectively. I just want some good tutorials on how to use lighting...not so much...make lighting...i hope that makes sense =)

I am using bryce 5, im not sure what kind of lighting i really want, something abnormal... As for crystals, how do you make em? maybe we could talk about it on AIM or yahoo IM? or could you maybe e-mail me a tutorial? Id really appreciate it. Thanks for the response i really appreciate it.

thanks hoovie...why didnt i think of that? lol thanks though its helped a bunch.

thanks for the great tips guys, i appreciate it

i know how you made it! ...you didnt use terrains OR lattices... am i right? =)

WOW! amazing...its hard for me to concieve how something like that is even done! simply amazing, great job.