Thanks very much  for taking a look ICM:)

Will you be posting example images when the new changes are formally introduced?  I think it would be really helpful.

Yeah, but I don't wanna use DazStudio...I love my Bryce!....(stamps foot and sulks):biggrin:

Ok, here's an interesting idea...I wonder how many images would be left in the Bryce gallery if all those that had  postwork, or imported elements were removed (i.e it's not 'pure' Bryce)? Someone care to take a look and take a guess???

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Thanks for your feedback dharma.

But...as someone else pointed out, Bryce is set up to import element because you cannot model them in Bryce. That is one of the features of Bryce.  I don't see that that should negate being able to call the image a Bryce image if one has used textures, landscape, lighting etc in addition to the elements, to create a scene, and then rendered it in Bryce...

Grafikeer writes
*I think we are getting too carried away with this...if we say that to post an image in the Bryce gallery that you cannot use imported figures or objects as a central element in your image,regardless of whether or not you could have created them yourself,then you are stifling the artist's creativity...and if this applies to Bryce,then it had better apply to Vue,Carrara and all other apps that do not allow the creation of figures etc. within them.Are we prepared to go this far?I see where dhama is coming from,and where ICM's points are valid,but Bryce allows the importing of objects,it's part of the application.It allows the use of photos on 2D planes to be inserted in to cut down render time and populate scenes with detail,in fact there are tutorials on this very site that show this.

I agree with grafikeer.

I use Bryce for all my images. I import models from D|S too, because you just cannot make alot of those in Bryce - let's face it Bryce is not a proper modelling app like C4D for example, so as I love using Bryce (I am a big Bryce fan, even with it's problems) and want free reign on my creativity, using whatever models I need to to convey my scence, then I have to use models. Until Bryce becomes a full modelling application I have no choice.

So I use a mix of model and stuff from Bryce. I use alot of Bryce textures, even on those imported models. I use Bryce terrains, sky lab etc, primitives etc. 

Does that mean therefore, because I have imported models that my work could not be said to be based on Bryce?????

I use postwork to whateve level I need to get the right look. I have never found Bryce images satisfactory from my point of view without it. But I would be very disappointed that because of that I could no longer post in the Bryce gallery. Like I said, I am a fan of Bryce, and I have seen some amazing work created using Bryce, with postwork, which had encouraged me. If they had been in the Mixed Medium gallery I might not have found them.

I feel a bit irked at the thought. It sounds a bit like some of you are saying an image has to have a certain 'look' to be called Bryce.

I would be interested to know if my images would be classed as Mixed Medium
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/browse.php?user_id=347007

Best thing to do is get Daz Studio which is free (and which can use Poser models). Then use the link button to Daz Studio in the 'Create' toolbar in Bryce to open up Daz Studio, where you can load and texture your models.Then select 'Return to Bryce' and your model will be imported,  textures and all. I use it alot and it works really well.  

Don't know where those stats are from - they couldn't have checked out Blogger.com or Wordpress....:)
 

LOL markschum...

Thanks for the advice everyone.

Just got the specs for the new computer - seems like they are leaving me with XP (?!) and an ATI Radeon grahpics card...never used one of those before, always had NVidia.

Oh dear...seems a shame if no-one ever uses it.

That certainly sounds encouraging photostar, thank you:) Which graphics card do you use? Actually, are there any Nvidia cards that anyone would suggest as being the best to run with Vista for 3d software using open GL? 

Thank you Thandaluz - that is exactly what I was looking for. Strange thing is I tried that but for some reason it didn't work, so I thought I was doing something wrong (must have been). Just tried it again in a new scene and it worked fine:)

Thanks everyone for your help:):)

Not sure I understand that - I tried using a volume ground plane but it didn't work.

Ahah! Now why didn't I think of that. Worth trying Orbital, thanks:)