Maybe its the merge command...try not merging.

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Contest Update.....due to an influx of offers for prizes we are extending the contest thru halloween.......and you may post as many images as you like. After I hear from Pinhead at Commune I will post a revamped prizelist. In the meantime images can be posted at www.aerysoul.com

Thx,

Dimeolas

• For distant forested hills and mtns......create your terrain and go into the terrain editor and add alot of  noise...then apply a forest texture.

• creating a 3d mesh from a texture....I do this alot with fencing and brick walls.....take the texture into Photoshop (etc) and turn it into a greyscale where the lighter color is higher....darker lower.....use this pic in the terrain editor to create a terrain...smooth and adjust height to suit, then apply the color texture.

• when doing rivers make a bed layer with the gravel tex or moss tex...whatever you like...then add the water layer above and make it slightly transparent so the bottom shows a bit.

• for emphatic lighting...create a cone...enlarge and stretch it and apply the lit rays texture......go into the mat lab and make it more transparent to suit....slant that ray....looks like soft light......light streaming in a window etc

• If you are working on a complex pic for a long time...because I have read that Bryce uses Ram and doesnt release it...save and reboot.....and render

• for good textures of building materials......do a websearch for the materiasl you need...say brick.....some manufacturers websites have excellent pictures of their materials......take these into bryce and render.

*the sun...play with the sun alot.....when you set up a scene dont just offhand take the sky that you select as is....take the sun in the sun circle and move it around to see what effect it has...sometimes you can get some very nice lighting and shadow.

• clouds...the above mentioned about using greyscale images of textures can work really well in making clouds.

• and when you get freebies and buy meshes remember that if you can ungroup them you can save out the pieces and recombine them with other pieces from other meshes....for example if you have a japanese temple with a really nice tile roof that you can save on its own then you can use it to build your own temples.....

Dimeolas

well by and large you do not create people in Bryce. poser and DazStudio are the lower end people softwares. You can get DazStudio for free at www.daz3d.com along with the basic figures V3 and M3 and Aiko3 and Hiro......you would open a figure in one of the other programs and pose them and cloth them and then export them usually in OBJ format...which can be imported into Bryce.

Dimeolas

Ok it rendered overnight.....so far so....

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Thx Karen....tentatively have gotten it to work by reducing the tex sizes from 4096x4096 to 2000x2000. Its after 2a.m. here so hopefully get it set up in the morning for a nice render while i`m at work.

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If you have attempted in good faith to discuss the issue with the manufacturer and get the issue adressed.....and they do not thus address such issue.....and fix the problem......you have recourse to legal remedy under various statutes. I would also suggest contacting the Attorney generals office and filing a complaint.....and depending upon the policies of your credit card company...if` you paid with your card.....you may be covered by a buyer protection plan. The vendor has a legal responsibility to deliver goods as advertised. Gather any posts or emails detailing or mentioning known issues, any promises to fix......

 persoanlly I wont do business at CP. They have no clue about providing customer service. Sadly some companies wont deliver what they promise unless a good lawyer forces them to. You have to consider what is most important to these sites...making a buck and looking good....or the art and the artists.....? I manage in retail, have for years. You give your customer what you advertise....you make them happy. If you make a mistake...and it will happen...you acknowledge it honestly and you make it good.

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....It renders thru the usually slow areas fine such as the face and hair and then the shoulders...it stops when it gets to the mid chest...nothing there that would cause a problem.  You can tell when a poser render stops...it stops. I shutdown and rebooted, just in case it was memory low. But still happened. Now that i`m home from work will test a smaller pic without the sevenseas outfit. I have heard of issues with it because of the tex size...where resizing fixes.

 I was trying to get some renders in for the Mernac contest....:(

Thx for the help folks...will do some testing.

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Looks interesting....do the models have to be made by me from scratch? Or for example can I use a character for V3 that i put together from characters I purchased?

Dimeolas

Poser is for Perverts.....hmmm....someone makes a value judgement and their reasoning is incorrect. ill assume they say this because some people use Poser for images with nudity and/or sexual content. The fact that youcanuse Poser to make these does not lead to the conclusion named. It is theintentof the user that matters. Any art mediumcan` be used for any purpose. But the medium can not be judged fairly by the end result.

 They also are making a judgement on what they consider perverse.  Is it nudity? Scantily clad women? Or is it sexual situations?

 Nudity in itself is not perverted. Artists have celebrated the beauty and grace of the female form...in many stages of dress as well as nude for thousands of years. Sexual situations...they have an arguement according to their morals or beliefs. personally I would give them right to their beliefs...as long as they didnt try to impress them on me. Common useage perversion would tend to indicate a sexual act that is deemed by the majority or mainstream to be abnormal.

 I wouldnt worry about it too much

dimeolas

WooHoo! You rock my friend...thank you....

Dim

...theres an old adage....if ya dont like the wage...then dont take the job.  It is their company and if they choose to have a contest for the cover art then it is their right. They are offering compensation so there is no ripoff. It is said up front that there will be a winner and we do assume there will be many others who wont win anything. yes that is work done without compensation. Thats the way contests run. Again...for those who dont care for this...then dont bother with it. Your choice. Seems like it is geared towards the amateur community....try your hand and if ya win then credits and prizes. ill make the attempt just for the experience. I wont expect anything but who knows.

 For those of us who dont do this for a living these contests are great...thx guys,

Dimeolas

...thank you my friend, it should speak volumes to the community that you have answered my concerns twice and no relevant response from r`osity. I will from this point purchase all of your products directly from you. they just dont get it do they?

...I was speaking not to any particulars, just to be clear. Personally I like the new forums and all. Any change like this has its bugs...but yes it gets outdated so fast these days and you must keep up. Next round on me Scott

Quote - "Errr... did you mean to post this at Daz?"

...thank you, meant to put it here. Chikako...love your work and I do deeply appreciate your attention to service. I would that other companies understood why this is important. I am not trying to establish an adversary relationship here, I am merely trying to point out something that can and should be handled better by Rendorosity. As a frequent customer and longtime poster I believe that not only do I have a cause to see this place improve......but that I consider myself a friend to renderosity and I want it to be the best it can be. I do not know your buying curve for new products granted...but when people are apprised of a new release...and Meshbox architecture is unique and special....people will be waiting for release. If it takes 1 - 2 weeks for Renderosity to offer it for sale then they are missing out completely on the initial buying surge for a new product. Which is why for example having a new CD, movie or game is SO important on the release date. And it builds customer loyalty. As it stands now when a new product is due out folks wont even consider Renderosity as a first recourse, they know they need to go elsewhere. WTF, sorry for speaking up and trying to help, deaf ears and all. Thank you Chikako, I guess i`ll get to Meshbox and get it Scott