Congratulations to the top 3!! It has to be said there was some great work by everyone involved. D@M - Inspire us....

Rayraz you are a legend! Thanks!

That Blue Marble site is fantastic - I have plans for these! Does anybody know where I can get similar resolution clouds from though? putting 2048x1024 clouds over Blue Marble images looks rubbish :sad:

Mmmm... Espresso. The 'finished product' looks fantastic. And I already have the shot glasses to match :biggrin:

How strange! Have you contacted DAZ? I think they re-built most of Bryce 6 to make the code more efficient... perhaps they missed a bit!

Analog-X: I've had that problem in the past - thats precisely what got me working backwards in the first place. Put the keyframe at 5 first, then the one at 0. See if that solves it.

I might add that with materials I find it easier to work backwards. This is just personal preference though.

There should be a timeline in the material editor too. I use B5.5 but it should be similar (I've just tested this to make sure I not talking cr*p too) After setting the animation up in the main window, select the surface of the object whose material is to change. Go into the material editor. Press the key button at zero time (or whenever you've entered the lab) to add a keyframe. Now move the slider to the desired time and make your changes. A keyframe should automatically appear, press the key button to make sure. When you're done, exit material lab using the green 'tick' button. IM me your e-mail and I will send you the test file I've done if you like.

Thanks for sharing your technique. I've just checked out those sites - they're great! Never seen them before so thanks for those too.

just comes back here?

Death_at_Midnight - 3pts drawbridgep - 2pts SavantNoir - 1pt HM to AgentSmith, Burpee and Aeelo. Next time I will have an idea of what I want to do BEFORE the challenge deadline : )

Sounds like a cool idea to me. Latte art hasn't really caught on round here yet - though I did make an excellent birdlike pattern once! The problem is you can't just re-render it when it goes wrong....

All the best - The NHS is a wonderful thing, you're in good hands.

When I'm working, I drink a LOT of coffee (Real coffee - anything else is just heresy!:biggrin:) Being a Barista has no downsides...

Thats a very nice "sky car / fighter / whatever" you've got there! I've been spending much quality time with Wings lately myself - it can do fantastic things, and its free, which is brilliant value for money!