i payed $160 for hexagon 2.1 yeah i coulda got it for $2 at a later time but figured i got plenty of free or next to free from daz already carrara basic2 for 2 bucks and bryce 6.1 for $6 so i wasnt
feeling ripped, h2 is pretty good when  ya get used to it just dont like the smoothing its either on
or off.
i've yet to do anything i like CB2 tho

Hey has anyone tried that Art of Illusion here yet?
I d'led it from sourceforge.net but im afraid to install it.
Thought i d/l just for posterity it case it disappeared to lack of interest
kinda like 4DBlue

Thanks Dan,
@Analogue_x- Yeah after i upgraded to 6.1 i built this scene before setting keyframe rate and opening the animation and everything reverted to default!
All the mats were gone all the positioning the sky settings i was blown away
now i know to set that up before moving anything.

hmm wonder if this update fixes the difuse default color  prob im having with obj files (my obj import black.)
Also still pestered by the i/o bad file flyout when importing 3ds with assigned textures/maps
i repote this too the daz bug forum it was supposedly fixed but not for me.
Plus click help>about flyout says bryce 6.0 on my 6.1 upgrade

pretty sweet renders

AGOR 3+

I would've liked to get my entry in but my power supply in pc blew-up, literally(bang!)

so will this example qualify?(All bryce5)

This pic didn't get AA cause pc was overheating

Attached Link: Pixia

I use it for file downsizing set save quality to %85 will change a 500k to 85k with little quality loss

I have the earlier ver. love it for what it does don't know about v. 3.3

I got PS8cs&PDpro 3.5 and iview3.85 but pixia is my signature/file reducer

Try it if you don't like you can get rid of it (has uninstaller) and it completely free.

 gotta all default bryce show perkin anyway.

What about bryce meshes for cloud scenes?Plus I don't do postwork on anything anymore.

oh yeah since that contest page ain't workin where do i upload?

AS wasn't lying about your works when he said to hand of the june event to you hands down!

If i could just save my scenes as cloud mats I'd be a happy S.O.B!

Attached image happens when i try to login or goto galleries

Attached Link: scene not mat

To illustrate here is a bryce5 "scene" not " sky mat" if anyone knows how to turn a scene into a sky material let me know.

http://www.a3dlover.com/models/test_1.zip

This zip will not be part of my challenge efforts, is free to all.

In the image posted is 1 plane and a radial lite with a cloud mat. on both, another radial lite with an apophysis2 fractal image on it- starfield enabled in sky lab.

So this method as a "base" wouldn't be borderline in the challenge criteria, correct?

Thats how I took it Mr. Smith.

I'm in for sure ;D !

Attached Link: Bryce4 Scene

If the intent of this challenge is to get a photo-realistic sky/clouds effect i'm definitely out of this one.

Those are the everyday kind of effects i stay away from because their just boring to me.

Though this challenge seems "theme specific" as I requested in the previous challenge,

the criteria in the above mentioned parameters doesn't seem to suggest that it need be a "Terran daytime natural sky scene".

As far as my  method I'll post a link  of a bryce4 file that anyone interested in can dissect for themselves.

Attached Link: Sky or Scape

I like this challenge aready.

Often i have people "mistake" my spacescapes for bryce "skies".

Their just planes with  an image applied to a radial light.

Does this links pic provided qualify for the challenge parameters?