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The second picture in this post is completely amazing. Kevin's a good guy and will explain how he did it if you ask.

Good point, I see that now, too. I think I still get too into the newbie "Bryce can generate reflections! Cool!" state of mind. Reworking as time allows (busy day). Thanks again to all!

I have this one, called a leopard shark, in 3ds form. It's been quite a while since I used it, but, as I remember, it was pretty smooth. I don't remember where I got it, so I can't vouch for whether or not you can use it commercially. If you're just using it for your own amusement, then I'm sure it's okay. Drop me an e-mail or IM and I'll send you the zip or just the 3ds file - whichever is easier CzIII

Thank you all very much for your comments - I agree with every one of them. Guess I'll have to bite the bullet and let it run tonight ... all night ... with soft shadows on. TheBryster: You wrote that the red vase was giving me problems - did you mean with the shadows, or something else? It's casting one BIG one on the back wall that I'm hoping soft shadows will fix. Did you mean something else? Again, thanks very much. Will post any new developments.

That's hysterical. Well done!

Ah, yes, the cords. Except for the lamp, this is all imports. I didn't bother with the cords since I was just joking around. Perhaps I should have placed a screenshot of Bryce on the screen, or the "blue screen of death." Thanks for looking/commenting.

Something like this? Modeled the curtains in Rhino for Brycean import, then applied a fine transparency material. Took a LOT of screwing around to get them to look like this, and they're certainly not perfect, but it was sort of a quick shot. If it's not what you're looking for, give me a yell. Curtains are relatively easy in Rhino, and I can send the materials as well. CzIII

I can help you with the irises, anyway. If you want the file, let me know. I came up with this from a tutorial that I'll try to relocate, if you'd like. I've seen Rayraz's eyes, though, and they are better.

Amazing, isn't it? I'm 32 and I've used computers to some capacity for most of my life. My father, thank goodness, saw early on that computers were the way to go. First one was an Osbourne portable - about the size of a small suitcase, 5 inch screen, two 5.25" floppy drives. Didn't do much of anything except play Zork. Then went to Timex Sinclair - anyone remember those? Plugged into your TV, had a keyboard like your microwave with BASIC commands built in. Saved programs on an audio cassette. Radio Shack TRS 80s. First "real" computer was an Epson 8088 - monochrome monitor, no mouse, no sound card, paid $150.00 for a modem, with a whopping 20 meg hard drive. All the space you'll ever need ... I just replaced my 20 GIG hard drive with a 63 gig one. I believe that Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" was the first mainstream major animated movie done with computers. At the time, it was groundbreaking. I see work on this site everyday that blows that away. Sure, it was a decade ago, but the work done here is done by people sitting at home, using software that they bought on their own, running computers that anyone can buy, and the artists don't necessarily have formal training in art, computers, CG, or even the software that they are using. Anyone here go to the Bryce School? I don't know if one even exists. Watch Saturday morning cartoons and you'll see all sorts of stuff done with CG. Rolie Polie Ollie (not sure if that's correct - and I have a daughter, that's why I watch it ... really) looks as though it's entirely done with Bryce Primitives. Jimmy Neutron. Butt Ugly Aliens (Geez, I gotta get out more). These aren't companies with Disney's money. Look at Pixar and the first Toy Story. Have you watched Monster's Inc? Watch Sulley's hair and THINK about what it would take to animate all those little objects. How far away are we from movies done completely by computers? Don't even get me started on games. My daughter is nine months old. I wonder what she will find in her lifetime. Things we struggle to do now, she might do as a matter of course. Will she take it for granted? Probably. But she will be struggling with the next great thing, whatever that may be. My thoughts. My ramblings. Sorry for going on.

I use Windows 98 and a Logitech Marble Trackman FX (I think that's the model). The mouse is extremely comfortable and dead-on accurate once you get used to it. It's sort of a mix between a fingertip and thumb ball mouse (if that makes a bit of sense). Four buttons and decent software. You never move your arm or hand, just your fingers. It's optical (no rolling over cookie crumbs and fouling your ball) and looks pretty funky on your desk. I won't go back to regular mouse. Another thing that might help - keep in mind that I use Windows and the logitech software does this for me, but there may be a setting for this on a MAC, too. Look for something that will change the refresh rate of your mouse. With the original windows setting, my mouse was being refreshed (or polled, or looked at, or whatever - sorry, don't have the technical term) only 60 times per second. I switched this to 200 and the pointer now glides across the screen without the little jumps that you might not really notice unless you change it. Makes a HUGE difference when dragging, resizing - anything that you use a mouse to do, especially when doing fine work. Hope that helps!

3 - FWTempest 2 - creations 1 - Pidjy Great work one and all.

I've run into similar problems, and the best way that I've come up with - which is not necessarily THE best way - is to select them all - do NOT group them - then let Bryce drop them all by clicking the little down arrow. Each tree should drop to the terrain at individual heights. If you need to lower them farther, simply use the edit icons to drop them into the ground and hide the roots.

Now that you say that, I can see it, and I probably would have if I had stared at it long enough. It reminds me of the optical illusions that have two faces if you look at them correctly. But, sometimes, you just can't NOT see one face - your mind won't let it go (happens to me, anyway, I shouldn't be so general). Glad you took it in good humor. I really do like your work. Don't change it on my account.

Pidjy - Excellent work. I, too, would love to see how you did the 3D grass. I do have one issue - as shown in the picture that I posted, this is what I saw at first glance. I showed it to one of my coworkers and he saw the same thing. I'm really not trying to come off as harshly critical. Maybe it's just my monitor. Maybe it's just my eyes. Everything else is wonderful - but she looks to me like a man with a big nose and a beard. I'm very sorry. CzIII

Yeagertown, Pennsylvania (roughly 30 minutes from Penn State University); Male, 31; Married to a beautiful woman; one 8 months-old little girl; two dogs, two cats; one Jeep. Central PA is an area renowned for its fall colors (though not as much so as the New England areas) - good choice for the challenge.