Thanks Steve, thats how I see it too. Regards Peter

If people are trying to pass off somebody elses work as their own then I'm not surprised their work is deleted. But it would also seem that Vue is passing off the scenes as part of their product. If somebody takes a scene and changes it completly and putting their own original ideas in, to me this is ok....and this is what I understood that the scenes were for, individuals can take them to pieces and reassemble them and make them into their own scenes. But if there are all kinds of strings attached then really this should be addressed by Vue so there is no confusion. People like me who purchase the product for the first time, don't really know what agreement individuals have made with regard to scenes on the cd. It would be good if Vue could let us know where they stand on this. Peter

I would say that Eonsoftware need to clear this up, if someone submits a scene for Eonsoftware to sell with their product....it is natural the person purchasing the product is going to think, thats ok, it's part of the product and it's ok to use....just like Poser models or Bryce skies. I suppose those who worked on those products employed by those companies didn't expect a credit everytime somebody used their sky or mesh. Their credits came up everytime you load up the product and list of names appear. Does this happen for those who create the scenes for Vue? if not they should....because their work needs to be recognised if it's going to be marketed as part of the product...well it seems that way. If I submitted a scene for Eonsoftware to use for their cd I would expect payment for it and also give up any rights I had on the scene. It would no longer belong to me because it's now part of the Eonsoftware product, but I should expect Eonsoftware to credit my work. As an outsider who has only dabbled abit with Vue, this situation doesn't look good. The subject of credits for scenes should be cleared up by Eonsoftware. Peter

I am glad this subject came up, I made my first picture recently using Vue, I use Bryce mostly. One of the reasons I created the picture with Vue was because there was a shark scene, it was useful for a picture I wanted to create. I deleted the sharks and altered the angle of the lights for the effect I wanted. I just thought if it was on the Vue CD, it was there to be used. But after reading the posts here I didn't realise this was a point of major debate. I think most people who purchase Vue for the first time would think the scenes are part of the Vue product which they bought. Peter

Thanks so much! I was looking for a birdcage with door that opens. Peter

$300 Canadian dollars! for a three minute animation?? The worker is
worthy of his hire...not an insult. Peter >The fact is I am
being payed $300.00 Canadian to produce the film

Hi Again! I saw Bryce 5 advertised on the Carrara list - the message is here below Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Parreco" tedp1@mac.com To: Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 5:37 AM Subject: [Carrara] Selling Bryce Hey all Anyone interested in buying my copy of Bryce 5 email me privately (unless you think it's only a matter of time before the whole thing gets tanked for windows also) and make me a reasonable offer! It's a Hybrid CD so it has Mac and Windows on it. Thanks (Hope this isn't against the rules) Ted

If you have a credit card and purchase it from Corel direct - that might be a solution....if not it maybe worth asking them. If you use PayPal thats another route if you can find somebody to help. Peter

I hope and pray they will, Mo Looking forward to seeing MojoBryce, :-) Peter

Maybe they are going to release Bryce 6 for windows but not for macs,

Thanks, I think I tried Blend Transparency, but it didn't work. And it does show the black and white in the right places....but I will go and check again.. Peter

MS Word is a strange beast - I am going to investigate Thanks Peter

Thanks - I better explain how I created the model - basically I made an obj, then imported it into UV Mapper, made the template, then on into into Photoshop, took the original picture and copied the tent then adjusted it for the texture map? I tried alpha masking the bits which should be invisible. I didn't think MS Word could do this...but from what I understand you are saying - could I do this with the texture map? Peter

The results are in the second picture with the terrain made into a negative boolean. also included is a small thumbnail from the original picture of what I was trying to acheive - It seems to work out fine...but maybe somebody has a better way.

Thanks

Peter

Hey, Thanks for the tip - it worked great. I visited your site, if your thinking of going over to Vue, I have Vue Du Esprit 4, it's OK but it's not as useful as Bryce as it doesn't export models to other formats, well it doesn't seem to - I tried last night as I knew it had a viking ship model I wanted in Bryce - I couldn't export it - so I modeled it in Animation Master - it worked out fine. Peter