Forum: Bryce

Subject: Sky Presets Acting Wierd in One File

Willowjune opened this issue on Jul 22, 2003 · 15 posts

Willowjune posted Tue, 22 July 2003 at 10:44 PM

I've been working on a scene with a cottage, just building the cottage for now. I've fooled around with skies just for fun and now none of the sky presets looks right. They're all really hazy-looking and darkish. It's just on this one file. I can open a new file, click on the same preset, let's say Take Me There (top row, 4th from the L, in Bryce 5), and there's all the colors and clouds. I've gone into the Sky Lab and I don't see any difference in the settings, although I could be missing something. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Willow

Slakker posted Tue, 22 July 2003 at 11:06 PM

That IS wierd...maybe post a pic or something...

Kylara posted Wed, 23 July 2003 at 1:53 AM

Did you perhaps put a volumetric object (or at least an object with a lot of transparency) in your scene that completely surrounds the scene except (of course) the sky?

That's about the only thing I could think of that can cause what you just said.

Rayraz posted Wed, 23 July 2003 at 7:14 AM

I was thinking of a volumetric or fuzzy object too. Don't know what else it could be

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Willowjune posted Wed, 23 July 2003 at 9:29 PM

No, no volumetric or fuzzy objects. I'd post the picture but I don't have a program at present to change it to the right kind of file. Guess I'll start over. Thanks.

tresamie posted Wed, 23 July 2003 at 11:42 PM

You can save right from Bryce with a .jpg file.

Fractals will always amaze me!

Rayraz posted Thu, 24 July 2003 at 2:25 AM

Attached Link: http://www.xnview.com/

Try XnView. It's freeware and it imports up to 400 different formats and exports to 40 formats.

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Willowjune posted Thu, 24 July 2003 at 1:04 PM

Thanks for info re: saving as .jpg in Bryce. Live and learn. Here's the weird file, the cottage with what is supposed to be the Take Me There! sky preset.

Willowjune posted Thu, 24 July 2003 at 1:06 PM

And here's the Take Me There! sky preset, with a cube put in to show what the lighting is supposed to be like.

Rayraz posted Thu, 24 July 2003 at 2:31 PM

That is strange. Have you tried creating a new scene with the right sky and then merging it with the scene that acts strange?

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Willowjune posted Thu, 24 July 2003 at 11:11 PM

I did finally figure out how to import the cottage into a new scene--when all else fails, read the manual. Guess I'll never know what happened with the skies in the first file, but at least I don't have to make the xxxx cottage again. Thanks.

Rayraz posted Fri, 25 July 2003 at 3:51 AM

you can always e-mail me the file that's acting weird. Maybe I can find out what the problem is in a closer inspection?

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catlin_mc posted Fri, 25 July 2003 at 4:57 AM

We'll be calling you the Bryce doctor soon Rayraz.......8)

Ang25 posted Fri, 25 July 2003 at 7:17 AM

Isn't it wonderful having him back! :-D

Rayraz posted Fri, 25 July 2003 at 7:26 AM

Maybe I should make a tut on Brycian surgery some time :P

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