Sargon opened this issue on Aug 27, 2003 ยท 24 posts
Sargon posted Wed, 27 August 2003 at 4:56 PM
First let me just say hello to everyone, i am a fairly new user and this is my first time posting in the forum, although i don't believe it will be my last, also i am a newbie and an amature to bryce. i have read the help files and have searched around on the net for more tutorials, i believe the best way to learn is to just jump right in and try. The problem i been having is this, i been trying to make realistic looking sparks, like what you would get from a cutting torch or a grinder, does anyone know of a way to do this? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Sargon
mloates posted Wed, 27 August 2003 at 5:21 PM
Welcome to the forum Sargon. Being new to Bryce, you're in for a fun-filled journey! I would agree that, jumping in and trying things out and experimenting with what Bryce can do is a great way to learn. Enjoy yourself. As for making realistic sparks in Bryce, one way would be to use a 2D pic of the type of sparks you're looking for with a transparency map. Or, someone else in the forum may know of a mat out there somewhere that would provide the results you're interested in. Off the top of my head, I'm not sure, but I'm sure someone will know. Best of luck and happy rendering!
Teri posted Wed, 27 August 2003 at 5:46 PM
Hi Sargon, Can't really offer any help to your question on sparks, but wanted to welcome you to the forum from another newbie :). I'm sure some of the others will offer suggestions that might work. Teri R
electroglyph posted Wed, 27 August 2003 at 5:57 PM
Maybe one of the supernova reminant mats and change the colors from purple to white and yellow in dte?
danamo posted Wed, 27 August 2003 at 6:02 PM
Welcome Sargon! I think a lot of artists would add the sparks by doing "post-work" in an image editing app. However it might be more fun and an innovative challenge to figure out how to do it within Bryce itself. I'll have to think about this one.
brittmccary posted Wed, 27 August 2003 at 6:10 PM
..waving... I'm considering myself a newbie too... trying to catch up as fast as I can! :)
Innovator posted Wed, 27 August 2003 at 6:18 PM
cant think of anything off hand. When I get home on my own computer, Ill give it a shot and post some screenshots for ya. oh, P.S. Welcome to the wonderful world of Brycing!! :-)
TheBryster posted Wed, 27 August 2003 at 6:57 PM
Trawl through the Bryce free stuff...Pidjy left some bright things there that might help you.....
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All the Woes of a World by Jonathan Icknield aka The Bryster
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EYECON posted Wed, 27 August 2003 at 7:06 PM
WELCOME SARGON! GET READY TO MEET THE CRAZIEST BUNCH IN THE WORLD OF NET! EYECON-
catlin_mc posted Wed, 27 August 2003 at 7:33 PM
Welcome to the fun house Sargon. If you find a picture of the effect you want you could turn it into a greyscale, open a lattice and put it into the terrain editor then click new, then picture. Find your greyscale image and click it. Using this method you'll have the required shape and can even use the original color image to give the color you want. I did a tut on this a while back but I'll have to search out the link. I'll be back...............8) Catlin
catlin_mc posted Wed, 27 August 2003 at 7:46 PM
Attached Link: http://www.ttanimations.com/Tutorials/CMUL.zip
and here's the link, I hope it's a help to you. Catlin
catlin_mc posted Wed, 27 August 2003 at 7:46 PM
It's a word document BTW.
RodsArt posted Wed, 27 August 2003 at 8:17 PM
Welcome Sargon, You too brittmccary...Prepare to be amazed & addicted. This is a great forum of people(real humans & some very close), willing to help. So read & gaze till your eyes drop out. Sargon, so many ways to do that, catlins' Tut is a great one, you could also do it in post work with Photoshop & universe image creator. scroll through tons of images, Rochr has used stuff like that in many of his. Good luck Looking forward to see what you come up with. ICM
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Sargon posted Wed, 27 August 2003 at 9:25 PM
WOW....Thanks for all the replies, i am overwhelmed by the amount of people that want to help and by those just wantng to say HI, i can tell this is gonna be a fun place to hang out. :) so far i have one image up and hopefully soon another to follow, i tend to go toward the sci-fi catagory myself. but have browsed through a lot of the others...all i can say is this, After seeing some of the work you people have created i dont deserve to carry your mouse pad LOL i am definately not in your league...YET! LOL but hopefully soon. Thanks again, Sargon PS I will be checking out that tutorial Catlin thanks and ICM i never even thought of trying to photoshop it in, i bet i could use the noise filter to get the desired effect too. i will let you know when it is ready to view. Thanks!
Swade posted Wed, 27 August 2003 at 9:40 PM
I'm a little bit late but hello and welcome. You will have a blast here with the peeps in this forum. I don't think you could find a friendlier bunch on the net. 8) Wade
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JC_01 posted Wed, 27 August 2003 at 10:29 PM
Hiya Sargon am a little late also, but was learning how to use the im's here grins welcome to the kewlest place in town....grins you may also want to try a cone type shape, and edit the size and shape to make the sparks fly, then perhaps use a volume texture on it of some type with some ambiance and reflection color settings....also, a small light indise the cone will help to light up the sparks from the inside to make it look like they come from the source... Jen
kiwi_gg posted Thu, 28 August 2003 at 3:18 AM
Welcome fellow newbie I too am totally new to all of this.You could'nt have joined a better community than Renderosity.
The folks here are just awesome.As for learning Bryce, I have found that there are tutorials at lots of sites on different topics so in my case Google gets a damn good workout, but what I do is mainly push,pull and experiment. One thing I will stress is SAVE,SAVE,SAVE,the " revert to last saved " has got me out of the **** many times. You will find that Bryce is like a good relationship,exciting,frustrating and pleasurable.
Enjoy.
Great to meet you,
Cheers
GG.
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TheBryster posted Thu, 28 August 2003 at 5:41 AM
Speak for yourself, EYECON! I'm not crazy and I have a certificate to proove it!
Available on Amazon for the Kindle E-Reader
All the Woes of a World by Jonathan Icknield aka The Bryster
And in my final hours - I would cling rather to the tattooed hand of kindness - than the unblemished hand of hate...
Rayraz posted Thu, 28 August 2003 at 8:13 AM
Welcome to the forum Sargon :) And don't believe this last post from The Bryster. We're all just a little crazy. Keeps us from being boring :)
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catlin_mc posted Thu, 28 August 2003 at 9:11 AM
Does anyone think I should put up my tut in a new thread so everyone can get hold of it? I did this one for a member here a while back, another nubie 8), and it's sat on the web ever since doing nothing. What you think........................? Catlin
Rayraz posted Thu, 28 August 2003 at 10:06 AM
I think it's a great idea to post it in a new thread :)
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Sargon posted Thu, 28 August 2003 at 7:22 PM
catlin_mc posted Fri, 29 August 2003 at 7:37 AM
Nicely done Sargon! Only one thing I would suggest and thats to make the red ray a little more transparent. Apart from that it looks really good. Like your spacecraft. 8) Catlin
Sargon posted Fri, 29 August 2003 at 4:29 PM
I'll give that a try, and thanks for the compliment. :) Have a great week end, hopefully i'll have some more up in the gallery by Tuesday. Sargon