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hello ladies and germs, and even fellow bryce users :) with everyones help (and i bothered ALOT of people, thank you all so much), i was able to post a somewhat serious image in the bryce gallery (thanks for the kind comments...:) now that ive "tasted the goods", i am left w/ more questions than answers.... 1st thing i found out is that there is no "magic formula" for bryce scene construction.... there is no "set way" of scaling objects or textures.... its all about "creating an illusion" as it was kindly put :) just do what looks right in other words..... sounds silly, but its SO true... (im sure you guys figured this out by now...) ( ( ) because there is always a butt somewhere.... there were effects that i was just unable to achieve for my image.... for instance i tried creating the illusion of "visible" light rays shining down from behind the female figure... nothing i did worked... i wanted to add "air" to the entire scene.... not fog, but air... (does that make sense?!?) i was unable to control the "dirt" on the ground... it looks more like thick mud than a dirt road... is it just me, or is water the most impossible thing to adjust??? touch the water, and the ENTIRE scene changes... incredible. i could not "predetermine" what effect my changes would make... ((that goes triple for the sky controls... but um... yall KNOW that :)) i followed tutorials and was finally able to get the wings to work, whew.... the BIGGEST problem however was in the positioning of objects... getting objects flush with the terrain. (that "arrow" doesnt do crap!) the egg clusters next to the trees... the planks floating over the water.... all of these gave much trouble. maybe there is an easier way to do this, but it was beyond me... using the "attributes" settings didnt help, as "bryce units" are funky... it seems i have begun to blab, as im sure these topics are covered elsewhere. (and most likely in abundance...) just wanted to say thanks to those who inspired and helped me, and discuss my "trouble areas" with my first 'real' encounter with bryce...