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Hey there, I finally finished the tut on creating fabric drapes out of terrains in Bryce for those interested, sorry for any typos(I spotted one or two) I checked it 3x and still missed them...

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Very nice!

that kick ass! excellent tutorial, thank you!

About time too! ;-) Great tut. You make it look easy. We will see....

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Excellent stuff there Zhann, very useful and thank you for sharing.

Excellent tut you've made Zhann, it's just what is needed for folk new to using the terrain editor. You've done a great job with this, it's clear, uncluttered, and easy to read. 8) Catlin

It's a great tut, and especially like that you use PSP.... Though it's not how I do that though.I save a step and do the painting in the terrain editor.Or take a photo of some drapes.I cheat LOL.

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dBgrafix, I never 'paint' in the terrain editor(except to remove half a mtn), I feel you have much more at your disposal in PSP or PS as far as filters, etc(although some also work in Bryce). However, I have the greatest respect for those who do work in the editor. Also those new to 3D, may be very proficient in a 2D paint program, and that will help them get the desired results quicker, until they feel comfortable working in the terrain editor. Photos are nice too, although the greyscale isn't that pronounced with a photo, and if you up the contrast too much you lose some detail....but whatever helps you get what you're looking for, works for me...=)

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Thanks Zhann! I've been meaning to look into that sort of thing again! typos? I gotz me a million of 'em infact I am the self -prolaimed king of the typo. so don't worry about that. It looks otherwise very informative. I'll sit down with it tomight after Enterprise (8:00 pacific on UPN). typoelvis, err bikermouse, has left the building, - TJ (Thank you . . .thank you very much!)

Thanks Zhann, now all I need to do is find some textures to go with it! LOL.

Thanks sooo much Zhann, I have been trying to remember who it was that had done a tut on this awhile back! Now I know where to find it..LOL as for typos..I just blame the DTI (Damn Typo Imps) that live in my keyboard.:)

Thanks Zhann, this is great!

very very nice and informative. thank you zhann! :)

Excellent job...Very informative and great details...Now you need to do a tutorial for doing the drapes completely in Bryce,Inside the Terrain editor using just the Paint tools in the Terrain Editor...

Would be an excellent Tutorial for all of the folks who dont have a Paint Program...

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Thanks a million Zhann..... Great tut. It is one that I definitely will be able to use. I have always had a hard time with fabrics in Bryce. This looks like it will work for me. 8)

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Not exactly the type of drape your tutorial was trying to have me do, but then I've never really been great at following instructions...;o) Thanks for the inspiration! AS

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AS you never stop to surprise me! that image is simply amazing! the idea ot the thin linen drape is marvellous!

@AS, nice gauzy texture, yours? It doen't matter as long as you got the fundmentals...=) @foleypro, in the terrain editor, hmmmmm, I'll give it a shot...... @everyone, thanks for the kind words, hope it inspires some images....

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Very useful tut. Congrats and thanks, Zhann.

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You can create a gauze type of effect with any fabric texture. It's just a 1024x1024 image and is filed with 4x4 black and white checkerboards, which I had made up real quick. Just apply that as your transparency map, bang, transparent fabric. Scale it up for sheer, scale it down for gauze. Easy stuff. AS

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4x4 black and white checkerboards, just laying around on your harddrive eh? cool technique though, got a pic of the checkerboard, just curious if what I'm thinking and what you're using are one and the same....

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Just a minute... AS

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Attached Link: fabric transparency map

The cool thing about a pure black and white .bmp, is that at 3.1Mb, it zips down to just 8Kb. ;o) Here is the trans map I made and used for that picture up there, I had scaled it up to +2% in Bryce. AgentSmith

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Oh, yeah, I had also double-used the terrain map. I had used it to drive the Diffusion (value), this made sure the "valleys" of the fabric were darker than the "hills", so to speak. AS

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For the interested. A=fabric texture B=fabric transparency map (see post #25) C=the map I had also used as the terrain This worked for the scene at hand, it may not look good for any scene. AS

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Even if it doesn't work for all scenes it's something to play with and tweak to see what comes up, thanks!

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What a staggeringly easy TUT!!!!! I'm so impressed! I don't know where I'll use it, but I've saved a printable version for use later on. Thanks, Jan! I really appreciate all the work you've put into this. The Bryster

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Good stuff! I love height-mapping, it's effective for all kinds of techniques. Typos are like text-based accents...!