Titled "Forbidden Bryce", the tutorial uses a model of the robot character to teach beginning and advanced Bryce 5 users new and exciting techniques in the popular 3-D modeling program. Says CHU (Clydes Human Unit) of ClydeSight2.0!, "I found some information and images of Robby on the Internet and wondered if could I model the robot in Bryce 5 using ONLY that program? It was a challenge, but I found that with some innovative approaches to the standard Bryce 5 techniques, I could do it. Then I realized, I had some wonderful techniques that other Bryce 5 users would be eager to learn, so I wrote it up as a tutorial!"

ClydeSight2.0! is well known for excellent Bryce 5 tutorials, and this is the largest ever posted on the site. The size reflects the level of detail CHU put into the robot model, and the tutorial is fully illustrated with wireframe and rendered images to explain every step of the modeling process.

"I designed this tutorial so a beginner could manage and learn from it, yet a Bryce 5 master would be intrigued," says CHU. "The Bryce 5 Robby is not an exact reproduction of the original, but a very reasonable facsimile. I very much enjoy Bryce 5, it is an extremely comfortable program to use, and I like to find ways to make it fly. In the past I have created tutorials for the Bryce 5 community and they have been well received. So I felt this new tutorial would be of value to them."

The new tutorial takes the user step by step through the entire modeling process, then goes further make the model into a poseable cyber-puppet, ready for animation. It even includes special tips on materials and lighting to make the robot shine. And there is a bonus for fans of the film, humorous "memorable" quotes from the movie, spoken as if the characters were Bryce 5 users.

The new tutorial, filled with images and some tongue-in-cheek humor, is available for free to all on ClydeSight2.0! the award winning fun and games cat site. Point your thrusters to:

http://www.clydesight.com/brRobby

The character and design of "Robby, the Robot" was originated by MGM for the movie "Forbidden Planet" and is the property of Turner Entertainment Co. It is imitated here for Bryce 5 educational purposes only and no violation of their copyright is intended or implied. "Robby, the Robot" & "Forbidden Planet" are Trademarks of Turner Entertainment Co., a Time Warner Company.

That thing would make a mighty fine refrigerator model if you took of his arm stubs. I know I'm not the only one thinking this.

"NOTE: Bryce 5 refraction within an object (i.e. cube, sphere, torus, cylinder) works on Bryce 5 primitives. However, it does not work inside a mesh object." Is that becouse primitives are not "phisical" objects, then rather "raytraced" effect in B5 (?), you got me there, did not know that, i was almost 100% understanding the whole thing wrong, i tought U ment "refraction" when camera is inside cube and object we are observing are outside, my bad ! :)

You must place the camera inside an object to use the refraction effect I am talking about. The interior of the object will display refraction effects. External objects are obviously not affected because they are outside the refracting object. Try it. Make a large cube (say 200 units on all sides, with the bottom level with the ground plane) and place the camera inside it, about half way up-down. Put the camera at one end of the cube so you can see as much of the cube interior as possible. Pop in a spherical light. (so you can see what you are doing!) You can leave it at the default setting. Place it in the center of the cube. Put any object inside the cube so the camera can see it. I like the red sphere. Put it on the floor of the cube under the light so it is illuminated. Turn off atmospheric effects in the Sky Lab. Set the refraction for the CUBE's material to something higher than air (100). Render and see what it looks like. Try different refraction settings and see the results, also try ranged light falloffs (usually set about 80). Move the sphere into coreners and so on and watch how the refraction affects it. I use this technique all the time and it works fine.

Way to go! I'm impressed!

ah..Forbidden Planet, the loosely-based-on-Shakespearer's-Tempest sci-fi movie, starring, among other folks, Leslie Nielsen (Naked Gun movies..;) hmmm..now in Wings, I could...;)

Forbidden Planet, and this is just my opinion, btw, was the inspiration for much of the original Star Trek series as far as look, feel, atmosphere, and set design. There's even an "away team" of captain, first officer, and doctor. I saw this movie for the first time about 1976, and I kept having a deja vu about it until I realized it felt like a classic Trek episode. Not saying Roddenberry stole anything, just that he probably saw this and took inspiration from it. John "Must...keep...placing...hesitation...between...words." - my very bad Shatner impression.

Forbidden Planet has inspired a lot of people. It's a cult sci-fi classic and I believe the first sci-fi movie to win an Oscar. It was way ahead of its time and I think it was also the first movie to ever have an entirely electronic music (I use the term loosely) sound track. The intro to my tutorial has some history of Robby and also a link to a Web site, Fred Barton Productions, where you'll learn more about Robby, the movie, and how they made the robot work. Fred was kind enough to allow me to use some images from his site for my inspiration. But the tutorial isn't really about Robby or Forbidden Planet, it's about Bryce 5 and how to use Bryce 5 to solve some very complex modeling problems easily. I wrote it for the community of Bryce 5 users. I hope some of you will try it out and let me know what you think of the techniques I developed and that they gave you some good tips.

Forbidden Planet is just such a classic movie and hasn't Leslie Nielson (SP???) changed? a far cry from the joke Nielson we see doing comedy today.

wow thats some tute! cheers

right tj i had noticed that too

Hey Clyde, cool tutorial! I sent you an e-mail, but basically; There is a space on Renderosity where members can upload a link to an offsite tutorial. Here's the Bryce section of that (lot of old/dead links for me to clean up); http://www.renderosity.com/tutorial.ez?Sectionid=8 Just click the "Upload" link to post a link to your tutorial. I also will be adding a link to our header, to that area of the tutorials (offsite) Thanks! AgentSmith

Thanks Agent Smith, I uploaded the links with no problem! I hope some folks will find them and try the robot tute to see just how GREAT Bryce 5 is. The robot model (he's so retro!) is fun to build, and Bryce 5 does some very cool things in the process. This was a fun project for me (the robot model), and I hope it will be for others.

ANY tutorial on actual building in Bryce is appreciated, it's not the easiest Bryce concept to grasp. ;o) AS

Attached Link: http://www.clydesight.com/brRobby

Oops, I missed that box! Sorry, and thanks for posting the link for me.