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I've been spending most of my time lately learning how to use Maya....Saw the discussion in the Zhann thread and thought I'd give Erlik's image a shot using only terrain objects. .. . Using the tools available in the more high end programs is efficient and saves time. . . but the speed and variety of 3d object creation possible when using the Bryce terrain editor still owns my allegience. . . . as I advance in my understanding of Maya. . . . I hope to experiment with exporting objects into Maya after their creation in the Bryce editor. Long live Bryce!! : ) . . . . . . .

Some of you may recall this image with the accompanying text from a thread posted by me last December. I provided the link to the original thread for anyone who may be interested. At that time I had been a Bryce user for about 8 years and like every true Brycean, realized that the creative possibilities of this application was limited only by the skill of the individual artist. I still believe the truth of that statement. That was almost a year ago. . . . .

In the time since then, I have spent countless hours and invested hundreds of dollars beginning to learn the complexities of Maya with the hope that one day I could bring to life a game concept that I had been developing. I realized that Maya could take me in a direction that Bryce could not.

After reading some of the comments in recent threads ( i.e. . .Since Bryce is so much ahead of all software they had to clip it wings to be leveled with Maya, 3D studio Max.. .. Kemel; . . .My boolean modelling skills and those of many other brycers around are way better then most peoples polygon modelling skills will ever be!. . if we can do the things we do with just bryce, they'll be out of a job when we get our hands on 3DSMAX ;) rayraz), I had an interesting thought. . . . . . .

Would anyone in the Bryce community be interested to learn what kind of modeling tools a high -end program like Maya has to offer?

I am still learning Maya basics (I havent created one complete scene yet!!) but I could post a few illustrations of the advanced modeling features that I have learned and share them with the Bryce community. I think that you would then comprehend, as I have, the coolness of it all.

And YES rayraz. . . . . . if you can do the things you do with bryce. . . .theres no telling what you can do if you get your hands on 3DSMAX, Maya or any other high-end program!

So whats the verdict? A little Maya yes. . . . or a little Maya no!

You decide! : )