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Your Render challenge must have the dominant subject be Glass. The image can be any subject matter, but a major part of must be made of glass. The more computer torturing "Reflection, refraction" the better.

Here is an example at the link, and I know HDRI was used but it's the Glass "BAUBLE" that dominates the image.

Glass bubbles
Glass Slippers
Glass Chess Pieces
Glass Underwear...Umm, maybe not such good idea.
But you get the picture.

Imports & Post work is fine.

Have Fun!!!

ICM

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Sounds fan-glass-tic ! Sorry,.........I couldn't help myself. Great idea !

"Any club that would have me as a member is probably not worth joining" -Groucho Marx

mmm.....I may have to reflect on this...............

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Nice idea! dang I can't come up with a puny reply. errr.

I've gone all glassy eyed at the thought.

The greatest part of wisdom is learning to develop  the ineffable genius of extracting the "neither here nor there" out of any situation...."

sands fantastic !

I can see thru all of you....  that your kidding...

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I agree tom....they're all being quite transparent.

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.....and I thought I was being quite clear about this. ;)

Ohhh, I can tell this is going to be a fun one.

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Clearly.

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Groan, this is becoming quite a pane.........................

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Yes it is becoming a bit of a sili(ca) conversation

The greatest part of wisdom is learning to develop  the ineffable genius of extracting the "neither here nor there" out of any situation...."

I don't know...I'm seeing this as half-full, myself.

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You can see people's expressions just glazing-over...............and this thread's becoming quite a spectacle!

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Arrgh.... an overdose of vitreous humor!

ICM just wanted to float this one past us.... (work that one out....heheh!)

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And in my final hours - I would cling rather to the tattooed hand of kindness - than the unblemished hand of hate...

So how does one sparkle at this?

In other words this newbie wants to know how one enters.  :unsure:

Incognitas: Read the Challenge theme at the top of this thread. Make your scene.
Wait for the posting thread to arrive and post your render there. Someone will then start a VOTING thread and peps will vote and a winner will be declared........eventually!

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And in my final hours - I would cling rather to the tattooed hand of kindness - than the unblemished hand of hate...

I will also be creating and Upload page, which is where you would actually upload/enter your image into the Challenge.

That will will be up tomorrow.

ICM (or opinions from anyone) - With Challenges two months long, should multiple entries be allowed?

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*With Challenges two months long, should multiple entries be allowed?

*My opinion is no. Unless you would stipulate that the Pros (anyone who has won a challenge) only be allowed one entry. Multiple entries from the best would make it darn near impossible for anyone else to stand a chance of finishing in the top 3. So to be fair, I vote for just 1 entry per person. (how many of my cents is that?).

Thank you. :biggrin:

Hey Rod,..........I'm sorry I started this, let me be crystal clear about that !  Doh !

"Any club that would have me as a member is probably not worth joining" -Groucho Marx

i'm shattered just thinkin about it...

 

I'm a-glass-t at all these transparent attempts at humor.  I shutter to think what you people would do if you put this free time to good use.  All this a-ledge-ed humor has me sash-aying for the patio door screening and bay-ing with pane!

:cP

I'm so ronerey.

mdb

BTW, my processor screems in pain for all the glass issues.

Ang, good point, I agree.

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Ditto Ang & AS.

I've even considered holding off until the next challenge to enter. (I still remember competing against a few hammers of the gods)

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Ya gotta enter! I mean, come on....Glass & HDRI?
I'm SO in this one.

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This sounds like it'll be fun. I'm definately entering this!

I'm all glassy eyed over the enthusiasm.....

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gliss my kass
giss my klass
miss ky glass

...need more coffee...brain in silly mode.

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So where do we upload our entry?

My gallery @ Renderosity

Agentsmith is in the process of putting that together, Watch for the Upload link in the Forum Header.

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ok i,m posting this so i get notified of the link.

 

The link for the Upload Area is in the (Bryce) Forum and Gallery Headers up at the top.  ;o)

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Omigosh, I'm 27 hours into a render and only 55% complete AA.  Already there's stuff posted that blows mine away.  Fire extinguishers should have been issued to all entering this challenge to cool down the cpus.   I am sooooo looking forward to what the past heavy hitters will come up with.

Question: is postwork allowed in this challenge?

Yes

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Hrm, what's the thing about putting a notice of the challenge in Renderosity's main page, in the contest section? There's some cellphone contest there, and a Rhino one. Maybe we can put our Bryce one there and attract some Brycer's who don't normally hang out at this here forum?

WOW, So far these Glass entries are Fantastic.........Can't wait to see more!

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I know it's a stupid question but is 600x800 rather than 800X600 permissible?

Attached Link: Backroom Challenge Rules

Yes. There is a link in the challenge upload area that explains everything in depth.

Here's that link.....

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Thanks.  I'm working away at mine as we speak.  I was playing with the idea of doing a volumetric world render until I got back the result that what I have non-volumetric will take over a day to render on my 6400 Intel Duo.

sigh bryce has already crashed 3 times working on this.....Here goes another try.

Dang, sorry to hear this!
An angel losese its wings every time a Bryce crashes...

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in that case there are a helluva lot of angels walking around, or taking the bus. ;)

 

This challenge really is a bryce killer.   I mean, what did it ever do to you to deserve such punishment?   And is smoke supposed to come out of the cd-rom slot?

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Umm, wait let me check the specs................................................Yes.

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Ok folks, I have been working at this for a week now and I have come to two conclusions...

1. There is no way I am going to submit anything done in bryce again!

2.  I hate Bryce!  I have been grinding on this pic for so long, my laptop has 756 MB of RAM.  It keeps crashing bryce and saying things like, Out of Memory.  My comp at home is saying THE SAME THING and it has 3Gig of RAM.  Conclusion, Bryce is the suxours and I am sticking with Vue!

I just wish there was some way to get DAZ to work with Vue.  Just think, the two fastest and best rendering progs out there working in unison!  Ahhh a little slice of artistic heaven!

Best of luck to all of you who have the patience to deal with 'Out of Memory' Errors and constant crashes... When I get the time I will redo the pic I origionally wanted to in VUE, c ya!

Just a quicky.  Do any of the textures you're using have really long names?   Cause that used to cause problems.

If Bryce isn't working out for you and you like DAZ, have you considered Carrara?  It is, as we say in the land of my father, The Dogs!

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Hrm... as for me, I LOVE Bryce :-)

The interface is awesome... I loathe clutter. Don't like four views on the screen at once. If possible, that's the first thing I eliminate from a program.

This glass challenge is supposed to make the computer smoke and be pushed to the limit. It's a great challenge and the most fun I've had in a while. Rendering with a purpose, it's cool.

When I'm Brycing, I'm in hog heaven!

I agree with everyone as well.  The Glass Render Theme is a good challenge for Bryce or any rendering software.  Its a real number cruncher for sure.

I've been a fan of Bryce since it was just Bryce and than Bryce 3D :), but I also use Carrara just like Phil said its The Dogs!!

Both Bryce and Carrara compliment each other very nicly.

I may check out carrara, but as far as this challenge goes, there is just no way Im gonna make it.  I like bryce's interface too, but I dont mind the four screens either, make moving things simpler (at times.)  I just wish DAZ (being quick and efficient) would work with Vue (being the best rendering engine I have ever used.)

I dont know about the texture names being an issue or not...though that does explain why sometimes certain textures just wont show up half the time.  But I found a way where I can do this challenge and still keep my sanity.  For any of you having similar issues and want an alternative route, here is what I am doing;  Rendering a background in Vue.  Turning said background into a HDRI map.  Taking my model from DAZ into Bryce along with the new HDRI...render...clean...submit.  Time consuming yes, but at least I can get to the rendering part now! LOL

Be permitted an observation: 
Hundreds of artists that use Bryce exist, few they send your works. 
Or the challenge forest same Bryce, or he/she is not having a lot of importance. 
The Theme is excellent. 
 
Instead of we be discussing the quality of Bryce and comparing with other tools, because we didn't address our efforts in the competition? 
We will make Bryce to work at the most, our imagination can help...  
Bryce, Vue, Carrara, Poser, Terragem..... they are great tools.... but excellent same they are the artists that use them.... 
I would like to see a challenge in Pure Bryce.... the challenge would be much more gratifying.... 
 
Art is to be enjoyed, the quality is relative.... 
Excuse for the relief.

@Thandaluz, that is a grand idea for a challenge. 

@jchristenberry.....I find that large texutre files will crash my Bryce.  The Daz skeleton with the grungy mats crashes it every time.  If you reduce the size of the texture jpg, it makes a big difference.  Change your objects to 'show as box' inside the 'A' atrributes popup.  Make sure to always close Bryce and reboot if you had a crash.  Make sure to save your Bryce file as many names as you go along.  I also save my Daz object as a scene within Daz before importing....saved me many times.
DazStudio crashes on me more than Bryce does.  I do not think it's that efficient at all.  Heck, I had Vue crash on me the other day....albiet, it doesn't do it every often...probably operator error.  But it did happen :)

Yay, I just uploaded mine :-)

RE: the voting for Kiss my Glass in bryce?
My friends want to vote they are members
however they say they cannot find where to vote
I even left some links for them but still they cannot get to the voting:
Maybe??it isn't time yet ??
thanks  evie here:

!!!!! Challenge is on as of right now and Deadline will be on March 28th, 10p.m.    (Renderosity Server Time)  [no exceptions] !!!!!

If the period finished, because the sending is still possible?

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Mirror mirror on  the wall Where is the voting page for this all? That is the question??????????????//////lol

hrm, link didn't work.

Well I finally posted something in the competition, though I think its crap and only posted it to say I actually did.  The pic I was TRYING to make in bryce and just wouldnt happen is now posted in my gallery...its called "Kissed by the Rain."  I finished it in Vue instead.

Crashing.. I have never actually had DAZ crash on me, or Vue for that matter.  Bryce on the other hand..........no comment.