Jedswindells have suggested the following for this month's challenge theme.........:

" 'Back to the Beginning'
Remember your first Bryce image? (I'll bet it was a shiny sphere over the sea).
The challenge is to create something amazing with just a sphere,a plane and a terrain!
Pure Bryce,no imports."

The word 'Plane' means a ground plane, not an aircraft - not that anyone would try to take advantage. ;-)

**Good luck to you all. The Entry pages will be up shortly.

****The Deadline will be 12 NOON UK TIME October 31st 2010
**
Contestants are permitted only one (1) entry.

**WARNING!!!!!  Anyone posting finished renders in the galleries before the end of voting will be disqualified from this challenge.

WIPS are fine as long as they are only posted in this thread.
**
The Rules Page can be viewed here:
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Oh, goody!
That sounds great! :-D

Corrie

I'm already on it!

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Bryce: Bryce Pro 7.1.074
Image Editing: Corel Paintshop Pro
Renderer: Superfly, Firefly

9/11/2001: Never forget...

Smiles are contagious... Pass it on!

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday

 

Sweet.

Entry Page is up!

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Have a question... Can you use more than one sphere, terrain or plane? And can you use one of the primitives, like cube, torus, pyramid, or cone? one of the 2D's?

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Image Editing: Corel Paintshop Pro
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9/11/2001: Never forget...

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I think the limitations are pretty strict with this one. Jed said the following:

*"...just a sphere,a plane and a terrain..."

*I would take as one of each.

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Bryster, don't forget to check the entry uploads. I am sure with what we've learned during our experiences with Bryce, the simple SOW can be transformed into anything our mind can conjured up. Right?

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Image Editing: Corel Paintshop Pro
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9/11/2001: Never forget...

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TS, great entry and it's approved. FYI, I do check the uploads everyday, sometimes twice a day.

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 Perfect - nice to have a simpler challenge, especially since I'll be gone for a week and only have access to my Mother-In-Laws computer. And maybe I'll get it in on time!

Silly question maybe :
When trying to submit my entry I get the message :
You must attach a file to this contest.
What do you mean ? Is it the BR6 file ?

ADBC, don't worry about the file thing. I didn't remove the option box when I set the entry page up. You're only obliged to upload a thumbnail and your challenge entry. If you can't upload your imags, upload the br file. It won't be part of the voting process anyway.

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The Bryster,
Thanks, uploaded the BR6 file as well as the image and thumbnail and it seems to be OK, got following message though :
"The file you uploaded was not a valid file type or exceeded the size limits. Your entry was saved without the file(s), and will be reviewed shortly".
I suppose it'll be OK.

ADBC, your entry is up! ;-)

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My first  Bryce Monthly Challenge :-) , great theme.

Ultimately an extremely fancy theme ;)

I can hardly remember my very first Bryce image back in 97... sure must have been a sphere :biggrin: At the end of that first night I managed to render a scene with a submarine (made out of spheres  ) emerging between icebergs..

Let's see if I'm still familiar with spheres.

Let's see if I'm still familiar with spheres.

They would be the round shiny things.;-)

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Yeah thanks, just found them :biggrin:

I hope my upload works, it gave me an error message for not including the file...

I think you can ignore the error message. Please try again.

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I, too, get that File message.
I would love to ignore, but is my image now uploaded?

Corrie

Peedy, er..that would be a no. No sign of it.

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Ok, will try again, tomorrow (My tomorrow. ;-) )

Mmmh...

I uploaded the files again, this time with an empty (small) Brycefile to dodge the errormessage but this came up:

The file you uploaded was not a valid file type or exceeded the size limits. Your entry was saved without the file(s), and will be reviewed shortly.

Hopefully the images found their way to the server.

Original file: 1024x600 - 224 kB
Thumb: 100x100 - 5,94 kB

To all that get the error when uploading image for the challenge.... Simply put the same image file that you are uploading into the file box. Renderosity does not recognize bryce file formats.

TheBryster will have modify the upload file boxes so the next time there will be no or less confusion, eh?

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Poser: Poser 11.3 ...... Units: inches or meters depends on mood
Bryce: Bryce Pro 7.1.074
Image Editing: Corel Paintshop Pro
Renderer: Superfly, Firefly

9/11/2001: Never forget...

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Hey, Fran, thanks so much!!!!! :-D

Corrie

Ok, re-posted it, Fran's way.
Did it come now?

Corrie

TheBryster will have modify the upload file boxes so the next time there will be no or less confusion, eh?

Please tell me he's doing that right now... all upload boxes are gone :woot:

..calm down Benny... try it again later

Peedy & Lordgoron, your images are up!

The thing was that I forgot to untick the box that requires entrants to upload a file. Once the challenge is running I can't undo that. My bad.

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Bad, bad boy! LOL
Thanks!
Corrie

Bad, bad boy! LOL
Thanks!
Corrie

Of course, I CAN delete entries at anytime.................

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Did I say Bad boy?

Yes, I did.

But I didn't mean you, oh mighty marsian. hehehehe

* oh mighty marsian*

'Your Eminence' will suffice, followed with a curtsie.

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LOL!
Eminem?
You are Eminem??????

Perfect! Thanks so much for your help  :-)

To the Comfy Chair with ye!

Trying to send my entry and keeps saying I need to attach a file to this contest?????

http://joevinton.blogspot.com/

Use Thunderstone's tip, above:
Simply put the same image file that you are uploading into the file box.

I did and it works like a charm!

Corrie

Cheers!

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The halloween contest works the same way...its been like that for as long as I can remember. 

 

“For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible.”

[Stuart Chase]

Quote - The Bryster,
Thanks, uploaded the BR6 file as well as the image and thumbnail and it seems to be OK, got following message though :
"The file you uploaded was not a valid file type or exceeded the size limits. Your entry was saved without the file(s), and will be reviewed shortly".
I suppose it'll be OK.

Got the same error message - hope it all uploaded okay:) I don't usually enter the competitions just because I get stuck for inspiration when given a set scene to create, but I couldn't let this one slip by...great fun!:)

Beginners tutorials for Bryce

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IO4, your entry is up! ;-)

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Thanks Bryster:)

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This sounds like fun. Count me in!

--Death

Safe to assume that "PURE" Bryce no imports also means no postwork?
:)
The eternal question...

Welcome back, Claymor and Death_at_midnight!!! Welcome back!!!! I'm so looking forward to seeing more of your artwork. @Claymor As for postwork, the rules doesn't specify, so I would venture to say that it's permissible. Right, TBryster???

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Bryce: Bryce Pro 7.1.074
Image Editing: Corel Paintshop Pro
Renderer: Superfly, Firefly

9/11/2001: Never forget...

Smiles are contagious... Pass it on!

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday

 

Although this challenge makes no mention of postwork I would say it is permitted but should be kept to a minimum.

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posted an entry then realized I created a texture which, of course, was an import. I can use a Bryce default if need be...Lemme know Bryster

I don't think textures count as imports. You're approved.

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Submitted my first ever challenge entry!  Great idea for a theme.

My self-build system - Vista 64 on a Kingston 240GB SSD, Asus P5Q Pro MB, Quad 6600 CPU, 8 Gb Geil Black Dragon Ram, CoolerMaster HAF932 full tower chassis, EVGA Geforce GTX 750Ti Superclocked 2 Gb, Coolermaster V8 CPU aircooler, Enermax 600W Modular PSU, 240Gb SSD, 2Tb HDD storage, 28" LCD monitor, and more red LEDs than a grown man really needs.....I built it in 2008 and can't afford a new one, yet.....!

My Software - Poser Pro 2012, Photoshop, Bryce 6 and Borderlands......"Catch a  r--i---d-----e-----!"

 

Paul, you got site-mail.

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I can't seem to find the upload page any more!  I go to the entry page, but the upload boxes have all disappeared!

My self-build system - Vista 64 on a Kingston 240GB SSD, Asus P5Q Pro MB, Quad 6600 CPU, 8 Gb Geil Black Dragon Ram, CoolerMaster HAF932 full tower chassis, EVGA Geforce GTX 750Ti Superclocked 2 Gb, Coolermaster V8 CPU aircooler, Enermax 600W Modular PSU, 240Gb SSD, 2Tb HDD storage, 28" LCD monitor, and more red LEDs than a grown man really needs.....I built it in 2008 and can't afford a new one, yet.....!

My Software - Poser Pro 2012, Photoshop, Bryce 6 and Borderlands......"Catch a  r--i---d-----e-----!"

 

Paul, I'll approve your entry but it would be very helpful if you would post a wire-frame here, please.

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Hmmm.  Is the Bryster preparing the comfy chair????

Paul's entry is a rather clever use of a single sphere IIUC. I'm asking him to post a wire-frame to head-off any accusations of rule-breaking.

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My Bryster decoding ring seems defective; IIUC?

Aha! 

Here is the wireframe, which tells you virtually nothing, so I've added some extra screenshots to explain what's going on.  The apparently multiple spheres are really one sphere - if you look carefully in the posted picture, you can see a couple of artefacts that give the game away.  It makes use of Bryce's amazing ability to render volumetric materials in full 3D glory.  I began with a standard Bryce procedural 3D volumetric texture;  this originally made use of the alpha you can see in Texture A channel in the Material Editor, and would have rendered the sphere look like it does in the small inset picture.  I then loaded another alpha to replace this one, again a standard Bryce one, called "Blue Dots" into the Texture B channel, and set Texture B as the source for the Base Density.  This then produces a set of spheres in effect carved out of the original sphere, if you will, as in the posted render.  However, where the volumetric shapres intersect the surface of the sphere, they get cut off.  On the right, I have set the diffuse channel to bright green and also changed the value of the base density as well as the scale of the "Blue Dots" alpha - this is still the same single sphere, but now it's almost full of solid volumetric texture, which hopefully illustrates the effect better.  It's really only the same principle behind the "Ball Bearings" 3D volumetric preset that ships with Bryce, or indeed any volumetric texture.  Amazing stuff!

 

 

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My Software - Poser Pro 2012, Photoshop, Bryce 6 and Borderlands......"Catch a  r--i---d-----e-----!"

 

Wow!!! That is very interesting!!! I think I would like to try that soon... Thanks for the tip!

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Poser: Poser 11.3 ...... Units: inches or meters depends on mood
Bryce: Bryce Pro 7.1.074
Image Editing: Corel Paintshop Pro
Renderer: Superfly, Firefly

9/11/2001: Never forget...

Smiles are contagious... Pass it on!

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday

 

IIUC = If I Understand Correctly.

Paul, thankyou very much for the shots. The wireframe does me that you only used one sphere and not dozens as seems the case with your green blobs/balls. This is actually genius. I have no idea how you worked this out. Very impressive work.

 

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Ooooh!  A new Bryce guru!  I am not worthy!  I am not worthy!

Actually, I did something similar to make a "snow" globe years ago.... Bryce is just amazing, init?

Quote - I have no idea how you worked this out.

Easy - 10 years as a Bryce obsessive (my name is Paul and I'm addicted to Bryce but am recovering), and many, many bottles of Newcastle Brown.

 

My self-build system - Vista 64 on a Kingston 240GB SSD, Asus P5Q Pro MB, Quad 6600 CPU, 8 Gb Geil Black Dragon Ram, CoolerMaster HAF932 full tower chassis, EVGA Geforce GTX 750Ti Superclocked 2 Gb, Coolermaster V8 CPU aircooler, Enermax 600W Modular PSU, 240Gb SSD, 2Tb HDD storage, 28" LCD monitor, and more red LEDs than a grown man really needs.....I built it in 2008 and can't afford a new one, yet.....!

My Software - Poser Pro 2012, Photoshop, Bryce 6 and Borderlands......"Catch a  r--i---d-----e-----!"

 

Quote - Easy - 10 years as a Bryce obsessive (my name is Paul and I'm addicted to Bryce but am recovering), and many, many bottles of Newcastle Brown.

 

LOL Yup! That'll do the trick... hehehe... :lol:

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Poser: Poser 11.3 ...... Units: inches or meters depends on mood
Bryce: Bryce Pro 7.1.074
Image Editing: Corel Paintshop Pro
Renderer: Superfly, Firefly

9/11/2001: Never forget...

Smiles are contagious... Pass it on!

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday

 

I'm in denial.

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Is the water nice there, TheBryster? ;-)

Corrie

:lol:

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Uploaded my image Thursday and still don't see it - just wanted to make sure it made it before the deadline!

Relax, Dan. You made it!

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Thank you Sir! And what a good turnout.

Soooo when does the voting begin??? I have already picked my favorites.

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Image Editing: Corel Paintshop Pro
Renderer: Superfly, Firefly

9/11/2001: Never forget...

Smiles are contagious... Pass it on!

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday

 

Greetings!

 

  I'm not seeing where to upload my image into the October challenge. Did all this change since I last entered a challenge?

 

 

Oh oh, looks like I missed it. 12 noon UK time. Missed it by a few hours.

 

 

Vote here........................

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php?thread_id=2814756

D.@.M. sorry you missed it. I did leave it open a while after the deadline due to RL stuff.

 

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