Hi Brycers...

nice to see things are still moving on.  Not sure I'm crazy about R's new look...but...

Anyhow, it's been quite a while since I browsed the forum and was just wondering who..from back in the day...still frequents the bryce forum or if like me, many have let life get in the way of their art.

so...here's a roll call.

If you know who I am and remember "back when", please post and if you have something new to show, please post a link or the image itself.  I'd like to see  how things are progressing all these years later.

 

:)

BT

bobbystahr present, soon to be retired as a Mod, but am hanging around as much as my music will allow after Halloween. Music needs more time and in fact I'm sitting here typing with my beautiful Daion electric on my lap.

 

Once in a while I look around,
I see a sound
and try to write it down
Sometimes they come out very soft
Tinkling light sound
The Sun comes up again

 

 

 

 

 

Am still hanging around here regularly. Though I am brycing and posting much less frequently nowadays (due to changes in Job and Life).

Always be nice to Bryce and all Goodies to the Woodies,
Hubert

"All that we see or fear, is but a Sphere inside a Sphere."     (E. A. Pryce -- Tuesday afternoon, 1845)

Still drop in from time to time. The old place isn't as busy as it used to be though. The last couple of years have been slow for me creatively, but in the last month or so I've had a resurgence. I'm currently working on a series of space related images in the hope of a commission. Although photoshop accounts for the lions share of the work I used bryce to render some of the planets in this scene.

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=2477386

 

http://joevinton.blogspot.com/

Here are a couple of others I have been working on.

http://joevinton.blogspot.com/

Another which also uses Bryce for the foreground.

http://joevinton.blogspot.com/

This one is all photoshop, but after trying to make a galaxy and failing before I'm pretty pleased how this one is coming on.

http://joevinton.blogspot.com/

A rollcall is a great idea. Where are some of the old timers like Meski, Pinhead and Frogdot? I know some have passed on but where are the rest....................?

Getting back into steady Brycing after several years of working poor status and health problems and computer crashes. Currently trying to finish up some old partial images and also developing a line of images based on the Alice In Wonderland books.

Cheers

 

Mike

 

ps Will post a couple of new images later today and link back to the list.

Hope this link works http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/member.php

Thought I could upload 3 images per 24 hours but evidently that has been reduced to 1 a day unless you pay a $5 per month subscription fee.

Quote - Hope this link works http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/member.php

Thought I could upload 3 images per 24 hours but evidently that has been reduced to 1 a day unless you pay a $5 per month subscription fee.

No it only links to my homepage or whoever elses who clicks the link.

Heres the link you need

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=2481171&user_id=448888&member&np

http://joevinton.blogspot.com/

Thanks Joe. I will post that link over at the Delphi forums for Hamfast.

Quote - Hope this link works http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/member.php

Thought I could upload 3 images per 24 hours but evidently that has been reduced to 1 a day unless you pay a $5 per month subscription fee.

It has always been one unles you pay AFAIK, but in freestuff you CAN upload 3 per day but we will only approve 1 every 24 hr period...I always found that a bit odd.

 

Once in a while I look around,
I see a sound
and try to write it down
Sometimes they come out very soft
Tinkling light sound
The Sun comes up again

 

 

 

 

 

Quote - > Quote - Hope this link works http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/member.php

Thought I could upload 3 images per 24 hours but evidently that has been reduced to 1 a day unless you pay a $5 per month subscription fee.

It has always been one unles you pay AFAIK, but in freestuff you CAN upload 3 per day but we will only approve 1 every 24 hr period...I always found that a bit odd.

Odd is fine with me. Just look at what it did for Jim Morrison and Pink Floyd!

 

heh heh heh, and me as well....lol

 

Once in a while I look around,
I see a sound
and try to write it down
Sometimes they come out very soft
Tinkling light sound
The Sun comes up again

 

 

 

 

 

I stop by but mostly view the Bryce galleries - stilll some mighty fine work being done with Bryce. Love yiur new sruff Joe!

I'm still around after a few years of being on Rendro, but I havent' hardly touched Bryce in the last year or so due to life getting in the way - so I did have a little tinker the other day, spurred on by the 15 min challenge,  and just did a basic image:

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=2480487&user_id=347007&np&np

I can't believe I last posted in 2011...still a diehard Bryce fan though :biggrin:

Beginners tutorials for Bryce

Bryce Arena

I am still around, but have somewhat deserted Renderosity and spend more time over at Daz 3D nowadays.; where I somehow ended up as the Bryce forum Mod. 

 

Brycetech, have sent you a sitemail

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

There is a goup of some size on Delphi Forums that is sort of in between 'osity and Daz. A lot of the old brycers hang out there.

Quote - There is a goup of some size on Delphi Forums that is sort of in between 'osity and Daz. A lot of the old brycers hang out there.

Great reminder thanks - haven't visted that forum in  a long while.

Beginners tutorials for Bryce

Bryce Arena

Lol! Did I say goup? Thats "Group!"

I stop by and look from time to time. Have had Bryce since the late 90's. Currently have the latest version. Play with it from time to time but have made no post of renders. Likely will soon.

Ron Molina

Not from that age but @Bobby: Wow! Tha guitar!

Hi brycetech,

Your tutorials and such have been missed.  As several have said, things have slowed here.  

I too have slowed up in Bryce pursuits but here are a couple that I've done since you where a regular.

https://market.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1998907&user_id=290155&np&np

https://market.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=2349646&user_id=290155&np&np

Hi everyone, I miss the seasoned artists who have moved on. I'm basically an unknown in the galleries as I am a beginner and have only posted about 40 images in the bryce gallery over the last 7 years.  I changed service provider and had too rejoin the site under a new name (my current name is datadraw50). (Formerly, I was datadraw1).  I admire and respect the work of the artists who have set the ground work for people like myself.  The most difficult thing, is thinking of an original idea for a picture, that has not been done to death already. Nowadays, there are a few new artists in the bryce gallery, whose work I question, as they seem to get high ratings for beginner type pictures. Or those that go on and on and on, with the same type of picture for months, sooo boring. What I look for myself is, critical statements on my work, so I can improve and learn from those folks who know art. I think Bryce is a great program for creating and rendering pictures, it's sad that DAZ didn't get the rights to change it to the 64bit platform. The renders you can get with Bryce are near VRay quality. One day, Bryce will be put on the back shelf for good. I was glad to have  good and bad experiences with it.  I appreciate all comments and ratings on my past pictures.  I will post pictures in the gallery again, in the near future. To all of you, a tip of the hat, Thanks, Kevin.

I am experiencing a rebirth of use in Bryce. Despite the onslaught of Vue, the improved lighting, sky lab and Bryce trees has opened new avenues in Bryce whereby an experienced user can come very close to or exceed a Vue image. Just for an experiment I posted one of my better Bryce images in the Vue gallery. It went unquestioned for two years, reaching a 5.0 ranking very quickly, and having made my point it was recently removed.

The current thrust in 3D seems to be hyper-realism which is counter productive to good art. If you want realism then go buy a point and shoot camera. Bryce still gives a sense of visual mystique to images absent from other programs.

it is most unfortunate that Bryce is not an independently owned program and now is subject to an increasingly monopolistic companys quest for profit. It will probably die off for the most part with an occasional rebirth in the art community from time to time.

"The current thrust in 3d seems to be hyper-realism which is counter productive to good art. If you want realism then go buy a point and shoot camera."

I gather from this that you are not a fan of Hollywood movies which use hyper-realistic CG quite extensively to great effect. Also, please tell me where the ruins of the hyper-realistic Metropolis can be found in the real world as I would love to go and shoot some snaps among the ruins with my point and shoot camera!

How is realism counter productive to good art any more than any other genre. It's just another form of art, which probaly takes alot longer to do than say a still life or abstract. 

CG allows you to create anything your mind can think of, wether it be realistic or surreal!

oop's, should add...Hi Brycetech!

Quote - "The current thrust in 3d seems to be hyper-realism which is counter productive to good art. If you want realism then go buy a point and shoot camera."

I gather from this that you are not a fan of Hollywood movies which use hyper-realistic CG quite extensively to great effect. Also, please tell me where the ruins of the hyper-realistic Metropolis can be found in the real world as I would love to go and shoot some snaps among the ruins with my point and shoot camera!

How is realism counter productive to good art any more than any other genre. It's just another form of art, which probaly takes alot longer to do than say a still life or abstract. 

CG allows you to create anything your mind can think of, wether it be realistic or surreal!

I was thinking of programs such Daz and Poser who have resorted to photographing real people to use as textures for their models. Thanks but no thanks. The early textures that were created in paint programs were in my opinion just as attractive as the current batch, and more relative to traditional art than the Playboy "centerfold genre."

I do in fact enjoy some hyper realism in scifi movies of which I have been a fan since reading the works of Andrea Norton as a teen; also Heinlein and Clarke. Back then hyper-realism was what your imagination created for you and everybodys was unique to that individual. Recently though hyper realism is again in my opinion, being carried to levels that border on completely unreal resulting in a disappointing viewing experience. A recent example would be the Battleship movie in which the USS Iowa is enlisted to help repel an alien invasion of Hawaii where giant grinding wheels are spreading havoc and destruction. Give me some air! This sort of mix and match of reality and un-reality are about as accomodating to one another as oil and water and about as appealing based on the movies rapid decline to the cable channels.

As to finding any hyper realistic metropolises in ruins to photograph I guess you will have to got to Abu dhabi, Bejing or Toyko and wait for the next asteroid strike. Its a bit late for Hiroshima or Dresden.................................

Now that you have explained what you said more fully, I have to say I totally agree with you. I find it exasperating when movie makers have the capability to produce realistic scenes but then go completely OTT and ruin it. Several movies come to mind, such as the underground scenes in The Hobbit and Prince Of Persia being two of the worst I can think of.

When I said "tell me where the ruins of the hyper-realistic Metropolis can be found in the real world as I would love to go and shoot some snaps among the ruins with my point and shoot camera" I was referring to the Movie "Man of Steel" where Metropolis gets trashed, and the fact that you couldn't possibly go out and film that, you can only do it with realistic CG.

I think we are actually on the same page!

I'm still lurking about too David, Everyone bryce naked and do chairspins WHEEEEEeeeeeee..PLOP!!!

Do atleast one thing a day that scares the hell outta ya!!

really nice to hear from the new and "old".

I, sadly, have not opened bryce in a couple years now.  In fact, my "beast" computer is not even hooked up.  Funny that I spent all that money buying the baddest  bryce machine i could..and now its not even hooked up (8 processors, 56 gigs of ram, over 2 terra of hdd)

I looked at similar now..and they go for a small fraction of what I paid back then.

I noticed that the counts are down for the posts..even the numbers of current users online shows that life has gotten in the way of most of us and our art.

I've nosed around in your galleries..and its nice to see that some are still carrying the torch.  Whats the latest with Bryce anyhow? what version is the current? is active development continuing?

oh..and someone said "frogdot"...lol...for those of you that didnt know him, he was absolutely a joker among the crowd! I'd love to know what happened to him.  My fav memory of what he did was when we all were having a big crystal castle contest and I'd posted that thing that took 26 hours to save and he posted the same thing built out of toothpicks! lol 

did that train that brycester was building ever get built from one of the other challenges? (how many of you even remember the train?)

keep posting..would love to see more of your works all!

really good to see

:)

I used to be called Lil in these parts, and hung out here and in the Mojoworld forum before a series of ISP changes forced me to forge a brand-new identity here. It's coincidental that just last month there were creakings and groanings from the Mojo forum, as members wondered who was still around.

I still do Bryce. I find it incredibly fragile, even running in compatability mode, on a toshiba satellite running lately-amended Windows 8. I can't even bring up Windows Explorer during a render without creating big square holes in the screen display. Would it help if I buy 7 Pro?

And yet Mojoworld, which hasn't been touched by a developer since 2007, is as robust as can be in compatability mode, even continuing to render happily when the lid's down on the laptop.

I've been using Bryce since v2 and would love to keep on, but if it can't cross the 64-bit barrier, perhaps its time is limited. Which would be sad.

Still lurking here once in a while.

No Bryce art to post right now but still doing art, with plans to do much more.

These days I do Vue, Photoshop, Filterforge and will be doing more Vector work, Learning Adobe Illustrator and still doing some landscape photography.

Frank Hawkins/Owner/DigitalDaydreams

Frank_Hawkins_Design

Frank Lee Hawkins Eastern Sierra Gallery Store

 

My U.S.A eBay Graphics Software Store~~ My International eBay Graphics Software Store

 

Used Bryce since the late 90's, not an artist and not especially knowledgeable, don’t post much because I really can’t answer questions, but I enjoy lurking here on the forum to see what folks are posting about Bryce. I find the discussions interesting. Don't have time to do a lot but have put a few renders in the gallery this year.

I am still here now and then and I remember you well :) Nice to see you posting again

Sandy
An imagination can create wonderful things

SndCastie's Little Haven

I remember some of the names here.  Been quite a few years for me too.  Just didn't have the time to browse or even create anymore.  Most of my time is taken up with real life.  Every so often I get a notice that someone has PM'd me and asked where I am and if I'm still alive, lol.

I am still around, playing with XNALara now and then and trying things out with Bryce.

Robert van der Veeke Basugasubasubasu Basugasubakuhaku Gasubakuhakuhaku!! "Better is the enemy of good enough." Dr. Mikoyan of the Mikoyan Gurevich Design Bureau.

I'm still here.  When are you putting together a new beta test team?

Free men do not ask permission to bear arms!!

Still here.  But really got addicted to Runescape for many years, but have broken free of that so spending a lot of time once again in Bryce, Carrara and Poser. Mostly check in over at the other forum with the victoria creators. Nothing new to really show though.

Hi all

I have approached DAZ and have not gotten any response.

my proposal was to offer all brycetech dvd tutorials and content for free!

so..since I have gotten no response, I'm now coming to the community to host this.

this will be all brycetech tutorial dvd's

all included models, tutorials, videos..everything

but its must all be for free download and available for free to all brycers

we need the breath..we need the push!

if you have a way/place to host them all..this represents GB of data! please contact me!

BT

Hello old friends,

Things sure have changed since the good old days when I would post a new image, just fresh out of my new dual-core computer, almost every week.  Now that very same computer was sold at a garage sale dirt cheap, while I'm basically living in limbo looking for a new home to settle down.... hopefully somewhere quiet and comfy where I can once again find inspiration and motivation, buy a new computer, and embark upon a new era of art.

The lack of Bryce updates doesn't help either.... just makes a depressing situation more depressing.  But these things always go in cycles - an era begins, grows to a peak of excitement and fun, then declines .... until a new cycle begins.  It seems that everything follows such a cycle, from organic life to stars.

Anyway, I still miss those wonderful old days, but sadly you can't bring back the past.  Perhaps the future holds a new excitement... who knows.  

Max V. Nimos.

"An Example is worth Ten Thousand Words"

Brycetec, back in 2001, when I finally quit lurking and joined Rendo (and I do remember the PFO days), you commented on one of my early Bryce renders.  It meant so much to me.  Thanks.  Glad to see you are still around. 

I think this was the one. Or a version like it.

I remember telling you that the fun thing about this new CG world that I was discovering is that I could make models (in Bryce) and put the camera where I wanted.  It was the first time I experienced an interactive view of space, or the ocean or anything that my mind and keyboard could create.

You were so encouraging.  I have very much enjoyed your style and I wish you a great 2014!

Eric

Wow! Some great "old timers" joining in.  Brycetech, between you and Bill Munns, you're the original Bryce guru.

 

I haven't been around for a while, work interfering with life... Glad to see the forum still breathing.

Have we heard from Susan Kitchens?

Hi BT!!

I'm around, but only just  - I still check this forum every so often to see who's still here, but.....

I've gone to the dark side (i.e. V**).

In general I don't post much on rosity anymore (mainly cos I haven't done many images of late in any software - real life TM), but am mainly involved with a facebook V** group, where I also don't post much either... hmmm...

Dave L

Dreams are just nightmares on prozac...
Digital WasteLanD

Here..

I'm here, tho I spend most of my rendering time in Poser and LuxRender. I occasionally will open Bryce just to play around and not lose myskillset. Last one I did was last year for a contest over in DeviantArt. Tea Party at Sunset and The Long Road Home . There are a few others that are posted over at Deviant Art but not here. I stopped putting them up here because just a few people ever view my work here. There are too many people putting up their works here, it's easy to get lost in the crowd. You really have to be very very very very, meh, excellent to even get notice.

 

It was nice to see all the old-timers and new timers here. I'll drop by from time to time to view some postings and see what's up with Bryce here. But you won't find me over at DAZ any more. They change not just the store but also the feel of the forum. Not going back over there again, unless I have to get an item that I can't get elsewhere. Genesis and Dawn and the whole mess of new generation of critters.... I'm staying far away from.

Right now I'm rendering so I'll just go and read the rest of this forum.

 

Happy DAYS!!!!

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OS: Windows 11 64-bit
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

 

Wheee!  Ok, I guess I best fire it up.  I have a dual CPU machine with 6 cores to each CPU and virtual cores.  So all the modern apps see 24 cores.  Bryce sees 6 at 80 percent and 2 at 20 percent IF you set render priority to high.  Bryce needs some serious coding.

Am here!! whistels hellooooo!! So good to see you all! Missed you'll like mad..though I seem to have been the one who disappeared.  Been busy photoshopping and volunteering with museums. Also been getting messed about by immigration officers, so been travelling between UK, Spain and India. Nothing I did wrong. Just they stopping the wrong people. Right now, am in Barca till mid Feb. Not so sure which direction I'll be. Theresa May has been sent a letter by an MP about me. I have no idea if I travel east or west next month.. Life's been a bummer. Bryce is still with me..and I still use it.. 

@Thunderstone.. Daz is terrible. I asked for a change in password as I can't remember what I used..though am sure it's the same one I put is..and I get no reply. I have no idea where or who to go to. 

Btw..the latest image I put in is in my gallery... photoshop though.

@EricofSD..that's always been a probs of bryce. : -(  

 

 

Quote - @Thunderstone.. Daz is terrible. I asked for a change in password as I can't remember what I used..though am sure it's the same one I put is..and I get no reply. I have no idea where or who to go to. 

 

 

Go to their customer support section under Help/Contact Us menu. Then file a support ticket. There's usually a catch-22 problem with that but if they ask for your password, you can always click on the link that says something like "Forget Password?"

Or look up on their horrible FAQ section about forgotten passwords and how to retrieve them.

WOW!!! You're a world traveler now. Enjoying the cuisine? :m_wink:

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OS: Windows 11 64-bit
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

 

Hola folks!
NefariousDrO here. I've never been very active here on the forums, but I used to post a good deal more Bryce art a few years back. These days, like so many others, life has kept getting in the way. However, lately I've made a more concerted effort to get myself back in the saddle, and while I wouldn't say I've done anything on the super-grand end of the scale, I'm gradually kicking my creativity back into gear. Mostly what's inspiring it is tinkering with materials and textures in an effort to make more "realistic-looking" asteroids. Not quite there yet, but making progress.

More recent posts include:
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=2504921&user_id=482194&member&np

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=2506571&user_id=482194&member&np

@thunderstone..lol..yes.. especially all the puddings..ie desserts! :-p 

Hello there everyone, still log on here occasionally, have not been brycing for a while....but sometimes i get a little spark, like this... 

Good to see Orbitol here aswell, still my bryce hero:-)

Did I miss this? How did I miss this thread?! Lol...

Hey Everybody!!!

AS

Contact Me | Gallery | Freestuff | IMDB Credits | Personal Site
"I want to be what I was when I wanted to be what I am now"

Quote - Did I miss this? How did I miss this thread?! Lol...

Hey Everybody!!!

AS

Hey, AS! Long time no see. Was wondering how that project turned out.

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OS: Windows 11 64-bit
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

 

Hi folks, amazing to see some of the old faces, got the Bryce bug back when Daz was giving the software away for free and played with a few images, posted one here, got heavily into the Bryce modelling again. Poor old computer just wasnt up to it so gave it away. May come back to it again now having a new computer, only time will tell.

Look after yourselves,

 

Ross.

Check check, check.

Quote - Did I miss this? How did I miss this thread?! Lol...

Hey Everybody!!!

AS

 

All you Agents look alike. :P

Quote - Hello there everyone, still log on here occasionally, have not been brycing for a while....but sometimes i get a little spark, like this... 

Good to see Orbitol here aswell, still my bryce hero:-)

Blimey Lown, what a blast from the past. I'm really loving those terrains btw.

http://joevinton.blogspot.com/

I have no idea who any of you people are. :-P

I just got a new 'puter.  8 core! Still mostly doing Carrara (pardon my French) but as I was reinstalling everything to the new PC I got a little pang of sadness/rememberings about Bryce.  Maybe I'll fire it up and see what happens.   Brycers are always the most helpful and R'osity Brycers doubly so.

Miss those days.

 

Phil

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Quote - I have no idea who any of you people are. :-P

I just got a new 'puter.  8 core! Still mostly doing Carrara (pardon my French) but as I was reinstalling everything to the new PC I got a little pang of sadness/rememberings about Bryce.  Maybe I'll fire it up and see what happens.   Brycers are always the most helpful and R'osity Brycers doubly so.

Miss those days.

 

Phil

I'm the same mate. Coming on here and the number of active threads had dwindled to 5 !?! Used to be 5 or more new threads everyday. I've been over on the Bryce Forum at Daz which is far more healthy. It just feels like cheating though tbh as this place is where it began for me. 

However there are a few quality images in the gallery here so thats not died a death yet.

http://joevinton.blogspot.com/

I installed Bryce.  Took a few minutes to get back to grips with the weird and wonderful GUI and then rendered one of my later models.    It's still a joy to play with.  Still as slow at rendering.   But fun.

I need to check out DAZ more often.   They did, indirectly, pay for this new computer.

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Funnily enough I just posted some new Bryce (and Poser/Photoshop) images last week, the first time in years.  I had a few  "Image of the Day" in  Metacreations' gallery in oohh....1997/1998/1999? so I guess that qualifies me as a senior (as in old-time) Brycer...!  Loved Orbital's comment on my new Bryce work!

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-----!"

 

Loving the postwork and "painted" effect.     I need to catch up with your (and everyones) galleries.

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Wow - AgentSmith - I remember you from way, way back.  You are one of the true ancients here!  

Max.

"An Example is worth Ten Thousand Words"

Oh yeah I remember the train – The Bryster was posting bits of it up to (it seems to me) only a short time ago.

I wonder what happened to pakled?  I haven't seen him around in quite a while.

I too haven't posted much here, it just seems like there isn't anyone much here any more.

I was once a Bryce mod over on Dreamslayer but only 3 or 4 other mods ever came by – no one else at all.

Chohole told me about the Bryce community over on Daz – so I went there I'm afraid. It seems to be the only place where there are actual current bryce posters, at least who post with any regularity.

It actually makes me very sad to see so few people here on Rendo's Bryce forum.

Very pleased to hear that the Bryce Delphi forums have people there frequently. I find that layout over there hard to cope with – and very difficult to see what's happening now and what's old stuff – I've just not used to it I guess. (you see, I thought it was all old.)

 

I'm rendering a Bryce image right now, I've been doing quite a lot in there recently with a set of characters I'm creating (with hopes for an animation – if I ever figure out rigging!) I now have... 6 characters modelled, with another 6 to do.

I've been posting images of them over on Daz3d's 'Show Us Your Bryce Renders' thread.

I also need to do more scenery for this, as so far I only have 2 rooms, The Hall of Eyes and the main Palace Hall which are connected together.  I need to do some outside scenery too, this I suspect will be more difficult to do as I am using a limited palette for scenes, - um so far it's only got 2 colours – black and white, with the very occassional blip of a coloured item here and there, like the stained glass in doors and the stained glass lanterns.

The characters are fully coloured though.

 Bonito_lil

Yes I get big square holes in the view while rendering, the graphics card just can't cope with me wanting to do stuff whyle Bryce is rendering.

Gosh so many names I remember, and so nice to 'see' everyone again!

I guess I'd better post something in my Gallery here, it's been a while since I did that.

(sorry, Rendo won't let me get rid of the bold formatting... grrr!)

in the meantime here's something current:

Measure your mind's height
by the shade it casts.
Robert Browning (Paracelsus)

Fran's Freestuff

http://franontheedge.blogspot.com/

http://www.FranOnTheEdge.com

I remember a lot of the names here, in fact I think a lot of them never left Bryce, more a case of leaving Renderosity than leaving Bryce.

This is the first time I've read this forum in years, and to be honest, I like what they've done since last time.  I think this new system is a lot better than the one that sort of drove me away from it (seems the same but matured and usable).  Sad though, that there are so few threads here, I can hardly believe it, I can only see recent ones.

Bryce certainly isn't dead, though, that's a fact.  And if you think about it, there's really no reason this place needs to be so dead.  The Brycers are out there, it's just they're all on the DAZ forum, so why not entice them back to the R'osity forums as well?

R'osity itself seems to be thriving, it's just the Bryce forum needs it's arse kicking into gear and to entice the Bryce users back!

The fact that this thread got so many people posting again shows that it's mainly down to popularity.  People don't bother to post unless it's worth posting and they think others will see it, and if people don't post, people think the place is dead - it's a vicious circle.

It's a vicious circle that can be broken, though!

Pumeco, what you said is very true. I hope we can breathe some life back into it.

http://joevinton.blogspot.com/

Same here, although I think Renderosity is making it harder than it needs to be. 

What I mean is the forum should be set so that the last thread to be posted to, goes to the top.  That's just the way it is because that's the best way.  I found a button to switch that feature on, but like I said, it really needs to be on by default because it annoys people big-time and they might not be aware they can switch it.

I remember when DAZ first upgraded to Magento, they had the same behaviour, it was a problem because the amount of people I saw complaining about it was unreal.  Thankfully it was a bug and they ironed it out, but here, it looks as if it's a setting they've decided to use.

Baffling.

Anyway, congrats on making AOM (again) Joe, nice one
I hope that Bryce Print Exhibition of yours went ok as well.

I don't even know why I decided to look in the forums today:) boredom ??? and I came across this thread.

First let me say its nice to see some of the old timers here in this thread and HI to all of you who may remember me over the years good or bad:) Now to the bad:

Was actually shocked to see how few threads there is here now. I remember when it was a thriving and fun place but now it seems to be going the way of the program itself which is too bad. I know I like others who used to swear by Bryce am one of the ones at fault for this. Although I still use Bryce for my own enjoyment I don't post my work very often as I find it gets buried so fast and also they now archive the work so that peoples pictures good or bad are lost to most viewers. I did a search on the archives and they are not set up very well so most people won't bother. I blame rendo also for the decline since I notice the poser gallery (156 pages) is not archived at 22 pages like the bryce one. And of course the bar in the bryce gallery seems to have dropped dramatically from what I can tell by comments and ratings which are ridiculous for a lot of the crap that is posted in it now. Even some of the people who have been using bryce for years don't seem to be trying to improve themselves. It is like they now think they are "Bryce Gurus" because they get so many favorites and 5's even when they post crap. Some years ago if you posted a picture not up to snuff you got your ass handed to you. Sad situation now but that seems to be the norm in a lot of the galleries here now.

So I guess what I am saying is that we get what we deserve and thats all there is to it.

Hey there all!

I noticed that some have posted their computer types, cores, etc.  I'm thinking of a new 'puter, so I'd like to get responses to computer brand, core #s, CPUs, graphics cards, OS's (I do not want to go to Windows 8!), etc.

Any info would be appreciated!

Nukeboy, you will probably get more response by posting a new thread dealing with your request.  This is an old thread and may not be monitored by many.  Good luck.

Quote - (I do not want to go to Windows 8!)

Wise decision, I'm staying well-clear of that one as well :biggrin:

Still, skiwillgee is right, you'd probobly get more responses with a dedicated thread, and lets face it, the forum could do with a few more of those right now!

My new 'puter came with Windows 8.1   It's really not a big deal.  I still have shortcuts to my fave programs on the task bar, I still have a desktop, which I have always kept really clean and use as a desktop and then move files to folders once I finished.   The whole tiles thing isn't that annoying. I like having a flipboard tile, everything else is pretty much just static links to applications. That being said, I do have two monitors, so one generally has a desktop.   AND Draculaz told me that there are ways out there to get a real startup menu if you so desire.  

BUT, I never had a problem with Vista.  So I probably am not the best judge. 

The main reason I got it was EIGHT CORES!   I use Carrara more than Bryce and to see those little core squares as it renders is a joy.  I'm not sure how well Bryce uses multiple cors.  Still seems pretty slow when I render.

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I'm amazed on that one  I'm usually right in predicting Microsoft's manipulative moves and I'd have thought that by now there would be an official update to add the Start button back if you wanted it.  I expected they'd do it with the first Service Pack or whatever, but obviously not.

Anyway, hows yer keepin' Master Draaarbridge, you got a full-on American accent yet? :biggrin:

And hows drac these days?
Haven't seen him for years!

Attached Link: A Brief Moment of Bravery

Windows 8.1 does have a start button, but all it does is bring up the start screen.   

 

No American accent yet.  I do say some words the American way since it's easier than repeating myself seven times.   But for the most part it's still English.   The ladies like it and kids are amused by it.  Most think I went to school with Harry Potter.

 

Drac is doing his political thing.  He's also finding time to write a book. http://www.amazon.com/Brief-Moment-Bravery-Demeter-May-ebook/dp/B00HTNH7ZW/

 

Quote - I'm amazed on that one  I'm usually right in predicting Microsoft's manipulative moves and I'd have thought that by now there would be an official update to add the Start button back if you wanted it.  I expected they'd do it with the first Service Pack or whatever, but obviously not.

Anyway, hows yer keepin' Master Draaarbridge, you got a full-on American accent yet? :biggrin:

And hows drac these days?
Haven't seen him for years!

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Funny enough, must have been less than a month ago I found myself watching videos on YouTube about the American/English differences thing.  Americans giving their opinions on Brits, what they think of our food, the English accent and that sort of thing.

Harry Potter did come up a few times in those vid's, and yup, for some reason a lot of the women over their melt when they hear the English accent (WTF!).  I figured I'd better move over to America real quick 'cause it would be easy to get laid.  Trouble is they'd kick my arse (or ass) out of there in 6 months flat.  Typical that is, I could afford to buy a dirt-cheap place but wouldn't be allowed to stay!

Cool to hear Drac has a book in the works.  I used to pick-up on the political vibe in a lot of his posts.  A book is something he'll do well because he knows how to prompt thought in what he writes, and it's intelligently written.

David Collins (BooksByDavid) is another Brycer/Author.

Anyway, keep-up impressing the ladies with that accent.
It must be the only export we have left

Quote - My new 'puter came with Windows 8.1   It's really not a big deal.  I still have shortcuts to my fave programs on the task bar, I still have a desktop, which I have always kept really clean and use as a desktop and then move files to folders once I finished.   The whole tiles thing isn't that annoying. I like having a flipboard tile, everything else is pretty much just static links to applications. That being said, I do have two monitors, so one generally has a desktop.   AND Draculaz told me that there are ways out there to get a real startup menu if you so desire.  

BUT, I never had a problem with Vista.  So I probably am not the best judge. 

The main reason I got it was EIGHT CORES!   I use Carrara more than Bryce and to see those little core squares as it renders is a joy.  I'm not sure how well Bryce uses multiple cors.  Still seems pretty slow when I render.

I was told you need to get a program called "Large Address Aware" and then you use that to make Bryce (and Wings3d you can do too) look at the other cores, and use them.

Worked for me.

P.S. Nice to see you still around Phil

Measure your mind's height
by the shade it casts.
Robert Browning (Paracelsus)

Fran's Freestuff

http://franontheedge.blogspot.com/

http://www.FranOnTheEdge.com

I use Large Address Aware and it makes a huge difference in the speed of Bryce. And it does see all 8 cores on my machine. Another thing is that it allows Bryce to use 3 gigs of memory instead of 2 which makes a hell of a lot of difference in render times.

The problem is that after a while using a water cooled 8 cores and 32 gigs of ram  I tend to get used to it and it doesn't seem so fast anymore:) Thats what I found so I got a ATI 7970 Matrix graphic card with 3 gigs of ram. After a while same thing. The need for speed seems to be the thing now and I am no different than most when it comes to that it seems a lot of us seem to be bitten by the speed bug:) no matter what our age or what we use our computer for.

Quote - David Collins (BooksByDavid) is another Brycer/Author.

I'm flattered you remembered me. I'm blushing (you'll have to take my word for it).

I still have very fond memories of Bryce. It really started me investigating this 3D thing more in depth. I've got all of Brycetech's DVD videos. Haven't used Bryce in a while. Been a busy fellow and Bryce does like to take its time. I use Carrara mostly although landscapes have always looked better for me in Bryce then Carrara.

This thread makes me want to crank up Bryce again. I may not use it often anymore, but with every new computer I get, Bryce is one of the first programs I put on. Sentiment, I suppose.

Attached Link: Playstation 2013

Somehow I missed this thread (waves).

My Dark Side is Daz Studio (wow, same initials...spooky).

The only Brycing I've done in a while has been a remake of an oldie using some of the nice new image-based lighting features. I keep meaning to play around with instancing, etc.

Horo and Brinnen are still making Bryce tuts so there is still a base of users out there.

I have used Bryce a few times for object creation and exportation as .obj. The ability to turn booleans into meshes was a great addition. Wish we'd had that back in the day.

Later.

John

This is not my "second childhood". I'm not finished with the first one yet.

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

"I'd like to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather....not screaming in terror like the passengers on his bus." - Jack Handy

Nukeboy, I've done some testing and had some communications with DAZ tech support.  Bryce on high priority render can only see 8 actual cores.  If it sees virtual cores, then only to 20 percent at the most.  It won't see a second CPU.  On medium priority it sees half the actual cores you have up to 8.  On low priority, one core.

So for a bryce machine, 8 actual high speed cores will be the best it can handle.  Some AMD cpu's do that.

For everything else (other than Terragen Classic), just about as many cores including virtual cores that you can throw at it will likely work.

I built a dual cpu 6 core intel.  Bryce on high priority uses 6 actual cores up to about 80 percent and two virtual to about 10 percent.  That's it.  Poser and Vue and TG2, etc, use all 24 cores.

Used Argus monitor and win7 resomon and gpu shark to test.

Good to know.  I use Poser as well, and it dies all of the time because of 32 bit, 4 gigs of RAM...

Hmm, Looks like this post has turned into "Last Rites for Bryce" instead of being a resurrection from the outskirts of oblivion.

By the way, what ever happened to that troublemaking Brycer who called himself Groucho, or was it Figaro, or was it RabbleRouser?

And what happened to the Hawk, and the Bear, and to all those homeless Brycers from the radioactive ruins of The Bryce Commune?

 

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Boo!!

Hello folks,

Not been here for a while and find a thread full of old timers :-). I'm now using mainly blender 3D (after a foray into 3ds Max when working with a fast protoyping team for a little while), but I did put Bryce onto my daughter's PC in an attempt to bring her into the 3d world. Two weeks later she started using Sketch Up at school so Bryce hasn't had that much use!

As Phil mentioned though, most of it doesn't take too much to drop back into, although tiling terrains took me a little while to remember than it probably should have.

All the best to you all.

Graham

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