Forum: Bryce

Subject: B5- the verdict for tree lab trees?

pack opened this issue on Jul 17, 2001 ยท 6 posts

pack posted Tue, 17 July 2001 at 4:49 PM

Since they apear to consist of primitives, is it too primitive? That doesn't bode well for closeups.

RimRunner posted Tue, 17 July 2001 at 6:08 PM

From what 3D world mag said (and they could be wrong, I'm still waiting for my copy)the trees are using 'metaball' technology, which is pretty good for doing organics. (not my first choice, but not the worst either).

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AgentSmith posted Tue, 17 July 2001 at 7:02 PM

From what I have read online Bryce 5's treelab has various leaf and tree type settings. It will also allow a user to replace its leaves (primitve) with a leaf image(texture, bump, trans, etc.) So for close-ups you can have perfect leaves. This is already possible with Bryce 4 with 2d faces, but Bryce 5 makes it automated within the tree lab. The metaballs is used for the tree structure itself (trunk, branches), since you are able to specify number of branches, gravity, etc. Once covered by a bark.mat or image texture, they should look just fine. I don't own Bryce 5 (yet!) but I don't think anyone is really knocking the Treelab.

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kaom posted Tue, 17 July 2001 at 7:11 PM

Althought I'm not thrilled about Bryce 5, I have to admit that the Tree Lab is pretty good. I messed around on one of my clients copies of version 5 and the trees were impressive. I'd give the tree lab an 8.3 out of 10. Compared to the trees in Vue D'Espirit they are great. I don't think you will be disappointed with the tree's though. [There is that better? I'm not knocking Bryce! And I'm being serious, I do like the Tree Lab].LOL kaom

griggs posted Tue, 17 July 2001 at 7:22 PM

lol Kaom :) a much better side of you. Of all the improvements in Bryce 5 the tree lab is perhaps the most handy of them all. while (like the rest of Bryce) the default settings leave something to be desired. Getting good looking accurate trees is fun to do. To see what the default trees look like you can go here. It is a work in progress (thankyou Hinchu) where people will be posting the settings to make better looking trees. http://www.hinchu.com/tuts/trees/

Spit posted Wed, 18 July 2001 at 9:35 PM

I have a lot of Bryce 5 images using trees and bushes and weeds I've made from trees in the treelab. All thumbnailed for your convenience: http://www.thecricketcage.com/new.html Check them out and tell me they're better than Vue LOL Spit