I'm new to all this. Any ideas and tips, anyone?

Read. Look. Play. :) Read the excellent tutorials about Bryce. The help a LOT understanding Bryce. Look in the gallerys. Even by looking on a Bryce picture you can learn. Try to find out how the image was done and watch the composition. Play with Bryce. I've spend hundreds of hours just playing around and testing weird things with Bryce. Some of my works are a result of playing around in the beginning and then develope what I've created. And: have FUN. :) Take care, Jimi

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Well there's the standard list: Use lots of tutorials and play around with bryces features a lot. I've been using bryce for more than 3 years now and I can still just sit back and mess around with the tools available in bryce and discover a new effect. You never stop learning. Two other things you can do are: -Look at other peoples images/models and trie to figure out how they where made. It provides inspiration and a better feel for what you can do with the program. -Get somebody to show you some tricks. if you can.

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RTM... read the manual. It has lots of easy tutorials to get you started. As you advance, there are more advanced tutorials available here and all over the web. Like the others have said above, play and experiment. The more you use Bryce, the more you will learn. Hope you enjoy Bryce as much as I do. :^)

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Download lots of freestuff - pull it to bits and see how it works......

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Model in greyscale first. Renders are faster and you get a feel for how primitives and booleans work together.

All of what they said, plus: to learn how to texture and light, download complex free models then texture, light, and render them. You will learn a lot. It is also fun, kind of reminiscent of coloring-books. A relaxing burn-out activity for when the stress of learning a new app gets the best of you.

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as aldaron sais 'Real world Bryce'. As a bookbinder I rebound it in a case with 'THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO BRYCE' on the spine. Almost everytything I know came from this book

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Take the Bryce class at LVS. You will be up and rendering in no time. Great class, great instructor. I took the class, and have signed up for the next one too. Peggy

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Thanks you guys! I really appreciate the advice!! I'm ready to get my feet wet in Bryce, so wish me luck... i'm gonna give it my best shot!!