Forum: Bryce


Subject: 180 spherical angle images

mt_sabao opened this issue on Oct 02, 2002 ยท 7 posts


mt_sabao posted Wed, 02 October 2002 at 11:25 AM

Hello all. Im a recent Bryce 5 user and a Planetarium Shows creator. Ive been wondered with the possibilitys of using Bryce to create landscapes and project them in a spherical (planetarium) dome with an All-sky projector system. But what happens is that although bryce as the panorama mode (wich captures mainly the horizon ) i seen to be unable to capture, in one single image the entire "bryce dome", like in one of those fotos of the sky with a fish-eye lens, where the horizon and the entire sky is captured... Can anyone help me to achieve this? muito sabao


Apache2k posted Wed, 02 October 2002 at 1:12 PM

Hi, do you mean a 360 degree rendering? If yes.There is an option in in Bryce that will render 360 degree and it looks like what you describe. br Apache2k


johnpenn posted Wed, 02 October 2002 at 1:22 PM

I can get you this far, but you'll have to map the image to how you want it: Create your scene, or sky dome if that's what you want. In the center of the scene, that is, where you want the view point to be from, create a sphere that is 100% reflective, 0% refraction, pretty much 0% everything else. Put the camera directly above the sphere, and pointed at it. I'd enter the numbers manually, it's easier and more precise. Render. Now, render an object mask of the sphere and use it to single out the sphere in an image editor. Voila. You have a sky dome completely rendered in Bryce.

Estgil posted Wed, 02 October 2002 at 4:58 PM

I am not 100% certain, but I think you can try to select your camera, then go to Attributes and adjust FOV.


madmax_br5 posted Wed, 02 October 2002 at 9:37 PM

Attached Link: http://fartur.free.fr/galerie/tutorial/qtvr-tutorial.html

If you have stitching software, you can render all of the cube faces and flatten them into an equirectangular IF this is possible. Here's a tutorial on making cubic panormas.

EricofSD posted Wed, 02 October 2002 at 10:26 PM

There's a qtvr export function in Bryce but I think what is above is more on line with what you want.


mt_sabao posted Thu, 03 October 2002 at 11:27 AM

THANKS A LOT EVERY BODY FOR THE HELP, AND A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO JOHNPENN. YOU REALLY CAPTURED WHAT I WAS ASKING AND YOUR TIP WAS A REALLY GREAT HELP AND IT DID SOLVE MY PROBLEM :). THANKS