Hello, I just recently purchased Bryce 5.0 because I am looking into venturing into the world of 3D and was told Bryce and Poser were the best products on the market. So I decided to start with Bryce because some people recommended it higher of Poser. My question is, what is the best way to learn Bryce? I was looking for a good book to use but the only 5.0 book out is by an author named Shamms Mortier, and from all the reviews I read about him, seems he and his books are not to reliable about the subjects he writes about. I am looking for as much help as I possibly can to get started if anyone can steer me in the right direction. Thank you all very much and I look forward to being apart of the Bryce family! Thorrax

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You could do worse than read the manual...tsk 'that' word again. When I first came across Bryce I played around with it and got nowhere. I thought it just a bit too weird compared to things like Imagine or Max. After a while though I got thinking and tried to make a chess piece, after that I was hooked. I won't use anything else (apart from poser and a few support 3d progs.) Check out my website and take a close look at the standard chess set. That was my first real composition. Good luck and most of all.....have fun! The Bryster (Chris)

Hello Thorrax and welcome. There's many tutorials out there that just about cover every aspect of Bryce. If there's anything specific you want to learn, make a search or post a message in the Bryce forum. Have fun, TT.

Peter sharpe has some great tutorials. There's also a book everyone here is talking about. I haven't used it myself, but it sounds like it's a very good book. I think it's called 'real world bryce'. Someone will probably tell if I said this wrong. I used to learn bryce all by my self, no manual, no tutorials, not books. Only one 5 minute minitutorial from a friend showing me how to create a preset. What the settigs in the object attributes meant. How to load a texture and finally how to start the render. I did everything with trial and error from there. Only after 2 years I started usung tutorials. Tutorials do help to learn faster, but playing around with the software is just as important.

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real world bryce by susan kitchens and victor gavenda - its for B4 but evrything still applies

LVS On-line offers two courses on Bryce. Best investment you can make. The classes are 15 to $20 for a 6 week class. Peggy

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Yeah I definitely recommend doing a search online for tutorials. One place to start would be www.brycetech.com Next buy "Real World Bryce 4" by Susan Kitchens, you can find it fairly cheap at amazon.com. It's the Bryce bible, 1000+ pages with details on how Bryce works and several tutorials and examples. Then if you can't find the answer just ask here and someone will surely be able to answer or at least try. If not we'll find the answer together. :)

Wow, Thank you all very much for the kind words and for the great information. I can see that this forum is one that is willing to bend over backwords for its friends and newcomers alike! One question please, since the book you recommend is for Bryce 4.0, will its concepts, screens and toolbars be mainly the same? The book does have some great reviews on it so it must be good if you all are recommending it. I will look into the tutorials also. I would love to get my feet wet and they seem to be the way to go. Once again thank you all for the welcome and the great information. Thorrax

I borrowed a copy from my local library and loved it so much I purchased a used copy from Amazon. No regrets it was like new and is a wonderful book and applies just as well to Bryce 5. If you live in a city area check with the library to see if they have it and check it out first that way. Ang25

Hello cshaftoe, OMG. Your chess set is incredible. And you did this all in Bryce and it was your first project? By chance would you have a tutorial on how you created this incredible piece of work that I might follow to get started using Bryce before I actually receive my book? This is going to be an amazing adventure for me. I know I can't wait to get started as the software is just sitting patiently on my computer awaiting me to take on the challenges that lye ahead. Thank you Thorrax

Another voter for Kitchens' Real World Bryce. A must-have for any Brycer.

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The only things the book doesn't cover are things specific to Bryce 5 like metaballs and the tree lab. Everything else is basically the same except for maybe some small enhancements in some of the labs. Do a search on the forum for metaballs and even trees and you'll find a lot of info.

I think you started in the right Place. The Bryce forum! It is filled with the most amazing ppl with loads of info and willing help. :)

Thorrax: Yes I did EVERYTHING in Bryce 3 but I use B5 now. No matter. I don't have a tut but I'll send you the BR3 file (Zipped) if you like. It's only about 250kb but I'll need your e-mail adress. You can then strip it down and see how I did it. Have fun. The Bryster (Chris)

The cheapest advice I can give is to just play around. Explore what all the buttons and objects do. Becareful of the the Delete button though.

To add another vote, go with Susan Kitchens Real World Bryce. There are more tutorials out there than you can shake a stick at, also, on any number of sites. Here are a few to get you started: http://www.brycetech.com/ http://www.3dcafe.com/asp/tutbryce.asp http://www.bryce-alive.net/ http://www.halcyon.com/alrives/brycetips/tips/ and of course, there are tutorials here at Renderosity that excellent. We all started out looking at the Bryce interface with a look that screwed up our face. Time and a little patience is all you need.

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The good thing about that is that bryce 5 has multiple undos, so you can make 19 mistakes in a row and still be able to go back.

Collette1 has a great idea. Just post works in progress (WIP) in this forum, and I guarantee you will get lots of help! Also ask any technical questions. There are members here who know more about what Bryce can do than the people who wrote the program. No lie.

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

I will say one thing, You people here are awesome. I never had such a vast amount of people try to help (newbies) before. I do like the idea posting projects here if I am allowed to for the viewing of experience people for feedback. I can't wait to get started creating something in Bryce just to say I did it! Thank you all so very much Thorrax

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Here's the best way to learn Bryce 5. Its online, its video, its free, and its relatively thorough. There's over 70 short videos on learning Bryce.

Erico, all I can say, EXCELLENT!! This will help me and I am sure a lot of other people, too.

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My vote also for Susan Kitchens 'Real World Bryce', it is truely amazing, and my copy sticks to me like glue. It's a thick volume but really easy to read. And this forum is the BEST on the web for help and information, you can't do better. Welcome, Thorrax, enjoy! Zhann

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Just one more suggestion. Peggy Walters mentioned LVS classes. They were fantastic. Helped me a lot and the instructor is featured in Susan Kitchen's book. I've also been finding that if you stay here long enough, AgentSmith gives out wonderful tips and how-to's. I'd love to see a link to a compilation of these. Thanks AS. Ang

I second that with Kitchen's book and Agent Smith. The LVS has had good reviews from members here, though I have not taken it myself.