| I
am going to try to familiarise you with some of the
controls used in Bryce2. |
| Start
up the program, it should look like this: |
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| All
the little icons above the viewport represent objects you
can create, hover the mouse over them to get a
description of what they are. |
| Click
on the little round ball. That is a sphere. A sphere
comes up on the viewport, you can use the little black
dots on the box around the sphere to change the spheres
dimensions: its' length, wifth etc. |
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| If
we press the render button now it would render a sphere
on the viewport like so: |
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| It
is a pretty basic picture but it is the basis for
everything created in Bryce. Look how the light comes
from the top right, reflects of the sphere, and leaves a
shadow. |
| Now
to make the sphere a it more interesting. |
Press [ESC] to go back to the wireframe
model and click on the sphere. There should be some
small, square icons onthe top right of the wire cage that
holds the sphere bearing the letters, A, M, a down arrow,
and a coloured in square.
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| We
will learn about all of these later, for now, click on
the M to bring up the materials window. This is a great
aspect of Bryce2, it is very easy to assign objects
interesting textures. I like to use the pre-sets, It
makes using textures quick and easy using the same
materials the professionals do. |
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| Click
on the little arror next to the sphere, this opens the
pre-sets menu. |
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| Click
on the sphere which has a texture you like. You can
experiment however you want. Click on the tick in the
bottom right of the box to select the option, then click
on the tick on the materials windows. You should now be
back at the viewport, render the picture now. The picture
should contain the texture you chose. You can do this to
just about any object in Bryce2. |
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Next time, try doing the same thing but
instead with a different object, like terrain. If you
used the preset I used you would get a red/yellow rocky
surface, not very realistic. It it sometimes best, when
using presets to use them as they were meant, eg. When
you add a water plane, use a water material preset, that
way you will get waves and the water which will look like
real water, not just a flat surface. Play around see what
you get!
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If you have any queries, coments or suggestions
about this page, send me an e-mail to sbartho@magna.com.au