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Jun 16, 2007View in Crawl 4
Excuse me?I've been using bryce since I got ahold of one of the betas waaaaay back in the dayIt's been a great little application for me to work in and I've never found it's learning curve to be "difficult"The result can be very very nice and profitable.I can't tell you how much cash I've made using this little workhorse applicationMy old site:www.candyflipdesign.comremember, everything there is a few generations old in software and computer powerbut it still holds up with what I've seen currently in the arena of flyer design.For everyone trying to yack about Maya and all the other 3D application suitesthe old credo hold still holds true,"Methodology over Technology" ( ie. having the latest and most expensive tools doesn't mean better results)Bryce is a environmental renderer that can do much more than what some people think off the cuff.
I mean, I'll believe Bryce can produce a model (with booleans) that would impress me, when you show me one. Google images reveals a bunch of s**tty, non-impressive models. So its up to you to make your case for the awesomeness (lol) of Bryce's boolean function.
I still remember wanting to bitchslap a Professor for telling his students that Booleans where the best way to get the form of a mesh in Maya... That's just careless. Those students were wasting their money for 1 semester
Bryce was always used by professionals that were either migrating to the computer back in the early 90'sor by those that needed something reliable to get the work out on deadlineusing an intuitive and even "fun" interface.it was never intended to be a "maya" or a lightwave nor should it even try to be it's better off being a great application that can do lots of nice things for peoplehobby images or professional.There's LOTS of room out there and people with different needsand personally I believe kai's interface (GUI) are Genius.Just a good application that was able to give some really good results.
A little history on Bryce - it was one of the premier 3d apps in the 90's designed by Kai Krause's company called MetaCreations at the time.. His company was sold and merged many times over. What is left is now called Viewpoint. The software was sold off. As for being "professional" that would be yperbole. I used it for fun (have not for a while as it was not updated after being old for a long time) and for self created backgrounds for photo images. This was the 90's remember - pre digital cameras and early Photoshop. As for putting "food on the table" I have sold many Bruce/photo images through galleries. You can model with it but is involving. There are much better apps for modeling. For swrostmore who says Bryce boolean is not impressive here is quick link I found to impress him: <a class="user" href="http://www.cyberjournies.com/posts/359.shtml.">http://www.cyberjournies.com/posts/359.shtml.</a> Most good Bryce art is in Bryce related art links and may not be tagged for Google Image searching. Digg once in a while and you will be surprised what you find.
flipJun 18, 2007
Excuse me?I've been using bryce since I got ahold of one of the betas waaaaay back in the dayIt's been a great little application for me to work in and I've never found it's learning curve to be "difficult"The result can be very very nice and profitable.I can't tell you how much cash I've made using this little workhorse applicationMy old site:www.candyflipdesign.comremember, everything there is a few generations old in software and computer powerbut it still holds up with what I've seen currently in the arena of flyer design.For everyone trying to yack about Maya and all the other 3D application suitesthe old credo hold still holds true,"Methodology over Technology" ( ie. having the latest and most expensive tools doesn't mean better results)Bryce is a environmental renderer that can do much more than what some people think off the cuff.
swrostmoreJun 18, 2007
I mean, I'll believe Bryce can produce a model (with booleans) that would impress me, when you show me one. Google images reveals a bunch of s**tty, non-impressive models. So its up to you to make your case for the awesomeness (lol) of Bryce's boolean function.
ghoestJun 18, 2007
I still remember wanting to bitchslap a Professor for telling his students that Booleans where the best way to get the form of a mesh in Maya... That's just careless. Those students were wasting their money for 1 semester
norman619Jun 18, 2007
Yep modeling stationary objects and modeling for animation are VERY different. Then you have to keep in mind how you plan on texturing the thing.
flipJun 18, 2007
Bryce was always used by professionals that were either migrating to the computer back in the early 90'sor by those that needed something reliable to get the work out on deadlineusing an intuitive and even "fun" interface.it was never intended to be a "maya" or a lightwave nor should it even try to be it's better off being a great application that can do lots of nice things for peoplehobby images or professional.There's LOTS of room out there and people with different needsand personally I believe kai's interface (GUI) are Genius.Just a good application that was able to give some really good results.
eireseanJun 19, 2007
A little history on Bryce - it was one of the premier 3d apps in the 90's designed by Kai Krause's company called MetaCreations at the time.. His company was sold and merged many times over. What is left is now called Viewpoint. The software was sold off. As for being "professional" that would be yperbole. I used it for fun (have not for a while as it was not updated after being old for a long time) and for self created backgrounds for photo images. This was the 90's remember - pre digital cameras and early Photoshop. As for putting "food on the table" I have sold many Bruce/photo images through galleries. You can model with it but is involving. There are much better apps for modeling. For swrostmore who says Bryce boolean is not impressive here is quick link I found to impress him: <a class="user" href="http://www.cyberjournies.com/posts/359.shtml.">http://www.cyberjournies.com/posts/359.shtml.</a> Most good Bryce art is in Bryce related art links and may not be tagged for Google Image searching. Digg once in a while and you will be surprised what you find.
rashadcarter1Jul 5, 2007
Sorry, didn't know it went through 3 times, I thought there was an error so I submitted it more than once. Sorry for the wasted space.
liammajorJan 26, 2009
Professionals don't used Bryce on it's own. They do however use Bryce as a starting point and then develop it in other 3D programs, like Max or Maya.