Free software for a limited time (Mac and win)

[Carbone]

http://www.daz3d.com/program/bryce/bryce5free.php?

DAZ is offering a free version of their landscaping & modelling application, a former Corel app, named Bryce. Bryce 5 is available for both Mac and win, though the news will tell you it's not 10.4 compatible, comments over the web said the contrary. A 20$ will get you the most recent version (5.5).

For Mac specifically: download.com has a bug and might send you the file with a TXT extension. Simply remove the TXT, keeping the .sitx extension and you'll be able to decompress and install it.

Have fun!

Ray

[skstarkiller]

Great find. Thanks!

[GaryK]

Thanks Ray

Downloading as I type this. :D

[Carbone]

I shall say it's not an easy one to play with, but you can do very nice things with it.

Here are a few of the images I did when I took a class :
http://www.pbase.com/carbone/corel_bryce_5_classroom

Ray

[TonyW]

Thanks Ray - like those nice things you did with it. Just downlloaded a copy so I can have a play with it.

Tony

[mhughes]

Thanks, Ray. Glad I saw this post. Have already downloaded it, removed the .txt per your tip so I'll be ready to try ir tomorrow on my G5.

Mary

[NYBOB1]

Looks like something fun to try.



Bob

[Wendy]

Thanks Ray ..

I am downloading as I type ... and thanks for the info on sorting out the file :)

Wendy

[Pauline]

hey Ray that looks like some of the stuff my son does on one of his x-box games! Don't know which one or anything about it but he built a house.........a very strange one at that. He was showing me all the parts he could add.

[Carbone]

Glad you all like it !

Ray

[David Asch]

Excellent! I shall be experimenting with this later. Thanks Ray.

[mayva]

Thanks Ray

This looks like a fun piece of software to play around with. Thanks for sharing.

Anna

[Wendy]

Hi Ray ...

Mine downloaded as a .sitx :) so I didn't have a problem ...

Wendy

[Robyn]

This might look like fun to all you guys............but it all looks like a foreign language to me! :D

[TonyW]

Robyn: Me too. I did get it loaded and running and it's a wild interface. I couldn't even find the Exit button :eek: . I think I'm going to have to find some instructions. Intuitive it is not :D

Tony

[Robyn]

Ah Tony............you have made me feel so much better. I couldn't find the exit button either! :D ......had to do a Control/Alt/Delete. :o

[David Asch]

Just found a little problem with the Mac version. If I try and do anything which opens a file dialogue, it appears beneath the main window and I can't do anything with it. Cmd+Tab will show it but if you click it, it returns to the main window again. This is under Tiger 10.4.7.

[TonyW]

Ah Tony............you have made me feel so much better. I couldn't find the exit button either! :D ......had to do a Control/Alt/Delete. :o

So did I :D . Turns out you need to move the mouse right to the top of the screen and magically another menu appears (or Ctrl-Q quits). Still haven't created anything but at least I found the manual:

http://bryce.daz3d.com/Bryce5_Manual_DAZ.pdf

Tony

[Carbone]

David,

I have Bryce 5.5. for Mac, so maybe the update is required. Do you have a Mac OS 9 capable computer? If so, maybe running it in Classic mode would help you get to know Bryce and decide if you want to upgrade.

Ray

[mayva]

I found the manual:

http://bryce.daz3d.com/Bryce5_Manual_DAZ.pdf

Tony[/quote]

Thanks Tony

I'm sure this will help a lot. I noticed also on their site that there are tutorials, I haven't really looked at them to see how good they are but just a heads up that they are there.

Anna

[Wendy]

Hi ...

Thanks Tony and Anna :)

Wendy

[David Asch]

Ray,

No, I never bothered installing OS 9. I suppose it'd be useful at times like this but it's a huge performance to do it now.

David

David,

I have Bryce 5.5. for Mac, so maybe the update is required. Do you have a Mac OS 9 capable computer? If so, maybe running it in Classic mode would help you get to know Bryce and decide if you want to upgrade.

Ray

[NRiceDesigns]

Thanks for the link Ray!

[GaryK]

Tony

Thanks I'll grab it.:)



Ray

Classes at EA?

[Wendy]

Now that is some serial number :eek: ... did anyone get it right first time ???


Wendy

[Robyn]

No Wendy..........I needed a second go. :D

[Wendy]

Ummm ... Took me three goes :eek: :eek:

Wendy

[mayva]

Can you believe I got it on the first try!. It was easy I just copied and pasted. Wonderful!:)

Anna

[Wendy]

Hi Anna ...

On the Mac copy and paste wouldn't work :eek:

Wendy

[Carbone]

Gary,

Yes, at EA. The instructor is very funny and very dedicated !

Ray

[GaryK]

Ray

Thanks I'll give it a look. :)

[mayva]

For those of you (like me) who are looking at this program and saying "HUH"? I came across this step by step beginners tutorial. I hope it helps.

Anna



http://www.robinwood.com/Catalog/Technical/BryceTuts/BryceClasses/BBryce1/BBryceLesson1-1.html

[TonyW]

Gary: If you want to get serious you can get the tuts here:

http://www.robinwood.com/Catalog/Technical/BryceTuts/BryceTutSet.html

I recognized some of the images from Rays examples.

Tony

[TonyW]

Wow Anna: We must have found that link at the same time :D It looks good but a lot of learning.

Tony

[mayva]

Tony
Great minds think alike.............:D :D
I like yours better.........:)
My head is already spinning from just downloading the information. It is a lot to learn for sure.
Anna

[Carbone]

That's the class I took. Only with an instructor. Robin also offers level II. You might as well begin there and see if you need an instructor or not. And save the money for some goodies ;)

Ray

[TonyW]

Finally managed to get a green glass ball onto a beach, rendered and imported the image into Elements where, of course I had a handy orb to overlay. If I ever get it figured out I can see that this could be neat application to use in conjunction with Elements.

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Tony

[Carbone]

Tony,

That's superb! Good job :)

Ray

[Tom K]

Anna and Tony;

Thanks for the link to the tut.. This is one weird program. Am I wrong when
I look at it and think of Art work more than photo work..

Freehand drawing has never been my strong suit, but I will give it a try...

Tom.......:confused:

[TonyW]

Tom: It's certainly one wierd program but I haven't tried 3D modelling programs before so I was expecting something different and it sure is but is quite fun to play with. It's certainly not art work in the sense of Painter and I haven't yet got to anything that required freehand drawing - and that wouldn't suit me one bit either. But the manipulation of objects in 3D space which is what it's all about does appeal to my sense of something - not sure what something :D . It's more photorealism than photo although if I ever get it figured out I can see it could be used for achieving some of the effects I've thought of doing (for Challenges for example) but couldn't figure out how to do it.

Tony

[GaryK]

Anna/Tony

Thanks for the link(s) :)


Ray

I'm really mad at you now... I'm going to have to upgrade my comp to so rendering doesn't take forever :D:D.

[Carbone]

Rendering takes a long time, Gary, even with a dual processor (mine). Bryce comes with a utility called Bryce Lighting which permits rendering to be spread over many computers. Especially helpful if you build movie scenes.

Ray

[GaryK]

Awww jeeez... don't tell me that..... I was looking for a reason to upgrade :D

[Carbone]

In that case, please feel free to visit :

http://tinyurl.com/ml5ev

:D

Ray

[GaryK]

Ray

I said ... upgrade :D :D :D




Just kidding... the one after my next upgrade, which will hopefully be soon, might be one of those OTHER ones,;)

[Carbone]

Why not kill two stones with one bird, upgrade and get that OTHER one ;)

Ray

[Carbone]

http://www.thebest3d.com/pdp/tutorials/bryce101/

I think if you're a bit interested by Bryce,this will help you a lot!

Ray

[virgo1]

Tony,
It took me a while to install, but I got it figured out. This will be fun to play with.:)
Eva;)