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MetaCreations Bryce 3 and 4 Tutorials

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Whether you're a pro, or a beginning artist, Bryceš 4 is an easy way to create, explore and animate extraordinary imagery. It's perfect for multimedia, video and the Web. Matt Neutra authors this Virtual Training Company tutorial. He starts by covering the interface and setting up your preferences. From there he moves into animation controls and materials. He also will teach you about environments of Bryce 3/4, Objects, creating terrain, rendering a movie, and much more. To get started, click one of the movie topics below.
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Introduction to Bryce 3D (3&4)
Whats New? (01:28)
What Is Bryce 3D? (02:17)
What new in Bryce 4? (01:15)
Interface Overview
Getting Started (01:10)
Application Interface Overview (01:03)
The Bryce Window (00:42)
The Working Window (00:44)
Tool Palettes (03:06)
The Editors (03:56)
The Preset Liaries (03:13)
The Menu Bar (02:33)
Getting Started
Setting up the Application Preferences (01:16)
Setting up the Bryce Window (04:04)
Using the Bryce Interface (03:30)
Creating and Opening Documents (01:49)
Working in A Bryce Scene (03:57)
Saving And Closing Files (01:10)
Basic Animation
An Overview of the Animation Process (02:05)
Animation Controls (03:06)
The Advanced Motion Lab (03:53)
Motion Paths (01:24)
Time Mapping Curves (08:03)
Animating Transformations (01:10)
Animating Materials (00:49)
Animating Terrains (01:31)
Animating Skies (02:10)
Planning Animations (01:34)
Motion and Timing Principals (03:06)
Case Study 1
Case Study 1 Intro (01:17)
Set up New Document and Position Camera (06:37)
Adding and Positioning Objects (05:14)
Object Transformations (Scale, Rotate Etc.) (05:10)
Create A Terrain (09:03)
Add A Sky (08:17)
Create an Infinite Slab (03:55)
Create A Material (15:22)
Using 3D Textures (11:37)
Create and Use A Volume Material (07:28)
Add Lights to A Scene (08:05)
Create Key Frames (03:50)
Edit Time Mapping Curves (04:20)
Animate the Camera (04:01)
Render And Image (01:33)
Render an Animation (02:02)
Creating and Using Objects
Creating Objects Intro (02:48)
About Objects in A Scene (03:47)
Procedural vs. Primitive Objects (02:20)
Object Placement (01:41)
The Create Palette (02:03)
Creating Infinite Planes (04:09)
Creating Stones (01:45)
Infinite Slab vs. Infinite Plane (02:23)
Create A Symmetrical Lattice (01:39)
Creating Primitives (01:37)
Creating A PICT Object (04:26)
Working with Pictures (04:10)
Importing Objects (03:05)
Creating Boolean Objects (07:46)
Creating Geometric Paths (07:36)
Preset Objects in the Object Liary (05:06)
Environments in Bryce
Environmental Settings in Bryce (01:39)
The Sky And Fog Palette (02:13)
Using Sky Modes (03:09)
Setting Sky Attributes (02:09)
Adding Fog and Haze (02:26)
Adding Clouds in Bryce (04:01)
Positioning the Sun (07:09)
Adding/Animating Environmental Effects (04:23)
Terrains and You
What Is A Terrain? (02:08)
The Terrain Editor (07:47)
Creating Terrains (04:29)
Painting Terrains (07:01)
Filtering Terrains (02:28)
Creating Terrain Using Pictures (03:05)
Adding Color to Terrains (03:03)
Clipping Terrains (02:35)
Saving Terrains (01:19)
Materials are your Friend
Understanding Materials (02:53)
Surface Material Channels (07:49)
Volume Material Channels (06:39)
Components of Materials (04:01)
Shading Modes (07:18)
Using Material Presets (02:07)
Chapter Summary (07:05)
Objects, Hierarchies, Transformations
Arranging Objects Inro (01:35)
Bryce And 3d Space (05:32)
Coordinate Systems (04:03)
Transforming Objects (01:58)
Resizing Objects (04:10)
Rotating Objects (02:42)
Positioning Objects (02:36)
Aligning Objects (03:11)
Randomizing Objects (03:01)
Object Hierarchies (07:13)
Object Families (02:57)
Edit, Import and Convert Objects
Intro to Editing Objects (00:34)
Editing Object Attributes (04:00)
Editing Toruses (00:54)
Editing Polyhedrons (02:04)
Converting Objects (01:31)
Lights and Cameras
Intro to Cameras and Lights (00:49)
The View Of Your Scene (03:52)
Lights (03:11)
Setting up the View of Your Scene (04:14)
Camera Modes (02:56)
Manual Camera Positioning (02:04)
Aiming the Camera (00:53)
Saving Camera Positions (01:29)
Creating Lights (04:37)
Editing Lights (03:42)
Applying Gels (02:10)
Positioning Lights (01:53)
More Animation
Intro to Creating Animations (01:36)
Creating Animations (03:15)
Advanced Motion Lab (04:04)
Motion Paths (03:14)
Animation Example (04:33)
Rendering and Resolution
Intro to Rendering (01:06)
Setting up A Render (05:40)
Rendering A Scene (02:20)
Rendering A Movie (01:12)
Batch Rendering (00:46)
How to Speed up Your Renderings (03:09)
Using renderings
Using Renderings (02:28)
Whats New in Bryce 3D v4
Sky Lab (17:48)
New Import & Export Formats (05:29)
Terrain Enhancements (06:24)
Internet Links (04:20)
Interactive Movie Preview (03:53)
Contents CD (01:25)
Enhanced Light Controls (01:38)
Enhanced Material Lab (03:12)
Rendering & Screen Resolution (01:41)
Ray Spray1 (01:37)

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Tutorial Information / Pricing
Title: MetaCreations Bryce 3 and 4
Author: Matt Neutra
SKU: 33077
ISBN: 1889347744
Duration: 10 hrs / 136 Lessons
Compatibility: Win XP, 2000, 98, NT, Mac OS X, OS 9

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