MetaCreations Bryce 5 Tutorial Video - Try for FREE

Intro to tutorials

• About this Training CD Demo
• What is Bryce 5? Demo
• What's New in Bryce 5? Demo
• Using Bryce Help Demo
• Bryce Terminology Demo
• Web Resources Demo

Getting Started

• System Requirements Demo
• Installing Bryce 5 Demo
• Opening the application Demo
• Opening Bryce Documents Demo
• Creating New Bryce Documents Demo
• Setting Up the Bryce Window Demo
• Customizing the Interface (work area) Demo
• Quick Overview of the Work Area Demo
• How To Use Various Interface Elements Demo
• How To Work With a Bryce Scene Demo
• Place Objects Demo
• Move & Transform Objects Demo
• Delete Objects Demo
• Saving and Closing Bryce Documents Demo

Interface

• The Bryce Window Demo
• The Working Window Demo
• The Control Palette Demo
• The Create Palette Demo
• The Edit Palette Demo
• The Sky and Fog Palette Demo
• The Display Palette Demo
• The Animation Controls Demo
• The Selection Palette Demo
• The Materials Lab Demo
• The Sky Lab Demo
• The Pictures Window Demo
• The Deep Texture Editor Demo
• The Advanced Motion Lab Demo
• The Pre-Set Libraries Demo
• Pull Down Menus Demo
• Graphic Buttons Demo

Tutorial 1 Basic Scene

• Overview of Tutorial
• Create a Terrain and Transform / Add Materials
• Create a Volumetric Sky and Change Attributes
• Add Some Objects to the Scene / Make a Model / Group it
• Create Some Trees and Rocks
• Adjust the Light in the Scene
• Animate the Elements of the Scene
• Render a Frame Then Render the Animation
• Summary

Creating Objects

• Overview of the Object Types Chapter Overview
• Procedural v.s. Primative
• How to Create Primative Objects
• Object Placement
• Selecting & Deselecting Objects
• Creating and Using Families
• Using the Selection Palette
• Creating Boolean Objects
• Using the Presets Library
• Infinite Planes
• Infinite Slabs
• Terrains
• Trees
• Stones
• Symetrical Latices
• Metaballs
• Pict Objects & Working with Pictures
• Geometric Paths
• Importing Objects
• Importing Objects
• Summary

Editing Terrains

• Creating a Terrain
• Editing Terrains - How to Open the Terrain Editor
• Overview of the Terrain Editor Interface
• Using the Terrain Editor Tools
• Using the Paint Brush
• Filtering Terrains
• Creation Models
• Picture Terrains
• Using Color and Clipping as a Visual Tool with Terrains
• Saving Terrains
• Exporting Terrains
• Summary
• Editing Trees
• Opening the Tree Lab
• Overview of the Tree Lab Interface
• Min Max Sliders
• Branch Trunk Settings
• Tree Settings
• Foliage Settings
• Tree Memory Dots
• Summary

Using Materials

• The Structure of Materials
• Surface Materials
• Volume Materials
• Material Components
• The Pictures Editor
• Shading Modes
• Using Materials Presets
• Materials Example

Textures

• The Structure of Textures
• Component Output
• Texture Tips
• Summary

Objects in 3d Space

• 3D Space Defined / Coordinate Systems
• Transforming Objects
• Object Heirachies
• Summary

The Sky Lab

• Sun and Moon Tab
• Cloud Cover Tab
• Atmosphere Tab

Lighting

• Overview of Lights
• Placing Lights
• Light Lab

Using Cameras

• What is the Camera?
• Camera Properties
• Animating the Camera

Rendering

• What is Raytracing
• Rendering a Scene
• Setting Up a Render
• Rendering Animations
• Network Rendering
• Batch Rendering
• How to Speed Up Rendering

Animating

• What is Animation?
• Creating an Animation
• Using the Animation Tools
• Motion Paths
• Animation Features
• Efficient Animation Techniques
• Tracking Objects
• Using Heirachies to Create Complex Movement
• What Can Be Animated?
• Quicktime VR and Creating Panoramas

Addendum

• What Byce 5 looks Like on Other OS's
• What Bryce Lightning Looks Like on the Client Computer
• Web Links in Bryce
• The Nano Preview Explained