Bryce 5 Tutorial Video

Intro

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

Getting Started

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

Interface

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

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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
• Lighting 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 OSs
• What Bryce Lightning Looks Like on the Client Computer
• Web Links in Bryce
• The Nano Preview Explained