BryceTalk Events

BryceTalk Schedule of Events

(Note: As of July, Monday discussions are suspended. Interested in hosting? Send email!)

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Monday Artist Discussion
Tuesday BryceTalk (Europe) Event
Thursday BryceTalk Event

Event Logs

All Event Logs contain original typos in mint condition. ; )

August 10, 1999 (Tues) Bryce AHA! Experiences

Those breakthroughs in thinking that lead to new techniques. Calyxa's miracle trees, simulating "multiple undos" in Bryce, Hoodoos, terrains that don't have to be landforms, multiple named camera placeholders.

August 5, 1999 (Thurs) Terrain Talk

Chris Casady and Susan Kitchens fielded questions about terrains; shared tips. Key constraints and shortcuts, how to shop for new fractal terrains, terrain tiling, sand terrains (gradual transition from ground plane-to-terrain), painting scanned topo maps by hand.

August 3, 1999 (Tues) Material World

A discussion about materials. Quick Overview, A-B textures, A-B-C textures (and work-along examples!), mapping, how to interpret the 2D texture square previews for clues of 3D world space information, Light Gels and how to work with them in Materials Lab.

July 29, 1999 (Thurs) Open Mic Night

Anything goes—as long as it's Bryce or MetaCreations related. Bryce discussion, Q&A ensued, dissolving into hilarious "stand up" impromptu (andquoted) poetry: Bad limericks and haiku. ; )

July 27, 1999 (Tues) Sky Blue

Sky Q & A, plus re-stating some of Ken's Color Perspective material. Lots of discussion about freestanding clouds and "hand of God" techniques.

July 22, 1999 (Thurs) Bryce Skies

John Mohartzan (Sky Pilot), Ken Musgrave (Dr. Mojo) and Susan Kitchens (AuntiAlias) discuss Sky workings. John discusses basics of how the sky works. Ken talks about Color Perspective, new to Bryce 4, and teases all some cool new cloud images!
View Sample Color Perspective Movie (206K, requires QuickTime 3 or 4)

July 20, 1999 (Tues) BryceAnimation Case Study with Steve Lareau

Steve Lareau and crowd discuss his 4-minute animation; how he did it, things he wished he knew at the outset, Tom Sawyer-ish tricks to get all your friends to help you render big animations (or not), and puzzling out compression codecs.

July 15, 1999 (Thurs) Q & A with Bryce Engineers

Another Brian and Ales and Ken Musgrave ask-n-answer fest! Lots of foreshadowing of a Bryce 4 patch, difference bewteen UI Maximize and Maximum size scene, custom position of palettes, Gamma setting, and more.

July 13, 1999 (Tues) Novice Q & A

Don't let the word "novice" fool you. This was an "anything goes" question session, ranging from accurately sizing DEMs to OpenGL/SreeD display to making terrains look good in the distance, to mapping a QuickTime movie to an object in a Bryce animation sequence (!!) and more.

July 8, 1999 (Thurs) Bi-i-i-i-ig Bryce Scenes

Seasoned Brycers who've worked on large scenes (20, 30, 40, 50+ MB in size) share tips for staying sane in the process (from Solo Mode to beer!). Lots of good Bryce Scene Management tips here!

July 6, 1999 (Tues) Bryce Lighting

Janak Alford (Journeyman), Clay Hagenbush (Clay) and Susan Kitchens (AuntiAlias) hold a round-table light discussion. Why do they take so long to render? What tips to make better lights? Web links, show n tell and more!

July 1, 1999 (Thurs) "My Current Bryce Project"

Various Brycers show and describe current project, with follow-ups: "How'd you do that?" - Suggestions - Questions - How-to's

June 29, 1999 (Tues) Bryce Camera

Informative! The difference between Camera/Director View; Camera Attributes Dialog Box; Camera animation and making object path from camera trajectory.

June 24, 1999 (Thurs) 3D Model Import and Export

Importing and Exporting 3D models into and out of Bryce. Tips shared, Questions asked, enlightenment obtained

June 22, 1999 (Tues) Terrain Mania with Klaus Busse and Chris Casady

Terrain techniques, tips and tricks, Q & A — includes cool undocumented features. There was not a single person in attendance (including the special guests!) who did not learn something—new gems were revealed that even delighted the pros!

June 17, 1999 (Thurs) DTE Interactive Tutorial II with AuntiAlias (Susan Kitchens)

Part 2 of the work-along in Bryce tutorial to get some intelligible result from the Deep Texture Editor.

June 15, 1999 (Tues) Q & A with Developers

June 10, 1999 (Thurs) DTE Interactive Tutorial with AuntiAlias (Susan Kitchens)

Work-along tutorial to plumb the depths of Bryce's Deep Texture Editor.

June 8, 1999 (Tues) EuroBryceTalk — Q & A and Tips and Discussion about your latest project

A discussion containing tips, Q & A, discussion of various current projects (with suggestions), and a little bit of how to create terrains from the DTE (includes a walk-through!)

June 3, 1999 (Thurs) Bryce Talk Newbie Q & A

Questions asked by novice Brycers, answered by more expert Brycers. Killer Ray Spray tip, too!

June 1, 1999 (Tues) Euro BryceTalk Housewarming

Long on convivial free-for-all ; ) and and short on any actual tips or Q & A, this log marks the first of the Tuesday events.

May 27, 1999 BryceCamp Live!

What happens when you get 30 Brycers together for a week in a lab of computers with only one IP address (so only one BryceTalk application can be connected to the internet)? A fast typist, group mayhem and live pictures to prove to everyone that the room is, indeed, filled with 30 people!

May 20, 1999 Meet Martin Murphy

An interview and Q & A with Martin Murphy, creator of the image that is on the Bryce 4 box cover. His experience as a painter, how he approaches his work in Bryce, stories about work he's done, and questions and answers.

May 13, 1999 Bryce Tips and Tricks (Mostly Materials and DTE)

Continuing from two weeks ago (April 29), once again this event featured the combined wisdom of Brycers from all over the world. Topics: Materials, Deep Texture Editor (DTE), also some animation tips.

May 6, 1999 Meet Gary Lauer, CEO of Metacreations

Question and Answers with Gary Lauer. Topics cover Gary's background, Bryce, other MetaCreations products, MetaCreations the Company, and anything that was on the minds of those present.

April 29, 1999 Bryce Tips & Tricks and Q & A

A treasure-trove of the combined wisdom of many Brycers on the topics of Creating & Editing objects; Booleans, grouping & linking objects; Terrain editing; working with Sky & Fog; some animation, and assorted questions answered by Bryce engineers Ales and Brian (and everyone else present!)

April 22, 1999 Bryce Animation with Rodney L'Ongnion and Robert Bailey

Rodney's and Robert's tips for animation. Secrets to getting the motion path to work well. Multi-replicate Easter Egg. Lots of Q & A about all manner of things, including how Planetary Traver was done.

Check out these Movies (by Rodney et. al.) Requires QuickTime 3 or later

April 13, 1999 BryceCamp '99 Preview

Warming up for a week-long event in Ojai, California, May 24—28, this Event covered both reminisces about last year's event in New Mexico and the one coming up. Special guests: Chris Casady, Scott Tucker, Bill Munns and Susan Kitchens.

April 6, 1999 Bryce Housewarming and Q&A with the Bryce Engineers

The first gathering—up to 50+ people in one room! The free-for-all discussion in BryceHousewarming consisted of regular banter and lots of link swapping and show and tell.
A moderated Q&A session took place in a separate room with a separate log. What a fabulous time! : )

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