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BryceTalk Tips n Tricks; Q n A
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BryceTalk Tips & Tricks and Q & A, April 29, 1999AuntiAlias: I just annoucned in both lobbies, so we should be getting an influx now! desdanova materializes from thin air. 3d~?~elf has finally arrived. flip saunters in. atomic-5 wants to play too. flip: jello AuntiAlias: Tip!!
Highlight speakers with different colors to help you track who is saying what. (the people list allows you to change colors--Upper left side, 2nd Green button) dcb_ has finally arrived. Baument has finally arrived. Baument: (setting down) justin disappears in a blinding flash of smoke. vincehardy: Susan you are orange AuntiAlias: : ) gdmsynth: Yes Susan, but how do you save the colors afterwards on a Mac...it turns into simpletext! dimension: no, Blue KPT John: Green here atomic-5 has more important business elsewhere. AuntiAlias: actually, I'm dark teal, but then, color is in the eye of the beholder Mindscenes saunters in. Baument: yea, and your text is a funny color too AuntiAlias: oh, that's another tip too! option click the disk icon, and your text is saved as html with colors preserved! : ) wscottart has finally arrived. atomic-5 has joined the party! vincehardy: Hi Scott dcb_: guess you all see colors on a mac KPT John: Can we ask people to say Tip before giving us a tip? MetaMeri has joined the party! KPT John: Hi Meri dimension: ok KPT John: Boss Meri Clay: hi meri Hanover: Hey Meri and btw Congrats! AuntiAlias: Ms. Meri! : ) Baument: Hey meri Suddenly Mhyper appears. dimension: hi meri AuntiAlias: ::::bowing in obesiance:::: MetaMeri: hi everybody :D desdanova has left the building. KPT John: For all you non meta folks Meri just got promoted MetaMeri: oh aunti! AuntiAlias: John... I got the protocol down! Baument: congrats meri dimension: cool KPT John: cool Susan AuntiAlias: those flowers, grrrl.. those flowers! : ) dimension: congratulations gdmsynth: Hey, thanks for the Pre-Tip! Option click eh? Was that in the manual (haven't read it yet...I'm waiting for Susan's book). MetaMeri: thanks FLOWERS! flip: congrats mary AuntiAlias: roflolololol!!!! renato!: congrats meri dimension: <^>there are some flowers <^> flip: ok ok ok congrats mari atomic-5: promoted to what? flip: meri wscottart: Tip, ask for more money AuntiAlias: @>---,----`----- Hanover: lol dimension: lol Suddenly Spike appears. MetaMeri: how embarassing! thanks john Clay: LOL flip: use the option key on that one? KPT John: Anytime MetaMeri: is it almost 7? KPT John: nearly AuntiAlias: yes, almost... Digital_Efx saunters in. Baument: (might want to check for foreign objects in coffee in the morning john, just in case) atomic-5: close to ten here wscottart: almost 9 here AuntiAlias: this is the BryceTalk equivalent of TimesSquare justin has joined the party! AuntiAlias: hey! dimension: almost 9 AuntiAlias: I made a little improvement to the events page for those who are not in the Pacific time zone Digital_Efx: 9:54 in NC wscottart: tip, time is different al over the globe AuntiAlias: there's a link that gives the same time as this for all the world over vincehardy: Same in NYC gdmsynth: Evelyn Woods speed reading courses for sale.... Digital_Efx: does the "Libraries" have files yet Susan? boru has joined the party! justin: this thing officially started yet? KPT John: Soon Digital AuntiAlias: not quite yet... Digital_Efx: okies justin: see; flippers not dead! http://www.bbsn.com/temp/dolphin.jpg flip: can I offically start it??? Mhyper: almost MetaMeri: this is so exciting flip: not that I'm offical at anythign... Mindscenes disappears in a blinding flash of smoke. Digital_Efx: sex more minutes........ dcb_: lol Digital_Efx: oops.....six Spike: Hi all! New here quite cool. AuntiAlias: ; ) MetaMeri: hi spike Digital_Efx: hehehe dimension: hello AuntiAlias: just as a preview, for those of you who haven't been here before.... Betty materializes from thin air. dimension: hey betty AuntiAlias: we'll do the event here using moderation, in order to keep the chaos down justin: betty! Betty: hi dimension Digital_Efx: Hey, its the betty-meister AuntiAlias: I'll be explaining the protocol as we go atomic-5 slinks out. atomic-5 has just entered. Betty: hi all AuntiAlias: if you want to chat wtih certain folks and friends on the side, go ahead and make a second room. You can be in more than one! justin: i AuntiAlias: that way you get to have your little side discussion and the chaos here is not so wild oh. and Kronic saunters in. AuntiAlias: you know that this event is being logged... beowulf saunters in. AuntiAlias: so if you miss something, you can go back and read it Digital_Efx: so behave.. Spike: Sup Kronic? Kronic: chllin justin: oh no,,, kroncis here,,,,parties over Kronic: :) AuntiAlias: wel, Digital.. of course we'll all behave! ; ) dimension: Yes Efx, behave justin: :) AuntiAlias: we're brycers; we behave very well! Kronic: pffft flip: hehe how does one creater a second window... priv chat....? Kronic: :) AuntiAlias: and then we render!! Kronic: you know you want me jsutin =P Mhyper: LOL Digital_Efx: pffffft~! NiGhTmArE: we behave? dimension: The menu near the logo flip: create AuntiAlias: Tip!!
Highlight speakers with different colors to help you track who is saying what. (the people list allows you to change colors--Upper left side, 2nd Green button)
taht's a BryceTalk tip... btw justin: you big stuf muffin Digital_Efx: <~~~calls teal MetaMeri: i love bryce tips 3d~?~elf disappears in a blinding flash of smoke. |
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KPT John: Tip wanted: What is the key stroke to cycle thru rooms? Baument: sirloin tips are good also Digital_Efx: i love steak tips..... 3d~?~elf wants to play too. AuntiAlias: control-tab boru is off to save the world. AuntiAlias: to cycle through MetaMeri: those are also fine Digital_Efx: :) Kronic: cntrl tab kpt john dimension: no thats application switching KPT John: Thanx Susan boru has joined the party! KPT John: Kronic AuntiAlias: er.. if you're on a mac, that's command tab, I believe NiGhTmArE: nope.. control on mac AuntiAlias: :::glances at watch:::: :::clears throat:::: Spike: Does B4 seem slower to anyone? NiGhTmArE: YES AuntiAlias: :::::smiles a big grin::: :D :D :D Ringo has finally arrived. Digital_Efx: ctrl+e = instant Bryce Guru.. Mhyper: Cmd-Tab JeffP materializes from thin air. AuntiAlias: Welcoem to Tips and Tricks and Q and A Night!! Kronic: <torn between Fraiser and bryce talk> Suddenly Splat appears. atomic-5 has left the building. dimension: me too Dr. Dubious has just entered. atomic-5 has joined the party! Heather has finally arrived. AuntiAlias: Welcome to Tips n Tricks n Q n A!!
Here's how we do things tonight.
First--tips n tricks. (Hope you brought one!)
Second--Q & A with the Bryce Engineers. dimension: hello all! Ringo: hello, everyone. Spike: Sup? wscottart is off to save the world. AuntiAlias: so for the first part... We'll take Bryce, section by section.... I'll call out the category (such as Create/Edit controls; Booleans; Grouping/Linking; Sky&Fog; Terrains; Lights; Materials, Rendering, Animation, etc.)
When I call a new category: If you have a tip for that catego wscottart has just entered. AuntiAlias: When I call a new category: If you have a tip for that category, please type ! Then I'll call on you and you can share your tip (that way we don't step all over one another) Spike: Just wundering if B4 seems slower to anyone? AuntiAlias: I'll be periodically declaring what the Queue list is...
So... ssssssh! quiet down a little.... Suddenly robokoneko appears. AuntiAlias: and let's begin!! So.. first category Create/Edit objects desdanova saunters in. KPT John: We are relying on you Auntie for the best tips! Dr. Dubious slinks out. Suddenly John_Spirko appears. AuntiAlias: Who's got tips for that? TOOL wants to play too. TOOL: hello all AuntiAlias: If you have a tip Type ! Splat disappears in a blinding flash of smoke. Splat saunters in. AuntiAlias: Create & Edit Objects..... any tips? Digital_Efx: .................. DigiVI has just entered. dimension: lol justin: ! Splat disappears in a blinding flash of smoke. AuntiAlias: okay, Justin.. go for it Mhyper slinks out. justin: 3ds is a great obj type to import if you have pieces of a model you wish to delete Suddenly ccasady appears. Mhyper has finally arrived. Spike: justin? Mindscenes materializes from thin air. dcb_: ! AuntiAlias: so you import the model and afterwards, delete portions of it? vincehardy: ! Digital_Efx disappears in a blinding flash of smoke. Spike: ! justin: because the .3ds object types are divided into the groups in which is was created AuntiAlias: Create/Edit Tip Queue: dcb, vincehardy, spike (when you're done.. type OK) justin: ok AuntiAlias: dcb.. go for it griegel wants to play too. Spike: Ive found Lightwave to be good. NiGhTmArE is off to see the Wizard. ncastle wants to play too. justin: LOL AuntiAlias: (if you're in the queue... start typing your tip) sssssh! dcb_: make your scenes big!!! this scene is over 120000 bryce units in size from camera to the background pict http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Stargate/ 5724/gallery/bab5html/approach4.html wscottart: ! dcb_: i bet geo hates me now..lol AuntiAlias: good one... vincehardy, you're on: vincehardy: to create a parallel round light hold ctrl/shift and click on the parallel square light Gerry wants to play too. Sami23 wants to play too. dcb_: oh i got a question about selecting that thing..how other than directly clicking it vince? AuntiAlias: Create/Edit Tip Queue: spike, wscottart (type your note beforehand so you can just hit return when called on) when you're done.. type OK) slareau has finally arrived. AuntiAlias: aaah, good one vince.. slareau: Synchroized Chair Spins! Whee!! AuntiAlias: spike? you're up DigiVI: Need help... geneb saunters in. TOOL has more important business elsewhere. Spike: Light wave alows you to apply texture areas on the polygons. When these are imported in to Bryce you may appliy textures to the different areas. AuntiAlias: (for you who've just arrived, we're going through different parts of the software and sharing tips. Right now is Create/Edit.. next up booelans, groups, linking) dimension: ! Suddenly TOOL appears. Spike: This is a good way to define texture areas. Suddenly Lonzo appears. AuntiAlias: aaah! good! Clay: lonzo AuntiAlias: done, Spike? Bev Rage saunters in. Lonzo: that you clay from Joplin? AuntiAlias: Queue list wscott art, dimension Clay: yep Lonzo: !! 7 UP saunters in. AuntiAlias: wscottart-- you're on! wscottart: Create objects and save them, open new documents and create new objects save them. When you have all your objects create a new document, and drag all the objects out for your scene. Ok Spike: Controling large groups of these areas can be challanging.Does anyone have a tip for this? Rodney has joined the party! 7 UP has just left. Rodney: howdy y'all AuntiAlias: dimension: go for it gdmsynth: Hi there Rodney! dimension: To make an explosion, make a rock and give it the texture Fire2 in the Tutorial preset category. Put the rock where you would like the explosion and it will be a good explosion. You can also put another rock with a smoke texture. Does everyone already know bout that? AuntiAlias: is that for still or animation, dimension? dcb_: i made a complete tutorial about that AuntiAlias: url? dimension: Well you can also use the Texture Fire1 to animate rvanderlippe materializes from thin air. dimension: http://members.xoom.com/MrCoolVR/bryce.jpg dcb_: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Program/ 3093/tutor/bryce/exp1.html AuntiAlias: cool... Lonzo! (then we'll move on to other areas) Gerry has just left.
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