Bryce 4 F/X and Design Book

Contains detailed and easy-to-follow projects for readers to try themselves using files from the CD. Offers walkthrough of all the latest Bryce tools and effects to bring intermediate and seasoned users up to speed. Provides insight to using Bryce with other MetaCreations software. Projects take readers beyond the software documentation to enhance and extend their Bryce capabilities, including use in TV and film, CD multimedia, and Web design. 32 full-color pages of ethereal, sci-fi, and Dali-esque 3D backgrounds and imagery (also on the accompanying CD) that caters to Bryce users who want to create unusual artwork. The only book to cover handshaking with MetaCreations' Poser, Ray Dream, and Painter. Unlike competing titles ,Bryce 4 f/x and design will cover film and video techniques and will teach the complexity of the software in an approachable, easy-to-follow manner. Delves into the secrets of the Deep Texture Editor and fine-tunes all of the new materials made possible in the Materials Lab. Over 100 animations that educate andentertain readers with wild Bryce landscapes. Project files that will allow readers to create Bryce artwork from the book's tutorials. Also includes completed project artwork for comparison. A collection of new grayscale terrain maps, which users can target in the Bryce Terrain Editor for modeling. Demo applications that help readers enhance Bryce illustrations.