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Show Us Your Bryce Renders! Part 8

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  • GussNemoGussNemo Posts: 1,855
    edited December 1969

    @Roland: I tried Blender after I couldn't figure out how to use Bryce, but came back to Bryce after realizing I couldn't figure out how to use Blender. Even following Blender tutorials, I still couldn't follow its usage.

  • HoroHoro Posts: 10,638
    edited December 1969

    @Roland4 - nice embossed work.

    @Jamie - same for me. Though at least in my case, this doesn't mean Blender is bad, it means that I'm incapable to use it.

  • Roland4Roland4 Posts: 0
    edited October 2014

    Horo said:
    @Roland4 - nice embossed work.

    Thanks Horo, i make this with Blender. The angel is real displaced, but it have 500256 poligons and the edges are not smoothed and round.

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  • HoroHoro Posts: 10,638
    edited December 1969

    @Roland4 - you know, you could draw the angel as a monochrome picture in a graphics application and use it in the Terrain Editor. Here is a very old render doing it in that way. The sun dial was scanned, the picture converted to monochrome and used as a terrain.

    Sundial.jpg
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  • Roland4Roland4 Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    Horo said:
    @Roland4 - you know, you could draw the angel as a monochrome picture in a graphics application and use it in the Terrain Editor. Here is a very old render doing it in that way. The sun dial was scanned, the picture converted to monochrome and used as a terrain.

    Thanks Horo, i know this but the roblem is, that the jewel box and the medallion is one object. I will try your suggestion immediately and will show you the result.

  • Roland4Roland4 Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    @Horo

    In this picture i have make the angel with a terrain and put it in Bryce together. I think the result is not so good.

    Angel2a.jpg
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  • RarethRareth Posts: 1,462
    edited December 1969

    Getting the Emboss look on a Bryce Terrain object does take some adjustments to make it look decent. it helps I think if the image has a bit of gradient between black and white to smooth some of the sharp transitions. you can also adjust the settings in the Terrain Editor to help.

    Here we have a random "Angel" image grabbed from the internet. this took a bit of trial and error to get it looking like it does. I probably would have had an easier time if I ran the image through an image editor first to clean it up for Bryce.

    chocolate_Angel.jpg
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  • Roland4Roland4 Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    This is the original picture i use. Load the picture in a graphic software and make the background black, then you can see, that the edges look awful from.

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  • Fencepost52Fencepost52 Posts: 509
    edited October 2014

    Roland, I wrote this tutorial for GIMP on cutting out a selection from an image using the paths tool. It's an old tutorial for an older version of GIMP, but maybe it'll help you. http://www.gimptalk.com/index.php?/topic/730-cutting-out-renders-using-the-paths-tool/

    The word "Render" in the title is completely wrong, but for a long time, that's what people were calling it on GIMP/Photoshop forums. So, I used it so they would "understand" what I was talking about.

    Not sure if it helps, but maybe it will.

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  • Roland4Roland4 Posts: 0
    edited October 2014

    fencepost52 said:
    Roland, I wrote this tutorial for GIMP on cutting out a selection from an image using the paths tool. It's an old tutorial for an older version of GIMP, but maybe it'll help you. http://www.gimptalk.com/index.php?/topic/730-cutting-out-renders-using-the-paths-tool/

    The word "Render" in the title is completely wrong, but for a long time, that's what people were calling it on GIMP/Photoshop forums. So, I used it so they would "understand" what I was talking about.

    Not sure if it helps, but maybe it will.

    I have make this with Gimp and use first the function convert bitmap to path and then export path to svg. In Blender i have import the svg.

    edit: Sorry my internet stick is emty now.

    Post edited by Roland4 on
  • Fencepost52Fencepost52 Posts: 509
    edited December 1969

    Roland4 said:

    I have make this with Gimp and use first the function convert bitmap to path and then export path to svg. In Blender i have import the svg.

    Unless, something has changed in GIMP that I'm unaware of, I don't think there's a convert bitmap to path function. Could it be Inkscape you're referring to? I know Inkscape has that option. At any rate, I wasn't sure if it would help you with cleaning up the edges.

  • Roland4Roland4 Posts: 0
    edited October 2014

    fencepost52 said:
    Roland4 said:

    I have make this with Gimp and use first the function convert bitmap to path and then export path to svg. In Blender i have import the svg.

    Unless, something has changed in GIMP that I'm unaware of, I don't think there's a convert bitmap to path function. Could it be Inkscape you're referring to? I know Inkscape has that option. At any rate, I wasn't sure if it would help you with cleaning up the edges.

    Uff, I have an extra data volume bought (I can not be without DAZ & Bryce).

    It is possible with Gimp. Selection save to path and then export path to name.svg.

    edit: Apologies, I was wrong. It referred to a simple black and white image.

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  • GussNemoGussNemo Posts: 1,855
    edited December 1969

    @fencepost: Nice tutorial, learned something new, though I don't know when it'll be used.

    @Roland: Just playing with the GIMP Path command, I see where you can use this to place points around that image then cut away the feather looking edges. It would take time to place and adjust the points, but it could be done.

  • Roland4Roland4 Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    GussNemo said:
    @Roland: Just playing with the GIMP Path command, I see where you can use this to place points around that image then cut away the feather looking edges. It would take time to place and adjust the points, but it could be done.

    Thank you GussNemo, i have the newest Gimp version and i take selection by colour use the additional settings and make then the selection less.

  • Roland4Roland4 Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    My newest. Here for the symbol in the middle i take from Gimp the function selection to path and then export path to svg.

    Medaillion1.jpg
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  • Miss BMiss B Posts: 3,071
    edited December 1969

    I've said it before, and I'll say it again Roland. You're becoming quit the jeweler!! I really like this fleur-de-lis pendant. :coolsmile:

  • Roland4Roland4 Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    Miss B said:
    I've said it before, and I'll say it again Roland. You're becoming quit the jeweler!! I really like this fleur-de-lis pendant. :coolsmile:

    Thank you Miss B. I will make many more jewelrys.

  • HoroHoro Posts: 10,638
    edited December 1969

    @Roland - you've got to do it as Rareth explains if you don't have a graphics program that can do 48-bit. 24-bit is reduced to 8-bit grey by Bryce and this gives the steps and the ugly outline. In fact, you need a program that can do 16-bit greyscale. There are not many that can. But if you can do 48-bit, I have a free conversion program on my website to make it Bryce compatible.

  • FishtalesFishtales Posts: 6,119
    edited October 2014

    Here is your image saved as a 16 bit TIFF with transparent background. I tried cleaning up the edges but they are very badly stepped from whoever cut it out first and they wont stay sharp. You can try it out though and see how it does.


    It is nearly 4Mb so a big download :)

    Link removed as it doesn't work :red:

    Post edited by Fishtales on
  • RarethRareth Posts: 1,462
    edited December 1969

    Horo said:
    @Roland - you've got to do it as Rareth explains if you don't have a graphics program that can do 48-bit. 24-bit is reduced to 8-bit grey by Bryce and this gives the steps and the ugly outline. In fact, you need a program that can do 16-bit greyscale. There are not many that can. But if you can do 48-bit, I have a free conversion program on my website to make it Bryce compatible.

    not to mention the higher resolution, the less pixilation you'll get. I found a line drawing of your Cherub/Angel, I ran it through photoshop elements (came free with the computer) converted it to Black and white (not greyscale) and adjusted the contrast so the lines were sharp.

    Then I brought it into Bryce to play with it, in the Terrain Editor.

    angel_inlaid_gold.jpg
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    angel_silver_emboss.jpg
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    angel_engrave.jpg
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  • Dave SavageDave Savage Posts: 2,433
    edited October 2014

    Or just go straight for the 3D model Cherub.

    :-)

    GoldCherub.jpg
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  • Roland4Roland4 Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    Horo said:
    @Roland - you've got to do it as Rareth explains if you don't have a graphics program that can do 48-bit. 24-bit is reduced to 8-bit grey by Bryce and this gives the steps and the ugly outline. In fact, you need a program that can do 16-bit greyscale. There are not many that can. But if you can do 48-bit, I have a free conversion program on my website to make it Bryce compatible.

    For postwork and others i only have Gimp.

  • Roland4Roland4 Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    Fishtales said:
    Here is your image saved as a 16 bit TIFF with transparent background. I tried cleaning up the edges but they are very badly stepped from whoever cut it out first and they wont stay sharp. You can try it out though and see how it does.


    It is nearly 4Mb so a big download :)

    Cherub Image

    I do not know what's going on, but an error message appears when I try to load the image in Bryce.

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  • RexRedRexRed Posts: 1,323
    edited October 2014

    I like it here in this forum. I hope you don't mind me hanging around for a bit. I do not really consider myself nearly as prolific and accomplished at Bryce as you all seem to be. My field is actually music of which I (humbly) consider myself a specialist.

    This piece I call Pompeii. :)

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  • Dave SavageDave Savage Posts: 2,433
    edited October 2014

    While I had the Cherub loaded, I thought I'd do a variation...

    ... This is how it turned out.

    IvyCherub.jpg
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    Post edited by Dave Savage on
  • Roland4Roland4 Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    TheSavage64 said:
    While I had the Cherub loaded, I thought I'd do a variation...

    ... This is how it turned out.

    Realy cool. Is this a model or displaced ?

  • Dave SavageDave Savage Posts: 2,433
    edited December 1969

    Roland4 said:
    Realy cool. Is this a model or displaced ?

    Thanks. It's a model.

    Here you go: http://archive3d.net/?a=download&id=832fb342

  • RexRedRexRed Posts: 1,323
    edited October 2014

    Scout, Hazy Desert Cactus and Radio Towers.

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  • Roland4Roland4 Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    TheSavage64 said:
    Roland4 said:
    Realy cool. Is this a model or displaced ?

    Thanks. It's a model.

    Here you go: http://archive3d.net/?a=download&id=832fb342

    Thank you very much, it is a very very nice angel model. Thank you.

  • Electro-ElvisElectro-Elvis Posts: 883
    edited December 1969

    Hi RexRed

    Very nice pictures. I love the cactus scene.

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