Just thought you might want to know in case you haven't heard...
The Info is (url="http://"http://www3.corel.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=Corel/PressRelease/Details&id;=ZZZZ8DJU82J")Here(/url)
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(This message has been edited by Capt'n Hector (edited 07-09-2001).)
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**Just thought you might want to know in case you haven't heard...
The Info is Here**
Cool, a tree lab! Sw33t!
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Aww! And I just went and bought animation master. Now I have to decide weather to continue learning how to use A:M or weather to upgrade to Bryce5! Why couldn't they have released it 2 weeks ago? :frown:
Metaballs! Tree lab! Sweeeet!!!! 
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Wow, I don't even use the stuff but their upgrade sounds impressive. It seems that new metaball thing will open up new options for people wanting to make ships easier in Bryce.
As far as tree's go...nifty.
CS
Is it out, or just "coming soon"?
That upgrade sounds sweet! Blurred reflections (YES!! Finally!), soft shadows (no more 25-radial-light fakes that eat render time :D), and a tree lab! Woohoo, actually Bryce scenes with foliage! Yeah, I'm right now in the middle of a scene with old-Bryce trees and my own volumetric foliage. Not bad, but could be better... Metaballs are kind of, well, probably useless for many things, unless you want to make something blobby. Could be used for surreal underground tunnels, perhaps.
Hmm, $159 for an upgrade...worth it? I think, probably.
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(This message has been edited by Weepul 884 (edited 07-10-2001).)
weepul: it is out... by the way: what is the meatball?
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Eh, It's an asteroid...Holy shďt! It's a fücking asteriod!
Sweet-
Except for the money problem.
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**weepul: it is out... by the way: what is the meatball?
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metaball is a tool you find in all good modelers, it allows you to 'melt' two spherical type polygons into one shape. It is useful for modelling organic objects, such as the human body.
Note: unlike a coventional 'group tool', the metaball tools also deforms the spheres structures so the result looks truly like on and only shape...
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Originally posted by pesimist_guy:
**metaball is a tool you find in all good modelers, it allows you to 'melt' two spherical type polygons into one shape. It is useful for modelling organic objects, such as the human body.
Note: unlike a coventional 'group tool', the metaball tools also deforms the spheres structures so the result looks truly like on and only shape...
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SWEEET!!! I always wanted that!
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Eh, It's an asteroid...Holy shďt! It's a fücking asteriod!
Hmm... looks like it will be an improvement for those who use Bryce as it was meant to be used - a product for creation of landscapes and nature scenes. As I see it, these changes don't especially help it to branch out at all. Metaballs and soft reflection might be useful for other types of image, but I'm disappointed not to see any improvements for generalized modelling (loft, extrude, sweep, anyone?) or animation (better paths, linking hierarchy, that sort of thing.)
I guess I'm still gonna buy myself A:M or C4DXL... 
I jsut came here to start that topic. It's out for those of you in doubt. I want it, but, i've never tried bryce (any of them) before. I wish they had a good demo. while i'm at it, i wish i had money.
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Originally posted by Glenn:
**Hmm... looks like it will be an improvement for those who use Bryce as it was meant to be used - a product for creation of landscapes and nature scenes. As I see it, these changes don't especially help it to branch out at all. Metaballs and soft reflection might be useful for other types of image, but I'm disappointed not to see any improvements for generalized modelling (loft, extrude, sweep, anyone?) or animation (better paths, linking hierarchy, that sort of thing.)
I guess I'm still gonna buy myself A:M or C4DXL... :)**
yeah, maybe they didn't mention that they included some modelling stuff. Well. I have infini-d and strata to do that, and there is always the import button... 
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Originally posted by Evil Penguin:
**I jsut came here to start that topic. It's out for those of you in doubt. I want it, but, i've never tried bryce (any of them) before. I wish they had a good demo. while i'm at it, i wish i had money.
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I find Bryce to be a lot of fun, but object positioning kind of sucks. If you plan on making some serious 3D graphics it's good to have a copy of an all-around 3D program. From about the same era as my copy of Bryce 3D I have Ray Dream Studio 4 since my dad used to get part of his salary in software, but those days are gone and I doubt I'll ever be upgrading unless I can find some superior program for some kind of price within my budget.
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Originally posted by pesimist_guy:
**metaball is a tool you find in all good modelers, it allows you to 'melt' two spherical type polygons into one shape. It is useful for modelling organic objects, such as the human body.
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metaballs for modeling the human body? the human body is simply way too complex. metaballs would be best for simple organic shapes... but anything complex... you would want spline patching & subpatch objects...
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I'm thinking about upgrading. First I have to upgrade my whole hardware and OS, probably. I was hoping they put particle systems in ver.5. It's very dissapointing they didn't. But those blured reflections and soft shadows sounds cool. You wouldn't have now to stick 100+ radials in your sceene to get those soft shadows, I guess.
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**metaballs for modeling the human body? the human body is simply way too complex. metaballs would be best for simple organic shapes... but anything complex... you would want spline patching & subpatch objects...
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3 Sphere's and I can make you a VERY cartoony human-like base for the face. 3 Sphere's and you got a shoulder, muscle, elbow. 3/4/5 Sphere's and you got a torso.
Metaballs are easy to work with and very fast. The coolest thing is making a hand form out of a liquid (metaballs), rising from the floor T-1000 style. Maybe I'll post that animation sometime...
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Originally posted by Glenn:
**Hmm... looks like it will be an improvement for those who use Bryce as it was meant to be used - a product for creation of landscapes and nature scenes. As I see it, these changes don't especially help it to branch out at all. Metaballs and soft reflection might be useful for other types of image, but I'm disappointed not to see any improvements for generalized modelling (loft, extrude, sweep, anyone?) or animation (better paths, linking hierarchy, that sort of thing.)
I guess I'm still gonna buy myself A:M or C4DXL... :)**
Yes, but unlimited network rendering on a local LAN using only "1" copy of the program?! That is a sweet deal!
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Incase any of yall dont want to purchase bryce 5, my friend told me that academic pricing on it is $89, not sure if that is better than the upgrade price, or if you have to do anything strange to get it. But if any of yall are students or have kids/siblings that are, yall might want to check this out. Be forewarned however, sometimes these versions make you jump through many hoops to get them to function properly. I for one am not going to try to get someone else to buy it for me, i am just gona upgrade. I think it may save some trouble. But for all students $89, not bad for a $300 program. I think this may also extend to teachers, but i am not sure.
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