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 Aug 24 2006, 12:51 AM
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 Empat  Group: Members Posts: 819 Joined: 23-April 05 From: The planet Larson, on the Far Side of the galaxy. Member No.: 16,020  |
Came across this in another forum I frequent. Thought I'd pass it along:
http://www.daz3d.com/program/bryce/bryce5free.php? Hurry! Offer ends Sept. 6. -Flyboy. -------------------- I read one of those hand dryers in a restroom the other day. It said it was approved by the N.A.P.H.H.- The National Association for the Promotion of Hand Hygiene. So, apparently, there ARE people with less of a life than the members of these boards........
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Aug 24 2006, 01:13 AM
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 Sketchy Group: Members Posts: 1,889 Joined: 18-April 02 From: Miami, Florida Member No.: 3,853 |
One problem. It doesn't run in Tiger.
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Aug 24 2006, 03:49 AM
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 Quality Knitwearâ„¢ Group: Members Posts: 4,670 Joined: 31-January 00 From: Cardiff Member No.: 235 |
In fact, that's why they are giving it away free; because to get it to work on Mac OS 10.4, you have to download DAZ Studio plus a bunch of other stuff that ties you into their product line. W4nkers.
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Aug 24 2006, 07:54 AM
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 Dua Group: Members Posts: 292 Joined: 9-September 04 From: LUX Member No.: 13,623 |
Who needs Bryce? Terragen is free as in no cost; Wings 3D, Blender and Yafray are free as in freedom. And all of these run on 10.4.
This post has been edited by pez: Aug 24 2006, 07:54 AM -------------------- Free your mind: Use and contribute to free and open software and information projects.
Thunderbird Inkscape GIMP blender 3D Wings 3D The GNU project The Wikimedia Foundation |
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Aug 24 2006, 01:18 PM
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 My brain runs on Mac OS 9 Group: Members Posts: 1,192 Joined: 10-February 03 From: The Atomic City Member No.: 7,579 |
Bryce 5 works in 10.4.5, but all the save and open dialogs appear behind the main screen so there is no way to save or load. I get around this by opening a duplicate of an old scene and deleting everything in it. And why get Bryce 5? Because it rules!
And freedom is not free, it is very expensive. -------------------- Galactic Software - What can I say? It's got SpinApp and Star Devastation. Hopefully I'll get back to work on my latest project.
Wishes life was more like EV... that you can die and just reload the game, you can make obscene amounts of money in no time, and you can have a 20 Million credit space ship repaired for free on any planet. |
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Aug 24 2006, 01:41 PM
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Dua Group: Members Posts: 292 Joined: 9-September 04 From: LUX Member No.: 13,623 |
QUOTE(EVWeb @ Aug 24 2006, 08:18 PM) [snapback]1611145[/snapback] And freedom is not free, it is very expensive. You obviously didn't understand what I meant. Terragen is free for non-commercial use. This means you can use it without cost. Blender, Wings and Yafray are free and open source pieces of software that are released under non-restrictive licenses. They are not only free (as in "no cost") but you are largely free to what you want with the software and it's source code. That's freedom. Anyway, my point is that the software I mentionned is in my opinion much superior to Bryce, partly because it is (really) free. This post has been edited by pez: Aug 24 2006, 01:45 PM -------------------- Free your mind: Use and contribute to free and open software and information projects.
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Sep 2 2006, 09:40 PM
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 ...bang Group: Members Posts: 4,924 Joined: 6-January 06 From: Nebraska Member No.: 18,205 |
Wait… is this legal?
-------------------- QUOTE (Hamster @ Aug 9 2010, 08:40 PM)  LOAEUWRHFAO9W8E7FHGOIAUWEYGH9OAW8ERUHOGVNA9EUW8VOIUAWE7LFGYAEW8URFJ9EORWUGV Updating my comic Infovorus three days a week |
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Sep 2 2006, 11:39 PM
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 [dev_boi] Group: Developers Posts: 9,101 Joined: 11-January 00 From: Boofhead Officeâ„¢ Mk IV (Mjolnir) Member No.: 130 |
ATMOS owns a copy of Bryce5 that runs just great under Mac OS X 10.4.7. Philip and I recently sat downt to try and fix a Terragen landscape, and we first tried to fix the errors using Terragen itself.
Terragen is a disaster. The interface is horrid, it's slow as a wet week, and you have next to no fine-grain control over what you're making. "Realism" wins out over "looks good". Phil and I tore our hair out, then gave up. We remade the scene in Bryce. -------------------- |
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Sep 3 2006, 10:42 AM
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 ADCC Group: Members Posts: 3,301 Joined: 3-November 00 From: Bergen, Norway Member No.: 1,196 |
QUOTE(pipeline @ Sep 3 2006, 04:39 AM) [snapback]1615186[/snapback] Terragen is a disaster. The interface is horrid, it's slow as a wet week, and you have next to no fine-grain control over what you're making. "Realism" wins out over "looks good". I don't think fine-grain control ever was the point of terragen, but do you think Bryce is that good at it? Bryce might be ok at doing fine grain control, but it's so clumsy at it. This post has been edited by Modesty Blaise: Sep 3 2006, 11:05 AM -------------------- ...but I also can't prove that mushrooms could not be intergalactic spaceships spying on us.
Daniel Dennet Creations: I Gallery I Modesty's Shipyard I Projects: I Loads of secret stuff I Finished Projects: I Arpia 2 I |
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Sep 3 2006, 10:45 AM
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 Acheron Group: Members Posts: 1,317 Joined: 22-April 05 From: Coming soon to a neighborhood near you Member No.: 16,019 |
I love Terragen. The download there didn't work for me, so I can't judge Bryce.
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Sep 3 2006, 08:04 PM
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[dev_boi] Group: Developers Posts: 9,101 Joined: 11-January 00 From: Boofhead Officeâ„¢ Mk IV (Mjolnir) Member No.: 130 |
QUOTE(Modesty Blaise @ Sep 4 2006, 01:42 AM) [snapback]1615269[/snapback] I don't think fine-grain control ever was the point of terragen, but do you think Bryce is that good at it? Nope - Bryce's motion controls and positioning tools are cruddy. That said, they're better than Terragen. Also, I hate tools like Terragen that force you to traipse across a world looking for a good place to take a photograph. I want to make my good place, not try and guess where a good place is! Phil summed it up best, I think, when he said to me (with a grimace): "It looks like a graphics application made by programmers for programmers. They want the tool to make the art for them." 'Nuff said. -------------------- |
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Sep 4 2006, 02:55 AM
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ADCC Group: Members Posts: 3,301 Joined: 3-November 00 From: Bergen, Norway Member No.: 1,196 |
QUOTE(pipeline @ Sep 4 2006, 01:04 AM) [snapback]1615453[/snapback] Also, I hate tools like Terragen that force you to traipse across a world looking for a good place to take a photograph. I want to make my good place, not try and guess where a good place is! I totally agree.When it comes to Bryce, I'd sometimes rather use C4D. It become a question about time and effort. I feel bryce is good for an ok result over a short amount of time, while it takes much more time to get a great result. This post has been edited by Modesty Blaise: Sep 4 2006, 02:55 AM -------------------- ...but I also can't prove that mushrooms could not be intergalactic spaceships spying on us.
Daniel Dennet Creations: I Gallery I Modesty's Shipyard I Projects: I Loads of secret stuff I Finished Projects: I Arpia 2 I |
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Sep 9 2006, 12:25 AM
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 Member Group: Members Posts: 1,609 Joined: 15-January 00 From: Illinois Member No.: 188 |
Well said, pipeline. I've played around with terragen (didn't know it was still free though; thought I just had a old public beta), and you do have to look around until you find something good. Now I'm thinking I'll draw the heightmaps in Photoshop, and use Terragen to just rough it up a little bit to add realism.
Also, the deadline apparently has been extended to September 13th, so I'm downloading Bryce now. and pez, just use the "free as in speech, not free as in beer" line everyone else uses  .
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Nov 12 2006, 11:02 AM
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Quality Knitwearâ„¢ Group: Members Posts: 4,670 Joined: 31-January 00 From: Cardiff Member No.: 235 |
FYI, I've just picked up a copy of Bryce 6. It's not perfect, but it does now work unlike 5/.5 which utterly failed for most 10.4+ users, plus the DAZ Studio tie-in is now optional.
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