Short presentation of some tools that can be used by raytracing programms. A link where to download the tool is included.
Some of my attempts to create pictures with TerraGen and Bryce 5 are presented here, sorted in topics.
Anaglyphs are red-cyan coloured pictures that give you a 3D impression when viewed with special goggles. Discover here how easy they can be made.
Panoramas are pictures with a width of 360°. Panoramas can be interactively viewed with QuickTime. Cubic (or spheric) panoramas additionally cover 180° in the vertical direction.
360° x 180° panoramas can be made using a mirror ball. This is the fastest and cheapest method — unfortunately also the one that yields the lowest quality.
IBL is Image Based Light and an HDRI – a High Dynamic Range Image is needed as a 360° x 180° ball panorama.
The program «HDRShop» is quite complete but not very obvious to use. Most of its functions work for LDRI, too.
What does the term 3-D actually mean and what raytracing programs can do in this respect.
Annoying: English Bryce version and many tips in the german language. Here, all menues are translated.
Free downloadable resources for Bryce 5 such as Textures, Materials and Skies.
Free downloadable Tutorials how to go about it to get somewhere.
Hints and so-called «Easter Eggs»; hidden functions.
Knowledge base of different topics connected to raytracing.
Links to web sites of Bryce artists I know. Journals, Forums, Pictures, Models, etc.
Bryce: Rendertests (Bryce 5.0 to 6.1) and Network Rendering Information. These pages were copied from my instable testserver. These pages are now accessible in a more reliable manner.
Bryce: Rendertests (Bryce 7.1)