David and Horo's Store Deals
Fencepost52
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The DAZ Store has 48% off all of its items as part of the release of the new DAZStudio 4.8 release. This includes David's store (http://www.daz3d.com/david-brinnen) and Horo's store (http://www.daz3d.com/horo), as well as an even better discount on Bryce itself (http://www.daz3d.com/bryce-7-pro).
Stop by and pick up some goodies. ;-)
*Disclaimer: This message was provided as a free public service announcement. I am not employed by David or Horo, nor did they request this post be made. LOL
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Thanks, Fencepost52!
I should go to the store more often. I also found a bunch of free stuff, like some great tutorials, and I even have some clothes for Michael, now. I also picked up some stuff for Vicky. I felt like a pig ... grabbing all the goodies I could. Well, almost. I mean, there might have been more, but, as it was, I got $367.95 worth of products for a total cost of $21.23. Shame on me! I figured as long as I had to allow googleapis through my firewall, I might as well get while I could before I lock it out again, (um, assuming google will let me, now that they got their foot through the door). Oh, and I also finally got that Bus Stop everyone else has by now. I think I'll use that in some sort of space scene. Perhaps on a future visit to the store, I'll find some stuff for Aiko, Stephanie, and The Kids. I imagine I'll have my face in some tutorials for awhile. They are always inspiring.
BTW Fencepost52, you don't need a disclaimer for helping brag about Mr. Brinnen and/or Herr Wernli. Everyone knows they are needed support for all of us.
Thanks, David and Horo! I got some jewels, MATs, and HDRIs you two did. More later. In the meantime, could one of you please explain the differences between the Bryce 7 Pro Scene Converter, and the Bryce 7 Pro Spherical Mapper. I know I'm still quite a noob, or I probably would not have had that question, but, please enlighten me.
@Art - thanks, I wasn't aware of the sale.
@FlashGarcia - I know what you mean. Hard to find many supporters of the current Bryce policy.
@CTippetts - thank you. The Scene Converter transforms a scene to an angular map, a projection of equal angles over a full sphere, aspect ratio 1:1. The result looks like a light probe and if the render is saved as HDRI, it can be directly used as light probe in IBL.
The Spherical Mapper creates a spherical panorama of the render. This is a projection that looks a bit like a world map; horizontal 360° and vertical 180°, aspect ratio 2:1. If the render is exported as HDRI, it can be directly used as light probe in IBL.
A spherical panorama can also easily be mapped around a sphere and if the camera is set inside it, can be used as environment map (even in DS or any other 3D program). Such panoramas can be easily transformed to QTVR or Flash interactive panoramas. You find examples on my website. Go to Raytracing > Gallery 2 > Cubical.
Quite a few things for The Kids at the bottom of this page for $1.03
http://www.daz3d.com/shop#order=price^-1&filtered=1
Quite a few things for The Kids at the bottom of this page for $1.03
http://www.daz3d.com/shop#order=price^-1&filtered=1
Only if you are a PC member.
Only if you are a PC member.
Is it! I never look to see just look at the prices :)
Yeah, I bought Bryce 7.1 and a pile of goodies. Bryce is FAR better for abstract art than DS is..
Fun times ahead! :cheese:
Bryce is great for abstracts, and even more fun if you use curved mirrors or render inside a curved torus
Fun for sure. Bryce is very versatile - and abstracts are addictive.
Is that David Brinnen spending my purchase money on a beer in a pub? Can that be Chohole standing next to him wearing a 3D printed V4 wig?
Who is that on the right joining the dynamic duo, in the second photo?
This I can answer. Spending money on beer. Yes. In a pub - not very likely, not unknown, but it does not happen often. And that is not me I don't have so much hair, at least not on the top of my head.
No, not on beer, rather on wine, but not in the pub, at home. And in case you wonder, when I'm "brycing", I'm sober - well from alcohol, Bryce is enough to give me a nice trip. And no, none of the gentlemen is me, the glasses I wear are different and the hair I've pulled out recently fiddling with DS/Iray. Just to make sure, I'm neither the lady and Chohole looks more charming with her club. :lol:
And the guy stood behind in the first pic who has a cigarette sticking out of his mouth like my avatar does, isn't me. :cheese:
and Chohole is a red head, not a blonde. I refuse to have blonde moments.
Warm beer versus cold beer, which do you prefer?
Do the Swiss drink Boone's Farm wine?
Do any of you get bombed at the Octoberfest?
Any Brycer Alcoholics among you
Why is the Flash such a nosy son of a _____?
I am a Bryceaholic
Nothing wrong with having a blonde moment, if you keep a straight face.
I was married t a redhead for 17 years, and next 2 gf after my divorce were redheads.
There appears to be such a thing as a "redhead moment", but in my experience it involves chasing someone about whilst waving something sharp! :ahhh:
I recommend locking yourself in the bathroom, that always worked for me... :blank:
Mmmm flames in Bryce, very nice! :snake:
Redheads are just blondes with attitude :lol:
I don't have attitude, so now say sorry for that remark or I shall donk you one with my trusty club. :coolgrin:
I'm white haired, used to be blond, but attitude matures with age not hair colour :coolsmile:
I'm not called Grumpy Grandad for nothing :lol:
Well yes I should really have said I used to be a redhead. My motto is "Growing old is inevitable, growing up is optional" My son even sent me a bookmark with that on, has a photo of a grandma playing hopscotch. :coolsmirk: And as it's pink I guess my grandaughter picked it out. She's a pinkaholic.
Here she is with her Dad, at his graduation ceremony when he got his BSc last year
I have a grandson who loves pink, he keeps taking his little sisters stuff, he is only four though :-)
Ah well that forgivable at 4. I remember when Neil first went into the army, Junior Leaders. They were told , on their first weekend leave, to bring some civies back with them, as they all only had the outfit they had arrived in. One proviso, no pink shirts. LOL
Time for a commercial break
Here is photo of David Brinnen showing a BLONDE Brycer the name of his latest Bryce experiment. That's David's fancy computer rendering away with flashing lights.
The first letter of each word combines together into, "Susie", so keep a watch out for David Brinnen's "SUSIE" at the Store.
What does SUSIE do?
Ask David to explain it.
In the second photo David is saying to the BLONDE, "really, it's a cinch, a three year old kid could do it"
I find Horo's "Bryce Terrain Editor Advanced Filters" to be a very useful, stand alone program for Bryce, and well worth the money. The Tiling options alone are worth the price of the program. Year ago I almost went mad with a tiling experiment, and then gave up on it. Now it's a cinich thanks to Horo's method.
Being an old goat it make take some time before I start posting anything in the Galleries.
I have yet another one of my grandiose ego-inflated ideas for a complicated image which will utilize both the "Bryce Terrain Editor Advanced Filters" and the "Bryce7Pro Spherical Mapper".
Horo said it very well "You can create anything you want in Bryce if you're smart enough" Well that's not me so I buy the products! I picked up "Bryce 7 Pro Scene Converter" today and after watching the tutorial videos through a couple of times I managed to break down the work flow to open the convertor you want to use and and merge the scene file you want convert. I'd like to convert the lovley 3_Golden_light_example_3 but when I merge I get just a thin line on the render.
Is there step-by-step set of instructions for the Scene convertor I can follow so I can see which step I've missed?
Thanks
Alex - I'm not quite sure what you mean with "merge". The Scene Converter was made to render a full 360 degrees by 180 degrees panorama in one go and the result is an angular map. If 48-bit Dithering in the Render Options is disabled, you can export the rendered image as HDRI right after the render has finished. This HDRI can then be imported into the Sky Lab IBL tab and used to light another scene and also be used as backdrop. Bryce 6.1/6.3 needed the panorama in the angular map projection and this is what you get form a render having the Scene Converter in the scene. What you actually can do is create an HDRI for Bryce IBL from a render. This works also for Bryce 7.0/7.1 but the newer version can additionally handle a HDRI panorama in the spherical projection (that's what the Spherical Mapper does).
The camera in The Golden Light Example 3 is not in the centre of a scene that surrounds the complete Bryce "world", so creating a panorama may get you an unsatisfactory result. Nevertheless, it ought to work and you have to import that HDRI render into the IBL tab of the Sky Lab. From my answer you probably see that I cannot completely follow what you do and what result you expect.
The Scene Converter - a link to it mentioned for further interest, and possible download.
Jay