Bryce 5 Review

Corel Bryce (formerly Metacreations, prior to that HSC Software) is now in Version 5 and runs native in MAC OS X. It is a program for creating Virtual Environments, for animating those Environments and finally but by no means least: for creating the most beautiful renders, in my opinion unrivalled by any other 3D application I know. While it has not been designed as a modelling program, enthusiastic users do create "Pure Bryce" scenes: Landscapes, Interiors, Architecture, Still Life, Abstract, anything one can imagine, with everything created inside Bryce.

But it does not work like a modelling program. A different way of thinking is required. Users learn how to "think in Bryce" (M.Surges, Artist and Author), as opposed to thinking in 3D modelling. Modelling options available in Bryce 5 are Greyscale to Height (aka Heightfield Rendering), building models from Primitives (with sophisticated nested Boolean Operations) and Metaballs. For a comprehensive range of good Tutorials covering all aspects of this unusual approach (and Materials, Textures and much more), users should visit the Brycetech Site.