SOFTWARE:
Bryce 3D Rev 3.1, Corel Photo-Paint 8
RENDER TIME:
8.5 hours (120 frames at 240x240, 300MHz PII)
DESCRIPTION:
This animation was created in Bryce 3D. Each frame increments the rotation by 3
degrees, so there are 120 frames in all, set to run at 20 frames per second.
(You'll need a pretty fast machine to actually achieve that speed.)
If the stone casing were smooth the file size could have been reduced by 75%, as the first
90 degree rotation could be repeated 4 times to imitate a full 360-degree rotation.
But I liked this material (Pitted Concrete) enough to do it the hard way. I did save
the animation in several different formats, but this GIF version produced the best
color (except for the original 10MB AVI file). To see the 640x480 still rendering
click here, or for the 800x600 rendering
click here.
TECHNICAL:
120 frames were rendered in Bryce 3D (Rev 3.1) and saved as a 10MB AVI file.
That was then imported into Corel Photo-Paint 8, cropped a bit, and saved as GIF files
with new speed settings (20 fps). The smaller versions (80x80 and 120x120) were also
resampled (reduced) in Photo-Paint before saving. Each 240x240 frame took an average
of 4.25 minutes to render in Bryce (total 8.5 hours) with anti-aliasing set to 'Normal
Quality' to save time.
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