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Bryce 5 Moon - Tutorial Introduction

The folks who created Bryce 5 did a great job with the Sun. Then they went even further and gave us the Moon for a different kind of ambient light! That's a wonderful feature. However, along the way, they had to apply certain limitations.

One of these is that the Bryce 5 Moon is ALWAYS 180 degrees opposite the Sun. In reality, this isn't always the case. There are workarounds for this limitation which I will present in a future tutorial.

The Moon in Bryce has lighting effects exactly as the Sun does, but with much less intensity because the Moon gives off so much less light than the Sun. In addition, Bryce 5 allows us to see stars and comets. The comets especially that will help us understand the relationship between the Bryce 5 Sun, Moon and camera. And those stars are lovely!

If you haven't done so, DO the first part of this tutorial (Bryce 5 Sun) so you have a scene to work with and are familiar with the Bryce Sun/Moon Azimuth and Altitude. We'll be working with these as if you've already done that section. And we'll do everything in the Sky Lab.

Let's look at the moon and stars!

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About the Author:

Tim Thompson, author of this (and our other Bryce 5 tutorials) has been working with digital media for 14 years. He started with Bryce when it first appeared and has followed the program through its upgrades to the current version 5. Tim uses Bryce 5 for a multitude of projects, including some of the interesting games on our ClydeSight2.0!, the fun and games cat site, and for the multimedia interaction in our CD-ROM, System 12 Self-Improvement Interactive: Smoke Free! Tim has also been a teacher, having instructed continuing education classes for five years at Boston's Emerson College in desktop publishing and design and Web design classes in the Boston Urban Scholars program. Tim is a man of many talents. He not only creates digital art, but also composes music! ClydeSight Productions is pleased to publish his two albums, Symphonia Felina and Other Musical Masterworks and Forestdale-Tone Poems Inspired by Nature. Of course, Tim designed the covers for both albums! Tim's tutorials and digital art have won him high praise from the prestigious Renderosity.com digital artist's Web site. His tutorials for Bryce 5 have been enjoyed the world over and are used in local schools to augment their curriculum.