THE HIDDEN FEATURES OF BRYCE 5 AND BRYCE 6
MAGIC CUBES TUTORIAL & EXAMPLES - PART ONE
How to Produce a Digital Magic Cube
STEP ONE - PAINTING THE MAGIC CUBE FRAMES IN PHOTOSHOP
First: Open up Photoshop and create a new document 512 x 512 pixels, 72 DPI, with black background.
Second: Paint the 'Magic Cube Frame' image in Positive and Negative forms, like in the pictures below.
There is no need to use these specific textures exactly the same.
Feel free to experiment with other forms and textures later.
Third: Save the images as 'MagicFrame1-Pos'.jpg and 'MagicFrame1-Neg'.jpg files.
STEP TWO - MAKING THE CUBE OBJECT IN BRYCE
It's time to move from 2D to 3D (From Photoshop to Bryce 5).
First: Open a new Bryce scene. Make the Render Resolution to Photo 768 x 512 pixels, with black background. Create a Box.
Second:: Click on M to enter the Edit Material. In Materials Lab set all adjustments as in the image below.
Change the Texture Mapping Mode to Parametric Scaled and Symmetric Tiling
and Material Options to Blend Transparency, Cast Shadows, Receive Shadows and Self Shadows.
Third: Now click on the button above P to enter the Texture Source Editor.
Fourth: In the Texture Source Editor is only one Image -"Leo". Click on the right empty black button
and find the 'MagicFrame1-Pos'.jpg file. Load it.
Find the 'MagicFrame-Neg1'.jpg file and load it into Selected Alpha Image (second square).
Apply Selected Image and return to the Materials Lab. Apply the 'Magic Frame' Material.
Fifth: Render the Magic Cube.
Is that all?
Sixt: Just rotate the Cube slowly in any direction and you will discover
that the Digital Magic Cube has more than Six Sides!
You will produce hundreds of combinations of New Forms and Colors...
...like the Images below and many more!
MAGIC CUBE EXAMPLES
Example 1 Three Magic Cubes combined in one Object.
Example 2 Three Magic Cubes combined in one Object.
The Positive and Negative Magic Frames slightly changed in Photoshop.
Example 3 Three Magic Cubes combined in one Object.
Cube's proportion slightly changed.
Example 4 Three Magic Cubes combined in one Object.
Example 5 Three Magic Cubes combined in one Object.
Example 6 Three Magic Cubes combined in one Object.
Cube's proportion slightly changed.
Be Inventive and have Fun!
Dimiter
August 2006
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