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Version: Bryce Presets 5
"Great program? As viewed from which planet?"
Pros: Struggling to find one (because it won't, can't, doesn't do anything for me, I'm afraid). One Star - sadly, still rather generous.
Cons: I have also struggled with DAZ|Studio for nearly 2 years. Some reviewers have fallen into the same trap that DAZ does - they (and the manual) are so good at telling me WHAT I can do, and how EASY it is, but nowhere is it actually written (unless you have time to wade thru all the forums, of course), just HOW?
I have actually spent more time having a look round Bryce, than I spent on these comments, but I cannot find out how to alter resolution, or anything else! If you know, then please tell us, rather than try to discredit other reviews, because I totally agree with them.
I don't want a 1000-page manual, either, but Bryce is certainly NOT for beginners. A small help file would not go amiss - maybe there is one, but the user interface is just so 'user-UNfriendly', that I cannot find it.
I would press the power button, but Bryce, when open, freezes everything else out, so all my visible task-bar features are unobtainable. Luckily, I have discovered the usefulness of 'Control+Alt+Delete' to open the Task Manager, and close the program down, so I can regain access to everything else. Unless the hidden help file says otherwise, this is the only way I have found to shut down Bryce (No little X-button, here!).
I am not here to learn new programs - programs are just tools to enable me to create data/artwork/anything. To me, the mark of a good program is that I can at least make a start on some piece of work or other, without even a first glance at the instructions. There is nothing resembling the a normal menu or functions of a regular half-decent program in Bryce, so if you are a beginner, you are on your own, mate!
Having now shut down Bryce with Task Manager, and regained my start button, I can navigate to Control Panel>Add or Remove Programs, which now looks a more attractive option than ever before.
Bryce? Forget it, unless you are an expert, of course. As for DAZ, I have invested/agonised/wasted so many hours, that I hesitate to get rid of that (each new day!)
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Bryce is for PRO redering, and for that Reason it isn't exactly user frendly. And Bryce isn't made for Windows, it is made for MAC, therefore; it doesn't have a little fancy window, but if you just put your curser near the top. Then a bar will appear and from there you can exit, save, load...
Although there is a general lack of material on the internet on Bryce. I had to go to a class to learn about it, and finding out about it was an accident...
But the Point is, budy your in the shallow end of the (for lack of a better term) User-Friendly pool. You talk in BASIC and your interpreter understands Assembly.
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