PART TWO - NEW IDEAS
HOW TO PRODUCE A PERSPECTIVE VIEW WITH FIVE VANISHING POINTS
STEP ONE - PAINTING THE GOLDEN FRAME IN PHOTOSHOP
For better perspective visibility the Ground Plane and the Sky are divided by modular 'Frames'.
There is no need to use these specific textures exactly the same.
Feel free to experiment with other forms and textures later.
First: Open up Photoshop and create a new document 512 x 512 pixels, 72 DPI with black background.
Second: Paint the 'golden frame' image in Positive and Negative forms, like the pictures below.
Third: Save the images as 'GoldenFrame-Pos'.jpg and 'GoldenFrame-Neg'.jpg files.
STEP TWO - MAKING THE GROUND PLANE IN BRYCE 5
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.
Second: Select the Ground Plane. Click on the 'A' box to enter the Object Attributes.
Set all adjustments as in the image below.
Third: To apply a Material to the Ground Plane click Edit>Materials>Water&Liquids.
Select Shiny and Still (third row down, forth from left).
Click the OK icon to exit the Materials selection panel.
Fourth: Dublicate the selected Ground Plane and move it a few pixels up.
Set the adjustments for Golden Frames as in the image below.
Fifth: 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 World Top and Material Options to Normal,
Cast Shadows, Receive Shadows and Self Shadows.
Sixth: Now click on the 'P' button and then click on button above it
to enter the Texture Source Editor.
Seventh: In the Texture Source Editor is only one Image -"Leo". Click on the right empty black button
and find the 'GoldenFrame-Pos'.jpg file. Load it.
Find the 'GoldenFrame-Neg'.jpg file and load into Selected Alpha Image (second square).
Apply Selected Image and return to the Materials Lab. Apply the 'Golden Frame' Material.
STEP THREE - MAKING THE 'SKY ROOF'
First: Create a Cloud Plane. Size, rotate and position it in the upper part of the sky.
Apply the same 'Golden Frame' material as for the Ground Plane. This is the left part of the 'Sky Roof'.
Second: Dublicate, rotate and position it as in the wireframe picture below. This is the right part of the 'Sky Roof'.
The exact position of both parts of the 'Sky Roof' is shown in the 'Object Attributes' pictures above.
Third: You can place the Pyramids wherever you want, but it's better to underline
the direction of perspective lines and Multiple Vanishing Points.
For Pyramids I choose a reflective white metal surface.
You can find it in Materials>Simple & Fast>White Metal.
For better reflections and shadows you can place one Radial Light.
Now, go back to Bryce scene and render.
What a disapointment ! Very nice image, but it's still an ordinary One Point Vanishing Perspective.
To make the expected final transformation you need only one small step:
R E N D E R T H E S C E N E A S 3 6 0 P A N O R A M I C P R O J E C T I O N !
This is the final image in Panoramic Projection with Five Multiple Vanishing Points.
If you like it go back to see the other perspective examples
and have many happy hours experimenting in front of the computer!
Thanks for your patient and efforts. Have fun and above all - imagination!
Keep on Brycing!
Dimiter
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