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Forbidden Bryce—

Learn Bryce 5 modeling by building a robot model based on "Robby, the Robot™"*

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This tutorial is intended to teach Bryce 5 users basic modeling techniques by building a robot BASED on the character Robby the Robot™. The Bryce 5 model can be used for educational and personal use ONLY. Commercial use of the model will require a license from Turner Entertainment Co., A Time Warner Company. ClydeSight Productions does not condone or imply any use of this model that would be construed to violate their rights, nor does it use the model in any of its own commercial products. See Disclaimer

Outdoor Render - Artificial Lighting

As you can see in this rendering, Robby's body color is better modified by the use of artificial lighting. I used a night scene to better show the effects. If you were to do this in daylight, you simply have to increase the Intensity values of the spherical lights. Remember that in outdoor scenes, using a LINEAR falloff method will be most effective and reduce "hotspots".

The reflection of Robby's material is helping the light blending effects. The secret here is to scatter the lights to prevent "light wash" that would occur if all the lights were at the same up and down levels. Also, different color tints on the lights will help give the image interest and will give Robby a nicer "glow" than he would have if pure white was used.

TIP: If you used pure RED, GREEN and BLUE lights (100% color value), the point where all three intersect will result in WHITE!

However, artificial lights will affect ALL the materials used in the Robby model, so you will have to adjust some of these (the valves, the power coils, etc.) and render until you get the look you want. Usually, you have to reduce the value for Diffusion and Ambience,

This scene also avoids the "horizon effect" in the material's reflection by simply turning off the atmospheric effects in the Sky Lab.

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The character and design of "Robby, the Robot" was originated by MGM for the movie "Forbidden Planet" and is the property of Turner Entertainment Co. It is imitated here for Bryce 5 educational purposes only and no violation of their copyright is intended or implied. "Robby, the Robot" & "Forbidden Planet" are Trademarks of Turner Entertainment Co., a Time Warner Company.
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