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Corel Spruces Up Bryce.(Bryce 5 3D landscaping and animation tool)(Product Announcement)

Computer Graphics World

| August 01, 2001 | Donelan, Jenny | COPYRIGHT 2001 PennWell Publishing Corp. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Last year, Corel Corp., maker of desktop publishing tools such as WordPerfect and CorelDraw, bought Painter, Bryce, and Kai's Power Tools from MetaCreations Corp. Since that time, users of the 3D landscaping and animation tool Bryce, which enjoys a loyal following, have been concerned about the future of the product in new hands.

Now Corel has introduced Bryce 5, its first major revision since buying the software last spring. And the company is expecting that Bryce enthusiasts will be assured by the updated yet still familiar interface of the product, and also by several major additions. The first of these is network rendering, which lets users share the compute-intensive task of rendering among multiple systems. Bryce also now comes with a Tree Lab and Light Lab, both of which appear on separate palettes with a look and feel similar to Bryce's pre-existing Sky Lab. The Tree Lab allows users to specify the type, branch and leaf density, coloration, and other details of trees they create for their ...

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