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on: March 02, 2023, 13:05

Has anyone played with this utility? It's capable of rendering ray-traced and reflective graphical scenes. I was intrigued by it after watching LGR's video covering it.

The software dates from the mid-90s, is available for Power Macintosh and supports System 7. You may easily acquire abandonware versions of it on the Internet Archive.

I have recently acquired a Performa 6200 and once I get a keyboard & screen for it, looks like something to try for kicks. Though it might be a lengthy job to finish a render.
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Reply #1 on: March 02, 2023, 13:12

Its not a mere "utility" but a powerful suite for the creation of 3D imagery. You have to invest the time to dive into the way the program works, because its not very intuitive.

But it produces powerful results and I'll use it for my own video projects, as well as other MacOS rendering software. 
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Reply #2 on: March 03, 2023, 08:31

I think Bryce 4 was the last version to support System 7? (7.5 to be precise)

It's pretty amazing how you can create beautiful landscapes with just a few mouseclicks IF you know how :-D

Had the same thought lately when I uploaded a Quicktime tutorial video for Strata Vision 3D from a 90's German magazine to Cornica. If you know where to click and what to do its a five minute job to create a 3D goblet. But boy, if you just sit me in front of that thing without a tutorial ... :-D

P.S. I'd recommend downloading the file from the Mac Garden. It ought to be much faster than from the Internet Archive.
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