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| Ever wanted to print your images from Bryce? Do you get annoyed at trying to print them and they come out too small? In this tutorial, you will learn how to calculate the size that you need to render to get the output size you want. | |
| One would think that when you set up the document
size in the document setup that the output print size would be an option.
Since it's not, a little information on Bryce dpi renders can help. |
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| Bryce renders at 72 dpi. This is not the same as a printer's dpi. Most currently print at 300 dpi, some even up to 600 dpi (or more). To ensure that you get the proper print output size, you can choose one of 2 methods. |  |
| You can simply render to disk. |  |
| By selecting this option, you can type in the
dpi you wish to render to and Bryce will automatically change the render resolution to
ensure that it will render at the desired print resolution.
You also get some other interesting information..like an estimated size on disk. |
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| However, if you render to disk, you do not have the option to stop and resume a render. So if you are rendering a scene that is going to take several days to render, you can not stop Bryce to do other things on your computer. You can, of course, "Alt + Tab" to get to other open applications in Windows...but this is annoying and risks crashing Bryce. | |
| You can calculate the render resolution and render at
that size. To do this is a simple mathematical calculation. Let's assume you
have an image that you want to print at 4" x 5" resolution...let's also assume
you have a 300 dpi printer.
The simple calculation is: |
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| You could then render it and it will print at the proper size. DPI stands for dots per inch... | Doing the calculation first allows you to stop and resume your render so that you can use your computer for other tasks. |
| If you're like me and want the mathematical work done
for you, use the calculator to the right to determine your render resolution size.
Just fill in the width, height, and dpi of printer and click calculate. |
This is not meant to be an all inclusive instruction on every possible way to have made the final image or produce the desired results. Bryce offers zillions of wonderful ways to replicate, multireplicate, reposition, etc. in its powerful interface. Experiment!