Pure Poser5 render, firefly. No postwork. P5 did not crash on me during this render:) I did a swamp tree model a while ago and just got an idea of creating a shader for it in Poser5 (I did it in Max and am fairly satisfied...). How do You like the shader? Plus, I tried to make a semi-realistic water. I kind of like the way it turned out. Qyestion: anyone tried to map the infamous P5 catsuit for Judy? I'm telling You, the original map doesn't make sense. It's a total mess. I had to map the top separatelly and it didn't map properly until I ordered it to take perspective UVS... The texture I used on her catsuit comes from Sudi. Great texture, thanks!

Very nicely done. The tree texture looks great, as does the water. It all looks great really. I'm quite happy with the material room in P5. There's a ton you can do, and still alot more that I haven't even messed with. Nice job!

Lovely picture. Very nice work on the shaders.

Yes - great work! I think once people really start to explore the potential of the shaders, they will jump on the P5 bandwagon. I would have gladly paid for that upgrade even without the hair and cloth. I have been able to create some very impressive shaders which render soo much faster than textures AND have higher detail levels! I REALLY like that water you made - it has a nice "swampy" feel to go with the mossy tree trunk! BTW, although I kinda like the grainy texture on the rocks/tree trunk, I think it comes from your Minimum shading rate (pixel area) being set to a high value. If you go to your Render Options and set the minimum shading rate to or 0.3 or 0.2 you will find that the textures will have a lot more detail, and will not be so grainy. But if it is intentional, then as I said, I kinda like the effect here. :-)

Cool picture, btw what settings did u use when doing the water, it looks really nice to me.. Cheers!

What settings did you use for the shader nodes on the tree and on the water? Thanks! BTW: Your use of light and color is really well done. The figures are in sharp focus without popping out of the scene.

Beautiful shaders and characters too. Can one create shaders in P5 or does one have to have another proggie? And, I'll be bold enough to ask-- any chance of sharing that lovely tree and water? Emily

You make shaders by combining shader nodes in Poser 5, It's really quite powerful, and easy once you understand the basic concepts. It's very "visual"

anybody in the mood to go into a bit more detail about all this, you lost me, that pic is wonderful, how'd you do the water? I am a bit lost on the whole shader thing :)

ok just opened p5, a shader is just a texture correct? blending one or more textures? Ok I have black hair am I having a blonde moment? (no offense)

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Here are a couple of simple examples of the Material Shaders in Poser 5. The do not have to be textures, but can be processes as well. These are some backgrounds I have made - it is all done with math - no textures, so the resolution is almost infinitely high. As I said this is a very simple examople because nodes can plug into other nodes and create some very complex materials that are truly amazing - such as explosions fireballs, smoke, haze, water, clouds, sky, rocks, sand and on and on.

Here is another one - a bit more complex but still very simple.

This was posted a while back, and it can help in making some interesting water tex. and bump or displacement maps http://www.lysator.liu.se/%7Ekand/caustics/ Papp

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OK, I'll start with the water shader. I'll post the tree shader screen drop later (sorry, short of time at the moment...) First: create a water texture. I did it in Photosop, simple clouds in nice blue (or swampy greenish, like here), some gausian blur, anything You like. Second: bump map. In distortion in photoshop, add some ripples, tides, whatever you like... Third: poser 5 material room. Easy - texture applies to the diffuse and spectacular (the top ones) bump to the bump (about 0.5 or 0.2) Reflection color - lighting, raytrace. (I'm writing from memory, i don't remember the chain exactly now). Set it as it is by default, later you can adjust. Remember to set the Raytrace on in the Render Options of Firefly. One light should point to the surface of the water, but it is better when it doesn't cast any shadow. And the most important thing: experiment!!!

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Here it is, the simplest way to put it... Have fun!

I am just going to jump in hear and say there is a lot you can do with the shaders in P5 :)