OK, here is my very first scene in Vue so please don't laugh. I know the actual poses are not great but I don't care about that. I just posed them really quick. I would really like some advice about the lighting. I have a spot light and a directional light. The spot has shadows. I don't think my terrains are very cool so any advice on them would be much appreciated. Thanks for everyont's help. I am going offline now but I wiil check first thing in the morning. cheerio lululee

Awesome job! But it looks like her one foot is floating off the ground...same with the kitty...I could be wrong. Beautiful job! Jinx

Nice job!

I think it looks great, lululee; one of the best first efforts I've seen! A couple of tips for you: 1. You can turn off shadows on any light, for example your spotlight. Click on the spotlight in the world browser, and at top right run your mouse over the options in that window, the little boxes at left of the window. If you right click on the shadows box, you will have options to turn shadows off or edit them. 2. There are a lot of challenges with Poser feet!! For your lady, you need to make certain in Poser since she will be standing on a flat surface, that her shoes/feet are level at the bottom. Looks like the heels are on the marble, but not the toes. Of course youcan't change this once you're back in Vue. Sometimes a bit of postwork will help disguise that on a terrain, but on a flat surface it's a bit difficult. Also, at left of the Vue interface, the bottom button is a drop to floor type of thing, like in Poser. Select your figure (like the dancing kitty) and click that button, and it will drop the figure to the surface. 3. No real advice for the terrain editor; I'm still learning it myself! Just get in there and fool around with it. You'll get some convincing terrains with a bit of experience. Hope this helps!

Excellent first scene. As Djeser said, one of the best i have seen too. Djeser said most regarding the light. I only add something like "Don't worry too much", it must look good nothing else. And don't use too many lights. I normally use maximum 3-4 light sources. In nature you normally don't have more. Only in a photo studio... Setting up light for me is mostly the longest part in setting up ascene. A lot of trial and error. Regarding the terrains. I think most of us have difficulties there. For me terrains are sort of background. And only good in combination with other elements (vegetation, houses etc). Like in real life. And/or combined with a adequate atmosphere (fog/haze, light) i normally try to push them into the background as much as possible. Walther

What a great picture, looks like youv'e got it Watson. Sharen

Nice work! With the DRop to Ground button in Vue, make sure your figure is above the ground you want it on before using it. Or your figure will end up in the underground. The lights! You don't need as many as in Poser there are ambient light settings in the Atmosphere editor under lights.

Thanks so much for all of the wonderful and useful tips. I am definitely bonding with Vue. I could not have done this without the help of our community in this forum. Much thanks.

Hey lululee, really great. The only thing I would do is change the texture of the mountain :-). Everything else is wonderful. I wouldn't assume that this is your first one. - Walter