Can anyone tell me what the best lights are to create textures with. cheerio lululee

Um, I don't think you can create textures with lights ... I, um, er, believe you need some sort of "paint" program. I could be wrong here ... just guessing, ya know. ;=] cheers, dr geep ;=]

Geep, I'm guessing that lululee wants to photograph human bodies to make her own textures, and therefore, wants to know how to light them. I won't post a long explanation until I get confirmation, but that's the only thing I can think of. mac

Dah! Too much party last night. I have the photographs, I am creating a phtotrealistic texture so I want to light it in Poser so I can see things properly to line up seams etc. cheerio lululee

I can recommend Traveler's Softlights which you can get free from Runtime DNA. I'm seriously considering making Softlights - Flesh 01 into my default Poser lighting setup. It seems to bring out the best in any texture; although you may prefer a white set for objective viewing of a texture. The fleshtone sets are the lighting equivalent of rose tinted glasses. :-)

Thanks so much EnglishBob. I'm off to get the lights. cheerio lululee

White lights, white. Please please please use white lights.
I like to use a soft global set of white lights.

The "Neutral-Bright" or "!True Globals" Complex Global Lights from the first PC Complex Global Light Set I think is the best. It is uniform and true. I think many textures come out too pale because the lights are too dark. The Complex Global Lights preserve saturation where some bright light sets desaturate as the lights get brighter. I beleive this is also why many texture packs have orange creases,hair, and details under other lighting. I have tested textures in Poser with these and find the color range to be consistant with the actual map in Photoshop. Just my recommendation.

Is that PC Complex Global Light Set still available? cheerio lululee

mac, The question was ... I know, I know ... I wuz jus bein a ... (Well, a you know what, don't cha.) ;=] cheers, dr geep ;=]

dr. geep, what would we do without you. Your humour and your expertise have brightened up many of my days. cheerio lululee

Attached Link: Light section

Sigh. shakes head Click scenes..then click "Lighting".

Attached Link: http://secure.daz3d.com/shop.php?op=itemdetails&item=943

Render with shadows sometimes too when testing. It will show you where pale areas might turn grey if they are too light.

When I use light I keep it short and simple - The way to use light in poser is the same way you use lights in real life. Two is all you will probably need (most proffessional photograhers use one subject light and on fill-in. In poser (any version) change the shadow mapping to around 0.150 and the map size to 1024 change the red channel to fit your preferences (I normally look for between 3- 5% more than the green or blue channel) this will give a soft early to mid morning light that is good for flesh tones. Having just two light mean that your rendering tends to be quicker in P4 - no difference in firefly if you check RayTrace on the lights instead of shadow maps. I've used this mapping professionally for a number of years.

Attached Link: http://www.poserpros.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=17301

Thanks so much for the links and all the great info. cheerio lululee

When I follow the link to PoserPros in message 17 I get "The topic or post you requested does not exist"

I believe you have to be a merchant there daverj - I knew lululee was ;o). Laurie

Sorry I didn't specify. Laurie

I can't get them to download either. it looks like a really valuable light set.