I have Poser 5 and want to know how i can get great lighting like in pictures like in the Evolutions Eve pics http://market.renderosity.com/softgood.ez?ViewSoftgood=25686 do i need to buy a special light pack or something ? seb@dekkershome.demon.co.uk

No, it's a skill you learn.

where can i learn ? do you have a poser5 light scene avaiulable :D

WOO! What happened to the no nudity in thumbs or image 1 on this one then?? Guess that slipped through the net ;-)

"WOO! What happened to the no nudity in thumbs or image 1 on this one then?? Guess that slipped through the net ;-)" It's an old product. The new rules don't apply to products uploaded before the deadline date.

theres a no nudity button ?? oh, sorry, but it's not real nudity :D

Dekker, There have been some discussions on Poser 5 lighting in Runtimedna's Poser 5 forum in the last couple months. Dr Geep has a very cool studio lighting tutorial for Poser 4 but it works just as well for Poser 5. Dr Geep might have all his tuts listed on his artist page here at Rendy. Many merchants here seem to use the DAZ3d global lighting a lot in their promo pics. It gives an even lighting which is cool for portraits like most promo pics. Be sure to get the latest patches for Poser 5 because there was an early problem with depth shadow mapping which has been fixed. ramster

Somehow Dr. Geep, I missed these. Saving them all for further, intensive reading. Liz Latexluv (The artist formly known as Dreamspinner)

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Hi Liz ... (waves) ... Long time no "see." cheers, dr geep ;=] BTW - Seen my latest?

I followed them all! You always give me a giggle. I still fondly remember your "Topless Dancer" animation. That was a gas, and I still think of it sometimes. Liz

Here's a couple of practical details which many people may not realise. 1: Photographers talk in "stops", which are powers of two. One stop difference is twice (or half) the light. So that 8-bit brightness range, 0-255, is 8 stops. Now if you look at something talking about lighting for photography, you can convert to computer terms. 2: You can't get 8 stops of brightness range out of a print on paper. The white of the paper can never be perfect. Photographers usually reckon on 5 or 6 stops, and then used paper with different contrast grades to get what the film recorded fitted to what the paper can show. The ideal for the traditional photographer was to use the full range available to the print, without losing detail. It's a good object for a render too. Do a test, and check it in a good paint program. Use things like histogram functions. Get the maximum out of Poser; that render is like a negative on film, and if it had to go on paper, with any printer, you can chose what to throw away. If the details aren't in the render they'll never reach the printer.

Aside from the issue of tweaking the lights in Poser per se, there are also issues about principles of lighting 3D scenes in general, and you'll probably find a number of books on the subject. Practice and experiment are also good. Unfortunately Poser is about the worst place to learn because of the awkwardness of its light and scene handling.