Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Realistic Rendering

Robo2010 opened this issue on Dec 01, 2004 ยท 25 posts


SWAMP posted Thu, 02 December 2004 at 2:49 AM

I work just as bushi does (backgrounds done in PS or Painter with the forground Poser composite...). But even if you choose to render the whole image at once,you should still save in either the Tiff or Psd format. Even using the 100% setting, saving in the Jpg format you still lose quality (especially with Poser, as it still has older Jpg compression coding). And each time you open and resave back to Jpg you lose even more. Wait until all your postwork is done and you are ready to post on the net before you save as a Jpg. If you are using Photoshop, the least of what you should use is the "save for web" settings.....but the best thing would be to use ImageReady (even PS isn't the best at Jpg compression all by itself). Another thing to try for full body renders is to render at a much larger size, as you have done...but with "antialias" turned OFF. Then resizing back down will give you a very sharp image (with no noticeable jaggies). The reason behind this is, Poser over does the "antialias" which softens everything, and you lose the detail seen from a distance. This doesnt work as well for close-up face shots, as you will see a small amount of jaggies in very fine detail (like hair and lashes).... plus the over-antialias softening actually works for you here. Have fun, SWAMP