I'm have a strange problem with my imports of Poser files into C4D7, using the old Poser ProPack Plugin. I've been doing this sort of thing for a while, but this problem is new to me: on certain hair models, I'm getting strange black artifacts that I can't really explain (see black line in the hair part in attached image) when I render the Poser model in Cinema 4D. Has anybody seen/solved this problem before? I'd appreciate the help--this is driving me nuts! Thanks

Message edited on: 02/21/2005 20:07

Try the Interposer plugin from the cinema freebies section, I haven't had any problems with it at all. For the artifact problem the only thing that I can think of is perhaps inverted normals.

Easy to fix...
In your Render Settings>Options...you need to turn the Ray Depth setting up to about 15. That's a transmap artifact you're seeing.

SWAMP

Message edited on: 02/21/2005 20:56

lol, Just got home and realized ray depth.

Thanks, I'll give the ray depth tweak a try when I get home. Man, I should have asked you guys earlier--I spent half my day off yesterday messing with this! As for the Interposer plugin, I was looking at that and it looks pretty cool--I've heard good things. The only thing I'm not sure I understand is about the file sizes I'd be dealing with. On a quick test where I output a clothed Victoria model animation as multiple obj files, each file was 8.5MB--does that really mean that it would take 15GB per minute of animation per figure? Thanks

best person to ask would be kuroyume0161. But the plug offers the ability to import every nth frame, which means you can specify which frames you import ex. 1,8,16, etc... and cinema will tween the values for a smooth animation and cut down on the file size.

Sorry, I only use the Interposer plugin for still images (fantastic), so can't really tell you anything about the animation part. I just noticed you asked your original question over in the Cinema forum. The person who responded to you (kuroyume0161) is also the maker of the IP plugin...so if you post this question in your other thread, you'll be getting an answer straight from the "horse's mouth". SWAMP

Cool--thanks!