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Thanks Cath! I just ordered them :)

Thank you Sallie I just saw! you will get automatic notification when the product is ready for download from your account... Thank you very much!! and please contact me if you wish to know more about the light and setting used here! I render bigger previews now :) and for real that are my favorite light sets I did in the last weeks for Poser6! every light set include only one light!!! and the LDRI map do the rest, self without textures the model looks excellent, they did really great work with the new light in Poser6 and AO. Hugs! Cath

your welcome Cath :o)

Excellent! Just what I was hoping for. Thanks Cath :D

You're costing me a fortune Cath - well actually you're not but you keep bringing out these great sets that I just have to have! Totally awesome work. :)

Any insights you offer for lighting will be read, I have no doubt :)

Can't wait to try them!

Thank you Paul Xena and Sallie :) for the first time you can open the scene that will be included with this product, put in your figure or prop and test so you get quick view of it. I run back to packing Cath

this looks great Cath!..hopefully I'll get a chance this weekend to play with them :) Well done! Stef

Product is ready to download and on Sale until next Saturday Thank you very much Stef, I hope you have much fun with this set at the long weekend! so Thank you to you all that pre-order already my new product, you can now download from your account at Mec4D!!! :)

Cath

Message edited on: 05/13/2005 02:46

What happens if you add a light so you can have highlights in the eyes? Will it ruin the light effect?

ahhaah the Yupie looks like from suger! sweet! you can add point light it will not really ruin the light effect at all it will give little more contrast that is ok but take care about the shadows because point light use Raytrace shadows only.. try also with spot light and set it to grey color, this way it will not change the mood color. I am curious what you will get! Cath

Thanks Cath, I'll give it a try :)

I tested it now and yes the light on the surface change to much, I will recommend to use 2 little point lights without shadows on the areas of eyes for the very close up renders where the specular have to be visible. I like the way how it looks with the point light at all but we get another effect with this. Other way will be to create a specular maps only for the parts... ? When my Light Probe real studio is done and I can get the exact parameters of the direct sun light I can prepare the lights too but now I can only create the cloudy day lights for in-doors because I need one more real Light Probe ball for the other... little complicated but ok we see the effect later as well! I was waiting very long for the summer here to get this working finally :) Cath

Thanks again for all the help Cath! your the best!

I really appreciate the inovative and time saving products you are creating,Cath. You really enable all of us to achieve such amazing quality. Looking forward to more of them. cheerio lululee

Thank you very much! I have so much pleasure to get this everything working, this is my passion, and if I can share it in any way so better, because now my store is open I can spend more time ( if not all my time) for the little inovative products because you all support me and my work.. I can give myself in 100% to Poser again ... and I love to do this so much! Thank you Hugs! Cath

And we ALL love you so much for doing this & everything you've done!! Ordering my set this evening after work. Can't wait to put them to use & disect the working of the light shaders to learn from. Been spending a good bit of time (as I have it) in the material room playing with shaders because of the fun & inspiration I get from folks like you, Stewer, face_off, maxxxmodelz, & on & on hehe. (I say 'playing' because when you love what you do...it's not work) Keep on going Cath, we're all right there behind you!! Thank you Thank you Thank you. Y.

Thank you so much yelocloud, I am happy I listen to my community friends here and return back with everything again... Now it feel like a home again, and I can't imagine much more warm welcome as I got from you all around.. I spend some years from the begining here with many of you and I love to see them still around with the same passion as I do.. and we learn together everyday.. Thank you again, I have to stop write before I get total emotional... ha ha I am serious! My Next creation ? it will a BIG one ...the TRUE LIGHT for outside based on the real parameters of the sun, month, year and positions Poser6 allow us to do this now and I grab the chance ! it will cost some 2-3 weeks for that, especially the locations travels but it will be just perfect ( Including HDRI 360 background around your scene as in Vue5 ) but better and much more faster... with everything in and out as you saw never before.... and as bonus a special scene for guys where you can render your cars with the TOP reflections as in a real car salons.. I have the photo references already done for that last week..including the cars surfaces etc.. it get exciting friends! I can't wait to start for real! I need also new forum I think for the close support in the future of the new production that will be for sure helpful for you in place of search the all forums.. Hugs! and thank you again! Cath

What can I say..? I bought the lights this morning and they have gone straight to the top of my favourite products list..well... after Poser 6 that is ;-) I have never been able to get the hang of the lights in any versions of Poser and the thought of having to use them in Poser 6 was very daunting. But now... oh WOW.! I have been loading up all my old pz3 scenes and using your lights with them. What a transformation.! Scenes that were flat and boring with shadows to match, now look totally different and MUCH more realistic. A BIG thank you from a VERY happy customer. I shall look forward to your next and future sets of lights eagerly ziggie

I just bought them :D An other question: Are you planing to make a character/textureset for Jessi in the future?

Thanks Cath for the tutorial :) And I still haven't been able to get highlights on yupies eyes, but your lights make him look so cuddly, I don't care if he has highlights in his eyes!

pokeydots ...maybe try adding a specular only light? Cath,I think these lights are going to have a lot of uses for me..Cheers ;) Stef xo

Thanks Stef, I'll give it a try ;o)

Now this looks interesting, I have to admit.

Ziggie WOW that are really amazing previews ! thank you for sharing! and I am happy you get this working so fine!

One note about the Light reflections.
The light created from the maps don't have any reflections
like you usual see with a fake light in Poser before, the reflection
have to be reflect from the light using reflection nodes
and why so complicated? because the light is based on the reality.
If you make a passport photo you will not see 2 glowing points in your eyes? no you see the light reflectors that reflect in your eyes.
the same works now also in Poser and the real LDRI LBL light.
You can put in another spot or point light ( the last is the best) and you will see the specular effect as well, but go not to much with the value to not damage the base of the light...
When I am moved this week, I will prepare one more scene for all customers that purchased this set above to show what to do in this situation..
I will also include some trick scene for problems like this
you will love it for sure!

It is difficult I know, but forget about the old light and everything else you learn in old versions of Poser, we made a big jump to the next level, we have to learn accept the new rules that are used also in other apps like Maya etc..
the rules of the real world , light and reflection...

That why my next light set studio for outside will include everything you need for perfect light and reflection, but that is not only the light , you need more that only that... and I started working on one year ago and now I am almost done.. it take time but now it works fantastic..

Have a great weekend
and Warm hugs to everyone!
Cath

Message edited on: 05/14/2005 05:32

Ziggie, if you make a close up render of m3, put in his eye cornea a reflection node under the Alternate Diffuse with black color for reflection node and white for Alternate Diffuse, put in front of him a white square and render, you will get nice light reflection in his eyes :) you can also put on the square a image map of a room or other things to get the reflection working fine, this is the option for today... also Sallie you can do this my dear with the bird the same way, this is simple.. but it will works too.. Hugs! Cath

Another think to add to my wishlist until after the move is settled...

Jeremy I just write from new studio-apart. :) finally I am settled down :) now time for you!

Thank you for The mini-tutorial as well. It is indeed helpful.

These lights you've produced are a glimpse of the future without a doubt.

Thank you!

Mark

Easier said than done...my car died on the way back home. So my parents had to drive over 300 miles to come get me. The car is not salvagable and had to be taken to the junk yard. I put a deposit down on a really good apartment. Hopefully something settles out soon...

Very nice image ziggie :) looks cuddly!

he.. he... all he needs is your likkle fuzzy wuzzy burdie sitting on his shoulder :-)

:)

He still wasn't sure about it, though. Such a move would be a huge change for him.

And then James visited downtown Nine Times -- if such a place could be said to have a "downtown" -- on a Tuesday afternoon. It was a regular workday for most people.

So it's true what they say about the south........and those accents!**

Used Mec4D's "mixed light" setting.

However, I have to admit that this image isn't 100% pure -- I tweaked it a bit in Photoshop to enhance the shadows. So I 'cheated' a little.

I am a firm believer in postworking. But the base image hasn't been changed very much.

I'm still learning the trade.

The figure on the left is Syrian for V3 by chrislenn. The figure on the right is Jim Burton's Glamorous Vicky, with the Robin texture by A_, and with modified facial features.

The happy guy in the middle is the default Casual James.

The background is 'Early Sunday Morning' by KenG.

Wow cool works ! ziggie, I love the reflections in the eyes of the , everything else looks cuddly! ;) ziggie you can plug in the eyecornea also the light map you use for the scene, I see I need to make some tricks and tips with it soon, there is so many things you can do with the light and the maps! give me a little time.. XENOPHONZ it is very fine scene the light looks cool! and I see where you made changes as well.. I will say for scene like this you can use well one point light in the direction where the big windows come from , it will create much more deep and the dark areas will fill with the Mec4d StudoLight so no strange shadows surprised, it is always recomend to render minimum in Final render mode if you use AO to get smooth the dark shading, and one more tip for you, if you wish to get the shading of the Ambient Occlusion not in grey color try to use point light with a very little color, the Ambient Occlusion shadows will change to the color you choiced for the point light :) that was the tip for today... P.S point light use raytrace shadows so for that is better to not use shadow, and one more tip, if you change the position of the scene it can change the light too.. try out, The light what you see in the thumbnails are standard scene position light, if you turn the scene to left or right or back the light will change and you have new variation and more fun with.. Thank you MaraxCruz :) and Jeremy I hope fast for you...:) Have a great time with your cuddly light effects I am moved and around working on new products again and if you have any questions or want to share your render please do , it is so cool to see what you did with the light! Hugs! Cath

"I see I need to make some tricks and tips with it soon" that would be great Cath, I hadn't thought of adding a point light to adjust the AO colour..& works a charm Cheers Stef

AS USUALY...YOU ARE UNIQUE AND SO MUCH TALENT... le bonjour de Paris :) amicalement aaa3d aka NH

Le bonjour de Hollande! Merci! Cath ;)

veweee cuddlee wuddlee :-) Love the hair! Is that the new Agent Hair..? If it is I will move it from my wish list to purchases..!

yes to me to, a little sweety!!! , but did you my dear Sallie set the render quality little higher for the raytrace AO ? it will looks more cuddly! now you used only the Diffuse IBL for illustartion. I don't know but the last days everyone say cuddly in his messages... lol what a cuddly topic! 48 cuddly messages :P 28 cuddly lights sets for a very cuddly price :) ahhahaha sorry! Hugs! Cath

Cute render... :) aaa3d

Ziggie, yes thats the new agen't hair, I just made it fit the baby :) Cath, I have no idea what I did on the render! lol Poser was being a pain in the A$$ last night, I got my first out of memory error, and when the little guy finally rendered he had little jaggies around him, especially around his hands. You can see where I tried to smooth them a little. Thanks aaa3d ;o)