Wonder if it's worth asking what "cheats" the Poser render system uses, that makes it do so well on faces and hair (and, in general, less well on other things).

On the top of your last pair, there seems to be an anisotropic effect; the skin is lighter in the direction of the viewer. This is generally true for human skin, because of the way the pigmentation in depth works on it.

Another thing is that it seems the Poser render engine is letting hairs "drop out" gradually as they approach certain limits. Would there be a way of simulating effect in Carrara with carefully tailored transparency?

Message edited on: 02/12/2006 13:57