operaguy opened this issue on Feb 18, 2006 ยท 17 posts
jimbo90125 posted Mon, 20 February 2006 at 10:50 PM
I looked at it long and hard, and I really think the shadows in that still image are makin the skin look dirty. There are no shadows in areas where you'd expect it like the inside that left nostril, which should be darker than the outside of the nose, but it isn't. Then there are shadows on the left cheek that really aren't accurate to me, it just makes the cheek look like it has dirt or something on it rather than a smooth shadow effect. This is something I've always struggled with in poser when using shadow maps too, so it's not really suprising. I think the eyes do need some work too. I love the refraction effect on the iris, which is realistic, but the eyewhites are way too shadowy I think, and there's some funny reflections happening there it seems. Look at the right eye in the inside corner where the lacrimal is. The eyewhite there seems to be reflecting her skin like a mirror. Real eyewhites are not really THAT reflective. The darker pupils and iris should reflect more than the eyewhites at certain angles. Unless that's some other strange effect making it look like a reflection. Everything else, like the shadows on the right side of the face and under the chin, and the skin itself in the lit areas looks good. When I say Right and Left sides, I'm talking about our right and left as the viewer, not the character's own right and left. If you get my meaning.