Tekn0m0nk:

I'm not underestimating texture painting tools - I know there are some that make painting across seams trivial and so on, like ZBrush, Modo, and others. Most Poser users don't have those - they're expensive tools. Even if you have them, I've actually tried painting with ZBrush and I can't do it. The results are always horrible. I can't paint.

Quote: Well im not exactly sure how using procedurals makes anyone more of a 'pro'.

I'm glad you're not sure of that becuase 1) it's wrong and 2) I never said that. I didn't offer a definition of professional, I simply used the word "pros". And by that, I meant people who do computer generated imagery for a living, not a hobby. For those people, time is money, and saving time means making more money. That's all I meant, it was an offhand comment that hobbyists aren't generally going to need time saving techniques because the purpose of a hobby is to spend your time doing something you like doing. When a CG pro paints a texture, it isn't because he/she enjoys it, it's because it is the best way to get results in the time available. If a procedural method is faster and just as good, then they use it.

Anyway if you have those tools, which I don't, and can paint well, which I can't, and you like making things one at a time, go ahead and paint.

My hobby is not painting. It's not even rendering. I'm not an artist. I enjoy solving puzzles, especially puzzle solutions that others find useful. So when someone asks (for me, by name) how to do a tricky thing procedurally, I work on that. I may not succeed, or I may produce inferior results, but I will at least answer the question.

Remember the original question?

Is there a way to use the materials room to make a figure appear bruised or beaten?

The correct answer is "yes". The incorrect (or at least not helpful) answer is "no - I'd paint it so you should too"

 

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