This path is for stills only. I consider an acceptable render time for a full frame of an animation to require duration under 100 seconds.

i am working on the issue of hair. Attempting to render hair on this level of realism, with either dynamic hair or static, is a challenge both from the quality of results, including hair casting shadows properly and extrememly fine resolution of individual strands, and also from the render time issue.

I am exploring the separate render of hair, figure and shadow with separate settings optimal for the item, with composite in Photoshop. The other option is simply to paint the hair in Photoshop, period. With the new synergy between Poser and PS-CS with 3D layers, this will become more feasible.

So far I have not found a way to render such a portrait as above in Poser up to my standards without causing the render time to go to aprox 5000 seconds. This is actually an acceptable time for me for a still. I render final while sleeping.

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