Quote - I just came across this post; and your tip for reallism in our renders was great.
So I thought you might like to see what I came up with...
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1548818

 

Nice image. The figure looks very good. I can see the AO on the figure and the shoes, but I didn't see contact shadows on the ground under the shoes, and I didn't see any kind of shadow at all for the lipstick. Perhaps I'm not seeing clearly this morning. I'm just curious about how that happened, if I'm seeing correctly. Was there AO on the ground?

It would be educational if you could post here a (reduced size) side-by-side with/without AO comparison. This is a subtle effect and I think a lot of people don't even realize what they're missing. Tell us what settings you used, too. I find that choosing parameters for nodes is always tricky and if we all share demos and values then we can all save a lot of time. Knowing ahead of time what a setup is going to do is a huge benefit. I can't tell you how much I enjoy Poser more now than I did in the beginning because now I know what I'm going to get without a lot of test rendering.

Really nice image - thanks for showing.

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