So guess what - that looks stupid, right? Freckles are not equally present across the whole face.

We need to add one more thing to give us some variation in the amount of freckles.

One very easy way to do this is with another control map. I call this the freckle map. You're probably familiar with transparency maps (aka transmaps). This works the same way.

If you're using V3 like me, you can use my freckle map, attached to this posting. Save it to your hard drive and keep an eye on where you put it, so you can load it into Poser.

If you're not using V3, you'll have to make your own. This is pretty easy. Just open your head texture in Photoshop or whatever. Add a new layer and make it partially transparent so you can see through it. Fill with black. Then draw white where you want maximum freckles, such as forehead, nose, cheeks, and chin pad below the mouth. Blur it so the edges are smooth. Hide the color map and save your new freckle map.

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