Hi there This is my first attempt at making a picture. The problem is that due to insuficient memory I had to render it in two parts, the room and the human models. I was wondering if I can do something to blend the two renderings more naturally. Is there a plugin I could use? Thank you. seeker

When you render the people, save it as a .TIFF image. Then load it into Photoshop (if you have it, if you dont maybe someone can help you with instructions on another image editing program) and go to selection - load and load the alpha channel. If you rendered it without a background you will be able to select the figures perfectly by loading the alpha channel. Then just copy and paste them onto the other image or whatever background you want. You really should pick up some more ram, its cheap as hell now. You can pick up 128 MB for just over 30 dollars US.

Thankyou InBlack, been trying to figure that out for ages. Just tried it and it works so well... no more cutting away fuzzies!

oops, Sorry Seeker, I think the pic is very good.

Seeker, that looks just GREAT! Please take my word for it! Thank you for sharing! Larry F

Some meant-to-be-helpful comments... First, if the candles and chandelier are the light sources in the scene, then the chandelier wouldn't cast a heavy shadow against the mirror. You can select the prop and in the menu under object > properties uncheck "cast shadows". Second, if the figures are reflected in the mirror, the roses would be, too. To get a better reflection, from the other side of the figures, you need to move the camera around 180 degrees and render them again. (Mirrors are tricky. You've got the apparent angle about right though, and that is usually harder to guestimate.) Jim Burton is a master of making mirror images, so you can ask him for advice on how to do this. Then paste the mirror image in that frame. (I hope you ahve PhotoShop because this is easy to do with layers.) Third, the texture on the far right seems to be doing something wierd with the angles. That said, it is a lovely concept. I like the romantic nature of the scene, and the feeling that they only exist for each other at this moment in the dance. If you can take care of those details which fight the illusion of reality, you will have something very special here. Carolly

Hey thanks guys. You've been really helpfull. I had no idea about that trick with the alpha channel in photoshop, to think I've spend so mush time at trying to cut away those little green pieces. Also thank you for pointing out the thing with the reflection and the shadows. I'll try and fix it up a little. Thanks again. seeker

Very nicely done for a first picture. Hausdottir made passed on some valuable tips, so I see no need to comment further there. As for render tips. It is often easier and perfered to render a complexed image in Poser in layers. By this I mean, (for example) set up just the background - props, lighting, camera angle, etc., render and save the image as a high res tif. Import as a background - or (sometimes this works better) paste as texture onto square prop and size and place in scene as desired. Main difference here is that Poser lighting has no affect on imported background, but will have an affect on a textured applied to a square prop (resized) as a backdrop. On some occasions, I even use both, import the background image and then use a resized square with the same background texture on it, made simi transparent (this allows for subdued shadows effects). Most of this is trial an error. There are several advantages to rendering in layers in Poser, not only does it help on render size and time, but it also allows for the use multiple light and/or camera setups for different aspects of the scene you are creating. The real trick of doing this is to think of how the scene should fit together, and getting the lights and camera set up so that one layer blends into the next, etc. until the final look is what you were going for. Hope this helps. Rob

I see. Yes that makes sense. I'll try that right now. Thank you for the suggestion, this will solve a lot of problems. seeker