The current Challenge doesn't come any simpler, just using primitives in a render.
I have been a past critic of how these challenges are conducted, but I'd hate to see them die out through lack of interest.
As I've heard many on here cry out for some inspiration and direction, could we possibly all pull together and make this a real competition by submitting something?
Come on guys.

You're asking me to make a render in Poser? Go & wash your mouth out, LOL! :biggrin:

I probably wouldn't even know how to anymore!

To tell the truth, I don't render in Poser any more.
But it's the thought that counts.

I've been working on it...or trying. Life keeps getting in the way and side tracking me. TBH I haven't been in Poser except to beta test, and to write the odd picture tutorial for someone here, for at least 3 months if not longer. I guess I over indulged and got bored with it.

But I will keep trying. There is still time. Don't know if I'll manage to get an image done though.

I wonder how many reflective balls on a checker board plane there are going to be . . .

Damn FrankT. **
I guess I'll have to start over again!
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Enough to give Bryce fans a run for their money?

I decided that this one was simple enough for me to even submit an entry.

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heh, hey, I'd actually like to see someone pull that off in Poser ;)

Hey, guys :)  I made this month's challenge simple after getting several site- and e-mails from newer members who'd like a challenge that wasn't as complicated as past challenges.  So, the idea for primitives came along :)  They come with Poser, so everyone has them ;)

Thanks for all who've participated so far, thought about it, looked at the thread, and may even submit an entry :)  All entries (following guidelines, of course) are welcome :)

Jeni

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heh, hey, I'd actually like to see someone pull that off in Poser ;)

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1439760&member

Like that? Done entirely in Poser.

I would use that image except one of the rules is "no nudity" so I am trying to do something else to enter.

This is not my entry - just a little amusement motivated by FrankT's question.

There are 201 hi-res spheres. I was going to do 1001, but Poser 7 never finished loading them, so I had to drop the number.

So - can anybody get more?

Note: I made Poser really work hard for this image. The floor is reflective with Fresnel effect and also has AO on it. I see some things I'd like to adjust, but it just isn't worth the time.

Click for full size.

By the way, the sphere ain't the only way to get round shiny things.

Here's a demo of something I did for a friend recently. He needed LOTS of bubbles.

I made a shader that generates them on a one-sided square. This scene has two of them, each with 10,000 bubbles. That's 20,000 bubbles altogether. You can't see them all because I cropped the shot.

That's some pretty awesome stuff, Bill :)

Oh, and Arcadia, the reason we have the nudity rule is that all entries of all contest here need to be accessible by all members, including those of whom have "No Nudity" set for viewing on their profile.  Otherwise, I wouldn't shun tasteful nudity in challenges.

Here's one with 30 rows of 10 which equals 300 high res balls. I don't like doing a lot of renders like this as my computer wants to bill me for the overtime it takes to render.;D OK! I confess! It's really only 1 object. I took 10 balls and exported them as wavefront object then imported it thirty times exported them again as 1 object then imported that object textured the object and rendered. It still made my computer wish it was retired. :D

Nice. Export 10/Import 1 is a good technique for this sort of thing. I used that technique for my entry, but not on balls, on boxes.

man, you mean I could have done something simple like  reflective balls on a checker board? Why didn't  I think of that? Here I had to go for the elabrate hard stuff. figures ;)