Attached Link: http://poserbagginsbill.googlepages.com/vsshomepage

There are a bunch of us Poser users who get a kick out of doing no postwork. Realistic renders are possible directly out of Poser. The key is doing your lights and shaders correctly. Particularly, the skin shader has to be a bit more than most Poser users deal with.

I have developed some tools and shaders to help with that, called VSS (Versatile Shader System).

If you'd like to see what it can do, have a look at the images I've linked below. Most of these have no postwork at all, other than logos and frames and such. Some have slight postwork for levels adjustment (contrast, brightness).

There's a thread going right now about the appropriateness of postwork in the Poser gallery. I think it's fine to use whatever tool you need to use to get the kind of results you're after. However, personally I prefer the renderer to produce the right output from the start, because it's just more convenient for me. Of course, I'm not an artist, I'm a technician.

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- HARLEY GIRLS : SEASONS GREETINGS - by MungoPark (no postwork)

Momentary Lapse Of Control by PsychoNaut

Picture this.... by yorkshire_pud

Lace 'n Leather by DigitalDreamer

Time to Relax by jartz

Dark Rose Xaggerate by Daventaki

Coy by fivecat

Real Vanessa by gamedever

Priestess by Holler

Jordan by santel (postworked hair)

Cabaret Girl by me (heheh - gotta include myself in this showcase, right?)

These are just some of my favorites showing VSS. There are dozens more by many talented people, and I hope none of them get mad at me for leaving them out. (It would take me a couple hours to list them all.)

These artists are all active in this forum, and I'm sure that any of them would be happy to discuss how they made these images, if only someone would ask them. Ask in the forum, not privately, because I want to know what they did, too. :)

 

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