Quote - If I remember correctly, part of the problem with Poser Pro and Vue7 was that Poser Pro saved the paths to textures etc in a different format as earlier versions, and this problem was being  adressed by e-on. I don't know if it has been fixed yet, as I don't use Poser Pro.

<<I have been using Poser for some time now and last year upgraded to the most recent version of "Poser Pro". >>
I take it that this means that you have a previous version of Poser? If so, what version? 5, 6 and 7 can use Poser shaders, and work with Vue7.
The major problem is the green tint that appears when using Poser shaders that have a non-white diffuse colour. Some shaders use white, others tend to use a very pale blue.
For the ones that use a pale blue (Poser) diffuse colour you can get relatively good results by changing this to white (as a workaround until the problem is solved), but so much depends on your lighting and atmosphere anyway. The shaders that already have white as diffuse colour seem to work ok.

2 - I seem to remember that Dave Burdick had a fix to use his SkinVue6 in Vue7. Sorry, don't know where, and haven't tried it out. Similarly, I still haven't tried SkinVue7 so can't comment on it, but I can't find the threads that you were referring to at e-on.  ???

3. figure renders in PoserPro and background in Vue??????   - don't do it. Your lighting and shadows won't match without a LOT of postwork. 

Rob

Hi,

I just spoke with a tech at e-on and he said the Vue 7 Poser Pro issues have not been fixed or addressed yet, even with the most current service patches for Vue 7. He also said he did not know when they would or could be fixed in Vue. :(

There seems to be a difference of opinion out there, even from experienced users of Vue and Poser about the best method for doing this. Some say that it takes a LOT of work getting things looking right in Vue when importing Poser figures as they can be too dark, bad lighting, etc. and not easy to fix.

See - www.cornucopia3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php

As to solving the shadow issue there are two choices:

1. Since it's more of a graphic novel and less perfection to detail, simply ignore shadows for the most part on detail. You could cast shadows for figures inside Poser for a GENERAL direction/intensity going with the mood/setting in the background render made with Vue.

2. Do like the someone said and import the rendered Vue background inside poser and set the figures and lights there as needed.

I don't know how well those options would work as I don't own Vue 7 yet, only played with it for awhile. This is certainly an interesting and somewhat of a very complex situation given what I have read with all the known bugs and the issues of importing Poser figures in general inside Vue 7. Right now, I am even more confused as to how to get the best look for working with these two 3D programs. There seems to be no easy solution until Vue 7 gets fixed and even then they seem to need to fix some lighting and other importing issues for Poser figures.

Thanks for the replies and input on solving and working on this issue.

Jeff

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