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This is an enlargement of my previous post, showing the red flecks in the hair (which I retouched out).

What causes this and is there a way to avoid them ?

 

Thanks for your assistance!

 

Michael

Sadly the only way I figured out so far is to a) turn the glossiness way down or make it Matte. I think its also been recommended to play with the diffuse & specular settings. Its still very much a work in progress for me..

Thanks Bobvan, I'll try fiddling with those things and see if any of it helps.

Attached Link: The dressing room

I am having the same issue with this red dress & hair on the same character in this scene... Lots of fiddling..

Thank you Paolo for pointing me in the right direction :)

Testing out the new characters and skins (and horrible hair) that came in the Stephanie 5 Pro bundle. Base Steph in the middle, Keira on the left and Riley on the right. 

I have to say the base Steph is kind of ugly, but I do like having more realistic characters to use in my library.

And I don't know why they keep putting the Pure Hair series hairs with these packs   (maybe they look good in 3Delight?), but I can never get them to look good with Reality.  The ones that came with M5 also looked like crap. 

Quote - After Hours

Damn someone left the shop door open

Quote - I have a question ...

This is an enlargement of my previous post, showing the red flecks in the hair (which I retouched out).

What causes this and is there a way to avoid them ?

 

Thanks for your assistance!

 

Michael

Not sure about rendering.. but if it was a digital photograph, that's called hot noise.  What it's usually caused by then is using too fast of an ISO setting in low light situations.  I would assume that it would be the same thing since luxrender uses real-world lighting as its model.

Quote - And I don't know why they keep putting the Pure Hair series hairs with these packs   (maybe they look good in 3Delight?), but I can never get them to look good with Reality.  The ones that came with M5 also looked like crap. 

The way some of the hair in the picture is reflecting looks like a very high spec with a specular map confining the light reflection to certain areas.

What's the specular on the hair in your picture? I once had a Pure Hair load at 212 and had to bring it down to ~40.

Quote - > Quote - And I don't know why they keep putting the Pure Hair series hairs with these packs   (maybe they look good in 3Delight?), but I can never get them to look good with Reality.  The ones that came with M5 also looked like crap. 

The way some of the hair in the picture is reflecting looks like a very high spec with a specular map confining the light reflection to certain areas.

What's the specular on the hair in your picture? I once had a Pure Hair load at 212 and had to bring it down to ~40.

Or the reflection could be painted on, which would suck.

Quote - Testing out the new characters and skins (and horrible hair) that came in the Stephanie 5 Pro bundle. Base Steph in the middle, Keira on the left and Riley on the right. 

I have to say the base Steph is kind of ugly, but I do like having more realistic characters to use in my library.

And I don't know why they keep putting the Pure Hair series hairs with these packs   (maybe they look good in 3Delight?), but I can never get them to look good with Reality.  The ones that came with M5 also looked like crap. 

Yikes! Cheeto Tan in a Can got away from them? 

But you're right. That steph isn't quite what I would have envisioned for the normally Perfectionist Daz version of a woman. I read somewhere else that she's quite manly in her appearance. Doesn't exactly scream 'buy me!' 

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Damn someone left the shop door open

I thought that too, Robert! Pretty damn ballsy, or the photographer is one sick pup... 

Quote - After Hours

Let me start by saying this is a great image. So much detail as we are accustomed to in Doc's work. Like the boxes and the wheels leaning against the wall.

I have to say that it helped a lot to see the image at full size lol.

Love the "stripes" on the back. How did you get those ? ( I mean besides the obvious whipping the poor(?) girl received)

If I may presume to advise a master on his art, did you consider lighting the scene a bit differently? Perhaps a more creepy/moody lighting...say two or three bare incandescent bulbs instead of the Flourescent fixtures? I think it would give more of an "edge" to the scene (not that this is what you were looking for, just sayin :) )

I for one would like to see the scene darker if you feel like givin it a shot :)

Although, the darker, moodier lighting may give the scene a more sinister look, rather than a playful feeling, which may not be what you want in the image. shrug

Please pardon my boldness, and ignore my idea, if you think I am being "uppity" :)

Again, great image per usual, Doc. Thanks for sharing it!

Michael

I would give away these props but I'm not sure about the copyright side of things.

That girl is too calm reading that book, John ;)

Many thanks for your comments to the After Hours render, people.

Medmon, the stripes on her back is from LIE Wound Makeup Artist, which is over at DAZ.

http://www.daz3d.com/shop/lie-wound-makeup-artist

Quote - That girl is too calm reading that book, John ;) You know me Doc, unluck yours mine comes with pictures :)

Off topic - I'm making a free DIY book (you supply the cover art) if anyone is interested, the map is user friendly so you can build your own little gallery. I will post a quick example later.

Quote - > Quote - That girl is too calm reading that book, John ;)

You know me Doc, unluck yours mine comes with pictures :)

So does the e-book!

Quote - > Quote - > Quote - That girl is too calm reading that book, John ;)

You know me Doc, unluck yours mine comes with pictures :)

So does the e-book!

Does it???  mine didn't sigh

Abi.

One day I will learn to read what I writen before pushing the post button, I meant to say - Unlike yours mine comes with pictures.

Finished the freebie book, did a quick cover and it is rendering now.

Abi, did you want a copy of the open book?  I have re-packed all the props, all I've changed is to have the textures in their own folder.

Quote - One day I will learn to read what I writen before pushing the post button, I meant to say - Unlike yours mine comes with pictures.

Finished the freebie book, did a quick cover and it is rendering now.

Abi, did you want a copy of the open book?  I have re-packed all the props, all I've changed is to have the textures in their own folder.

YES PLEASE!!!

Thanks again for these, they are great.

Abi.

For the adventurous and the brave, new weekly build of Lux in preperation of RC4

http://www.luxrender.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=8889&sid=23d9cb6dfe1feb56d57967391989a582

Here's the DIY book prop, as you can see from the small pic in the background the UVmap is quite simple, so you can make your own little library.

Quick preview of a model I'm working on, busy sorting textures (gonna take a while, lots of little pieces to sort out)...

Enjoy,

Abi.

Quote - > Quote - > Quote - > Quote - That girl is too calm reading that book, John ;)

You know me Doc, unluck yours mine comes with pictures :)

So does the e-book!

Does it???  mine didn't sigh

Abi.

The one Penny borrowed did.

Quote - Quick preview of a model I'm working on, busy sorting textures (gonna take a while, lots of little pieces to sort out)...

Enjoy,

Abi.

Where does that truck comes from?

Quote - > Quote - Quick preview of a model I'm working on, busy sorting textures (gonna take a while, lots of little pieces to sort out)...

Enjoy,

Abi.

Where does that truck comes from?

It's a 3D model I've had kicking around for ages, I don't remember where it came from (had it too long), I'm having to import into hexagon and seperate individual parts from the mesh and assign maps to them.

I have a bunch of other cars etc. I want to do, but the truck looks too good to leave alone.

Abi.

Quote - Quick preview of a model I'm working on, busy sorting textures (gonna take a while, lots of little pieces to sort out)...

Enjoy,

Abi.

Nice truck looks like a Magnum

Quote - > Quote - Quick preview of a model I'm working on, busy sorting textures (gonna take a while, lots of little pieces to sort out)...

Enjoy,

Abi.

Nice truck looks like a Magnum

That's what she said! Ba dum dum tish! 

Quote - Nice truck looks like a Magnum

Scania R620 6x4 - I know my trucks.

Abi.

Here's the reason why I did those test barrels the other day:

It's a HK P7M13, by far the bestest pistol I ever owned. Great fun to see it grow from a simple sketch. There's like a zillion little levers and springs in it, so it'll be a while before it's done.

Cheers!

Quote - Here's the reason why I did those test barrels the other day:

 

 

It's a HK P7M13, by far the bestest pistol I ever owned. Great fun to see it grow from a simple sketch. There's like a zillion little levers and springs in it, so it'll be a while before it's done.

Cheers!

NICE MODELING!! A Heckler & Koch 9mm, great job! I got to shoot a P7M10 .40 caliber a few years back, nice pistol.

Quote - For the adventurous and the brave, new weekly build of Lux in preperation of RC4

http://www.luxrender.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=8889&sid=23d9cb6dfe1feb56d57967391989a582

The actual RC4 was already up when you posted that. ;)

http://www.luxrender.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=8904

That's what I get for being behind! Thank you.

"Nata sits patiently, under the setting sun, knowing that her true love will return"

See it full sized in my gallery here:

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=2361798

Perhaps my eyes deceive me, but RC4 is really rockin' my heavy test scene! Four figures, massive set, tons of little added props, Sun+IBL and still blazing away at 107 ks/s! 

I tip my hat to the Lux dev team!! 

Attached Link: The dressing room

Uploaded a new version of my Heckler & Koch, it's beginning to look like the real thing now. Reality/LuxRender are awsome!

Cheers!

Quote -  

"Nata sits patiently, under the setting sun, knowing that her true love will return"

See it full sized in my gallery here:

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=2361798

Lovely!

Quote - Attached Link: The dressing room

Not sure abouyt supersonic speed but am happy I no longer need multiple days for most renders. Anyhoo more of my whacky stuff...

Not sure about the non-collapsed dress on the floor, but the pose on the girl on the right is really good.  Almost makes me feel like I'm falling.

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Not sure abouyt supersonic speed but am happy I no longer need multiple days for most renders. Anyhoo more of my whacky stuff...

Not sure about the non-collapsed dress on the floor, but the pose on the girl on the right is really good.  Almost makes me feel like I'm falling.

LOL its part of a commission you know what its like to work with 3D clothing can be limited sometimes but thanks...

Stephanie 5 is just so ugly to start with that I had to make her even worse.

I think I'm going to keep going with a series of geeky girls fighting monsters.

Quote - Stephanie 5 is just so ugly to start with that I had to make her even worse.

I think I'm going to keep going with a series of geeky girls fighting monsters.

Ok, I'm getting real sick of these cctv cameras!!!  hehe

Abi.

Quote - Stephanie 5 is just so ugly to start with that I had to make her even worse.

I think I'm going to keep going with a series of geeky girls fighting monsters.

Please, not while I'm eating. 

Carrot Top sure has fallen from his precarious perch in the fugly tree in a big way! 

Quote - > Quote - Stephanie 5 is just so ugly to start with that I had to make her even worse.

I think I'm going to keep going with a series of geeky girls fighting monsters.

Please, not while I'm eating. 

Carrot Top sure has fallen from his precarious perch in the fugly tree in a big way! 

Hit a lot of branches coming down before the tree fell on her too!

Abi.

I am so glad I've seen all the SP5 shots I have.. I am pretty convinced she'll never have a home in my runtime.

Quote - I am so glad I've seen all the SP5 shots I have.. I am pretty convinced she'll never have a home in my runtime.

The Riley character that came with the Steph pack is pretty nice and almost makes it worth it.  I'm working on a scene with her now and should have it up in the next few days.

And I did go out of my way to make Steph a little uglier than normal here. 

Progress is being made (slowly)...

One wierd thing, the lightbars on the front, when I set the mat. to metal/chrome (exactly the same sattings as the wheels - they render fine) they render black, if I set to cutom metal they render above, idea's?

Abi.

Sometimes the mat settings don't transfer very well. I had the same problem with my truck, and in the end I opted for a custom metal shader. You'll see what I mean tomorrow night .... err, tonight (Wednesday).

No, it is not NOW. It is Wednesday morning at the moment ;)

Quote - Sometimes the mat settings don't transfer very well. I had the same problem with my truck, and in the end I opted for a custom metal shader. You'll see what I mean tomorrow night .... err, tonight (Wednesday).

No, it is not NOW. It is Wednesday morning at the moment ;)

It is tonight somewhere on the planet! ;-)

Abi.

Quote - Sometimes the mat settings don't transfer very well. I had the same problem with my truck, and in the end I opted for a custom metal shader.

Also, I copied the metal settings from the wheels mat. to the chrome mat. in Reality after copying the settings in DS, still the same result.  No matter what I tried, it would render black when set as (any) metal, unless flagged as custom - rendered fine with glossy, matte etc.

Abi.