this is the above-mentioned render at only 23 passes.  I'm going to let this bake overnight and hit the sack.

Lookin good Sharky! Still using the GPU acceleration? I don't think the sphere in 4.0 is the same as it loads in as a little globe lookin thing, or at least the one I found does. It works the same as the UberEnviron one but transfers to Studio. 

Bob, not sure what's going on with your issue. Have you tried saving your settings to a separate folder and calling them to ensure everything stays as is? Works like a charm, and I think Abi mentioned it the other day. 

Huh how do I save a scenes settings to a folder? What does that have to do with something that was working before that no longer works.

A new render, had a headache so it's a simple scene...

Enjoy,

Abi.

Quote -  Works like a charm, and I think Abi mentioned it the other day. 

Not guilty, though I can't recall who mentioned it either.

Abi.

I mentioned using a folder to transfer ACSEL shaders between characters.

Quote - I mentioned using a folder to transfer ACSEL shaders between characters.

Thats completely seperate deal before 4.5 I used to be able to load a scene then click on a character that was saved a scene and it would just pop in the only Reality settings that would bugger up would be some eye settings. Now with DS 4.5 if you simply try adding a character saved as a scene to a loaded scene it will clear your present scene and load the character. If I want to merge my saved scene & character I have to select "merge" from the file option which now completely wipes out the reality settings for said character. I had to learn the hard way in the 1st few days of using 4.5 and 2.5 whereas I merged a large room (my drsssing room story) with a loaded character and it wiped out the Reality settings for the entire set. This is going to be annoying......

I've got all my main charaters saved as ACSEL shaders anyway, so wouldn't see that behaviour. But if I didn't I would at least save their settings to a folder for easy retrieval.

That workflow may come from using earlier versions of Reality where merging scenes did delete Reality data.

I dont understand all of that and this has not been a problem until using THE CURRENT version of Reality. I dont get this whole save to a folder thing. This was not problem with DS4 and Reality 2.2

Quote - A new render, had a headache so it's a simple scene...

Enjoy,

Abi.

That is very nice indeed.

Headache. Hmm, the oldest excuse to get out of certain activitities. Same as washing air. Hopefully it is gone now.

Quote - That is very nice indeed.

Headache. Hmm, the oldest excuse to get out of certain activitities. Same as washing air. Hopefully it is gone now.

Thanks,

I'd already washed my hair and I was alone, so the headache was not an excuse - would of had to "go solo" even if I was in the mood.  hehe.

Abi.

Damn! And you didn't let me know you were alone.

P.S. Oh wait! I just saw this: WARNING: This user is officially A TEASE!

P.S.S. I was on the Coventry Road Friday night, didn't see any breakdowns. Typical my luck.

Quote - > Quote - This is my first Reality render! 21 hours of rendering to get 1k s/p, without graphic card support, hoping I figure a way to trim that time down some, but for now I'm quite happy with the results. 

And a very nice ~first~ it is!

21 hours at this size isn't bad. Good things are worth waiting for :)  You also choose the most 'difficult' light: 'Sun'. Love the schadowplay it created.

Thanks. :)

Quote - Damn! And you didn't let me know you were alone.

P.S. Oh wait! I just saw this: WARNING: This user is officially A TEASE!

P.S.S. I was on the Coventry Road Friday night, didn't see any breakdowns. Typical my luck.

Lol, Friday night I was on call, so my phone was off and I was getting drunk!  hehe

Next time I'm alone and in need of "companionship" I'll let you know

Abi.

Attached Link: Kim Kardashian

Things are getting kinda quiet around here.. gotta liven things up with the finished version of the render I started last night.  Somehow.. probably due to Winblows installing routine updates and my computer restarting several times while I was asleep.. it seemed like my render got seriously effed up.  Restarted it this morning and got it as close as I possibly could as I went to sleep w/o saving my scene.  This is just shy of 1k passes.  Some artsy postwork was done w/bob's favorite unmentionable program as well as some smoothing on her elbows where it seems the mesh not smoothing enough.  First vickie 4 render since I quit using Poser back in March.  Lighting was the uberenvironment environment sphere for overall as well as it's circle light for shadows.

sbt.. have you found decimator yet?  i was cleaning out my old windows install directory and in my downloads i found the zip file that used to be the RC install of 4.5.  In that there are a bunch of files.. there's an install of decimator in it along with a few other tidbits.  if you still can't find decimator i can find a way to make the copy i got available to you

Testing out some new eyes. 

Sharky, I have decimator installed in my plug-ins list, just not sure where it is in studio  :-)  I found the Level of Detail thing, but it was a wash. I'd hoped it would make studio more responsive with lots of characters in a scene, but all it does it make boobs square. 

BTW, I'm betting your computer had a windows update, as mine was frozen when I came to check it this morning too. Damn!! Just restarted when I went to pay those lovely bills.... 

I've run across a few sets of letters and numbers on sharecg I think John. They're more the TIme New Roman-style text, but they are a 3D prop.

FInally got this one out of the fire this morning, baking for 24 hours. I'm quite thrilled with how it came out, so completely and utterly satisfied  Only postwork is the border. 

there's an easy technique for making 3d text in photoshop too

Quote - I've run across a few sets of letters and numbers on sharecg I think John. They're more the TIme New Roman-style text, but they are a 3D prop.

FInally got this one out of the fire this morning, baking for 24 hours. I'm quite thrilled with how it came out, so completely and utterly satisfied  Only postwork is the border. 

Looks like all four of those girls had some "postwork" on their boobs

Congratulations to Callad for being nominated Renderosity's Artist of the month. Very well deserved Charley!

http://www.renderosity.com/september-2012-artist-of-the-month---callad--cms-16320

Thanks Paolo!

I'm having a silly smile on my face since I got the rendo mail, really could not believe it! 

:b_funny:

well deserved.. i keep pushing myself to get to her level of talent on just one render not to mention every render.

Congrats

Quote - Thanks Paolo!

I'm having a silly smile on my face since I got the rendo mail, really could not believe it! 

:b_funny:

once again.. false modesty.. i bet even Renoir put down his brush once in a while and thought.. "now that doesn't suck at all."

Congratulations to Callad! Well deserved indeed!

Well done, Callad!

Quote - i keep pushing myself to get to her level of talent on just one render not to mention every render.

I have long given up on that!

Thanks guys! :)

Honest, I was almost sure Jenny would win, her images really are stunning and she gets double the favs I get. Also I haven't been 'that' active uploading the past year.

i'll reach her level.. shortly after i sneak thru the internet into her computer and steal all her rendering secrets.

I'd do better with a faster computer.. it sucks waiting 12 hours to find out something looks like crap.. would be easier if i could tell after 20 minutes.

charley.. you're talking about pixeluna right?  if so.. you're comparing apples to oranges.. hers are darned good.. but they're artsy and fantasy oriented mostly.. yours are like one degree of separation away from being photographs.

Quote - charley.. you're talking about pixeluna right?  if so.. you're comparing apples to oranges.. hers are darned good.. but they're artsy and fantasy oriented mostly.. yours are like one degree of separation away from being photographs.

That might be (or not) but not all people like that 'real' look. There is a huge crowd that loves the fantasy genre.

By the way, you don't have to sneak into my pc, you can just ask whatever you wanna know and I will answer (about rendering that is.. lol)

Must get my beauty-sleep now folks.. (when you see my image I just send to rendo you understand why..) work awaits in a few hours.. see-ya!

Callad is ignoring me totally :)  Argh, can't win them all.

Quote - Callad is ignoring me totally :)  Argh, can't win them all.

Aww.. No Anton, I'm not ignoring you at all! ..in fact.. will upload an image for you before I go to bed.

Quote - Callad is ignoring me totally :)  Argh, can't win them all.

Do you blame her? You are a corrupting influence! I've only spoken to you for a couple of weeks and look how I behave now!  lol

Abi.

P.S. Congrats Charley!!!

Quote - > Quote - Callad is ignoring me totally :)  Argh, can't win them all.

Do you blame her? You are a corrupting influence! I've only spoken to you for a couple of weeks and look how I behave now!  lol

Abi.

P.S. Congrats Charley!!!

grin yeah, you poor thing! The Evil Doctor has got you under his spell!

(thanks Abi :)

callad.. i found out the issue of your neve character not transferring to genesis via GenX.. it was in the limits.. GenX has a default of -1 to +1 on any dial... your characters had dial settings that were greater than one... when i manually set the limits to -2 and +2 on GenX.. it transferred beautifully...

Just a quickie 3Delight render to show the results of the transfer.

Ah! yes, that's Neve! :) Good to know you got it working!

Quote - Do you blame her? You are a corrupting influence! I've only spoken to you for a couple of weeks and look how I behave now!  lol Abi.

Are you sure it is not the other way around?

Attached Link: "At Sea" ~for Anton~

Quote - > Quote - Do you blame her? You are a corrupting influence! I've only spoken to you for a couple of weeks and look how I behave now!  lol Abi.

Are you sure it is not the other way around?

Hands up who here can imagine that there was ever a sweet and innocent Doc...

Hmmm, I don't see any hands up.  hehe

Abi.

Quote - "at sea" for Anton :)

Thank you Callad :)

Quote - Hands up who here can imagine that there was ever a sweet and innocent Doc... Hmmm, I don't see any hands up.  hehe

Abi.

Give them time!

Quote - > Quote - Hands up who here can imagine that there was ever a sweet and innocent Doc... Hmmm, I don't see any hands up.  hehe

Abi.

Give them time!

Give YOU time to bribe everyone?  hehe

Abi.

If you don't behave, I'll have to come over ;)