Quote - Past, present, or future. 1+1=2

Bump map is fake => Past, present, or future.
Normal map is fake => Past, present, or future.

99.9% of all specular maps provided are just grayscaled diffuse maps.
The only thing they consume is more RAM. Delete them.
And no need to add them anywhere as Poser can make those internally with a node from the diffuse map if needed/required.

Drive a Blinn node from a blended diffuse map instead.

The only thing doing something in 3D space is a displacement map. 
Drive a displacement (as in my eample above), with a blended node from the same diffuse map.

 

Very controllable, very user friendly, and very predictable results.

Happy posering.
Tony

 

You know what though - You've found a way that works for you and works for you in Poser, and that's great.

However, your argument is based entirely on what you want and what works for you. While it's great for your work, you're essentially saying you support denying others the possibility of more options.

My simple suggestion to UV map the model(s) in a more conventional and industry standard manner allows everyone to do as they see fit; it expands the options, rather than limits them.

And not just for Poser, but for use with other apps as well. I get the impression all you use is Poser, but spend some time trying to use these figures in Maya, Softimage, 3ds max, Mari, Mudbox, ZBrush and so on and you'll quickly see how they could all be done better, and in a way that makes them perfectly compatible for all programs, not just Poser, and also without even slightly limiting or changing, or otherwise adversely affecting their usability in Poser.

IMO, it's about time the Poser people started doing things a little more conventionally, rather than just for what's good in Poser.

And the kicker is, it doesn't take any more work to do it in a way that makes it better all around. It's just a matter of knowing what to do and planning it all out for the sake of versatility in options.

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