I usually set FR in Lux...

Quote - > Quote - Anybody notice the fantastic new film effects in the latest Lux release? The Fuji Cine films are faaaaan-tastic! 

Paolo, if that was your doing, I will officially kiss your feet! 

The File Response files are the same that were before but I did re-write their names ith the correct labels used by th manufacturers. In this way they have easier names to recognize. You will notice that the names match in Reality.

Cheers .

Ah, well... awkward  Guess I need to venture away from the Vista F.E.'s more often! 

Quote - Ah, well... awkward  

Not at all. I often say that how a program allows you to do something is more important than what the program offers. In other words, just slapping features together into a program doesn't make the program useful. The UI and User Experience is what makes the program useful. To have proper labels for the FRFs makes that function more accessible than it was before and your reaction proves the point.

I think that one of the key of the success of Reality is its User Interface, the way it makes it possible to use an otherwise very esoteric program, LuxRender. For Reality 3 I'm going to go to some extremes to make the UI even more friendly. It's 80% of the work involved in making a program but it's extremely valuable.

Cheers.

Quote - For Reality 3 I'm going to go to some extremes to make the UI even more friendly. It's 80% of the work involved in making a program but it's extremely valuable. Cheers.

Think I'll have to do some hacking for screenshots :a_lipssealed:

Quote - > Quote - For Reality 3 I'm going to go to some extremes to make the UI even more friendly. It's 80% of the work involved in making a program but it's extremely valuable. Cheers.

Think I'll have to do some hacking for screenshots :a_lipssealed:

Did you really say that??????           :lol:

No, it was Mr Jekyll.

Hey Doc!   You had best call in Penny for backup, after all she tracked you down in your secret lab..... hehe!

Don't forget when you two score you have my e-mail address. hint hint

Quote - No, it was Mr Jekyll.

Looking in the mirror again doc?     :lol:

Where is Abi?   You forget to wake her up again...................... :lol:

No, she is safely being kept under lock and key

Quote - No, she is safely being kept under lock and key

Did I forget to mention I'm pretty handy with a paperclip!

Sorry if you've all been lonely without me, been running a couple of big renders for a charity calendar last week, the weekend was non stop work and the last couple of days has been used to recover from the days before (plus it's a certain time of the month) :mad:

so, did you miss me? (be warned, before you answer remember that I'm still suffering and I have access to knives! :sneaky:)  hehe

Abi.

Edit: I also have access to the airport so don't think your safe either KH!

New version of DS4.5 released, labelled as 4.5.0.137 Beta

Hopefully Penny can wear her boots again and her friends will have some hair!

Quote - Edit: I also have access to the airport so don't think your safe either KH!

Silence

Quote - New version of DS4.5 released, labelled as 4.5.0.137 Beta

Hopefully Penny can wear her boots again and her friends will have some hair!

Downloaded but not installed yet.....

Not sure what it fixes besides area lights.  Daz just throws the shit out without explanation for us to test for them.

Quote - > Quote - Edit: I also have access to the airport so don't think your safe either KH!

 

Silence

Somehow I doub't we'll get the same response from Doc, I think he's incapable of silence!  lol

Abi.

Silence  :lol:

Quote - Silence  :lol:

You know, silence could be considered the same as saying you didn't miss me.

be right back, checking flight times and deciding where to hide the meat cleaver in a suitcase...

Abi.

Silence with a hug! 

I installed the new beta runs fine I would like to try rendering with an area light which works like a mesh light if I am not mistaken

Quote - (plus it's a certain time of the month)
Abi.

It is that bit which worries me .....

Quote - Silence with a hug! 

ok, that's a bit better, i'll forgive you for now (the next flight's fully booked anyway!).  hehe

Abi.

Quote - Silence  :lol:

Silence will fall!

Quote - > Quote - Silence  :lol:

Silence will fall!

I've been on this forum long enough to know that neither KH or Doc can maintain silence for long!  hehe

Abi.

Quote - > Quote - (plus it's a certain time of the month)

Abi.

It is that bit which worries me .....

I'd also be concerned that you live quite close by!

Abi.

Quote - > Quote - > Quote - Silence  :lol:

Silence will fall!

I've been on this forum long enough to know that neither KH or Doc can maintain silence for long!  hehe

Abi.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silence_%28Doctor_Who%29

Installing 4.5.0.137

Quote - > Quote - Silence  :lol:

Silence will fall!

Your right........... hehe!            Especially with all flights being booked.   :tongue1:

Quote - > Quote - > Quote - Silence  :lol:

Silence will fall!

 

Your right........... hehe!            Especially with all flights being booked.   :tongue1:

I never said all flights were booked, just the next one, there's a 45 minute delay til the one after, that has seats free!  lol

Abi.

Quote - > Quote - > Quote - > Quote - Silence  :lol:

Silence will fall!

 

Your right........... hehe!            Especially with all flights being booked.   :tongue1:

I never said all flights were booked, just the next one, there's a 45 minute delay til the one after, that has seats free!  lol

Abi.

Bring it on babe! Lorena Bobbitt revisited. :lol:

Quote - > Quote - > Quote - > Quote - > Quote - Silence  :lol:

Silence will fall!

 

Your right........... hehe!            Especially with all flights being booked.   :tongue1:

I never said all flights were booked, just the next one, there's a 45 minute delay til the one after, that has seats free!  lol

Abi.

 

Bring it on babe! Lorena Bobbitt revisited. :lol:

if you are really in need of gender reassignment surgery then I'll be happy to oblige. :ohmy: 

Abi.

Quote - Think I'll have to do some hacking for screenshots :a_lipssealed:

No need: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d03DxgNy7dE&feature=share&list=UUSiSigiySC2XK8IR187Ru2Q

:)

Quote - > Quote - > Quote - > Quote - > Quote - > Quote - Silence  :lol:

Silence will fall!

 

Your right........... hehe!            Especially with all flights being booked.   :tongue1:

I never said all flights were booked, just the next one, there's a 45 minute delay til the one after, that has seats free!  lol

Abi.

 

Bring it on babe! Lorena Bobbitt revisited. :lol:

if you are really in need of gender reassignment surgery then I'll be happy to oblige. :ohmy: 

 

Abi.

I don't think that was considered to be gender reassignment surgery. :tt2:

Quote - > Quote - > Quote - > Quote - > Quote - > Quote - > Quote - Silence  :lol:

Silence will fall!

 

Your right........... hehe!            Especially with all flights being booked.   :tongue1:

I never said all flights were booked, just the next one, there's a 45 minute delay til the one after, that has seats free!  lol

Abi.

 

Bring it on babe! Lorena Bobbitt revisited. :lol:

if you are really in need of gender reassignment surgery then I'll be happy to oblige. :ohmy: 

 

Abi.

 

I don't think that was considered to be gender reassignment surgery. :tt2:

Well, not the whole thing, just stage one.  I'll leave the rebuild to the surgeons, I'll just dispose of the obsolete parts.

Abi.

Quote - No, she is safely being kept under lock and key

Doc kept abi up all night incessantly beating on her door.  Abi finally had to wake up and let him out of the closet.

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Doc kept abi up all night incessantly beating on her door.  Abi finally had to wake up and let him out of the closet.

lol, I locked him in the cupboard under the stairs actually - I'd just watched Harry Potter, otherwise I'd have locked him in the garden shed.

Abi.

Quote - > Quote - Think I'll have to do some hacking for screenshots :a_lipssealed:

No need: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d03DxgNy7dE&feature=share&list=UUSiSigiySC2XK8IR187Ru2Q

 

:)

I like the expandable option for a base figure on the material tab!

Quote - > Quote - Think I'll have to do some hacking for screenshots :a_lipssealed:

No need: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d03DxgNy7dE&feature=share&list=UUSiSigiySC2XK8IR187Ru2Q

 

:)

Even with all of Daz's foibles, I'm rather glad I stuck with it. I loathe those node-mapped UI's and understand them about as well as when I look at a neutron microscope. It's impressive, but I wouldn't know the first thing to make them work! (And I'm a fairly techinical person, but mechanically inclined!) 

I mention this as your video has shown me as much of Poser's interface as I've ever seen =D 

Either way, I'm glad you haven't strafed too far from the Reality formula, and the new tweaks look great! 

SBT.

The Reality UI is kept intact, with some great expansions:

• Everything is in one place, no "scattershot effect"

• Materials are almost the same but they have been expanded and some materials have been added, like Skin and Hair. 

• All texture can be any Lux texture combiantion. This means that you can have a Color Math texture that combines a color plus another color math or a mix texture nested to any level

• Almost all Lux procedural textures have been added. What you don't see in the video is the new texture previewer that I just finished coding. It's delicious!

• The new UI is also much faster!

BTW, I agree with you about the node interface. That  is why I didn't implement one in Reality 3. I debated that for a long time but I felt that nodes+noodles are just not a very valid UI choice. They are basically a literal graphic representation of the data structure and that is the first time that I see such a literal translation of data structures into UI elements. This is not an indictment of Poser. Maya, Blender and many other high-end 3D programs use the same approach. I just believe that it's not a very user-friendly system. The UI in Reality allows the same level of flexibility but with a "browser-like" UI which I believe is much more approacheable.

Cheers.

Quote - > Quote - Ah, well... awkward  

Not at all. I often say that how a program allows you to do something is more important than what the program offers. In other words, just slapping features together into a program doesn't make the program useful. The UI and User Experience is what makes the program useful. To have proper labels for the FRFs makes that function more accessible than it was before and your reaction proves the point.

I think that one of the key of the success of Reality is its User Interface, the way it makes it possible to use an otherwise very esoteric program, LuxRender. For Reality 3 I'm going to go to some extremes to make the UI even more friendly. It's 80% of the work involved in making a program but it's extremely valuable.

Cheers.

Quite.  And nicely done. 

Texture improvments in 3 look very impessive.

Even better news, Penny's boots fit again.

I'm sure Penny is feeling less undressed now :)

Quote - I'm sure Penny is feeling less undressed now :)

Why the smiley face at the end of that? Thats not like you at all Doc, i thought you'd have a frown at the increase in clothing!?

Abi.

Quote - > Quote - I'm sure Penny is feeling less undressed now :)

Why the smiley face at the end of that? Thats not like you at all Doc, i thought you'd have a frown at the increase in clothing!?

Abi.

Penny understands......

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Why the smiley face at the end of that? Thats not like you at all Doc, i thought you'd have a frown at the increase in clothing!?

Abi.

 

Penny understands......

Penny understands Doc???  I never thought that was possible!

Abi.

new render for you to have a look at, Claudia's started doing advertising work, waiting on the fininshed ad from this one but have a little teaser...

Enjoy,

Abi.

(Slogan courtesy of Jasper Carrot).

if you give a werewolf a cupcake...

Note to self: werewolves don't like pink icing.

Abi.

Has anyone done any 3d printing? I was looking at

3dprintshow.com

And noticed many of the sellers are soldout in human figurens.   Their high priced too.