Hi.

Reality 3 for Poser has a skin material type. In Reality materials have a type: Metal, Glass, Velvet, Glossy, Skin, Water etc. This is different from Poser and Studio where materials are all of the same type.

The way Reality works is not by a preset, that would not work because there are endless skin textures. Reality takes your Poser materials and converts them to its own type. The original materials are no changed in any way. When I say "convert" I mean that the conversion happen on a copy of the materials kept by Reality for its own use.

When a human figure is detected the materials are converted to the Skin type for the known areas: face, torso, legs etc.

The material is then configured to the best of what Reality can deduct from the Poser nodes. You can then fine tune it to your own liking. All the parameters are adjustable.

The image in the promo is made by a talended artist, as the images in all Poser or Studio promos are generally made by talended artists using those tools. The question is: is it easy to get there? And the answer is yes. You just need a bit of practise with Reality and LuxRender. Reality makes it as easy as possible to get there. In fact that is the whole point of the program. If you need realistic glass you should not be an expert in the physical properties of glass. With Reality you simply select the Glass material type and you get, thanks to LuxRender, astonishingly realistic glass.

That is the advantage of working with a physics-based renderer like LuxRender. Materials are so much easier to handle than with Poser or Studio. Skin is complex, in fact it's one of the mosy complex materials. If your base Poser/Studio material uses good textures that are obtained from photos, and you set your lighting in the right wat, you will get excellent results.

Reality 2 for Studio has similar tools but not a Skin material. Its Glossy material is very good and it has created very realistic skin, like this one:

Reality 3 for Studio is in development and will be released later on this year.

On top of all this, Reality comes with a 120+ pages manual, a series of video tutorials and an active community of artists who are eager to share their experience.

Hope this helps.

Paolo

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