1.) Getting hair properly FITTED - being able to SEE that it is in Poser before rendering is maddening! Help?

2.) When I do have it on, it renders looking NOTHING like is should. It's thin, wispy, and see thru. Help?

3.) Character skin - or rather th brows - makeup looks patchy instead of smooth. The brows don't like as they should nor the make up. 

4.) The character looks blurred instead of sharp, with clarity and clearness.

Part of the above has to do with render settings. I have tried different ones but I always end up regretting wasting time because I can't use what I render. Please help me STOP from closing Poser and running back to Daz Studio. I LOVE both programs - but there are vendor items that I wish to use that DOES NOT work in Daz Studio. 

Therefore, in order to use them, I MUST use Poser. I'm tired of leaving it in frustration - please help?

you click on the image scource like you are changing the image map, that is where you get the pop-up for changing gamma.

Quote - you click on the image scource like you are changing the image map, that is where you get the pop-up for changing gamma.

Thank you thank you thank you!

What version of Poser are you using?

Try changing your element display style. Select the hair object and then go to your Document Display Style pallet. Click the arrow beside it and select Element Display Style. Then select a display style that lets you see the object better. Hair usually has transparency maps and they don't always show very well in full textured preview. So going to smooth shaded or wire frame can help. 

If there hair is made for the figure you're using, then it should adjust on its own with the head shapes that you use. 

 There is a series of tutorials here: 

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/tutorial_premium/index.php?page=info&tutorial=10

but they are for Poser 10/2014. Most of the same techniques will still apply for rendering if you're using P7 or higher. There are also dozens of tutorials on lighting and rendering here in the tutorials section.

ETA: Gave the wrong link before. Sorry about that. The link above now goes to the Materials tutorial. 

~Shane 

The pointblank question is which Poser version are you using?  Before dispensing the correct advice we need to address which application.  Any version not labeled as Pro or Poser 10 will not have gamma correction as a render option, therefore you will not find any features to set in the image map node.  

If the hair piece is found under figures then it is a conforming wig which should be used for the character it was created for.  Unfortunately, if there is no cross fit available, you will need to manually manipulate the hair to the head and parent it so it follow the head when posing.

Now it the texture appears blurry, you either set the filtering to crisp if you are using the most current Poser version or none for older.

I'm sorry I thought I stated that,  Poser 10.

For all this to work

Ya need a realtime NVidia 3D Card.
with http://render.otoy.com/ 
a realtime render engine.

oh it's for DAZ & Poser so ya have the same render engine in both apps :)

Snarly has a bunch of scripts that are a must have for Poser.

http://snarlygribbly.org/3d/forum/

Scene Fixer and the Ez ones are must haves.

Quote - I'm sorry I thought I stated that,  Poser 10.

OH - I see now why no one knows what version of Poser I was using, THEY a mod TOOK IT out of my subject title - which I don't get - least they could have done is if they were going to shorten it, to KEEP the revelant information. 

sigh There is like 3 OTHER Help subjects - Reason I PUT my need IN the subject. Good grief!

Quote - For all this to work

Ya need a realtime NVidia 3D Card.
with http://render.otoy.com/ 
a realtime render engine.

oh it's for DAZ & Poser so ya have the same render engine in both apps :)

Will this one due? nVidia Geforce GTX760 2GB GDDR-5 ACX? And simply put, I'm not at all sure what you mean? 

Yeah, it always pays to be specific about your questions.  

And ghostship2's answer is perfectly valid.  P10 is the first non-pro version to have gamma correction in it's render settings.

Interesting discussion!  Howdy, M.  Long time no "see."  Thanks for asking the question.

Quote - > Quote - I'm sorry I thought I stated that,  Poser 10.

OH - I see now why no one knows what version of Poser I was using, THEY a mod TOOK IT out of my subject title - which I don't get - least they could have done is if they were going to shorten it, to KEEP the revelant information. 

sigh There is like 3 OTHER Help subjects - Reason I PUT my need IN the subject. Good grief! 

Sorry, no, I didn't take it out of your thread title. There's no reason for me to do so and no other mod would have either. I just edited your title to add in Poser 10 tho. 

~Shane

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Will this one due? nVidia Geforce GTX760 2GB GDDR-5 ACX? And simply put, I'm not at all sure what you mean? 

That would be a great card. Better than what I have. 

From Smith Micro's Poser system requirements page:

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OpenGL enabled graphics card or chipset recommended (recent NVIDIA GeForce and ATI Radeon required for advanced real-time preview features

http://poser.smithmicro.com/system-reqs.html

~Shane

Quote - you click on the image scource like you are changing the image map, that is where you get the pop-up for changing gamma.

 

Can't find exactly how to get to that. I've tried but I don't think it was the right place, well I know it wasn't because the hair is still see thru. sigh

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Will this one due? nVidia Geforce GTX760 2GB GDDR-5 ACX? And simply put, I'm not at all sure what you mean? 

That would be a great card. Better than what I have. 

From Smith Micro's Poser system requirements page:

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OpenGL enabled graphics card or chipset recommended (recent NVIDIA GeForce and ATI Radeon required for advanced real-time preview features

http://poser.smithmicro.com/system-reqs.html

 

~Shane

That's the card I have, but I cannot afford that render plugin - doesn't Poser have installed all that I need?

Quote - > Quote - > Quote - I'm sorry I thought I stated that,  Poser 10.

OH - I see now why no one knows what version of Poser I was using, THEY a mod TOOK IT out of my subject title - which I don't get - least they could have done is if they were going to shorten it, to KEEP the revelant information. 

sigh There is like 3 OTHER Help subjects - Reason I PUT my need IN the subject. Good grief! 

Sorry, no, I didn't take it out of your thread title. There's no reason for me to do so and no other mod would have either. I just edited your title to add in Poser 10 tho. 

 

~Shane

Thanks - now that's weird? I wonder why my subject is shorter than I put in? Hmmm - I wonder if something in the <-!!! did it? Maybe? Oh well, thank you for fixing it, and sorry for accusing - I called myself makin the subject need exact. 

You don't need octane to get good renders out of Poser. You just have to learn the materials and lighting, and that can be a challenge so it just takes practice to achieve the look you want. Become friends with the material room. I linked to a video tutorial about the material room in P10/2014 up above in my first post. 

To change gamma on the transparency maps, click on the eye in the top right corner of the transparency map node (in the materials room, with the hair selected), to expand the node and see all the info in it. Then click the word in white to the right of where it says 'image source:' .  A dialogue will pop up with the option to browse for a different image and gamma is at the bottom of that dialogue. Don't change the image, just check custom gamma and set it to 1.00

ETA: Sorry - correction, click the min/max button just to the left of the eye icon in the top right of the trans node. The eye will show the trans map (if there is one), the min/max button will expand or collapse all the values in the node. 

~Shane

If you're rendering using gamma correction at 2.2 (the default) save your scene first and then go to the drop down menu Scripts - Material Mods - Change Gamma.  Enter a value of 1, Select "all props and figures" hit OK, select "all of the above" and OK once again.   Be careful not to select all materials because you only want a gamma of 1 on transparencies, bumps, and displacements and this scripts does it all much more quickly than doing it manually in the material room.

To change the map you will click on image source (see attached)

Once that is done you have the option to change the Gamma value for that image map and/or change out that map too (see attached)

In your Render settings you will see a box for Gamma Value, set that to 2.2

For all of your image maps the default value is already set to 2.2, for all of your bump, displace, transparency/etc maps you want to set those to 1. Why? Because you are telling Poser in your renders settings to make everything gamma 2.2 but you don't want grey/black/white value maps being adjusted to 2.2, you want those to stay at 1.

Hope this helps.

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Quote - Bring your figure onto the stage, then go into the Material room. Grab the Eyedropper tool and click on a body part/hair/etc/material you wish to alter...

To change the map you will click on image source (see attached)

Once that is done you have the option to change the Gamma value for that image map and/or change out that map too (see attached)

In your Render settings you will see a box for Gamma Value, set that to 2.2

For all of your image maps the default value is already set to 2.2, for all of your bump, displace, transparency/etc maps you want to set those to 1. Why? Because you are telling Poser in your renders settings to make everything gamma 2.2 but you don't want grey/black/white value maps being adjusted to 2.2, you want those to stay at 1.

Hope this helps.

THANKS - all helpful and much appreciated!