Ned_E_C posted at 12:26PM Wed, 30 October 2019 - #4368661

Wow! Some pretty elaborate stuff there! I don't need anything too realistic, it's more a comic book than graphic novel, but I do like atmospheric stuff. I've been using a video game, as a backdrop and for textures, but so far I'm limited to 1024 x 1024 px for objects I create in my 3-D animation program. I'm a bit leery about having to pay royalties as well, I'd rather just pay up-front.

From what you have given here I any of the methods would meet your aim. As far as the lighting dome is concerned you could use environmental domes that come with Poser or use the EZDome which is a free script by Snarlygribbly. EZDome can work with Sibls or HRDs which are generally free and a lot con be used for commercial products. That said in many cases you would not be using the dome lighting so this would probably more complex that required.

Using either the cloth plane or a layer would need the use of a photograph and many of those are free but there are also sets of images that can be purchased for a small sum that again can be used for commercial purposes. The sky used in my sunset render was part of a pack of eight images I paid $4.95 for and they can be used again and again, you would just need to check on the royalty question but it should not be an issues if the images are being sold in a Poser marketplace.

The restriction of 1024 X 1024 should not be an issue as most image manipulation programs allow you to set that. If you have a multi-layer image all you need do is merge the layers before saving. If you try and save a multi-layer image to a *.jpg file you will getr a warning that jpg does not support multi- layers so it will automatically merge the layers if you click OK. I always save the multi-layer as a master using .psp (as I am using Paint Shop Pro) which supports the multi layer, before saving a jpg. That way I can always return to and open the master and play with individual layers if need be before again saving the new image as a jpg.

 

 

I use Poser 13 on Windows 11 - For Scene set up I use a Geekcom A5 -  Ryzen 9 5900HX, with 64 gig ram and 3 TB  storage, mini PC with final rendering done on normal sized desktop using an AMD Ryzen Threadipper 1950X CPU, Corsair Hydro H100i CPU cooler, 3XS EVGA GTX 1080i SC with 11g Ram, 4 X 16gig Corsair DDR4 Ram and a Corsair RM 100 PSU .   The desktop is in a remote location with rendering done via Queue Manager which gives me a clearer desktop and quieter computer room.