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Hmmm I see the new threads - what to do if almost all of my renders are La Femme IN Superfly? Choices, choices~~

Ler's see what you have!

Well, right now all I got are wips.

Wips of the hairy kind, but Superfly nonetheless I love how good Superfly is at rendering all those hair strands. They don't slow it down.

Glitterati3D posted at 11:36AM Fri, 14 February 2020 - #4380428

What are your settings?? I see no grain whatsoever!

knyghtmare2021 posted at 12:49PM Fri, 14 February 2020 - #4380435

What are your settings?? I see no grain whatsoever!

I did not save the file after the render so I can't tell you which lights I used, but I can tell you they were Superfly specific lights because I always use SF lights.

I render CPU. These are my settings for every render:

Thanks for the settings.

I've just decided to try and switch from Firefly to Superfly. I hope to post a render shortly

Great lighting in the outdoor scenes Glitterati3D and the water is very realistic. Are you using EZDome?

Kalypso posted at 2:37PM Fri, 14 February 2020 - #4380451

Great lighting in the outdoor scenes Glitterati3D and the water is very realistic. Are you using EZDome?

In some of them, yes. Others I might use Flink's sky. I do, however, almost always enclose my renders in something MUCH smaller than the Construct to get light bounces around my subjects.

As for the water, in almost all cases of water I use Vince Banga's or Ghostship's water shaders for Superfly. If I'm adding things like Flink's Water FX or those rings around the dabbling duck (an object freebie from ShareCG) I use Vince Banga's shader.

The set is kinda crap, but I like the render itself.....!

Looks good, Knyghtmare! Scene is just a little busy, but I see no fireflies.

Render looks good, I agree with Glitterati, maybe a different background would make the characters more prominent.

So being a noob to Superfly, what light sets do you guys recommend?

Think this one turned out better, same characters, different poses and set. I think I'm gonna need to invest in some SF lights...

knyghtmare2021 posted at 6:44AM Sat, 15 February 2020 - #4380545

Think this one turned out better, same characters, different poses and set. I think I'm gonna need to invest in some SF lights... why not take a look at my free light set at ShareCG first? http://www.sharecg.com/v/86639/browse/11/Poser/Studio-Portrait-Lights-for-Poser-11-Poser-11-Pro

Thanks Ghostship! Downloaded!

So what is the difference in lights from earlier versions and lights specifically for Superfly? I know Superfly utilizes light emitting props to create light by default, but is there any other difference?

At my DeviantArt Gallery - L Homme rendered in Superfly:

https://www.deviantart.com/ibr-remote/art/I-made-stuff-for-L-Homme-3D-CG-825532891

Also at my Deviantart Gallery - La Femme rendered in Superfly:

https://www.deviantart.com/ibr-remote/art/3D-CG-Full-Clothing-Set-806423877

And finally, environmental generative procedural structures and shaders rendered in Superfly at my DeviantArt Gallery:

https://www.deviantart.com/ibr-remote/art/Larger-view-of-my-generated-scene-geometry-810365282

Another environment only scene rendered in Superfly, at my DeviantArt Gallery:

https://www.deviantart.com/ibr-remote/art/Outdoor-fireplace-scene-in-Poser-792648206

TinkerBell's Drive-In Cafe':

Pondering the stargate:

Level 19 cargo bay doors:

Late evening in an elvish flet:

Dystopia:

Techno-pixie Jedi?:

AppleJack's Futuristic Train:

A wooden bookend transforms into a faerie door during the night...

Commander's office, Atlantis:

knyghtmare2021 posted at 10:47AM Sat, 15 February 2020 - #4380554

Thanks Ghostship! Downloaded!

So what is the difference in lights from earlier versions and lights specifically for Superfly? I know Superfly utilizes light emitting props to create light by default, but is there any other difference?

Poser 11/ Superfly adds area lights which function like mesh lights. You'll get soft shadows with area lights. It's hard to describe but I'd say that depending how you use them they can look more realistic than the other Poser lights.

Given my rickroll yesterday not sure if this is welcome but latest Superfly work....

ghostship2 posted at 1:27PM Sat, 15 February 2020 - #4380592

Poser 11/ Superfly adds area lights which function like mesh lights. You'll get soft shadows with area lights. It's hard to describe but I'd say that depending how you use them they can look more realistic than the other Poser lights.

Thanks! Do you have any tips on how to optimize the render? I want to use Superfly for production of my comic, so I need to figure out a work flow to get the renders I need with out taking hours and hours if possible

@Ironsoul That is awesome! @knyghtmare2021 I'm probably the wrong guy to ask about optimization. I use two GTX cards and run settings that get me good results. How you light the scene is going to play a big roll in how many samples you need to render a shot. A skydome with a JPG for lighting will render cleaner than using an HDR but the lighting will be homogeneous. I'll try to render an example.

knyghtmare2021 posted at 2:29PM Sat, 15 February 2020 - #4380601

ghostship2 posted at 1:27PM Sat, 15 February 2020 - #4380592

Poser 11/ Superfly adds area lights which function like mesh lights. You'll get soft shadows with area lights. It's hard to describe but I'd say that depending how you use them they can look more realistic than the other Poser lights.

Thanks! Do you have any tips on how to optimize the render? I want to use Superfly for production of my comic, so I need to figure out a work flow to get the renders I need with out taking hours and hours if possible

here are two examples with same settings but the only thing changed is the image used on the skydome. The JPG renders 30 seconds faster AND has less noise but the lighting is very homogeneous and bland whereas the HDR takes longer, and needs a lot more samples to become noise free but has more dramatic highlights and shadows.

Don't really want to be left out.

I love Superfly and that is all I use these days.

Using a Dome for lighting.

Using only area lights

Mixed lighting.

A Dome - Flinks Sky2 Sunset, a couple of spots on the faces and then emissive materials on the lamps and candle flames.

Paul as a blood jade vitruvian man (P11 logo)

Pretty happy with this one....

knyghtmare2021 posted at 1:06PM Mon, 17 February 2020 - #4380601

ghostship2 posted at 1:27PM Sat, 15 February 2020 - #4380592

Thanks! Do you have any tips on how to optimize the render? I want to use Superfly for production of my comic, so I need to figure out a work flow to get the renders I need with out taking hours and hours if possible

My personal opinion would be to avoid using Superfly or any PBR renderer for comic reproduction. Especially if your goal is to speed things up.

knyghtmare2021 posted at 12:52AM Tue, 18 February 2020 - #4380601

ghostship2 posted at 1:27PM Sat, 15 February 2020 - #4380592

Poser 11/ Superfly adds area lights which function like mesh lights. You'll get soft shadows with area lights. It's hard to describe but I'd say that depending how you use them they can look more realistic than the other Poser lights.

Thanks! Do you have any tips on how to optimize the render? I want to use Superfly for production of my comic, so I need to figure out a work flow to get the renders I need with out taking hours and hours if possible

Avoid transparency and reflection :)

EClark1894 posted at 12:07PM Tue, 18 February 2020 - #4380791

knyghtmare2021 posted at 1:06PM Mon, 17 February 2020 - #4380601

ghostship2 posted at 1:27PM Sat, 15 February 2020 - #4380592

Thanks! Do you have any tips on how to optimize the render? I want to use Superfly for production of my comic, so I need to figure out a work flow to get the renders I need with out taking hours and hours if possible

My personal opinion would be to avoid using Superfly or any PBR renderer for comic reproduction. Especially if your goal is to speed things up.

Yeah, thats the decision I came to.

I actually like the graininess on this one. Was working on getting enterestion eye effects.

I used the Vincebanga ice shaders in this one. The left is shader one and the right is shader 2. I want the reflections, but can't figure out how to either get them in shader one or to get rid of the ugly mottling in the second.

You're going to have to change the lighting in the one with the white floor. The light is shining right down onto the floor wiping out the gloss completely. You've got blowout because of the position of your light. The one on the right looks like she's trying to skate on wet gravel. The expression on her face is just weird.

So, how do I change the 'gravel' texture?