@TheAnimaGemini

Hope you are doing well! I've spent my own share of time in a hospital bed and at home recovering  from things. It can be very disruptive to your normal life and to your spirit. Poser is like therapy for me. lol

ghostship2 posted at 8:43 PM Thu, 14 April 2022 - #4437200

One thing I did not say in my documentation but was implied is that you can use your own texture maps or the ones that come with the hair if you like those better. There aren't any rules. Maps by Biscuits or OutOfTouch are pretty good without much highlights or shadows to deal with. Another option would be to add a HSV node after the map to change colors.

Oh, and sorry to hear you had been "under the weather" and in the hospital.  I hope you're back to 100% now. 

Still playing with Ghostship's hair shader and lights. Used my Sophia morph on V4.

Still playing with Ghostship's hair shader and lights. Used my Sophia morph on V4.

Very nice.  Sophia Loren has a bit of a more prominent chin in some of her portraits but I'll take this facimile.

Thanks, Y-Phil and hborre. I used Sophia as my profile pic, because, hell, who doesn't love her?

A better Sophia (not by much, but better).

A better Sophia (not by much, but better).

I have a Sophie character for V3 that I use quite a bit.

Fantastic! 

She's pretty beautiful. Nice hair, too! And I love the dress.

I finally got around to playing with Ghostship's Hair System and I have to say that I am very impressed with the results.  It took me a while though, I realized I didn't have a Superfly-ready SSS skin shader ready to go so I needed to prep an appropriate model.   I asked this lovely actress (guess who?) to model the hair and show off her charms in this render.

I finally got around to playing with Ghostship's Hair System and I have to say that I am very impressed with the results.  It took me a while though, I realized I didn't have a Superfly-ready SSS skin shader ready to go so I needed to prep an appropriate model.   I asked this lovely actress (guess who?) to model the hair and show off her charms in this render.

Beautiful! woah..

@hborre

Beautiful. She looks angry. 

We need a skinshader, agree. I created one for my self, but the nails and teeth, gumm are not really a succes. Try to find some shader connections for them, but still, no succes. 

TheAnimaGemini posted at 3:34 AM Wed, 20 April 2022 - #4437419

@hborre

Beautiful. She looks angry. 

We need a skinshader, agree. I created one for my self, but the nails and teeth, gumm are not really a succes. Try to find some shader connections for them, but still, no succes. 

For the nails, ghostship has show a simple setup to use:

I like the way you set up the EZSkin3 shader nodes into one compound node, very convenient.  I do have a teeth shader I put together based on what I found on the web I don't mind sharing.  I think it is better than what is currently offered anywhere else.

hborre posted at 9:02 AM Wed, 20 April 2022 - #4437424

I like the way you set up the EZSkin3 shader nodes into one compound node, very convenient.  I do have a teeth shader I put together based on what I found on the web I don't mind sharing.  I think it is better than what is currently offered anywhere else.

For what concerns the mouth parts, teeth included, I was decided to search for blender mat setups but I haven't taken the time to do it yet

I've started to explore the integration of EZSkin with the PrincipledBsdf to make things easier for myself and it seems you're ahead of the game.  I'm going to post the Teeth shader soon, I am making notations to the screencaps.

Okay, this is the Teeth Shader I put together based on what I have found on the web.  Someone wanted a close approximation of teeth enamel for a model he was constructing.  Modify it any way you like, personally, I think that the roughness on the Glossy node should be slightly increased, the teeth will appear too reflective.  I'm including the RGB for the colored chips although, again. modify it to personal taste.  The Mapping and Texture Coordinate nodes are present but are not necessary.  

As a side note, I think the SubsurfaceScattering scale is too high, you will get self-illumination if you leave it as is.  I recommend bringing that value down to 0.015 to start and work your way up incrementally until you're satisfied.  The SSS Radius is set to 1 which gives you a white color value, play with it if you want a different color transmission.  

If you decide you want to plug in a color map, run the node through an HSV for better color control.  I might play with Ambient Occlusion with this shader because you might want some darkening between the teeth but I can't guarantee it will work as expected.

hborre posted at 10:08 AM Wed, 20 April 2022 - #4437434

I'm including the RGB for the colored chips although, again. modify it to personal taste. 

At least this way I have a good starting point. 

@Y-Phil

@hborre

Many thanks to you both. I completely forget about EZskin.  Will this evening play a bit with the teeth shader.  😁

Where can I get the newest ezskin?

Where can I get the newest ezskin?

TheAnimaGemini posted at 12:07 PM Wed, 20 April 2022 - #4437442

Where can I get the newest ezskin?

Here :-)

Y-Phil posted at 12:18 PM Wed, 20 April 2022 - #4437443

TheAnimaGemini posted at 12:07 PM Wed, 20 April 2022 - #4437442

Where can I get the newest ezskin?

Here :-)

Merci beaucoup 😁

Definitely, that's smoker's teeth.  She better cut back on the tobacco.  And soon!

this is what I use.

That's a nice one, simple and elegant.  The one thing that was bothering me about my teeth shader is the enamel brightness even under varying light conditions.  In other words, if you introduced warm lighting into the scene you still have white teeth which looks okay but very unnatural given the situation.  I think I solved that problem with it.  I'll pop this one into my collection.  Thanks for the screencap.

hborre posted at 6:28 PM Fri, 22 April 2022 - #4437567

That's a nice one, simple and elegant.  The one thing that was bothering me about my teeth shader is the enamel brightness even under varying light conditions.  In other words, if you introduced warm lighting into the scene you still have white teeth which looks okay but very unnatural given the situation.  I think I solved that problem with it.  I'll pop this one into my collection.  Thanks for the screencap.

I know the concept of SSS with all the shaders but it sometimes gets very finicky.  Yep, go too high or too deep, you get the dreaded glow.  It's striking the right balance that becomes tedious at times.  

Promo for a product that will have to be put on hold for a bit cause I stumbled into a Poser bug while on it - but I wanted to show this render anyway cause I'm in love with it a little <3

Very nice.  Such a lovely render.

I agree, that's a lovely, sweet render Ohki. 

Woow Awesome picture!

Thank youu all! 😁

Lovely render, Ohki, and that teeth shader looks awesome, ghostship2. I keep learning new things all the time in this thread.

Here's a little experiment I did in Cycles, going all in (or out?) with the diffuse lighting. Put the character into a room-sized box and aligned a single large area light with the wall on her right and mostly behind her to simulate a window. The ceiling and all walls not visible in the render are white, and the number of diffuse reflections is cranked up to 10. Took a bit less than 8 Minutes on my GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, so I'd say it's not a bad option for environments that are a little too tight to sensibly use an HDRI.

Thanks odf! And gotta say it's a lot of fun seeing good old Tony back to business. I'm loving all the clothes you've been making for her!

this is what I use.

I believe that problem was with the PhysicalSurface node, there is no reported problem with the PrincipledBsdf node by any user.  However, if you plug those values into a CombineRGB node you get a black color which would mean no SSS is actually applied despite an active scale.

Promo for a product that will have to be put on hold for a bit cause I stumbled into a Poser bug while on it - but I wanted to show this render anyway cause I'm in love with it a little <3

Recently, I came across the Lucrezia character for V4 created by Syyd Raven at the defunct RDNA site sitting in one of my runtime folders.  So I decided to bring her into P12 for a quick render and, to my surprise, I discovered that her skin shaders were a complete disaster.  Node connections that were completely broken due to the revamps performed in P11, connections that didn't make sense, and, on top of that, it appeared that the shaders were based on some version of Snarley's EZSkin.  The same can be said about the additional texture pack developed by the same vendor.  IMO, totally useless with the current versions of P11/P12.  

But I like challenges so I untangled the spaghetti connections, rearranged a few nodes, deleted and corrected several other nodes, and upgraded the shaders to Cycles PBR.  Basically, it's an ongoing improvement project, ATM.  Below is the first of several updates to those character skin shaders and I hope I do them justice.  I present the Demon, not quite as red as the original icon depictions in the Poser Library, but I was going for a more plausible render.

Recently, I came across the Lucrezia character for V4 created by Syyd Raven at the defunct RDNA site sitting in one of my runtime folders.  So I decided to bring her into P12 for a quick render and, to my surprise, I discovered that her skin shaders were a complete disaster.  Node connections that were completely broken due to the revamps performed in P11, connections that didn't make sense, and, on top of that, it appeared that the shaders were based on some version of Snarley's EZSkin.  The same can be said about the additional texture pack developed by the same vendor.  IMO, totally useless with the current versions of P11/P12.  

But I like challenges so I untangled the spaghetti connections, rearranged a few nodes, deleted and corrected several other nodes, and upgraded the shaders to Cycles PBR.  Basically, it's an ongoing improvement project, ATM.  Below is the first of several updates to those character skin shaders and I hope I do them justice.  I present the Demon, not quite as red as the original icon depictions in the Poser Library, but I was going for a more plausible render.

It's true that these old shaders are sometimes quite bad surprises, and not only from rdna, but wow: great result till now!

Recently, I came across the Lucrezia character for V4 created by Syyd Raven at the defunct RDNA site sitting in one of my runtime folders.  So I decided to bring her into P12 for a quick render and, to my surprise, I discovered that her skin shaders were a complete disaster.  Node connections that were completely broken due to the revamps performed in P11, connections that didn't make sense, and, on top of that, it appeared that the shaders were based on some version of Snarley's EZSkin.  The same can be said about the additional texture pack developed by the same vendor.  IMO, totally useless with the current versions of P11/P12.  

But I like challenges so I untangled the spaghetti connections, rearranged a few nodes, deleted and corrected several other nodes, and upgraded the shaders to Cycles PBR.  Basically, it's an ongoing improvement project, ATM.  Below is the first of several updates to those character skin shaders and I hope I do them justice.  I present the Demon, not quite as red as the original icon depictions in the Poser Library, but I was going for a more plausible render.

Trying to link from gallery:

Misty morning godrays

Trying to link from gallery:

Misty morning godrays

I don't think that will make a difference, the trees are at a distance and the haze would blur the effect.

ChromeStar posted at 10:21 PM Sun, 22 May 2022 - #4438946

That's a great light effect, well done. I might add some displacement on the trees to make their outlines feel a little more real.

-AppleJack-'s Futuristic Train, with meshlight modifications for Superfly.  A bit of Stonemason's Urban Future 3 in the background.

evening commute

4K render of the exterior of Cafe' L'Homme

Cafe' L'Homme

seachnasaigh posted at 4:48 AM Tue, 24 May 2022 - #4439028

ChromeStar posted at 10:21 PM Sun, 22 May 2022 - #4438946

That's a great light effect, well done. I might add some displacement on the trees to make their outlines feel a little more real.

It would be better, I agree.  But, I would need for Superfly to get micropoly displacement;  the cracks between bark chips/blocks would require fine detail that would need a *lot* of subdivision otherwise.  And as @hborre noted, actual displacement wouldn't be a huge improvement over bump.

I have nothing to suggest about the other two renders, which are great.