Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Candle Flame Shader For Firefly... (Use Postwork Answer Is For Cowards!)

3dcheapskate opened this issue on Mar 05, 2020 ยท 100 posts


3dcheapskate posted Tue, 24 May 2022 at 12:43 AM

3dcheapskate posted at 12:07 AM Tue, 24 May 2022 - #4439021

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Perhaps I should do Firefly/Superfly render comparisons with various node outputs plugged into PoserSurface AmbientColor to see if I can identify a single node that needs a Superfly-specific tweak ? Or maybe I should forget about Superfly and let those who are familiar with it take the reins ?

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Well, identifying which node causes the Firefly/Superfly difference was much easier than I thought. Simply setting PoserSurface Transparency and TransparencyEdge to 0 and disconnecting those inputs the Firefly/Superfly renders are nigh on identical. So it's the way Superfly handles transparency that's different.

Below screenshot from render comparison in Poser - one side FF, the other SF




The 3Dcheapskate* occasionally posts sensible stuff. Usually by accident.
And it usually uses Poser 11, with units set to inches. Except when it's using Poser 6 or PP2014, or when its units are set to PNU.

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