Here is the verdict. Keep in mind that I have been learning Poser8 on a Poser7 cd tutorial  for only two months and I have a long way to go when it comes to rendering a good image.

This is the difference between using just the poser8 lighting and Bagginsbill VSS studio.

I couldn't believe the difference. I thought she looked real until I saw her in a completely different light. Now  I am hooked.

thank you Bagginsbill

I will try and do it tonight but remember I am on dial up.

Diane

Well guess what?

I couldn't wait for the weekend so I stayed up late and followed your instructions to a T. Then I let it render during the night. Curiosity got the best of me and at 4:00 a.m. this morning I jumped out of bed and experienced the Wow factor.

I couldn't believe the difference. I had completely missed the boat when I was rendering with AO skin and experiencing with different light options that I had picked up in my travels.

Again, thank you for rescuing me

Diane

Hi!

Thank you... I went to your vss home page and downloaded all that I can including your home page as I am on dial up at home. It looks like its something for me to keep until the weekend when I can sit in peace and quiet with my cup of java and just soak everything in. Again thank you.

Diane

 Hi Again!

I was able to find a tutorial by Runtime DNA Inc on Outdoor Lighting with Poser 8 IDL. I can't say that I understand it but I shall snoop  around in my render options.

Wow! this is more complicated than I thought. I have been having problems with shadows on the skin. It just does not look real ( jagged)  and tried to render it at different angles to get around it to no avail. I then went into the material room and lowered the texture to 75% and that did not work either.

Well, when I get home from work tonight I will do another Lana but without AO and experiment with that.

Do you by any change have a tutorial on IDL and bounced color bleeding that would be easy for me to understand?

By the way, I am using Poser8 and so far I am just using Victoria Elite and Michael Elite series.I started with them and I think I am a little spoiled when it comes to realistic skin.

Thanks .....Diane

Thanks...without knowing what it meant I have been using "with AO"

Diane

Thank you, you have all been helpful......Diane

Thank you so much... I will try it.

Diane

I will try and find it...........thank you

Poser 8 and I  bought the training cd for Poser 7 as i could not find one for Poser 8. Between reading the manual that came with the program and watching the cd , Youtube and the forum I am sure it won't take me too long to learn.

Thank you esther :)

I went into Poser once I did that a what do you know it worked....I would like to thank everyone who helped me on this... I am a little slow at catching on but when I do "I am good to go" Life will be good and organized. I was able to understand Estherau's instructions.

This has been a good experience for my first time in a forum.... and again Thank you so much.

Diane

Hi!

I need someones help here. I finally got to the point where I created a Victoria runtime file folder in C:runtimes/Victoria, then I went into Poser and created a file called Victoria Series.

When I click on the Add to Library I can navigate to where victoria 4.2 base is installed but it cannot find the runtime. Nevermind....I just clicked on the whole file and it took it...Hurray!!! I am making progress. I will learn and conquer .....Hope I am on the right track.

Well! back pain woke me up at 3 this morning so I decided to unistall poser and start with a fresh clean library.

My library is so clean that Pose doesn't work. I even did the update. It is now noon and after the fourth install I am now doing a system restore.

In case you are wondering why I am having so much trouble is that I live in the country where I only have dial up. I wait till I am in the city and download all the things that i want on a stick and bring it home. I am sure it would be a lot easier if I could do it through Poser but that is not an option for me.

Well my system restore is done and when I started Poser it told be that it could not find the room tabs and was closing down. I guess I keep plugging away at it. Will let you know how things are going later this evening. Adios

I bought Victoria Elite and Victoria bundle from Daz. I don't know how to manually navigate to the right area as I am not familiar with the file structure (yet).