That's . . . just . . . incredible, Charly_99!

Rhia474 posted at 4:24 PM Thu, 28 September 2023 - #4475480

No, you are right. It is in the Included content section of posersoftware dot com and you can download it from there (at least that's where I got it).

Thanks!  She arrived stealthily: when I opened the page, she wasn't visible until I refreshed the page.  Naturally, I didn't think to refresh the page the first few times I looked . . .

My memory isn't what it should be, so I don't remember if I actually read this, or I'm huffing paint fumes again.

Didn't they say a free version of La Femme 2 LE would be available?  Or having I been sucking on my car's exhaust pipe too long?

Y-Phil posted at 4:17 PM Fri, 22 September 2023 - #4475052

RAMWorks posted at 11:14 AM Fri, 22 September 2023 - #4475029

Really gorgeous and classy!  Love to know your lighting setup for this render.  Care to share?  

Thank you 
Not sure if my response deserves the Nudity tag... 

I have used three cylinders, strategically placed:

Each cylinder uses a material described by... I don't remember who, but it was here. This setup lets you control:

- the temperature of the light

- power

- and even the distance

No sphere around, background node 100% neutral (Poser's default one)

One of my default scenes uses a similar setup, with the big cylinder and an HDRI on the background node, in order to make some cool portraits. 

Quite a sophisticated approach to lighting, at least by my standards as a dilettante.

Thank you for the detailed explanation; I would never have thought of this.

RedPhantom posted at 9:01 AM Wed, 30 August 2023 - #4473711

Trying to keep busy until I can get the new Lafemme. Here are 2 frames from a video I did in Poser. I couldn't decide on a good camera angle so I decided to check out Poser's movie options. It took 9 hours to render a 10-second video, so probably not something I'd want to use for a full-length movie, but shorts aren't bad.

If you're curious about the full video, you can find it here https://www.renderosity.com/gallery/items/3129206/back-to-back

 I have no criticism of the render at all.  Beautiful work in all respects of lighting, camera angle, and such that I can see.

As someone who dabbled in sword (but never got very good at it, admittedly), my only observation is that they have not left each other any fighting room.  [grin]

If either one has to take even a single step back, they will bump into each other.

Beautiful scene and beautiful animation.

Thank you, Chromestar.

shvrdavid posted at 10:10 PM Thu, 24 August 2023 - #4473399

Thalek posted at 10:20 AM Thu, 24 August 2023 - #4473344

Just out of curiosity. How much does Poser content actually get sold? Where is this spread sheet that your numbers are pulled from? 

Let me give you a personal example if why I believe that what you said is not the case. This is first hand knowledge, not speculation.

I have no spreadsheet, of course.  That would be a violation of vendors' privacy, among other things.  But a couple of vendors I've corresponded with have commented that they switched to Daz-only because their Poser sales were down, and while they hinted that the products I admired might be available for Poser someday, that day has not yet arrived.

I actually outsold Ute and she was a top Poser vendor there for years.. (Ute is no longer with us, rip, she was such a nice person)

Yes, a terrible loss to the community.  I have most of her freebies now, and I purchased some of her commercial work as well.  I had twenty or thirty items of hers on my wish list when they were removed from CP and elsewhere. We corresponded infrequently, but I liked her, and respected her work immensely.

When people tell me Poser content doesn't sell well, I really have to wonder where that info comes from.

In my case, it came from casual conversations with a couple of vendors, and by personally observing that Renderosity's new products lists are sometimes entirely devoid of Poser products these days, as are some of the product sales.

Maybe this has changed, I don't know if it has or not. I don't have access to those numbers anymore.

But when I did, this picture was worth a 1000 words to everyone that said it would never sell well at all.

Many vendors make a living off of content. Obviously not all do, but some do....

And they could never do so, if nothing sold. There were more active Poser vendors when I released Pauline Advance than there are now, and even more prior to that.

The tone of your posts is that of someone who feels personally attacked, and feels a need to attack in return.  And I do feel attacked for having voiced my concerns. I am genuinely sorry that I have upset you with my concerns; obviously, that was not my intention.

Given that no one else has felt a need to comment, I can only assume that they disagree with one or both of us, and don't have their iodine tablets handy and don't want to risk the possible fallout. I respect their concerns, but wish to point out that I only use small, tactical nukes, and can even be diplomatic at times.  I think I demonstrated that when I offered Charly constructive criticism on his underwater scene to show that constructive criticism need not be a blatant attack.  (However, given his treatment of a professional I respect and admire, I will not be posting any more of my work here.  I have no desire to be on the receiving end of such treatment, and I am no professional who is worthy of anyone's respect.  I am a dilettante, acknowledge I'm a dilettante, and know that my images will never come near the quality that the more skilled practitioners here have literally displayed.)

shvrdavid posted at 6:44 AM Thu, 24 August 2023 - #4473324

People made the same observations when Curious Labs bought Poser, then again when e-frontier bought it, and then again with Smith Micro bought it.

And now again since Bondware bought it.

I see an obvious pattern there.

Me too:  the same pattern that the Amiga computer had.  New owners, big plans, lots of publicity . . . another sale.  The last two sales, no hardware was ever produced, it changed hands that quickly.

Poser is more successful, as it seems that every owner has put out at least one version before reselling it.

But your comment only addresses the fact that Poser gets sold a lot. It doesn't address the fact that new Poser content doesn't get sold a lot. Or much at all. No new content, it doesn't matter how rich and optimistic the new owners of Poser will be. A CGI program has to have compatible content, new content, or no one will buy it. And content creators are just as dependent on the owners of the program, unless it happens that the stuff they can create for that program is also compatible with other programs. For Poser, that used to be true. Now, the vendors only have one company that is Poser-compatible. And increasingly, Bondware has no one else selling content for Poser.

shvrdavid posted at 6:44 AM Thu, 24 August 2023 - #4473324

People made the same observations when Curious Labs bought Poser, then again when e-frontier bought it, and then again with Smith Micro bought it.

And now again since Bondware bought it.

I see an obvious pattern there.

I don't know if it's the depression talking, or not. No medication or combinations of medications is 100% effective, and none are effective 100% of the time. So, if my perceptions are too badly warped by my illness, feel free to present a different view.

I am fearful of Poser's future.  Poser's pulse does NOT seem to be getting stronger, contrary to frequent exhortations. All I see these days are all-Daz products sales and product introductions even here at Renderosity.  I don't blame the vendors or Renderosity: you've gotta sell what the public wants, not what you want them to want.  (Sony's Betamax was superior in most ways to VHS, but mechanically it was more complex, and it was more expensive.  It died and VHS lived. The Amiga was a very fine computer, with unusually good sound and color graphics for the time. But it needed a custom monitor, and the co-processor chips for video and audio were on the motherboard and not amenable to upgrading. Bringing out separate sound boards and video boards in Macs and PCs was just one of the things that doomed the Amiga.)

I see a similar scenario playing out with Poser: a leader that was outstripped by competitors, supported for years by loyal fanatic partisans.  It's hard to believe that there will be a Poser 14 or equivalent.

Am I wrong to feel this way?  Is it just the depression that doesn't let me see a clear path ahead?

As always, I am delighted to receive a new upgrade/update for Poser.  And I am sure that I will enjoy Poser itself as I usually do.

But while I receive links to "Feel Poser's Pulse Getting Stronger", I feel that is mere encouragement from the EMTs  to live because they are helpless to do more.  Poser's pulse appears to be continually getting weaker, especially when Renderosity itself holds sales of new products that are exclusively Daz Studio compatible.  I don't fault the vendors or Renderosity: you have to go with what sells.

But the fact that Poser products apparently no longer sell makes me very worried about Poser's future.

[sigh]  Or it may be the depression talking; don't let anyone tell you that the meds are 100% effective 100% of the time.  So, if my view is distorted by illness, feel free to talk me out of it. But all I see at hand is another Amiga computer fiasco, with loyal fanatical fans not being quite enough to keep the thing alive.

molsmith posted at 5:27 PM Wed, 23 August 2023 - #4473281

I have noticed that in Poser 13, the final render with Superfly is not as sharp as when I render with Firefly. Has anyone else noticed this? Solution?

Mol

Not my area of expertise, but try posting a render so the real experts can get a look. Better still, both the Firefly and Superfly versions so a comparison can be made.

This will be painfully obvious to the experienced user, but I myself have little experience with Superfly:  1. You may need to increase pixel samples if the image has a grainy look to it. 2. For the same reasons, you may have to turn off Adaptive sampling, or consider lowering the threshold number. When adaptive sampling notices the quality cannot be further improved with further passes/sampling, it quits.  The threshold determines just how picky it gets about the quality; the lower the threshold, the higher the quality.

Might also want to check Depth of Field settings, or PostFX.

That's all I've got. Time for someone who know what they're talking about to answer your questions.

Sorry for leaping in when the adults should be talking.

hborre posted at 11:02 PM Wed, 23 August 2023 - #4473303

Superfly does not recognize Depth Cue so that is a waste in set up time.  Keep in mind that the PhysicalSurface node emission defaults to Inverse Square falloff which means that you really need a very high emission value.  The only way to change that behavior is to attach a Lightfalloff node, which offers additional Linear and Constant features not found on the PhysicalSurface node.  When using mesh lighting from an object, you can hide the object in the scene by not making it visible to the camera or Raytracing but still display your light.

Useful to know.  Won't remember it in the morning, of course, but useful to know.  (How does one keep track of all the tricks and tips people point out over the years? Create a document complete with table of contents and indices?)

Charly_99 posted at 8:24 AM Sun, 20 August 2023 - #4473102

Thanks Thalek

You're welcome!

hborre posted at 5:46 AM Sun, 20 August 2023 - #4473091

The problem I have with the image is that no one in their right mind would go snorkeling without a face mask or eye protection.  Saltwater stings like hell and your vision is pretty much limited without the mask.  

Yeah, the mask gives even me better vision, and I have to whistle and listen for the echo to navigate.