I started with Bryce, and Vue is much better, too! ;)

they are both very similar, actually.

always try the demo of an app, see the PLE version for Vue :)

just about corporations buying up all the IP they can, to control everything

next up, another major politician suddenly wishes to make copyright eternal, and soon you will own, nothing. :/

sigh, thought it was still only a thing for faces, as said, VERY noobish about Poser even after all these years, lol!

thanks again, very helpful indeed :)

Paula

aye it requires work :)

Thefixer is probably very good/familiar with Poser/DAZ, which I am not :/ so such users may want/expect the great stuff they can do in those apps, to come through to Vue
But since I don't know how to do such in Poser/DAZ anyway (get the great figures/skin/highlights soem can), I can't help with such, sorry!
Dunno about you Paula but honestly enough for me figuring out Vue, AND also Rhino (for modelling) and Photoshop (for postwork/textures)

The addition of DAZ studio to the issue has really complicated things, sigh.
I got some of the genesis figures, because as fantasy artist, I need broad/unusual base of people/critters/clothing/morphs and being a thrifty Scot, I grab things on sale or "fastgrab" when possible! :P
Still not got round ot installing/using DAZ though! hope to do so now I have more time on my hands, so thanks very kindly for that tutorial! :)

 I build up libraries of content over time, using sales etc,c an always downaload or use later, otherwise be a pain trying to get, say a specific set of armour, or critter.

Oh, asked on Poser forum, damn, I R Dumbass :P
Apparently the morph tool works on clothing...if I'd only realized that earlier, doh!
the unrealstic" tubular" look of most clothing's been pain for ages, using magnets is a pain and no use for fine work...so if can just paint in more creases etc that will really help :)

ask them E-on folk, but far as I know, usually when prerelase is out, if you buy then, you get upgrade free

but please check and ask them :) you have limited time though, of course month or so?

ah so the morph tool also works on clothes?! damn wish I'd realized that sooner, that is very helpful, than you :)

PC always gets along better with Vue than MAC, sorry but that's way it seems to be (and MAC's big issues with 64 bit etc didn't help)

hopefully MAC issues will be fixed as this is just pre-release :)

SQUEEE! :P

mazak it says

"Vue 11 - Particle Technology Preview - Snowy Landscape"

:)

I bought the awesome "Genesis" plugin 12? years ago, company went out of business

They used some kind of security on the CDROM, can't copy it, can't even get it to WORK now, the CD is simply not seen, jeesh :(

Your grandpa  was lucky! :)

most of the Cameronians were tiny, coming from aorund Glasgow/Lanarkshire, the deprivation they suffered meant most were small due to severe malnurishment etc

Pic of the Gorbals slum in Glasgow

My dad's father served in Burma with the Cameronians and in the Chindits combined raiding force, eh absolutely loved the Ghurkas (whom they fought beside) :)

My maternal grandpa was a big guy not as big as yours though! he was a bouncer in the "dance hall days", he was huge by conparison at 6' 1" and 16 stone, versus most "Weegies" who were often only 5'3" and 10 stone dripping wet.

Cameronian crest

lol Ah so true about us Scots! ;)

Some of my folks were in the Cameronians (our local regiment before they all got shut down/sold off), the Kaiser himself, in World War 1 named the Cameronians the "Poison Dwarves" 'cause they were such mean little bastards :P

thanks for all the help, much appreciated! :)

My pleasure :)

oh if things are to scale and truly MASSIVE or extreme true ranges, they don't always work right

ie, sometimes if a Sun object or any object is too far, it simply may not work/appear.
I've noticed this problem is less encountered recently

I do space renders so have noted such issues, also with positioning planet/sobjects above/far away beyond atmosphere to get right look, such as moons or giant suns

I have noticed alas that when I make a SPHERICAL WORLD scene, models can end up "decimated" (reduced in polygon count) to pieces of ugly junk (mesh is reduced so far it's a mess) even though I never turned decimation on! :(

but that's no biggie, easy to fix, make another light object make sure it has NO lens flare, it's ot only affect the ring/planet you wish to light, move it closer to them or to centre of scene

Quote - I propose for that amount of Daleks, we need a name. eg a Murder of Crows...

 

I suggest... a Brown Trouser of Daleks.

buhaha, classic! ;)

I really did hide behidn my Granny's sofa watching Dr Who :P

Oh, SamTherpay

karen Gillan, oh yeaaaaaaaah! drool
Redheads should come with a health warning for us older folks, lol :P

did they fix the need for NEGATIVE numbers?

usual skin seting is -0.002 to -0.004

rougher objects like say a non-polished wood, perhaps -0.01

often takes tweaking

also, you need to adjust anisotropy settings in highlights, depending on skin and black skin needs much more careful tweaking of highlights to get right (as in such cases, highlights are more vital to achieve a good look than on pale skin)

:)