I found I do have the Littlefox tutorials. I probably got them on sale and then forgot. She uses MODO. Also, she recommends UVLayout. So that s two votes for UVLayout. I found some Hexagon tutorials, so that will be helpful. Hexagon is stable for me, but I've only really used it for morphs.

@Glitterati3D I have Hexagon 2.5. Also, I have done some sewing awhile ago. So MD doesn't look to overwhelming. Thanks for the tutorial. That will be helpful. Am I right in assuming that AutoGroupEditor will not chop up the geometry file like the Poser fitting room does?

@dlfurman I know that terrymcg uses Hexagon and makes really good clothes.

@movida I think I may have few of the Littlefox tutorials.

It's not really HDRI lighting if you have to use an Infinite Light as your main light source.

We have do things like this to get around bugs and missing features. We are still waiting for a proper Shadow Catcher.

Poser crashing with an HDRI while rendering with the GPU is a known bug that Smith Micro didn't fix.

For those of you who are interested,

An HDRI file is a 32 bit image that contains Exposure Values like those from a camera. The Background node is able to utilize those Exposure Values.

Here is a list of HDRI Cycles tutorials that I found.

https://hdrmaps.com/blog/blender-hdri-setup/

https://www.maketecheasier.com/hdr-environment-lighting/

https://www.creativeshrimp.com/hdr-lighting-in-blender-part-5.html

https://meshlogic.github.io/posts/blender/rendering/nodes-correct-hdri/

They all use the same technique. VinceBanga's SuperShaders setups same technique for Poser.

Not all HDRI files are created the same. Some contain more exposure values than others. Also, HDRI lighting is not the easiest to master but they can provide a high quality light source.

The following render was created with only an HDRI file in the Background node as the light source.

HDRI files can be rotated in the Background with a mapping node. VinceBagna created a shader with the texture and mapping nodes. It's in his SuperShader pack here in the marketplace.

bagginsbill posted at 6:29AM Sat, 09 November 2019 - #4369623

willdial posted at 6:44AM Sat, 09 November 2019 - #4369590

EZ Dome is not a good option with HDR files. The dome is a mesh light that projects the basic image. HDRI contain luminosity information that mesh lights do not read.

This is totally incorrect. Props do emit HDR light values from HDR images. EZ Dome uses two copies of my EnvSphere to combine the HDR and LDR images provided in sIBL sets, which is more than you can do with the built-in environment of SuperFly.

Then why doesn't the Dome object project the HDR light exactly like the Background?

EZ Dome is not a good option with HDR files. The dome is a mesh light that projects the basic image. HDRI contain luminosity information that mesh lights do not read. Unbiased rendering engines like Octane, Iray, LuxRender, and Cycles use an "Environment" setup to properly project HDRI files. Superfly uses the Background node for the Environment.

The following images used HDRI Haven's Sunny Vondelpark HDRI

Dome

Background

The Background is able to project the HDRI's sunlight and the Dome is not able to fully project the light. Dome objects like EZ Dome work in Firefly because there is no "Environment" built-in the rendering engine.

The press release was nice. I hoped for release notes like the type Smith Micro produced. There was a bullet point for every item changed.

@mr_phoenyxx

What version of Poser 11.2 are you using? Bondware released a new installer on 10-11-2019 02:10 am. I'm still using the version I downloaded on the first day.

@mr_phoenyxx

The 1080 Ti should be faster than the 1050 Ti. I saw some posts from a couple of years ago with people complaining about slowness in Cycles with the 1080 Ti. Unfortunately, they don't mention a fix.

I'm not seeing any slowness from 11.2 update. But, I'm running a regular 1080 on Windows 7 with older drivers. I only update when absolutely have to update.

As for the 100 Pixel samples, Superfly is noisy especially for indoor scenes. To get a clean image, you have to crank up the samples or use a denoiser.

I cannot confirm that DSON messes with Poser magnets. I was able to create a magnet just fine on Genesis 2 Female with DSON.

Maybe it was something with your setup.

VedaDalsette,

One of DAZ Studio's content packages overwrites Poser's magnets obj files. I had the same problem that matches your description. I was able to restore Poser original files by copying from another version of Poser that was already installed.

The zone prop is the ball at Runtime:Geometries:props:ball.obj. See if something has messed with that.

By default, Poser installs obz files (They are compress obj files). If there is an obj and obz file, I do not know what one Poser will use.

I'm using the regular LaFemme and not conforming at all during the prefitting process. The LaFemme morph should make the garment match LaFemme closely. If it's way off, something has gone wrong.

I was able to convert 3D-Age's Bodysuit II without much problems.

Do not conform the garment to the Prefitter before transferring the morphs. That's throwing it off. I double checked the instructions. If you conform before copying the morphs, unconform after copying to put the garment back to zero.