Quote - looks ok to me.  You've already noticed the green glow on the wall :biggrin:  Unfortunately Poser doesn't make it easy to avoid that sort of thing.  It'll be interesting to see how this progresses

I think there is a way to decay the light so that it doesn't shine that far out, right?  I know the beam can be adjusted. I am going to be working on it today. Perhaps I will post another render later on. Thanks everyone for the support. I think with my next render my skin will be thicker, and you can tell me what is really going on in the scene and how to fix it.

Quote - Looks good.  

Thank you!

Quote - Great start!!

A little advice...

Set some goals of elements you want to learn: IE: shadows, lights, reflections, posing, placement, expressions........etc

Then make it your mission with each image you create to add at least one of those elements, and to pay extra attention to that single one element that you are trying to master.

Don't overwhelm yourself by trying to learn everything at once, because you will just get frustrated.

Learn in layers. Scenes are built from a series of elements that come together as a whole.  Think of these elements as layers.

Concentrate on one element and work hard on learning that one, even though the other elements may not be up to your vision.They will be in time :)

Once you are comfortable with that one element and have a good feel and are getting decent results that you are relatively happy with, with that one element, then work hard on a second element, while still incorporating that first element into it.

For example when I was learning lights, I spend months making images and concentrating on nothing but my lighting. I still used relections and the material room etc, but my efforts went into working on the lighting in my scene. As a result I'm pretty comfortable making my own lights now. No near a master, but I am adequate enough with lights that I can usually get what I want from lighting in my scene.

I can't wait to see your furture images and watch you grow. 

Another tip.  Never delete an image from your gallery. Use the first ones as a guage to your growth.  This time next year you'll be uploading master pieces!!

Very sage advice. As a matter of fact, that's pretty much how I am tackling this. I am working on lighting now, as such. This piece was the first that I was relatively happy with the lighting. The only blotch I see is the green spot light I used to give her face a glow off the light saber. I know I could have set up the light saber to do that (saw that in a tutorial on here somewhere), but I didn't' know that at the time. I got too many reflections on the wall behind her. Oh well, live and learn. And no, I won't be deleting any of my work.

Quote - Thanks for the replies.  I made a technical ticket on this issue with Smith Micro but no response yet.  Suprised others dont see this problem.....or hear.

Mav

I have used 16 bit and 8 bit .wav files with Poser 8 talk designer with no problems other than over doing the enunciation part.

check out recording software like Reaper. You can render your .wav files to suit the program wit h it.

link for the user guide before you decide to download it:

http://www.reaper.fm/userguide.php

Quote -  You save the SKULLCAP as a smartprop. The hair is then saved along with it. At least it should be.

Ahhhh, ok... That makes sense. I think I was just saving the hair itself. Made rendering a really slow process. Thanks.

By the way, I have a lot of your freebies. Really good work you do.

Eddie

Thanks, I'll give both ideas a shot. I think I tried doing the hair in sections before, but I wasn't sure how to save it as a smart prop. I am still learning...

Thanks for the quick responses and I wish I had more time to spend on here. But I will look at Blender and wings and see what is up with them.

It's a tough life I chose for myself, as I am a merchant seaman and always at sea. Having Poser makes the days go by, so I have gotten into it quite a bit.

I would post some of my renders, but right now I am still getting past the nudity phase..

The Library gets installed in the public folder...

Cuserspublic public documentsPoser 8 (or 7) content

And it's better that you change the directory where you install the proram itself  to Program Files vice Program Files(x86). Takes all the confusion out of it, especially if you installed the SR2 and the additional content, because it goes to Program Files instead of Program Files (x86) by default.

Hope this helps...