I'd be glad to.  May take a couple days, but I'm very happy to see how this goes!  Thanks for the tutorial.

Indi.

Yep, it works great now!

Now off to make the shader, thanks so much!

Quote -  The hyperlink is wrong. Try this.

You're amazing.  Thank you!

Indi.

It just got good enough :)

Thanks.

Ok, I've found it.  On M4, though, the setting is on body parts, not the whole body.  Can I set it in the hip and will it cascade down the hierarchy?

We'll see how this goes.   Thank you again.

Quote - > Quote - Be aware that with only one light, your shadows will typically look "dirty" because one light doesn't provide enough samples to do blurred shadows well.  You can get much nicer shadows if you're willing to accept longer render times, by adding more lights in a small area, simulating an area light:

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php?message_id=3173583&ebot_calc_page#message_3173583

for soft blury raytraced shadows you need to have 0,2 shading rate. in close ups you will still have some pixels.

please SM give us an area light.

Exactly 0.2?  No more, no less?  And thanks.

Indi.

Quote - Also, don't forget to turn on Gamma Correction.
DPH

Thank you.  How do I do that without Poser Pro?  Is this a materials issue or a light issue?

Indi.

Quote - Be aware that with only one light, your shadows will typically look "dirty" because one light doesn't provide enough samples to do blurred shadows well.  You can get much nicer shadows if you're willing to accept longer render times, by adding more lights in a small area, simulating an area light:

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php?message_id=3173583&ebot_calc_page#message_3173583

Thank you.  I got some blur by moving the spotlight closer to the model, so I guess that distance does play a role.

I had read your other thread before, and I appreciate the link.  I just couldn't get any blur at all to show up, so now I can deal with the "dirty" part.

Thank you!

Indi.

Hmm... yes.. Thanks.

I don't seem to get a blurred shadow.  I think I've set it up to 10 before.  Is there a distance factor as well?

Let me try again, and perhaps post an image.

Thank you both.  :)

Indi.

I used Carrara 6 quite a bit over the last year, and loved it.  I'm just getting to know Poser bit by bit now.  I like doing portraits, closeups, etc, and use lots of Poser content.

Carrara still cannot handle Poser figures perfectly.  There were enough episodes of things that just wouldn't work in Carrara for me to finally invest in Poser 7, and not in Carrara 7.

I love the way Carrara renders.  Most materials I can get looking fantastic in Carrara... Except skin, especially closeups, render better in Poser.  I've just never been able to get the skin looking like I want it, and looking like I can get it in Poser.

Any sort of falloff or edge-blend is missing from Carrara materials, so if you like that aspect of Poser materials, you'll miss that.

I like Poser lights better, especially the options in the material room.  I like having separate specular and regular lights.  With that said, I seem to be able to light scenes better with Carrara, but I'm trying to learn Poser.

While most scenes render faster in Carrara, I found that clicking on GI, and/or AO in Carrara pushes it's speed slower that Poser.  I love the materials-based AO option in Poser.  I love having IBL's be light-based instead of scene-based as it is in Carrara. 

I like the results of AO and GI better in Carrara, but I'm not patient enough to wait for it all the time.

That's just my comparison.  Hope it helps.

Indi.

I asked a similar question recently and was pointed in this direction.

http://www.runtimedna.com/mod/forum/messages.php?ShowMessage=143845

I liked the results.  :) and it's a great start.  Olivier uses a skin node in the alt diffuse and it's the sheen of that which makes the highlights. 

Good luck.

Indi.

That is a great explanation, and pretty much exactly what I was looking for.  (Shiny black hair even!)

Thanks for pointing me to it.

Indi.

Quote - I can't reproduce this, when I make a prop a child of a figure body part e.g. the hand, the prop moves with the hand as you'd expect.

Thank you for trying.  I'll try again when I get a chance and see if I can reproduce it and give distinct steps.

Indi.

Quote - Do smartprops behave this way?

Um.. I'm using props that are not smartprops, if that's what you're asking.  I don't know how smartprops behave.

Indi.