But the desired efftect is NOT with SSS ....

... kids .... can't get their help these days .. all they want is candy .... LOL

OK ... here are my results on the sparkles so far .... is close but not quite right ... hopefully I can bug ya more to get an idea what I need to edit ...

Pic 1 - advanced material room ... torso zone ....

Pic 2 - render from that set up ....

Pic 3 - the effect if have set up now for non SSS sparkles ... which is more the look I am going for ....

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I saw the fae in the gallery; she looks great! The SSS really makes your creation sing!

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Thanks! I am hoping to get all of this stuff figured out with her as my testing ... then gonna use some of this for my other creations ... glad you like what i have tried so far ... **
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Quote - The makeup I used in Pro is really a two-color image with shades of red ranging 100% to 2%. I used Poser's math nodes to convert that same image into grayscale, invert that...and then used a Blender or Math(Multiply/Add) to combine the makeup map with the bump shader. Same Blender trick used to combine the makeup with the specular bricks so the skin stayed smooth and soft and the makeup looked dry and cracked.

The cracked idea will be an interesting idea for a different project. But what if I need makeup to be blended and more smooth ... more like how real makeup sits on the skin?

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I've attatched an image for the basic setup of makeup. Most people use a PNG image though; that type of image can handle transparency, eliminating the white background all-together.

So I can do them on transparent backgrounds vs a white one? That will work as well? Or will it make a difference I should know about? I guess a jpg is a smaller file size ... hhhmmmm

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One last note: if you dont expect your customers to need SSS, its fine to remove it. I mean, how often do you see renders with V4 smiling AND her teeth are showing? Most of the time, no one needs SSS on the gums or teeth because most people keep V4's mouth closed...not to mention the SSS renders "blue mouth" if her mouth stays closed and her teeth/gums are still marked Visible in the render.

 

So should I remove the extra SSS from mouth etc and eyes as well? I noted a bit of that blue there too ... and if I can ask a royal dumb question, which nodes is it exactly that create the SSS so I can detatch the right ones and not the ones I should keep .. LOL

Don't forget my other questions .... LOL

Does it matter with the screen shot that I am not using PRO .... am using the BASIC one ...

OK ...

While you are working on those questions .... I have 3 new ones now ...

You said nails do not need SSS set-up ... but your basic one does use SSS ... so that's a bit confusing ...

As well, you have specular or displacement maps ... not sure exactly which ... are those just used for the Elite and Pro? Or are they useful on the Basic set up somehow as well?

And are the blue-tinted maps just a paint or colourize of the base jpgs? I was thinking of either darkening or lightening these ... but wanted  to check on how exactly those are done before I edit or make new ones ... I don't want to break anything too soon ... LOL

Ok .. going back to messing around ... and waiting on screen-shots and stuff ...

HHmmmmm ....

Did I scare him away?

A sparkly vamp? Gods no .... LOL

Its for my fae ....

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=2308609

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=2308556

She has many options, and I want to be able to offer both SSS and nonn-SSS versions ....

Hey Spookie ...

Hey LunchLady ...

Hey Corinthian ...

I am loving this set so far ... my fae looks way better now, and hopefully it will help get her accepted into my little store here ... but I got a few questions since you didn't have al ot of info with the product.

Which nodes are ok to mess around with? Like colours and settings ... and your make-up setting are for the Pro .... but what if I am using the basic mode? I understand about things being on whilte, thats easy enuff to do ... but what is the set up in that mode? Do I need to use the basic SSS for things like eyes, nails, and full body art as well as lips and make-ups? What about a skin effect like sparkles? Any different set-up for lashes?

Sorry for all the questions .... but I want to get the full effect with this, without killing a customer base with killer long render times LOL

Katt

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I was wondering about that too ..... hhhmmmmmmm ... reads the same on the product page too ....

Who gets the job of fixing this before the timer runs out? LOL

Katt