The image above was done using radiosity and a single parallel light.

I just checked the file and it is downloading properly so if someone is having problems getting it please try again. You can check the MD5 checksum with the one listed on the downloads page.

lmckenzie: for HDRI simulation use a larger step than 5 degrees for the scan and use shadowless lights exept for the main source of illumination. That should keep render times low. FlyerX

Render took about 8 minutes without radiosity and about 50 min with radiosity. That is on a 6 year old Pentium II 400 Mhz The difference between the two images was very little with most of it around the legs close to the ground. You can usually get nice results without radiosity with a shadowless light from below at 30% intensity. ynsaen: You can set POV-Ray lights and camera in PoseRay also. FlyerX

I do not offer them anymore because of bandwith issues. A few people have them available on their sites and if you do a google search for flyerx shoe pack you should find it easily. I just checked it. FlyerX

The subdivision is done in PoseRay. POV-Ray does not have subdivision. PoseRay subdivides the model before sending it to POV-Ray for rendering.

The subdivision will keep sharp edges (from normals) and can keep existing mesh edges unmodified while changing the rest of the mesh. Also it can be applied to a particular group or material without gaps between the subdivided and not subdivided surfaces. These will be all user selectable options.

The algorithm implemented in PoseRay is the modified Loop's algorithm to account for edges and corners. The UV subdivision is also using the modified Loop algorithm and will keep the UV edges on the mesh.

From the renders I have seen here I beleive Poser 5 uses an interpolating smoothing routine. Meaning that the subdivided mesh goes through the original mesh points. Loop's method is approximating (like a bezier and its control points) Interpolating routines, if it does not check edges, will give meshes an inflated appeareance.

Using Loop's (or any other approximating method) as the number of subdivisions is increased the mesh will resemble a NURBS surface.

later,

FlyerX

Have you tried to run without mem turbo? Sometimes those utilities create conflicts with the windows memory manager. FlyerX

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Can 3dsmax read wavefront files? For $3000 it better be able to. If not there must be some plugin or similar to get obj files into it. I have noticed that the 3ds export from Poser is lacking in texture names and uv boundaries. I would not recommend it. FlyerX

Why not break the mesh at the edge of the mirror so that the normals do not bend? Have a mesh for the frame and one (single sided) for the mirror surface. That should fix the problem with the normals at the edges unless Poser 5 automatically joins all vertices. This is what I do in Rhino to prevent Poser from calculating the normals wrong at sharp edges. good luck, FlyerX

You are right. I forgot the rotation after importing the 3DS file into Rhino.

Also I forgot to mention to make sure that the figure joints, position and rotation are zeroed before you export the 3DS file from Poser.

This works for Poser 4.03 and Rhino 2.0:

Export the part as a 3ds from Poser

Import into Rhino

Morph as desired

Export as OBJ

Edit OBJ file in a text editor and remove all lines that do not start with v ..... including the top comments.

Add a few empty lines at the end of the OBJ file

Save it and load it as a morph target in Poser

thanks for the info. That works. Unfortunately It seems that I cannot rename materials without creating new ones. I am using poly.SetMaterialName(newmatname) but this method creates a new material instead of renaming the material. I tried material.Name(newmatname) and that did not have any effect. Maybe if I use SetMaterialName() and copy the material properties to the new material but that is rather cumbersome way of doing it. FlyerX

the above post had tabs in the loops.

Let us know when will it be available again. The link is dead. FlyerX