Are there any compelling reasons to NOT upgrade? I heard they ditched Face Room. Did they drop anything else? I never used it much but I don't like losing features. I'm an intermediate user at best and doubt I'll have much use for whatever new stuff they added, much less understand how to take advantage of it.

randym77 posted at 5:19PM Mon, 22 April 2019 - #4350456

Also...since you have Poser 11, check out LaFemme. She's free, and comes with some nice morphs and textures.

A minimum $3.50 purchase is required, just because that's a limitation of the store here, but if you don't want to purchase anything, I can gift her to you when I make my next purchase.

I've seen her and while I didn't plan to spend any more money, she looks like she's worth buying. I appreciate your offer, but I'd undoubtedly need some stuff to go with her and end up buying those as well. sigh

renapd- Nice image! I like busy scenes. I've been wanting to do something crowded that requires a long look to take it all in.

Texturing is only an issue if you're after a realistic image. My interests lean towards toon styled renders or fantasy creatures where it's totally subjective how it SHOULD look. I can see where bending could be a potential problem.

I had V3 and V4 but haven't redownloaded them. Everybody uses Vicky. Yeah, she's a great figure with oodles of content but I'd like to see what I can do with some freebies, the base Poser figures and toons. I'm an all-around noob but not afraid to play around with a modelling program if I think I can create the effect I'm looking for. Sixus1 made some great stuff back in the day. I found H.E.R. and all kinds of content for her all available for free on sharecg.com plus a few more goodies.

Thank you! That did it.

As an example, I tried a very simple render of a square plane with a circle on the trans map. The render shows my circle casting a shadow of the square plane.

Thank you! As you said, it's EXACTLY what I was looking for!

If the model was brought into Bryce from another application (such as DAZ Studio) then it can be exported back out of Bryce. But, if I understand your question correctly, you are trying to export a Bryce OBP object, which, as far as I know, cannot be done at this time.

Bryce can't export anything but terrains and lattices ... possibly rocks too.

I'd say I'm a casual Poser-Brycean who lurks (sub category of Do-er that doesn't make a lot of stuff and rarely posts). :)

To me, creativity is creativity. If someone were to, for example, create an image of a nude woman, but instead of arms she had dragon wings, then that would probably get my attention, especially if it were done well. It's not something I see everyday, and shows creativity and originality. At least, to me it does.

I think nudity is the taboo that it is because a lot of us Americans are so uptight about it. I know in other countries, people have a more relaxed attitude towards nudity, and don't consider it such a big deal. More than likely quite a few Americans feel the same way, but they are either minorities, or the minorities with the loudest voice have determined that nudity is taboo. I'm generalizing, try not to read too much into that. My point is, nudity is something we're not allowed to see, unless it's in private. If the majority of the artists posting such images are Americans, then that may be a reason why gallery nudity is so prevalent. We almost always seem to want what we can't have, and this is an outlet.

Pumeco is also correct. Sex DOES sell. Every gallery I've ever viewed, if it had an attractive female model in it, nude or not, had more hits than any surrounding image.

I also disagree that just because an image shows full frontal nudity that it is trash. It certainly doesn't belong in these galleries, but that doesn't make it trash. Like I said earlier, there are better places to post such things.

And of course all this is merely my opinion, which is worth the standard going rate of two cents.

Speaking as another who doesn't have a problem with nudity, I do believe there ARE better places where such things can be posted, but we all know that's never going to happen.

I slightly disagree with using nude figures and props as being "unoriginal", but my argument has undoubtedly been used before: If I lack the talent to create those things myself, what are my alternatives? Spend the next few years learning to model just so I can render something I can say is mine? Or maybe start from scratch and write my own software? They are tools, and are there so that less talented individuals such as myself can create something meaningful sooner, rather than taking a longer road that they may not be interested in, or able, to do.

Should those tools (figures, props, etc.) be used to create original images? Of course! Even though I enjoy a well done pinup, even I have gotten tired of seeing the repetition of certain themes in the galleries. I'm a stickler for coming up with something original. It's one reason why I seldom post anything. It seems as though it's all been done before, or I simply lack the ability to create on the screen what I see in my head to my own satisfaction.

Lordstormdragon makes some valid points though. It's only a few extra clicks to put some clothes on the model, and an image can often be more erotic by what ISN'T shown. And there are many, many other things to depict an image of than T&A.

Wow! I WANT it.

That's definately toony! :D I guess I was looking more for the cel shaded look though. Nice work, BTW ...

I recently had my internet connection cut off as well, though it was lack of funds that caused it for me. I hear you when you say you had withdrawals. Back on topic ... To me, the image looks pretty good. If you can, maybe try to increase the bump in the terrain so the cracks don't look painted on. Also, perhaps giving the inner egg texture a slightly different look (if possible) would increase the sense of realism. Anyway, just my two cents.

Thanks for the replies. I'll give it a go. I'm using the GIMP, but I know it has a posterize filter. I just suck at postworking and I'd prefer to find a method within Bryce to accomplish this.