Whenever I start to feel that way,  I try to think of a short film called "Father and Daughter".  Very simple and very moving.

 Link To Youtube

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There is a method of using "HDRShop 1" + the plugin "Lightgen" to generate a Mel script that creates and arranges 3d lights based on Lightprobe image data.  

Stefan Werner wrote a Poser Python script that converted the Mel script into something that Poser 5 could use.

If you feeling really adventurous,  you could use BB's Environment Sphere as a background, then his GenIBL - IBL Generator to create the Lightprobe,  then HDRShop+Lightgen to generate the Mel script, the Stefan's script to make the Poser light rig....   Whew!!!

Or, you could eye-ball it  :)

BagginsBill

HDRShop

Lightgen

Stefan Werner

Later

Hello

Check out WinFF - it's a GUI that uses FFmpeg (included with download) to convert video formats.

"*.m2ts" is a h.264 video stream and acc audio stream, so it is possible to use FFmpeg to  transfer the video and audio data from the AVCHD container to a MP4 container without re-encoding (some video editors "see" mp4 a little better.)

good luck

Hello,

I think with Adobe products like Premiere (I haven't used it in a while)   Uncompressed is default and you have to go into your "preferences" and change the  default to a codec,  or you need to create render profiles that you can choose from before output,  or just before you render, click on uncompressed, look at it's properties, then choose "Video For Windows" and then select the codec you want to use for your movie.

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Hello,

If you're usings Windows , try a very good and very compatible VFW Lossless codec called "Ut Video Codec Suite"

(Click link and scroll down to the bottom for latest version  (v8.5.0) )

There are four encoding modes:

RGB  -  for regular Poser output

 RGBA  -  for Poser output plus Alpha,

YUV422  -  suitable for capturing live analogue video

YUV420  -  suitable for DV video and DVD video

Ut Video Codec appears to "get-along"  better in more applications than Lagarith Lossless does.

So,....  render out an image sequence, load them into your editor and save out an AVI  or save out you animation directly from Poser with Ut Video Codec RGBA and the alpha information should be preserved.

Take care

Thanks for the info Starlet. I'm glad to hear that SM is still enthusiastic about Poser 'cause that means good news for all of us who love and have fun using it.

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Hello,

check out  D3D's   "XLC - eXtended Light Control" (free download)

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Hello,  After selecting "Do Collisions" in the hair room, mouse over to the "Properties Tab" and select the Figure, then the body parts that you want the hair to collide with - check the option "Collision Detection"

that should do it

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Hello,

In Poser there is a python script under "Utilities" called "Collect Scene Inventory" .  Run this script and then choose "Copy to Folder" and hit OK.  You can now select a folder to save ALL the objects and textures in your current scene.

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There is a relatively new, open source renderer being developed , called Mitsuba. Some people over in the Blender community are quite excited about it and with good reason, The renderer is very powerful even in it's early stages, plus the developer is talented and open to input.

Personally, I think Smith Micro should get in contact with this young man before the big guys snap him up.

Mitsuba

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".TIFF"s taste great, ".JPG"s are less filling.....

Hey mon

Check a few posts down on this page of "Nodes For Dummies".  bagginsbill's node setup should help you find a good skin color.

Nodes For Dummies

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Loved the lessons, especially the "Time Management" - I'm living it right now!!!  lol.

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Ooops,  forgot to add.  After importing the converted object, open the Grouping Tool  so that Poser can recognize the groups - simply openning the tool does the trick.

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Here is a Python script (based on a script by rjjack) for converting Material zones to Groups.  It doesn't work within Poser, so you may have to install Python onto your system. ( delete extension ".txt" from the attached file)

What to do:

Export your object to a directory and call it "object_export.obj"

Next,  copy the Python script to that same directory.

With Python installed, double click the script to run it.  The script will look for the file called "object_export.obj" and convert all materials to groups and save a new file called "poser_import.obj".

Import this new file into Poser and you're good to go.

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