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Writing code while posting & a common clipboard =  Oops!  

Depends on what you mean by gore and what resources you're looking for, props, reference images, textures … I know some things can be found at renderotics, what all I don't know as I've barely stuck my head in the door in years. Two artists, Davo and Dendras did a lot of stuff that may fit in the broad category, a lot of infernal restraint and 'enhanced interrogation' devices etc. Some of that may be available at renderotica. There's a site orexart.com that has some of Davo's old stuff - may even be run by Davo himself. I didn't venture into the galleries but from the description, they may have something of interest to you. I've seen things like blood splatter brushes for PhotoShop that you can search for. There used to be a brain and a heart model for Poser that may still be around if you need maximum goreage.

"I guess it's all 2D once it's rendered. :)"

LOL Good Point. Decorum bars me from another "It's all …" saying. * *

UV2UV UVBased Texture Morphing - disclaimer never used it/don't 100% understand what it does but sounds like it might be in the ballpark.

It may be too late, but in future, if the files actually were there, one of the free undelete utilities may bring some success. I'm assuming that Wingz simply deleted them for some reason and didn't do some of secure file wiping for some weird reason. Of course, you have to stop writing to that folder and prfereably to that drive immediately to avoid overwriting what could be recovered. One of the file sync utilities may be able to automatically copy saved files to a different folder/drive. Maybe something to look at if Wings has a habit of going t**s up like that.

Recuva

*"Not a very good cross section of what I see when I look down the street (which is mostly slim fellas)."*Mercy, what have you folks done to avoid the obesity epidemic and are the ladies similarly svelte? Start selling that water. I'll kick in to buy a tanker truck full and start baptizing beaucoup local honeys :-) 

Closest thing I've seen is some fluid props for V4. I'm sure it's possible in Poser. If you can find something that doesn't require a lot of fiddling great. It does sound to me though it's one of those things done better and probably easier* in an image editor. A search would probably turn up some PS tutes & could probably apply to other apps as well. 

• Famous Last Words :-)  

“Art mediums, not so much.”

That suggests a question. If our definition of art is narrowed to, for lack of a better term, ‘gallery’ art, art that people seek out for itself rather than experience in all those other ways (games, movies, commercials etc.) then … How popular is traditional art? How many people visit art galleries either in the real or the virtual world? How many have art in their homes that really means something to them as opposed to being just a decoration? Answering tat still doesn’t give a measure for 3D’s popularity but in those terms, it probably doesn’t come off too badly in comparison. The interest level in art as a whole may not be that great, though I would hope I am wrong about that. It is AFAIK one of the first things to get when school budgets get tight.

"… like her eyes that roll back in her head."

Dial back the orgasm morph.  

The medium is going to develop and mature of course. Like its “modern” counterparts, film and photography, there is room for technical development – even more so with 3D probably. I don’t know if there’s been much change in the technology of painting in some time. I’ve seen where galleries are incorporating things like holography and digital projections, the same with the theater. I imagine 3D will be incorporated in other mediums as well. I think there will always be a certain attraction to ‘hand crafted’ art as opposed to digital art, just as in some sci-fi scenarios printed books are valued not so much for their content as for something else more undefinable and I suspect something more than mere nostalgia. If an image can embody something of its creator than a painting that the artist touched, breathed on, even incorporates molecules of him may have a certain something, perhaps on a spiritual level that I'm not sure a computer generated work can match.

For viewers, I suppose looking at the various sites and how many visitors they attract might give some indication. Sites like DeviantArt and even here may also feature photography and non-3D digital work as well, so it’s not that easy though. I’m not entirely sure how you tease out viewer interest in 3D from artist interest. Are people viewing a 3D comic because it’s 3D or because they like the story, characters etc. – if that makes any sense? How much is a specific preference for 3D and how much is the timeless preference for “good” art? The medium has been around long enough that most of the novelty factor has probably worn off and works have to stand on their own. Mr. Sparky just posted about having one of his works exhibited in a brick and mortar gallery. It would be interesting to know how much acceptance 3D is getting in that type of venue. Not to say that it would be a more valid indicator of popularity by any means.

Probably veering wildly away from the question but what is it about 3D art that would make it interesting to viewers as a distinct medium? It enables a type of ‘realistic’ imagery and the ability to create otherwise impossible or improbable images. Photography can certainly do realism and with digital techniques of photo manipulation, it can create the impossible as well. Airbrush artists were creating uncanny realism decades ago. In terms of what viewers might want to see, I’m not sure what 3D has that couldn’t be achieved in another medium. From the artist’s side OTOH, it may be entirely different. I wouldn’t go so far as to say that creating a top notch pinup with Poser is easier than doing it in airbrush – I’ll leave that judgment to artists. It’s certainly a different process though with its own advantages and drawbacks. That’s getting back to the artists choice of medium and what they’re presenting for viewers to choose from. If they create more good 3D, then the popularity of the medium will increase – not necessarily because it’s 3D. Throw in how the availability of Accessible 3D tools has coincided with the rise of the internet and the ease of online exhibition of those works, yada yada.

Have you asked in the Cinema4D forum here? User Wolf359 here uses C4D & DAZ figures - working on a film using that combination I believe.Set Data = File.OpenStream("GIF")

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I'd heard the Chinese had a different view of copyright but that's one I haven't seen before. Wonder if they're still claiming the rights on gunpowder.

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That is a sweet image Mr. Sparky - HDRI lighting? Is that Davros sneaking out of the adult bookstore in the background?