Anton can you do a screengrab of your material setup????? ~m

Thanx Dan......I appreciate the knowledge..... ~m

really I thought it was from Tempset.....oh well, Eric is kewl. Thanx Dan! ~m

Well if you really want a hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Did you know that Kai Krause designed the type for all of Roger Dean's Record covers???? ~m

Dan Whiteside is absolutely correct......with Puntomus' addition.....and two addumen, Kai also worked on the interface to Carrara which Metatools also bought out, combining Infini-D with Ray Dream. Kai is now back with Eric and working on Voyager....and is helping Daz launch Bryce 5.5, a sister program to the new Daz Studios ( a Poser content program) ~m

Thanx again Ockham, I'll talk to Underdog later....

~m

Message edited on: 04/13/2005 10:50

Attached Link: http://www.debevec.org/IBL2003/

I went for using snapshots as well and now use 8mm lenses to shoot the backlight to the forground I use in my photo-composites. I then spherize them more to make them ( 180?) in Photoshop after reading Paul Debeve's articles ( see url above)

Thanx for all the information. The guys here are really good about sharing and I'd like to do the same....

~m

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Nerd: You are right but you can use it as an Image Based Light image.....a nice bright contrasty image with lots of colour will work nicely....willadd the colours on the model...as if it were in the background.... As for Probes, you want a full HDR ( hi dynamic Range, not necessarily colour) ....my picture looks flat but has a full range 248. 235, 255 in the hi lites and almost 5, 7, 5 in the shadow end ~m

no worries... Even though I'm a high-end reotucher here in NYC, I tend to try and stay away from retouching things that don't need it....hence the fisheye lense...why go through all that when you can just turn around and photograph the backscene with a 180? fisheye? Same effect....less hassle. Anyway, love to see what you accomplish in your endeavours....keep us posted. ~m

I also tend to use a 8mm fisheye lense....gives perfect circle and is easier than masking out the photographer.....there are articles online on fisheyes and where you can get them...NYC, adorama, B&H....and there is a supplier down in Atlanta ...kievcamera.com

shiny Globes are steel balls....do a google online for metal balls....and find a supplier near you, then you can actually go and check the selection.... ~m

I create light probes, Operguy......why?

What was recommended if you don't have UVMapper is: you could do the same without UVM: - import the object in Poser (all boxes unchecked) - select this object and open the GroupEditor - now, do for all parts: New Group .. include material (choose it from the list) - when you have done this for all 4 parts: spawn props - close the GE Now export (with the standard settings) the 5 parts (select them from the hierachie window) as a single object. You should have a re-organized new object for this hair. Everything else is the same as described above