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In my Bryce days, I converted an old carnival technique to 3D in order to make Poser ghosts. Those that have been to any of the Disney parks will recognize this effect as the one in Haunted Mansio, where the ghosts are dancing in the ballroom or hitchhiking with you at the end. As you know, Poser ghosts when made transparent or glass like, have that x-ray effect which is kinda bad. This technique allows you to use Poser figures in all of their glory (textures, colors) and still get that transparent effect, without postwork. Now, it does have it's limits, but it's good for images where the characters are behind a table or out in the open. You can match the lighting, so that it appears as though they are actually behind.

I've created a new demonstration (in Vue) of my Pepper's Ghost technique and was wondering if you would be interested in a tutorial. I already have one written for Bryce, but could easily convert it to Vue. Basically it's all the same technique, only thing that varies is the glass settings. Actually I was very much surprised that Vue handled it much better than Bryce did.

Anyway, if you'd like me to do so, and/or would like to check it out, my latest pic shows it off. Also the tutorial (for Bryce though) can be seen now at my website...

http://www.shadowwindmanor.com/tutorials.html

If there is enough interest, will do a Vue version.

Yes! Please do add the Vue tutorial! I would love to try this in Vue, since it is so much easier to import the Poser people. Thanks! Peggy

I second the request! Please share this with us.

Yes! I, too, would like to take you up on your generous offer, thank you! :)

Okay, give me a few days and will whip it up...

Attached Link: http://www.angelfire.com/md2/customviolins/candle3.jpg

It should be easy to make ghosts in Vue by using glowing material or adjusting the tansparency.

True don, but the problem with that is that Poser ghosts using transparency are more like X-Rays then ghosts. This is shown in the image you posted above, most notably in the eye and mouth areas. It doesn't really have an overlapping part of the body, but when they do, it tends to show that overlap too, taking away the 3D effect. While certainly it depends on the effect you are trying to create and Pepper's isn't the only way to get ghosts in Vue, it does provides a method if full color ghosts are what is required in the image.

Now I hadn't thought about the glow in Vue and using it to make the ghosts glow. I'll have to give that a try. We didn't have that feature in Bryce, so I didn't think about it here. Probably would have made my life a bit easier, so thanks for the tip.