Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Using Poser 5 with Moray 3.5 and PovRay 3.5

DaveT710 opened this issue on Apr 17, 2005 ยท 7 posts


DaveT710 posted Sun, 17 April 2005 at 12:12 PM

I am having trouble exporting a Daz Bear from poser into Moray 3.5 and then rendering in PovRay 3.5. The mesh moves over OK, but the texture ends up being a flat gray and nothing looks like fur when I try rendering in PovRay. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Dave


fls13 posted Sun, 17 April 2005 at 3:29 PM

Have you tried Poseray? The transfers from Poser to POVray are pretty easy. http://user.txcyber.com/~sgalls


DaveT710 posted Mon, 18 April 2005 at 3:31 PM

Yes I have. What I've been doing is exporting the file from Poser as a .3ds file. Then I convert it in Poseray to a Moray .udo file. This is where the problem begins because the texture doesn't follow the mesh. I will have to do a little more research to find out if Moray is capable of using UV maps in its current version. Does anyone know of a good freeware/shareware modeler/renderer that supports UV maps? Thanks for the reply, Dave


nruddock posted Mon, 18 April 2005 at 3:54 PM

One point you should be aware of is that the version of the .3DS format that Poser exports is limited to 64K polygons.
Try using .OBJ

For a free modeler / renderer try Blender or Anim8or, or look out for magazine cover freebies.


fls13 posted Mon, 18 April 2005 at 4:11 PM

You're losing your UV mapping. I use Blender. I think it's great.


DaveT710 posted Mon, 18 April 2005 at 4:33 PM

Thanks for the replies. I'm on my way to the blender site. Dave


fls13 posted Mon, 18 April 2005 at 5:24 PM

Would like to see your POV-ray renders, Dave. I have a few in my gallery, but definately want to improve.