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This mini tutorial show exact the work of a ::specular::
light that can be created using just light, we forgot about that we can use specular maps not only for figures and props but also for the lights!
Above trick is most funny and with many variations, it don't affect your IBL AO or anything else..you can control it as you wish and put just where you wish..( the specular effect)
I used here one of my favorite light from my last light sets I created :: Light Outside:: this is sort of velvet effect light on your surfaces but a nice example to show how it works together with specular.
One thing about IBL AO is that you can use displacement and bump maps oh a higher values as normal you did.. it will never again create bad dark shadows on the model as it did.
I created my new lights sets to create the soft Diffuse effect as the photographer try to create in the studio but
because some of our users want the secular effect I decided
to create this mini tutor for you.

Have fun and I hope you like this one tip as well.
My English is not perfect because I found already bad grama again in my mini tutor but I think good image say more that 1000 perfect words.. I am not a writer I am Artist :P
I learn my stuff using my eyes and 10000 selection renders per day and I never follow tutorials lol

Hugs!Cath

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Very nice tutorial Cath. I am becoming a devoted fan of your's. Learned many neat little tricks of late, both lighting and for the material room. Many thanks, Your fan, Rance

That was sweet from you Rance! Thank you for the nice words it give me power to doing more! Because I know somebody like it! Here one more preview of the same scene but using different light and secular colors, everything is the same as in the example above only the light changed.. the surfaces are standard poser6 High resolution ball. I hope you like the metal effect this time on the surfaces I used the first one always when I render one of my Glasses nodes but please remember the rendering will take very long AO and Refraction take time! About week or 2 I will put everything together on my website in one place when I return back to my DSL connection after moving. I will upload a tutorials in REAL TIME as my flash movie. Hugs! Cath

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Very cool... I can't wait to see your animations :)

I really look forward to all of your posts. They are so informative. cheerio lululee

Thank you Cath your the best! I appreciate your willingness to share and am in awe of your knowledge. The standard of your animations are something I can only hope to be able achieve. Each time you put up a tutorial I learn so much more. Like Rance I'm becoming a fan too, Indoda

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Thank you very much Jeremy Cheerio and Indoda :)!! here some more test with the specular lights for you take something from and test self at home.. simple but effective. To get the most fantastic effects with specularity you have to create a very good bump maps with a better quality as the textures self, Textures are diffuse color maps, and can be used as an base for specualr color maps too for your figure surfaces, but bump maps have to be in high quality to create the top surface where the highlights will dance in most beautiful way. Without bump maps you will never get the effect as supose to be. Hugs! Cath

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These are very helpful informations! Thanks for posting them :)

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As always!!!superb work!Can't wait to see more of your amazing work Cath! you know how to work your p6!!!!! ;)

Mmmmmmmmm... that metal looks so good. :-) Great work, Cath.

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More goodness from one of our Poser Masters. Thanks Cath...now if only we could render about 10 more hours per day to play with all these ideas right? hehehe

Thanks :) ! I have all days for that! how much I want! I give myself 100% into :) and still wish the day will be 10 hours longer! and the speed of my computers 10 times faster.. Hugs! Cath

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You are just a little light detective, aren't you!? (smile)

lol...Cath, If you had 10 more hours each day, or 34hours, you would would have to give yourself about 142% into, just to stay at your present performance ratio... :) This is fantastic info you are sharing, Thank you. Mark

after 30 years of light study? hmm I still love it :) ha ha yes when I was 5 years old I started my first lesson in the private school and still so much new things to learn and testing out, epsecially with Poser6 is so exciting... But my dear I just share with everyone what I test and know and I really hope it help others too to get new ideas and share back with us!........so back to the kichen again lol Hugs! Cath

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And while we're adding 10 hours to the day and installing "Cell" chips in our PC's. Let's get network rendering in Poser for us multi-computer folks (hint hint E-Frontier hehe...After SR1 of course).

O yes that is great idea I like!!! :) Hugs! Cath

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network rendering YES YES YES!!!! in a Sallie tone (when harry met Sallie) LOL :D

MaraxCruz she is able to do it...she is a super poser woman after all hehehe !!!

I'd love to see network rendering :)

oh Michelle don't be so sweet to me :: blush:: you are an 24/7 LW|P vampire too lol hahahahah and a super one! he he

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NETWORK RENDERING...an absolute must!! neftis, Yes, I know, she is amazing, and I hear you are as well... There are a few SuperPosers around, now if I could only keep track of my own AO, IBL and speculars, I'd be one happy LDRI...lol. :)

AKmaterialroombookmark I like those thumbnails with her inside the ball.

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Cath - nice tutorial. You can complete the loop by using HDRShop and Stewers poor-mans HDR to convert the IBL map into 5-10 infinite (specular only) lights - so you get a good match between ambient and specular. I played around with the system you've outlined a while back, but disbanded it because I thought at the time there there was a slight weakness getting good shadows. For far-away shots (I think I saw someone in the snow in one of your msgs) it's great, but when you get close-up (say a portrait), because you are relying totally on IBL AO for shadowing, things like eyes cavities get unrealistically shadowed.

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kyraia, Cath's server is having issues. She's aware of it & they're working on it... one of the downsides of the digital online era sigh

Hi thanks the server is back Online and the image above working again. Face_off I don't made any tutorial for Portrait Light yet so if you like the :man in snow effect: my tutorial about was a success I don't understand where you try to go with this comments? as an Hyper surface specialist you have to know about that rendering close up Models you have to reduce the Ambient Occlusion to get the effect as expected using the base LDRI of the IBL. True HDRI include all the information you need for the IBL but poser support only LDRI so with little tricks you can get what you wish. I like very much my idea for the specular light btw I have better and faster control over the specular light via the Pose Room in place to switch everytime to Material Room. As you see in post number 3, the light I created include information that also affect the displacement and bump maps so it is fine and the ball is already so small model and render in a nice way. The quality after rendering is most important not the 1000 words that 50% of the user don't understand. I will try to make next time something more for the close up Portrait shots but for now I am little busy with the scenes..but it is great opportunity for you to make some Portrait lights tutorial , it will works amazing with your shaders I guess.. from what I saw I think well... and you don't need here my advice for........ :P Hugs! Cath

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Great tutorial Cath. Your LDRI settings look great :) Paul, perhaps you could post some screen shots of some head shots so we could know what settings to try in order to get the best effect :)

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PBM - I don't really want to steal Caths thread.... but the attached link (and the 2 gallery posts before that) use 6-7 infinite lights (from Stewers HDRI script), plus a filler IBL. Then turn on ray-traced shadows (blur 20, bias 0.3?) for the brightest 2 or 3 lights. You can use AO nodes attached to her skin (where needed - definitely on her Nostrils and Teeth) to get the lovely fine shadowing.

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Face _off if you don't want to steal my thread then don't do this. You wrote under your image : I'm finding the best results are coming from doing away with IBL and light based AO. You Know? There is nothing better in 3D technology yet as creating light using IBL and AO, the most realistic scenery used by the really BIG one, and we are not talking here about portraits. Curious Labs ( E Frontier) was really happy with my little HDRI LDRI Mec4D StudioLight Renders and the effects I created using Poser6 and choice the images also for the official CL Gallery. I am working also on a new tutorial for them right now too... so Poser6 starter can learn something from too. I sold in last week 496 times my New IBL AO StudioLights and no one customer was unhappy with the product. Stewers HDRI script is knowing already too by many users...but there are always poser users that love to click and get a nice effect in place to spend hours on something they don't know or don't have the time for learn. If your post here in my thread is anty advertising for my IBL and AO and the little help I offer for the users then I don't see any reason to speak with you anymore on this theme now or in the future, and if you search for advertising for your own products then please post your own threads and share your ideas with others not only via Marketplace..... Now you can really hate me but I have to tell you what I have on my heart hopping you stay away from my post now and in the future. Regards Cath

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Cath, I was simply responding to PBM's request.

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So you sold 496 units, at about $15US - and made about 7,500USD from the product promoted in this tutorial in one week. I don't think I'd be advertising these figures Cath!

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I will be very happy if you go from my way in the future and make you own investigation using your own material and information posted in your own threads, you are to smart and you don't need my help in anything regarding Poser6. I hope I am clear and you will respect my wish. Thank you!

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Cath, whenever I see a message thread where I think I can provide constructive input, I will respond, regardless of who started the thread. This is a public forum, and we all need to get along together and be nice to each other.

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This thread was created to help with the Specular effect and IBL AO and I did my job for free here to help not only the customers but the rest of the community a knowing specualr solution not from today but I just put it here as a visual version so users can understand it better. Poser is my passion and I always try to share and help if I can for many years here... nobody was speaking about advertising because I don't need any advertising in this forum for anything ... I did this for the users and I am for plan to do this in the future even more because of the wonderful support by the customers and poser users. Your post number 34 prove only that I was right again. You are not my friend and I don't know you so pelase let me alone in peace. Thank you

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Cath, Your contributions are deeply valued. I am one of those who gladly purchsed your light set and am pleased I did. These tutorials add significant insight into how to get the best from Poser 6. So again, I thank you and I look forward to learning more from your sharing. All the best, John

Ditto hilljf's comments. Thank you Cath for your tools & continuing to graciously share your vast & hard earned experience & true love of Poser. Thank you face_off for your wonderful shader scripts & insights, that add to the realism palette for us. You both are truly talented individuals. I look forward to supporting all positive efforts to give us a deeper understanding into the tools we are blessed with. Even 5 years ago it was impossible for most of us to do the things we do today & the things we will blow each others minds with in days to come! Love, Peace, & Pose!!! :-)

Cath, I purchased your lights and have to say that I absolutely love them. Anything that make life in poser
easier is most appreciated by me and many,many other users.
You not only create wonderful and useful products at an affordable price but you give your time freely & generously in tuts such as this to help others get the
best results possible. Hats off to you, a great lady
with a heart as big as her talent. =)

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Thank you so much Tara!!! you warm up my heart! also many thanks to RAL and John. I am very happy if I can help you any way I can, I am a part of this community we all created and I try to do my best. Hugs!! and thanks again to everyone Cath

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Where do you get this light set from that you can purchase?

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Link to Cath's site.