odf opened this issue on Jul 16, 2005 ยท 24 posts
odf posted Sat, 16 July 2005 at 3:19 PM
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ynsaen posted Sat, 16 July 2005 at 3:24 PM
I think the teeth are fine, but definitely on the eyewhites
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odf posted Sat, 16 July 2005 at 3:40 PM
ynsaen: you mean to say you agree on the eyewhites?
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ynsaen posted Sat, 16 July 2005 at 3:42 PM
eye whites a tiny bit darker. sorry. I think they are still a bit bright overall -- should lean more into a yellow grey tone than a white one.
thou and I, my friend, can, in the most flunkey world, make, each of us, one non-flunkey, one hero, if we like: that will be two heroes to begin with. (Carlyle)
face_off posted Sat, 16 July 2005 at 5:57 PM
olaf....
Image on the right is much much better. If you are going for super realism, you need to get the contrast between skin, eyes and teeth right. The following tone comparisions are for skin/eyewhite/teeth WITHOUT specular - but in a bright area.
From the studies I've done, if the figures cheecks are RGB (255, 175, 130) - ie. redder and brighter than in your image - then eyewhites would be around....210, 180, 165. So in your render, her eyewhites they are perhaps a little blue and a little too bright. Angelina Jolie is about the only reference model I've seen who has white eyewhites (ie. r=g=b) - almost everyone else has (r > g > b). Your render has (r < g < b).
So back on-topic - to her teeth. From a bunch of reference shoots, it seems that teeth are a relative color to a persons eyewhites - which approximately an RGB of approximately to the following formula (teeth R = eyewhite red + (0 to 20), teeth G = eyewhite R - 20, teeth B = eyewhite R - 30). Abviously peoples teeth vary depending on yellowness, lighting, if they are a smoker, etc. But your average hollywood superstar seems to conform to these figures.
So, back to your render - in you render, her eyewhites are around 230, 240, 250 (near the lacrimal), so matching teeth would be about 240, 220, 210 - and your are approx 210, 195, 165 - so the right color, but a little dark. But to me, the diffuse power of her eyewhites should be reduced to match her current teeth, and tinted red.
[rereads msg] Mmmmmm, that all sounds a bit complex, but hopefully will make sense. PS - you need to throw a bump map on the teeth to get the reflections right.
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odf posted Sat, 16 July 2005 at 6:12 PM
Paul, you are incredible. I will try that and post the result here.
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obm890 posted Sat, 16 July 2005 at 7:00 PM
I've been puzzling over how to get teeth to look like something other than a row of peppermints or badly made dentures. They don't really want any AO because that gives grey-black shadows which you never see on real teeth. Shadows between teeth (if present at all) are lust slightly darker tooth-colour. They also vary in colour from yellower at the gum (where they are thicker) to more blue-ish at the tips where they are much more translucent. I reckon they need a bit of translucence, sss or something, but not enough to make them 'glow in the dark' further back in the mouth. Maybe some sort of translucence map/mask? Gums too, can sometimes be surprisingly pale where they meet the tooth (I guess from being stretched quite thin over a light-filled white thing).
byAnton posted Sat, 16 July 2005 at 7:37 PM
I think your changes look great. I love the render regardless. Very nice!!
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odf posted Sat, 16 July 2005 at 9:48 PM
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byAnton posted Sat, 16 July 2005 at 9:52 PM
Looking awesome. I don't know how easy it is for you to do it but I would make the soft eye rim(lacrimal) and tongue a bit more red and wet.
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GabrielK posted Sat, 16 July 2005 at 10:01 PM
Looks great, much improved from the original render. To me the shading between the teeth still looks a bit too pronounced though.
face_off posted Sat, 16 July 2005 at 10:42 PM
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odf posted Sat, 16 July 2005 at 11:36 PM
Paul, I've tried anisotropic in the alternate specular, but couldn't really control it well. For one thing, it didn't react to bumps. So I went back to the regular specular, but of course, I can always increase the highlight size. I've actually plugged (1-texturemap) into the ambient because the texture tends to be darker towards the edges of the teeth. I could try and boost up the intensity a little. The teeth bump here is just an fBM node. I'm sure I could to better, but where would I start looking for a good tooth bump?
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linkdink posted Sat, 16 July 2005 at 11:44 PM
All you guys are amazing. I've never seen Poser teeth look so good. I wish my own teeth were that nice... and as easily adjustable.....
face_off posted Sun, 17 July 2005 at 12:16 AM
Olaf...a number of ppl have said how hard it is to control the anisotopic, but I think that's because it needs the right bump to work properly. Once you've got a good strong bump on the teeth, the anisotopic settles down really nicely. I don't think fbm is good enough - you need to make an actual map up. For the above teeth, I put together a bumpmap in photoshop - was very easy - I'd post an example, but it's in a package, so that would be a no-no. Bump was set at 0.02 (inches), and Anisotopic color was (30, 30, 30), value 1, highlight size 0.05. Good idea plugging 1-texturemap into ambient! Gets around the texturing problem. Teeth texturemaps really shouldn't have an shadowing built into them - it's up to the renderer to do that.
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odf posted Sun, 17 July 2005 at 12:31 AM
I suck at doing texture maps, but I guess I'll give it a try. Get the visual: Olaf trying to rub his teeth really dry, then light from the side and take a photo to help him understand the structure. Or else, standing in front of a mirror for hours wiggeling his head and trying to memorize.
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odf posted Sun, 17 July 2005 at 12:34 AM
In a package? Oh, well then ... :-)
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face_off posted Sun, 17 July 2005 at 1:05 AM
Well if you get the package (it's The Real Jessi), you will look at the teeth bumpmap and think "that's it? I could have done THAT!". Run you tongue over the front of your teeth - feel the vertical humps - that's all that needs to be on the bump.
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justpatrick posted Sun, 17 July 2005 at 1:12 AM
I think the teeth look almost perfect in post #9. It looks like she has lipstick on, so I'm just wondering if her lips shouldn't have more of a glossy sheen to them mayabe? That's really a great render though, and the skin looks very good. I wish there was a way to make hair more realistic in poser... I mean without the help of photoshop. Dynamic hair seems to look really good in some renders, but I can't do anything with it myself. Takes too long to render, and I have no idea yet how to make the strands look good.
odf posted Sun, 17 July 2005 at 1:18 PM
Well if you get the package (it's The Real Jessi), you will look at the teeth bumpmap and think "that's it? I could have done THAT!". Run you tongue over the front of your teeth - feel the vertical humps - that's all that needs to be on the bump. Paul, you're really not up to the state of the art in advertising, are you? :-) Relax, I was thinking about getting the package anyway, because I think you can never have too many Morris textures. The teeth bumpmaps would have only been a bonus. Anyway, when I run my tongue over my teeth, they feel perfectly smooth. Maybe I should get an upgrade for my tongue. Fingers work better for me, or, as I said, inspecting my teeth closely in the mirror. It looks like she has lipstick on, so I'm just wondering if her lips shouldn't have more of a glossy sheen to them mayabe? Yes, I thought about that too. As Jessi has no extra lips material, it would have required either creating one or else masking the lips with an appropriate bit map. So far, I was just too lazy to do that, but maybe I'll try now.
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nruddock posted Sun, 17 July 2005 at 1:53 PM
Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/freestuff.ez?Form.Contrib=JohnRickardJR&Topsectionid=0
JohnRickardJR has some lip masks for Jessi in the FreeStuff, see attached link.(Jim Burton added a lip material to Glamourous Jessi).
odf posted Sun, 17 July 2005 at 2:13 PM
JohnRickardJR has some lip masks for Jessi in the FreeStuff, see attached link. Wow, thanks! (Jim Burton added a lip material to Glamourous Jessi). One more reason to transfer this face to GJ (said the mad cosmetic surgeon).
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odf posted Tue, 19 July 2005 at 9:56 PM
This is again a piece of the unpostworked render. The full image with some mild postwork can be seen in my gallery. I've decided to give the subject a rest because and some point it gets boring to keep fiddling with tiny details in the same old image. But that doesn't mean that I'm not open for further suggestions and experiments. Only that I'm now quite happy with the teeth and will reserve further insights for use in other work.
Thanks for all the input so far.
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face_off posted Wed, 20 July 2005 at 4:21 AM
No only does it get boring Olaf, I think after a while working on the same thing, you start to loose your eye for realism. Always a good idea to leave it for a while and come back to it later.
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