Well I just spent the last few days doing something I usually don't do. I actually "read" the new Poser 11 manual. As a long time, but part time user, I usually just flew by the seat of my pants. But I was really interested in learning how the Superfly-compatible materials were set up. So as part of my learning process, I experimented with making new materials. I started by learning how to use the PhysicalSurface node as root and was pleased to see how easy it was to make simple textures even using a single node. Then I delved into the Cycles nodes and that was a whole new world, in a good way. The bad news it there's still a lot to learn, but the good news is that I can see how powerful these "new" capabilities can be.

I figured I might as well share my experiments in case anyone else wants to play with them. Some might be considered downright silly, with heavy use of displacement, emissions, and multiple layers, but I liked the results. So I you want to check them out as I go along, I'm putting them in the freebie area. Here's a direct URL to my short list: Beas62 Freebies

Cheers, Jerry

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