stallion opened this issue on Jan 27, 2017 ยท 11 posts
stallion posted Fri, 27 January 2017 at 4:28 PM
I looked in the manual but only found a small blurb on using them. Trying to get a grasp on lighting scenes and looking at different options.
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seachnasaigh posted Fri, 27 January 2017 at 4:44 PM
From P8/Pro2010, yes, albeit with considerable restrictions.
Easier and more flexibility in P9/Pro2012+.
In P11, you can use Superfly materials and won't need a separate emitter mesh. Very easy.
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Silo Pro 2.5.6 64bit, Vue Infinite 2014.7, Genetica 4.0 Studio, UV Mapper Pro, UV Layout Pro, PhotoImpact X3, GIF Animator 5
stallion posted Fri, 27 January 2017 at 5:01 PM
OK, I am using P11 Pro, What are the steps. thanks in advance
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seachnasaigh posted Fri, 27 January 2017 at 5:40 PM
Create/import a mesh. Set it's properties to not cast shadows, and tick the light emitter box.
Apply a material that boosts the render engine's response to ambient strength. I have a partial MT5 (it's only a group of nodes - add it to your material, don't replace your material) in a freebie Superfly material sampler.
Set Superfly render settings with about 15 mesh light samples and at least 4 diffuse bounces. Use branched path tracing (unless) GPU rendering.
If you want to look at pre-made Superfly lightcaster materials, try the Atlantis gate room, or some of the Superfly stuff I have on ShareCG - seachnasaigh's ShareCG
Poser 12, in feet.
OSes: Win7Prox64, Win7Ultx64
Silo Pro 2.5.6 64bit, Vue Infinite 2014.7, Genetica 4.0 Studio, UV Mapper Pro, UV Layout Pro, PhotoImpact X3, GIF Animator 5
stallion posted Fri, 27 January 2017 at 5:49 PM
Much appreciated, i'm off to try.
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Kazam561 posted Fri, 27 January 2017 at 6:49 PM
Fantastic tip! Thank you very much!
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seachnasaigh posted Sat, 28 January 2017 at 1:03 AM
Here's a simple ceiling lamp prop. You can adjust the height from mounting plate to the lamp.
Poser 12, in feet.
OSes: Win7Prox64, Win7Ultx64
Silo Pro 2.5.6 64bit, Vue Infinite 2014.7, Genetica 4.0 Studio, UV Mapper Pro, UV Layout Pro, PhotoImpact X3, GIF Animator 5
Kazam561 posted Sat, 28 January 2017 at 4:52 AM
Many thanks! :D
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seachnasaigh posted Sun, 29 January 2017 at 12:45 AM
Some examples of mesh lights in Poser...
Poser 12, in feet.
OSes: Win7Prox64, Win7Ultx64
Silo Pro 2.5.6 64bit, Vue Infinite 2014.7, Genetica 4.0 Studio, UV Mapper Pro, UV Layout Pro, PhotoImpact X3, GIF Animator 5
Boni posted Sun, 29 January 2017 at 10:06 AM
This is a rough render ... but the only lights in the scene are the torches ... as mesh lights. (some Shaderworks postwork applied) ...
Very grainy, I know, I wanted the effect, but with many samples and some help the render can be much "smoother". I take that back, I forgot the infinite light for the "moon" set at low intensity.
Boni
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Kazam561 posted Sun, 29 January 2017 at 11:04 AM
Really lovely renders, many thanks for posting them.
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