I just had a peek at the Poser 12 Cache library and they're all EXRs.  Interesting.

We can't save our renders as EXRs, though, can we ?  So, we could just grab these EXRs from the Cahe folder if we need EXR format images.

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Yes, you can export images as EXR.  You can even use them as HDRi.

Yep and I have a tutorial pending approval on how to use that to color correct renders :) waiting eagerly for it to be posted.

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Afrodite-Ohki posted at 5:03 PM Fri, 3 June 2022 - #4439527

Yep and I have a tutorial pending approval on how to use that to color correct renders :) waiting eagerly for it to be posted.

You're not the only one waiting for that tutorial to be posted.  :grin:

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This is where the revenant renders lurk ? Those that re-appear at next start, though deleted from within Poser ??

(  I hate it when I've done a bunch of quickie iterative P_11 trial-renders to get scene lighting or facial textures right, delete them as I go along, but they *all* pop up next time...)

Nik, If I'm not mistaken we are talking about "C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\Poser\RenderCache"

In Poser 12, if I delete they inside the app (those thumbnails), it's like deleting from disk, they disappear forever.

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NikKelly posted at 9:04 AM Sun, 5 June 2022 - #4439566

This is where the revenant renders lurk ? Those that re-appear at next start, though deleted from within Poser ??

(  I hate it when I've done a bunch of quickie iterative P_11 trial-renders to get scene lighting or facial textures right, delete them as I go along, but they *all* pop up next time...)

As Evergas said, indeed, and it may by the reason why they keep coming back, especially if you have one of those devilish automatic bloatwares that insist on synching your said precious files in a foreign cloud stores (Micro$oft's ZERO Drive, G00gle's version and whatever Dr0pb0xes)
In particular the user's Documents folder

I can't for my life trust them: I know when I want to back up, when I want to restore, and each automatic thingie is most of the time a source of problem

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Unless RenderCache folder happens to be in... C:\Users\CAD-Tower\AppData\Roaming\Poser Pro\11

Free Irfan View can open these .EXR files, but free XNView can display them as thumbnails...

FWIW, render presets, which may have acquired less-than-meaningful names, are in adjacent RenderPresets folder. Although suffixed .PRP, they are in plain-text...

Afrodite-Ohki posted at 5:03 PM Fri, 3 June 2022 - #4439527

Yep and I have a tutorial pending approval on how to use that to color correct renders :) waiting eagerly for it to be posted.

That sounds fantastic! I've had some issues lately when sending renders to a friend on the internet. His setup is a newish iMac and his output looks overly bright and saturated and he says my output looks "dark" and all my figures look like zombies with blue skin.

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Just checked and it seems to be finally up! 

Color Correcting Superfly Renders in Photoshop

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Looks great; unfortunately it's useless for me as I can't afford Photoshop and only have GIMP. I am currently researching how this would be done in GIMP.

I hope others will find it useful.

Rhia474 posted at 4:52 PM Mon, 6 June 2022 - #4439642

Looks great; unfortunately it's useless for me as I can't afford Photoshop and only have GIMP. I am currently researching how this would be done in GIMP.

I hope others will find it useful.

I imagine GIMP has similar tools - I hope you can find them! If the program can work with .exr files, it should be a similar process!

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It does, but its options are totally different than Photoshop. I really recommend you amend your description that it only applies to Photoshop to avoid disappointment. I am still looking and it is a ton more complicated in GIMP than you describe. :(

Rhia474

Did you know that Adobe released Creative Suite 2 to the world along with an eternal key for it when they turned off the authentication servers?

They changed their mind a couple of years later, but needless to say, that was a little late.

No. I had no idea.

Rhia474 posted at 5:37 PM Mon, 6 June 2022 - #4439645

It does, but its options are totally different than Photoshop. I really recommend you amend your description that it only applies to Photoshop to avoid disappointment. I am still looking and it is a ton more complicated in GIMP than you describe. :(

It does say in the title itself that it's in Photoshop though :| and page 2 says the details apply to Photoshop.

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Ohki specifically targeted Photoshop because she is very familiar with it and has applied it to her workflow.  The EXR format can be exploited in GIMP, Krita, and Picturenaut, all freeware programs.  However, there is a learning curve to applying the different features, if available, to get the desired effects.  Use the tutorial as a guideline and experiment. 

BTW, although the Adobe Creative Suite 2 became available for free for a time, its 16-bit HDRi feature is quite crude and rudimentary.  The plugins did a better job during a time when Adobe didn't prioritize HDRi workflow. 

I use Krita to edit my .exr files. Works like a charm.

Yes, I understand there are many ways I can go about this. I just had my hopes up and then down a bit. No need to pile on.

Ohki, thank you for providing the community with this tutorial.

Rhia474 posted at 6:54 AM Tue, 7 June 2022 - #4439668

Yes, I understand there are many ways I can go about this. I just had my hopes up and then down a bit. No need to pile on.

Ohki, thank you for providing the community with this tutorial.

Sorry I wasn't clear from the start :( but as the others said, with a bit of searching around you can apply the general steps of it to programs available to you! :)

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Thank you so much Afrodite :smile:

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