I've been doing some Millennium Kids pics, and someone was kind enough to point out that I neglected to show their eyelashes. I was using Vicky's textures, and obviously needed to make some adjustments. Now I've decided to use Digital Rendering's fine textures. I think the settings are finally right, but maybe someone can check to see for sure? I'm most concerned with the eyelashes, upper eyebrows and eyebrows. For convenience, I've posted screenshots for the settings involved as well as a picture of the Preschool Boy. The screenshots mention the PreTeen boy, but apparently you can use these textures on all the Millennium Kids?! I very much appreciate your assistance. Ron

By the way, it appears necessary to use a transmap on the eyelashes, but not on the eyebrows? No transmap was included, so I used one from Vicky.

Eyebrows.

Upper Eyebrows.

Hey, very cute Ron, good work...Sharen

Ron, I understand your dilema, (spelled wrong), I can't add much myself because I don't do skin textures, but the people I know who do, work very, very hard. It would be a real shame if they couldn't get some kind of restitution for their work. Although, your article for sure would be used and is a great idea, sometimes investing in textures for the kids to further your article would be totally worth it in the end. I hope I have not offended you, and in no way am I trying to tell you how or what to do, I guess I just feel real pationate towards those who really work so hard and usually don't receive the pay they should, and a mention in an article sometimes just isn't enough. Do you understand what I mean? Please again, I do not say this to insult you or tell you what to do, so accept my appology if these words do bother you. Sharen

Have you tried IM'ing Dizzie, or sending an e-mail through Renderoisty from her artist page?

The eyelashes and brows look pretty dark for a child with reddish blonde hair.

Ron, you might want to check the settings on the iris, eyewhite, pupil, etc. because yours don't look like the eyes on Texture 1. For the Eyelashes trans map I used the MaybeLee Non-Clump Lashes found here in freestuff. Thanks so much for your generous compliment...email me if you need anything I can help with.. diz@dizz.com

Try a honey color for the eyelashes' object color instead of that dark brown, and white for the iris so the texture's iris color can show. Or else a brown texture on the hair.

I had some difficulty trying to figure how to make the Millennium Boy's eyebrows match the Wedge Hair. I switched to the Millennium Girl, Dizzy's texture 1 and the Gel Hair. Does this look ok?

The thing that confuses me about setting up textures: I thought you're supposed to set up all object colors to white, so the texture maps you use will take effect?! So that's what I try to do. The only other way I see to choose colors is extremely limited. I see no option for "honey color," etc. I tried to add the color from the wedge haircut to custom colors, but found no colors available when I looked at the materials of the hair. So I gave up on that idea. You can see I still have a lot to learn. But I don't feel bad. One person told me to use the Eyedropper tool in Poser, and there is no such thing. 

LOL! and startle the cat... Maybe I should give up on telling you to read the manual (especially relevant for someone who thinks he can educate others). In Poser 4 ProPack the eyedropper tool is shaped like a paint bucket when it is used on a figure or prop in the view window and like an eyedropper when you change the color of a light. Haven't you ever changed the color of anything? Or do you just accept things as they are laid out for you by others? With 16 million colors (or more) available on even the cheapest of monitor/video cards, there isn't room to assign names to all of them. You'll simply have to recognize the color when it shows in the palette window or learn how to use a palette in a paint program. Matching colors already existing is a first step. Meanwhile, under Render > Materials, you can choose the "crayon picker" from the selection of palettes. That will give you names with the colors. Carolly

Ron, your screen grab shows exactly how to select the color. That big rainbow colored box is the picker, just mouse over it and click down on a color, also you can direct input the RGB of a desired color. RGB= Red Green Blue values. In most photo editors you can select a color and then inspect it's values getting the RGB. (and CYMK etc) Try entering the RGB of R=240 G=90 B=50 and you'll get a honey-ish color. If you switch the eyebrows to this new color, then take off the texture on them and just use the trans map. (you'll see an imediate change that way) Understanding how color pickers work is essential to almost all digital graphic arts.

They're also a number of freeware "eyedropper" apps that let you grab a color from anywhere on the screen.

Frankly, I've looked over the Poser manual and the Poser tutorial. I found them less than helpful. In fact the tutorial left me banging my head on the desk in frustration. I don't think it's necessary to "know everything," in order to teach something. I've received much positive feedback on my tutorials, and I will continue to stretch my own abilities.