Adorable and well-done scene! Great expression work!

Thanks! Having a heart emoji for the dog helped with its expression, and of course Aikobot2 can use the full range of V4's expressions. I know some people complained that V4 wasn't very expressive, but I've never found that to be the case, and I love to make her smile :-)

ein sehr schöner Render

Thank you!

And the scene works out great, hurray for Aikobot2 and Rex!

Thanks! I will eventually find a use for Fembot 2.0, but I also put the original Fembot on my wish list, after seeing your renders with her!

Great characters!

Thanks! Your work is probably what first introduced me to Aikobot2, and you've used her so well for many years! I love that green and brown texture you set up for her!

Great scene.

Oh, super cute Sci-fi. Excellent work

Thank you for the comment! I want to do more in the sci-fi genre b/c I love the style, but I have a feeling I'll end up trending towards "cute" even in an environment that's not really known for that :-) I'd like to expand my range, however!

Super cute, because even Robots need cuddly time!!! i'm happy you were able to get your Aikobot2, I know what it's like when you've had something on your wishlist for a while and then it's finally in your runtime!

Thanks! I know sci-fi isn't your genre, but I've collected a LOT of prop sets in that genre and only more recently acquired some sci-fi type characters to hang out IN those sets. So I look forward to doing more with those! I have a comically large space suit for V4 by Summoner that I can't wait to try :-)

Cute scene, you really made these bots look like best friends enjoying their time together! If Poser would provide the option of z-depth map output, nice and smooth (fake) DOF effects could be quickly done in post processing. Just another feature idea for Poser 13 :)

Thanks for the comment! I'm glad their affection came through! The dog's heart-shaped emoji face probably helps :-)

Poser has offered the option to include a Z Depth map with a render for as long as I've used it! It's one of the options under Auxiliary Render Data in the lower right corner of the Firefly render settings panel, under Gamma correction. I have that option enabled by default so that I don't get all the way to a final render and forget to turn it on.

If I want to use the Z Depth map for DOF in Photoshop, I copy it to a channel and apply that to the Lens Blur filter. Even if I render with DOF enabled, sometime adding it in Photoshop as well helps to smooth out artifacts. I did both with this render b/c Poser's DOF left the background with weirdly sharp bits.

But sometimes I use the Z Depth map for other purposes, like making selections for masking or making the background darker, by changing the blending mode on it to multiply and lowering the opacity. There are several other options available under Auxiliary Render Data that probably do other nifty things, but Z Depth is the only one I know how to use!

You have really shown that robots have an emotional side! I love it!

Thanks for the comment! It's kind of fun to dial in emotions on the face of a bot! I like that Aikobot2 is designed to convey facial expressions, as they don't look right on some android or bot characters. I almost missed that Rex had a heart shaped emoji for his screen, but it was a different color, so I recolored it in Photoshop to match the blue of their blue and orange color scheme :-)

I got a lot of use out of Aiko bot!! but Alas, it's been forever!
Super image!

Somehow I don't think she'd be one of the "sheilas" Be the Trey comes across in his travels, but perhaps she could offer him some assistance if he happens to travel to space? (That would be one way to escape Ma Yeti's nagging for a bit!) Thanks for the comment!

Very nice scene,,,

Thank you for the comment!

Very cute and engaging scene!

Thank you for the comment! Aikobot2 has the full range of V4's expressions available to her, but getting a fond expression on the dog was a bit trickier. Thank goodness for that heart shaped screen emoji!

Has a lot of nice "feelz", Amy! =) I'm puzzled why it would take a longer time to render than you expected; perhaps the reflections? I'd hate to decrease settings (especially Ray Trace bounces and number of pixel samples) as the quality of the reflections and blurring from a shallow DoF are really nice in this picture. You've got me wondering if I've got Aikobot 2 in my library... XD

Molly

Thanks, Molly! When you mentioned Raytrace bounces, it occurred to me that I did not increase them for this render from my default of 1. Usually in a scene with this much reflectivity, I go up to 2 (or higher for glass etc.) But I would guess that higher numbers = longer render times, not lower numbers??

I always render with Pixel samples set to 6, Min shading rate at .2, and Post filter size 2 set to sinc (unless I really don't want things super sharp). I used to adjust to those numbers only for final renders, but since I got a new MacBook Pro in 2019, I've left them alone even for draft renders b/c it goes so fast. I do test renders at quarter size but don't mess with most of the render settings.

But I did fiddle with two other things that may or may not have affected the render time. I changed the Max bucket size from 32 to 64, and in the Preferences/Render I increased the number of threads. The bucket size change should've made things faster, in theory, but I think I probably shouldn't have increased the threads. I just got a new MacBook Pro with the M1 Max chip and twice as much RAM, so I might try rendering the scene again to see if it goes any faster.

Whoops, sorry for such a long techie response! Thanks again for commenting on the scene (and also for engaging with the techie stuff) :-)

Robopuppy will commence 12 hours of barking. Sorry, I immediately thought of Futurama. A wonderful image.

I sure hope Rex comes programmed with an easy way to disable unwanted barking! Like maybe one of those "clappers" they used to advertise on TV as a hands-free way of turning lights on and off. Rex barks, you clap, and he shuts up! Hmm, I wish that worked for our non-robot dogs! Let's just hope Rex doesn't piddle oil all over the ship :-) Thanks for the comment!

Loving it! A most delightful image and super fine idea! Many fine kudos from me!

Impressive top-notch render and definitely, there is a strong bond. I'm sure they would perfectly fit a Blade Runner scene, their happy faces with a proper atmosphere would allow a smile and a couple of less tense moments.
Magnificent Masterpiece of Finest Arts. I love it.

Thanks so much for the comment! Rex's face is set up to take different kinds of "emojis," so he could definitely move through a scene that's tense and then maybe scary and then happy! I want to try doing more sci-fi scenes, so now you've given me some ideas :-)

Beautiful image, l love the theme.

Thank you so much for the comment!

When a bot dog barks does it sound like 'bit' 'bit' 'bit' ????

Let's just hope they don't byte :-)