What she heard...(P6 .. hate/LOVE) by shutterb
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Poser 6 Sr1 my first impressions...
I am sorry for the long explanation, so if you want to skip it . . . please do so. Before I get started with my explanation, let me get the bad part out of the way. With the AO lighting, P6 takes forever to render. I added way too many polygons in this image. No background image was used. P6 crashed a lot. I had to render this image in two sections and put it together in Photoshop. I think the real problem with the render times is that my computer is 3 years old and just stinks. Now on to the good stuff. . . The AO lighting renders soft natural looking shadows. For example, now when Victoria opens her mouth she has natural shadows inside. No longer do you see the back of her throat as clearly as her forehead. I think it will now be safe for Victoria to open her mouth. I was going for natural looking shadows rather than exact realism. The AO lighting accomplishes that to my satisfaction. Then I promptly covered them all up with too much postwork.
The second thing I liked a lot was how easy it is to find the focus spot for depth of field. I am a photographer by trade, and I love using depth of field in my images. All the depth of field in this image is a result of P6 at F2.8. I did not use Photoshop to blur any of the image. This image may not be the best example, of what P6 can do, because too many things are in focus. I plan to keep using depth of field in more of my images. Hopefully I have learned not to clutter up the images with too many figures
A third thing I liked a lot was the partial image render. When working on the expression, I would make a change to one part of the face and then render that section only. As each section was rendered it was added to the render window. I didn't even have to render the entire face to know that the expression was the way I wanted it. This really saved a lot of time. P 6, there's a lot to love! Now I just need to get a new computer. Any suggestions?
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A special thanks go out to Chelle aka Crasher for the awesome tutorial on hair painting and to Prog for recommending it on one of his beautiful images. Thanks Prog for sending me the link. I used it here and loved it. If anyone else is interested, here is the link http://www.renderosity.com/tut.ez?Form.ViewPages=98&PageAction=View&Page=16
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The character is Faces of the Orient by Goldtassel... (The background was too dark to use black hair) The skin texture is Diana by Illusions Designs. I love this texture! Some of the vines, crystals and carpet bag are from RDNA. Other vine and the Cherry tree are from Linda
Comments (49)
brycek
Beautiful! Lovely pose and expression..Excellent!!
Syltermermaid
Wonderful!!! I love her face and her expression and her pose is gorgeous!!! I like the outfit you have chosen for her and the surrounding is beautiful!!!!
Franceena
lovely scene with this beauty and your hairpainting again looks great ... thx btw for the explanation bout p6 ... looks really like it renders very nice
cappy3
This is really a Beautiful image!! Love your lighting and colors!! The DOF looks great too!! Wonderful hair painting!!
ericfarris
Very beautiful, great colors
cliff-dweller
Lon, this is simply marvelous work! The lighting is really wonderful, and the character is beautiful. I love her outfit and the great posing & expression, and the trees & flowers in the background look terrific, too. Exceptionally well done!! {votes}
chevybabe25
Wow Lon!! This image is excellent!! I love the blur,the pose is gorgeous, and that hair is amazing!!! Excellent!!
dido6
Very nice job on this!! I do love those colors!
1010
Lots to love about P6 and this image. I do love her expression and the pose is very natural looking. A beautiful image. ~V~
Terrace-tenmou
Beatutiful image=^_^=colorful
AGentleMuse
Beautiful pose, expression, outfit and expression! Great postwork! Excellent!!
antje
Excellent!!! :o)
capelito
Wonderful posee and expression. Excellent postwork.
awadissk
Very beautiful image fantastic work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Halcion
Great image! I'm also in the needanewputer class. Mine is from the last decade but still hangin in there ;) Excellent work!!!
SophiaDeer
Gorgeous soft work and the lighting rocks! I too find Poser 6 takes longer to render than say ProPack but sometimes it is worth it. This is gorgeous and best wishes when you get a new PC.
Hedda
Finally a new picture from you :) I can't believe that you have created this without postwork, that poser6 is so good :) great to know if I find out that I will purchase it one day :) Your scene is so full of great details and wonderful colours, sorry to hear that you had to do it in two renders ;( Your hairpainting is gorgeous, and thank you so much for the link to it :) Excellent artwork!
Cybrea
Beautiful work the lighting and expression are excellent !
GRiMAge
Beautiful work - kinda contrasted: she looks very sweet in look and expression, but that pistol make one thing about twice :)
artistheat
Excellent Image and Colors,Fantastic Work and Lighting
alan42
maybe one day I'll upgrade from P4... but hey, you seem to be getting to grips with P6:) You have a very "painterly" style, and haven't lost it with your transition to new software. I always hate when I have to composit a foreground with a separate background - I can never get away from those tell-tale white lines around everything (and I see you have some too, so it 'aint just me!). PS: so THAT'S what a woman keeps in her handbag?!
romanceworks
Beautiful work and the hair painting looks terriffic. Vibrant, lovely colors. :o) CC
cyanure
Great pic,I love the lighting and color choice
ambermist
Beautiful colours and textures Hugs Ambermist x
bare_naked_ladys
Fantastic Work and Lighting -keny
ByteDreams
I found your explanation of P6 quite informative. Very nice composition.
lunaE
simply marvelous work. I like it very much. Excellent
Beniu
So beauty composition here shutterb! A little blur gives more realism! I like it! Depth of field is superb! Thank You for Your comments on my works, too.See ya!
loba73
Awesome Image!!! Excellent =0)
swtmelode
This is some beautiful scene & image!!! Your colours are so vibrant & beautiful!! I love her pose & expression & your hair painting is awesome!! Excellent job!!!!!!!!!!