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Szark
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I just looked at the maps and I see the highlights I saw in the promos I mentioned are painted on, this fooled me in to thinking that there might have been a different bump map involved.
I do think in this day and age of hobby CGI painted one highlights should be avoided. In this case I think we need it but it does hamper making hair with either LAMH or Garibaldi Hair as the hair takes the colour from the diffuse map so the hair will show the highlights.
Still looks better though.
I do think in this day and age of hobby CGI painted one highlights should be avoided. In this case I think we need it but it does hamper making hair with either LAMH or Garibaldi Hair as the hair takes the colour from the diffuse map so the hair will show the highlights.
Still looks better though.
Szark
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I am not putting your work down as I have your Mil Horse Pro set and you have such a talent. My intent is to hopefully change your mind in what you do that keeps up with the technology and customer expectations, Granted this is just my personal view gained from rendering, modelling and texturing so I know how much work all this entails. With rendering more than modelling etc I look at things from my perspective with what I want in products I buy. Over the years I have gotten so picky I just stopped buying stuff all together in favour of learning to model myself. I do see a lot of vendors getting stuck in the past and not growing with the technology. I am lucky as I have a good 3DL understanding and a fairly good grasp with Iray....not as good as my 3dl knowledge. So I can set up mats for both engines without too much trouble. I have bought a few bits and bobs lately that supposed to have Iray mats only to find they aren't even close to realistic. Realism in 3DL wasn't a goal for many so the mats were open to taste. Many folks realised that with 3DL you expect to adjust. However with unbiased render engines the demand for realism is expected. Again this is my opinion and a view gleamed by two forums and comments I have read. So not a big cross section but mirror my own views.
I didn't think you were Szark! I am always open to people helping me get more technically proficient! There is SO much to learn and only so many hours in the day. Ask Dan30! He was a a huge help on the cats. Actually LOL 3DL is the one engine I know the least as I've used it the least. I def started life as a Poser user back with P2, and I love P11, and really DS 4.9 has been the first version of DS I REALLY!!!! like. SO much faster and way less crashy on my Macs as well as adding some really simple but so necessary vendor tools. (Like Refresh Images- man that used to make me nuts before they added that
He was a a huge help on the cats. Actually LOL 3DL is the one engine I know the least as I've used it the least. I def started life as a Poser user back with P2, and I love P11, and really DS 4.9 has been the first version of DS I REALLY!!!! like. SO much faster and way less crashy on my Macs as well as adding some really simple but so necessary vendor tools. (Like Refresh Images- man that used to make me nuts before they added that
I've *owned* a copy of Poser since it was first released, but never used it for anything, until I stumbled across Studio. That was the point that it finally sunk in that a project that had been hanging fire for years might be doable in 3D, when it wasn't doable using clip art and stock photography.
I started with Studio (v. 3.?) and it was so much of an uncooperative cashbox that I tried switching to Poser 8. Kai Kraus had been gone for years, but his spirit lingered on. It wasn't long before I went back to battling Studio. At least there I was making some headway.
I started with Studio (v. 3.?) and it was so much of an uncooperative cashbox that I tried switching to Poser 8. Kai Kraus had been gone for years, but his spirit lingered on. It wasn't long before I went back to battling Studio. At least there I was making some headway.
I'm liking the TB setting in Iray Laurie, but if Szark can tweak it a bit I'm game. I also like the Dapple Iray that you posted.
Just got these into Beta for Daz. There's a lite form racer 2 that has more of a compact body style. Poser will come, but I rather have to sort it out.
Would really like some veins/tendons and muscle definition on the hind legs..... something to toy with maybe.
The foal is actually bigger, but I really down scaled to get them all in there.
Just got these into Beta for Daz. There's a lite form racer 2 that has more of a compact body style. Poser will come, but I rather have to sort it out.
Would really like some veins/tendons and muscle definition on the hind legs..... something to toy with maybe.
The foal is actually bigger, but I really down scaled to get them all in there.
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Fantastic work, Napalm!
Szark
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Ok I have stayed away from trying to get that freshly groomed look instead just concentrating on the natural sheen. I might have made it a big strong but I think it looks cool.
Iray
Did a bit of work on the shader and lightened, lowered contrast and desaturated the diffuse map a little as a gloss colour map in the Top Coat Colour slot. I used both gloss layers with the same settings and anisotropy with one layer using anisotropy rotation. This was so I could spread out the sheen all over the horse without desaturating the diffuse with white gloss. I did lot more than just that though. Added some rough backscatter and a normal map. The same shader set up used for all three horse.
Fern Lake as the environment and Iray default Sun/Sky with Sun Dial for positioning the sun.
"Free"
Iray
Did a bit of work on the shader and lightened, lowered contrast and desaturated the diffuse map a little as a gloss colour map in the Top Coat Colour slot. I used both gloss layers with the same settings and anisotropy with one layer using anisotropy rotation. This was so I could spread out the sheen all over the horse without desaturating the diffuse with white gloss. I did lot more than just that though. Added some rough backscatter and a normal map. The same shader set up used for all three horse.
Fern Lake as the environment and Iray default Sun/Sky with Sun Dial for positioning the sun.
"Free"
Ok I have stayed away from trying to get that freshly groomed look instead just concentrating on the natural sheen. I might have made it a big strong but I think it looks cool.
Iray
Did a bit of work on the shader and lightened, lowered contrast and desaturated the diffuse map a little as a gloss colour map in the Top Coat Colour slot. I used both gloss layers with the same settings and anisotropy with one layer using anisotropy rotation. This was so I could spread out the sheen all over the horse without desaturating the diffuse with white gloss. I did lot more than just that though. Added some rough backscatter and a normal map. The same shader set up used for all three horse.
Fern Lake as the environment and Iray default Sun/Sky with Sun Dial for positioning the sun.
"Free"
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Love this image Szark!! Fern Lake is a wonderful BG and you can't beat stonemason! Lol just a bit out of my price range currently, but on my wish list. I wonder if metallic flakes might affect how the light scatters on the coat there?
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Products Used: Hivewire 3D horse, Thoroughbred breed form, Juvenile TB Form morph, CWRWs Liver Chestnut coat texture, Songbird Remix Birds of Prey Shirka, RDNA Rose Bushes, Solar Flare Brushes I created in Photoshop, BG is a conglomerate of different images, Iray.
I would like to know your results on that!!