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SKYLAB CHAT
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Not sure it's necessarily a Pro version item, as I was playing with it in DS 3 Advanced. Howe3ver, I don't recall there being anything like that in DS 2 or DS 3 Standard, so it's possible they now consider it a Pro version. I original got DS 4.0A, but then DAZ made it a freebie, so I automatically got all the updated plugins to make it a Pro version. DS 4.0A also had the Shader Builder.
I have no idea if the Shader Builder/Mixer is a Pro-only feature or not, to be honest.
Also to be very honest, that is one part of DS that I have yet to venture into. I am just starting to really learn and understand Ubersurface and SSS inside of DS. I have never tried, or needed to try yet, building my own shader from the ground up. Anything I've done thus far has just been building materials within already existing shader systems (such as SSS, Ubersurface, dzDefault, etc).
Also to be very honest, that is one part of DS that I have yet to venture into. I am just starting to really learn and understand Ubersurface and SSS inside of DS. I have never tried, or needed to try yet, building my own shader from the ground up. Anything I've done thus far has just been building materials within already existing shader systems (such as SSS, Ubersurface, dzDefault, etc).
The only shader I ever did was creating shadows. There was a tut I think that Szark gave me a link to years ago. I wanted to NOT render the floor, but I wanted shadows from a Rim light to fall on the floor in front of the character so that when I added my background in postwork, it looked like she was standing on it.
Other than that, shaders are not my forte in DS or Poser, though I'm learning more in Poser these days. In DS I was able to tweak things, but that Shadows shader was the only one I was ever able to create, and then through a tutorial. I should PM him and ask him if he remembers where he found that. I remember it was fairly simple, as I got it right my first try.
This is one of the renders I did for a render challenge at RDNA a few years ago where I used the Shadow shader -->
Still Life ~ Bottle Mania
Other than that, shaders are not my forte in DS or Poser, though I'm learning more in Poser these days. In DS I was able to tweak things, but that Shadows shader was the only one I was ever able to create, and then through a tutorial. I should PM him and ask him if he remembers where he found that. I remember it was fairly simple, as I got it right my first try.
This is one of the renders I did for a render challenge at RDNA a few years ago where I used the Shadow shader -->
Still Life ~ Bottle Mania
His shows are what got me into the whole art thing in the first place... it was frustrating as hell for me, because I just could NEVER make my hands DO that. Never could. Still can't. But I sure spent most of my childhood trying!
He was really good. Mind you, I think I was watching his show as re-runs? I'm talking mid to late 80's for when I would have been watching it. Drove my elders nuts. They got so tired of hearing him in the background. LOL!
skylab
Esteemed
Oh yes, I found it relaxing to watch him 
Here you go, a stroll down memory lane . . .
...and here's the link to the YouTube channel in his name...I believe he's passed away now.
Here you go, a stroll down memory lane . . ....and here's the link to the YouTube channel in his name...I believe he's passed away now.
Yes, he walked on a while ago. He left one heck of a legacy, though, at least as far as the art communities are concerned...
I know. I always felt like was specifically talking softly so he wouldn't disturb anyone.His episode called the Happy Accident...he always kept a cool approach, never showed getting upset...not typical for the artsy type
He always reminded me of a commentator in the background that didn't want to draw your attention away from what you were watching.
Nice going.