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Malamute fur
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Flint_Hawk
Extraordinary
The name of the set of textures with the White Wolf is- Classic Canines 1. I did a search for it at DAZ & it came right up. Our own LisaB is one of the creators. Good luck with your story!
carmen indorato
Extraordinary
Problems with older tech and/or inexperience with hardware and software limitations (or as in my case personal learning issues).
I guess you may have to learn the hair functions in either D/S or Poser to get the dog to look more realistic because with the textures and bump maps available for it especially for medium to long hair breeds, clay figurines is all you will get......or maybe a LOT of post work fixing.
I guess you may have to learn the hair functions in either D/S or Poser to get the dog to look more realistic because with the textures and bump maps available for it especially for medium to long hair breeds, clay figurines is all you will get......or maybe a LOT of post work fixing.
My suggestion would be to apply a fur shader on the model or LAMH if you have it.
It was my understanding that LAMH only works in Daz Studio. I'm using Poser 11. As for this kind of Post work. I wouldn't even know where to start- and the dog can't be replaced, she's in A LOT of stories.
carmen indorato
Extraordinary
Poser has a similar hair option you can use but it is out of my level of understanding and skill. But there are some tutorials for it I am sure and someone here in the forums would be glad to help you with it.
Good luck with that.
What did you use for the bump map on your render?
If you want it to look a bit more realistic either use the bump map that came with the dog and turn it down a bit or the same texture you use for it in the bump option.
The bump you are using seems a bit off as is. I put some motion in the tail side to side or up an down to distract the eye from the stiffness stone look it seems to have in your render. Maybe swing to the opposite side of camera wherever possible.
Good luck with that.
What did you use for the bump map on your render?
If you want it to look a bit more realistic either use the bump map that came with the dog and turn it down a bit or the same texture you use for it in the bump option.
The bump you are using seems a bit off as is. I put some motion in the tail side to side or up an down to distract the eye from the stiffness stone look it seems to have in your render. Maybe swing to the opposite side of camera wherever possible.
I know nothing about Poser's hair processes. I've always avoided them as being too involved.
Same with the Material room.
There was no actual bump map with the textures. So I'm using the white wolf texture for both the fur and the bump map.
This render has the map set for .07- this is just below the default setting of .08.
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Samantha WIP 2.jpg
Ah, got it. Yes, it's only for Daz
There are fur shaders for Poser, though. That might look a little better.
Also, try negative displacement, sometimes that can give a nice look.
AM Fur shaders - Poser - ShareCG
Bruno Von Bear - Poser - ShareCG
Hope those help!
Where would I find that? Is it still available?
I found the expansion pack at renderosity, but sign of the wolf itself.
It's at DAZ
What's the exact name? I was there, too. I tried Wolf, I tried AM's wolf. Couldn't find it.
Never mind. I found it. In fact, he has a 2.0 version out now.
Okay. Here's what I've got:
AM's Wolf 2.0 with it's white fur texture. It's a lot better than what I had. Just wish it had come with some head morphs so I could make it look more like a malamute- their snouts are a little boxier than a wolf's.
So, like Lassie had male dogs playing a female collie, I guess I'll have a wolf playing a female malamute.
AM's Wolf 2.0 with it's white fur texture. It's a lot better than what I had. Just wish it had come with some head morphs so I could make it look more like a malamute- their snouts are a little boxier than a wolf's.
So, like Lassie had male dogs playing a female collie, I guess I'll have a wolf playing a female malamute.
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Samantha WIP 3.jpg
carmen indorato
Extraordinary
That's a nice render. Can't really tell gender so should be ok. How difficult was it to set up and how long did it take to render this last one? I think it looks good.
Also would like to know how it works in a complex scene with props and figures etc. I do complex scenes and worry this kind of wolf would choke my system a bit. I found that Harry the Horse sold here for instance, though gorgeous has a hard time working for me in my scenes. It slows placement and render times considerably. I haven't picked their gorgeous Lion for same reason and imagine a hairy wolf will cause the same problem for me.
Just the wolf alone took a couple of minutes- that Poser room hair. Regular hair models render in no time. Everything in the render was "Out of the Box" with my basic light set- up- Front,Back,Left and Right and one over head. Only the over head light was set for Ray Trace shadows- all the others had shadows turned off. As for a full scene, I haven't tried it yet, but based on this one, I'm betting a long time to render. With my set-up- and I've got a 464GB drive- Poser hair always slows me down.
They've been using Mals for wolves for a long time so you should get away with the reverse 
Carmen, a tip for using Harry (and prob the lion but I haven't used him yet in poser) is to have the hair turned off until you are ready to render. That will help with setting up the scene (unfortunately not the render time).
Carmen, a tip for using Harry (and prob the lion but I haven't used him yet in poser) is to have the hair turned off until you are ready to render. That will help with setting up the scene (unfortunately not the render time).