Render Settings ? Poll

[Lyne]

I got to wondering both just out of curiosity and also in the rare instances that I do any beta testing.... In Poser 9, 10, and 2014 (I don't own P11, have no idea what settings are in THAT Firefly render engine)...

Question: Do you use BOX or SINC ?

You will find that option in the lower right of your Poser Custom Firefly render settings... I normally (nowadays) use Sinc set to at least 3, if not 4... This produces a nice sharp or crisp image to show off all the wonderful high resolution texture work done by merchants for us these days... Box tends to soften or 'blur' in my opinion... but is the DEFAULT Poser Firefly setting... One has to decide to switch to Sinc, and choose a level...

Thanks for participating!

 

[tonyvilters]

My default render settings are;

Cast Shadows ON
Raytracing ON
Raytrace bounces: 1
Irradiance caching ON at a value of: 0
Indirect Light ON at 100%
Pixel Samples: 3
Min Shading rate: 1 for draft, 0.5 for intermediate and 0.2 for High quality
Max Bucket size: 32

Smooth Polygons ON (and default crease angle set to 120° in general preferences)
Use Displacement Maps ON
Post filter size 3
Poset filter type Sinc
Gamma Correction 2.2

The ONLY value I ever change are Min Shading rate between 1 for draft and 0.2 for High quality.

Pixel Samples can go to 6 if I render in Progressive mode to check something.

 

[kobaltkween]

At one point, Bagginsbill suggested Sinc for highest quality. I've used it for Firefly ever since. That said, I'm no longer using Firefly.

 

[HadCancer]

Gosh since I got Poser 11 I stopped using poser and now am a DAZ man. I think I will go back to it eventually. When I used Firefly I remember I checked out of most of the default settings. Tapped down gamma as it was set way to high and added indirect lighting. Usually had ray tracing at 3. Never figured out depth of field setting as never worked for me.

 

[Kerya]

Going with Bagginsbill: Render settings: Post filter type/number

 

[Miss B]

Thanks for that link Kerya. I just tweaked my render settings according to what BB discusses there.

 

[eclark1894]

Gosh since I got Poser 11 I stopped using poser and now am a DAZ man. I think I will go back to it eventually. When I used Firefly I remember I checked out of most of the default settings. Tapped down gamma as it was set way to high and added indirect lighting. Usually had ray tracing at 3. Never figured out depth of field setting as never worked for me.

Okay, I have to ask... what didn't work for you? DOF is pretty easy to use.

 

[Kerya]

I like to google Poser problems or better settings/materials with the additional word Bagginsbill ... *grin*

Easy DOF for Poser: Easy DoF for poser - Script - ShareCG

(personally I like Semidieu's Advanced Lights and Camera Guide)

 

[HadCancer]

Okay, I have to ask... what didn't work for you? DOF is pretty easy to use.

Everything came out blurry including what was close and should have been focused. Sorry for the delay in the reply I do not visit here that often. I know I'm bad.

 

[eclark1894]

Everything came out blurry including what was close and should have been focused. Sorry for the delay in the reply I do not visit here that often. I know I'm bad.

Well, if you need help, I'd be happy to do a quick tutorial to help you out.

 

[HadCancer]

Well, if you need help, I'd be happy to do a quick tutorial to help you out.

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Ok I will bite what is the trick, I have both Poser 11 which I do not use much anymore as Superfly sucks even my Titan X and i7 6 core dry, so use DAZ DS 4.9 noe , but I am new to it. DOF is a fail for me using either one. I am sure it just enter some number somewhere to make the foreground sharp and the background blurry

 

[Kerya]

DOF in Dazstudio:
Tutorial - Quick and dirty DOF in Daz iRay
Flipmode 3D » Depth of Field ( Daz Studio)
DAZ Studio Tutorial: Depth of Field - PDF Tutorial - ShareCG
IF you are speaking German: #WS10-02 Depth of Field (DOF) - Das Render-Atelier - Deine deutsche DAZ Studio Community

DOF and Poser Superfly
Fine-tuning depth of field
older DOF tut Poser
Easy Depth of Field in Poser

 

[HadCancer]

thanks

 

[Miss B]

Thanks for the links Kerya.

 

[quietrob]

I use 3 different settings. One a bare bones setting so I can get to the render quickly and search for poke through, make notes what can be easily corrected in post. Next a mid range setting to see if I really want to go with what I've done or scrap it and start over. Once I'm done, I use Alfaseed's setting for a quality render. That is this one below


However, something I NEVER thought to try was the Box/Sinc settings. I had no idea what they were for until this thread. If Bagginsbill gives one advice, I recommend following it. I'm not saying he wrote the Poser Bible...but he probably proofread it and corrected the mistakes. I'm going to load up my favorite character and try this out. I will have to cast my vote for sinc...but I really didn't know any better!!

 

[Miss B]

I've also recently switched to Sinc after reading BB's suggestion. I think Poser sets it to Box by default, and I never had any idea either on what it was for, and what it does.