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Songbird Remix's Product Preview Thread
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I ended up having to rework a few more of the old gamebird textures... here's most of the pigeons and dove changes to the set
Flint_Hawk
Extraordinary
I agree with Miss B! They are great! 
Hey Ken by any chance have you made or plan to make these? Red-masked Parakeet
When I get to upgrading the "Parrots of the World" set, there's more than a reasonable chance that at least one new parrot volume will appear. I'll add the Red-masked Parakeet to the "wish list".
I thought a few years ago, by now, I would have upgraded everything. Of course, the original plan was simply to add Iray and Superfly materials, not rework every volume down to its geometry. I'm guessing I have at least another 18 months before I plow through everything. It will check easier and the sets should move faster, once all the base models are upgraded. Maybe the parrot base will be my Audubon's Birthday target.
That would be wonderful. Thank you. My mother's parrot was a Red Masked, or Meitered? Parakeet there's features of both that bring him to mind for me, though the Red Masked is the closest. I really liked that bird. Miss him too.
Dreamer
Dream Weaver Designs
@Ken Gilliland Love seeing the upgrades you are doing they look amazing. By the by do you have any idea when Birds of Legend will be getting a makeover?
Some of the volumes use multiple model bases, so upgrading those sets can be huge tasks. Birds of Legend uses 8 different base models so it's a lot of additional work. This job is made easier by doing other "single" sets like shorebirds and gamebirds first so that I chip away at the number of models I need to revise. Birds of Legend will get on 2020's list though when I can't say yet. I have to balance these updates with a flow of new products so I have some income.
Dreamer
Dream Weaver Designs
@Ken Gilliland thanks for the answer and no worries.
I "had" hoped to get the Gamebirds update out this week but Poser 11's Sub-D had different ideas. It doesn't like a stretch of polygons on the hip/thigh connection and has chosen to map them incorrectly. There's no particular reason why it does this (yes, I've experienced it before), it just decides it doesn't like certain polygons-- you simply delete then and replace them and voila-- it works 99% of the time.
Unfortunately, that means I have to remove the polygons and rebuild a portion of the model which in turns affects all the morphs in the thigh and hip regions. Looks like I've added at least a week to my work.
Unfortunately, that means I have to remove the polygons and rebuild a portion of the model which in turns affects all the morphs in the thigh and hip regions. Looks like I've added at least a week to my work.
Flint_Hawk
Extraordinary
Sorry to hear this!Sorry to ask, but I am not sure about this.
In the Hivewire newsletter dated 14 january 2020 there is an announcemente about Ken's Australia Vol 3.
It says: "All of these older format birds have been refitted to use the latest versions of the Songbird ReMix base models...".
Now, I already had the product but I thought I'd better download it again from my account in order to also have the latest version.
But these newly downloaded files and the ones I already had are identical. Is this correct or am I missing something?
Thank you
In the Hivewire newsletter dated 14 january 2020 there is an announcemente about Ken's Australia Vol 3.
It says: "All of these older format birds have been refitted to use the latest versions of the Songbird ReMix base models...".
Now, I already had the product but I thought I'd better download it again from my account in order to also have the latest version.
But these newly downloaded files and the ones I already had are identical. Is this correct or am I missing something?
Thank you
No, Australia v3 has not been updated yet to the new format. The updating process is exceptionally time comsuming because I am reworking the geometry, morphs, coding, joint parameters and textures for every model in my 1000+ bird library. To find out what volumes have been updated, I have them listed on my SongbirdReMix.com front webpage.
I'm currently working on Gamebirds; since Australia v3 uses diverse models from parts of my library, it will be one of the last updated (sorry). Parrots and the base Songbird ReMix model need to get reworked first.