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  • I'd seen sand art done before -- not sure if it was by the same artist. Awesome. I'm even more impressed because I work slowly.
    Suspiro ergo sum.
  • The Sand video is lovely--what deft hands! And wonderful transitions.
    * A child of five could understand this. Fetch me a child of five!
    * Isn't it wonderful how cute weapons of mass distraction can be?
    * Those are my principles. And if you don't like them, I have others.
  • Dylazuna, thank you! Guys, this is a WONDERFUL explanation of effective
    lighting. All of this is do-able in Poser using IDL (indirect lighting)!

    * A child of five could understand this. Fetch me a child of five!
    * Isn't it wonderful how cute weapons of mass distraction can be?
    * Those are my principles. And if you don't like them, I have others.
  • Another from the same outfit. Again, you could do all this using indirect light and primitives in Poser, as well as adjusting the blur radius on placed lights.


    * A child of five could understand this. Fetch me a child of five!
    * Isn't it wonderful how cute weapons of mass distraction can be?
    * Those are my principles. And if you don't like them, I have others.
  • More on lighting and this time, sequential storytelling. You can really mine this for a lot of information.


    * A child of five could understand this. Fetch me a child of five!
    * Isn't it wonderful how cute weapons of mass distraction can be?
    * Those are my principles. And if you don't like them, I have others.
  • Last one for right now: Framing and composition. (Poor guy caught in mid eye-roll or something.)


    * A child of five could understand this. Fetch me a child of five!
    * Isn't it wonderful how cute weapons of mass distraction can be?
    * Those are my principles. And if you don't like them, I have others.
  • I realize I'm pretty much talking to myself here, but... Shopping alert! This looks really useful!

    http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/essentials-vol-iv-glass-mirror/93386
    * A child of five could understand this. Fetch me a child of five!
    * Isn't it wonderful how cute weapons of mass distraction can be?
    * Those are my principles. And if you don't like them, I have others.
  • Ooh very nice.  I especially like the etched versions.
  • Yes, I looked at that too, but I didn't take a good enough look to make an opinion. Glass shaders, is it?
    Suspiro ergo sum.
  • Read at the promo pop-ups, they're actually informative, Mirror and glass, both plan, watered, and etched (etc.) with props to apply them to. And a cute Prime background set to coordinate. You don't have to use this lot in their style--well-designed, that way--even though they provide some wall props and so forth.

    I decided my "sitting" pose people really needed these. :D

    * A child of five could understand this. Fetch me a child of five!
    * Isn't it wonderful how cute weapons of mass distraction can be?
    * Those are my principles. And if you don't like them, I have others.
  • Rendo coupon, plz???
    Suspiro ergo sum.
  • Rendo coupon!

    All Members save 10% on your next purchase of $20 or more:


    Enter Discount Code 05232012B10P20 at Checkout · Expires May 24, 2012


    Valid on Sale & Clearance items.


    ..........


    Visit The MarketPlace


    Suspiro ergo sum.
  • I am going to save those vids, Nan- thank you for those as well as Dyla for pointing Nan in that direction!

    As for Rendo there's been a few things on my cart that I've wanted for an idea.....................perhaps now is the time to snag'em?
    "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying that I approved of it. " Mark Twain.
  • Coupon! Yay!  Not the most impressive coupon, but one nonetheless.
    * A child of five could understand this. Fetch me a child of five!
    * Isn't it wonderful how cute weapons of mass distraction can be?
    * Those are my principles. And if you don't like them, I have others.
  • Gothic Goodies Alert! Some fun stuff on this site. http://www.goreydetails.net/shop/index.php?main_page=index
    * A child of five could understand this. Fetch me a child of five!
    * Isn't it wonderful how cute weapons of mass distraction can be?
    * Those are my principles. And if you don't like them, I have others.
  • Like this. For sale.

    image
    * A child of five could understand this. Fetch me a child of five!
    * Isn't it wonderful how cute weapons of mass distraction can be?
    * Those are my principles. And if you don't like them, I have others.
  • * A child of five could understand this. Fetch me a child of five!
    * Isn't it wonderful how cute weapons of mass distraction can be?
    * Those are my principles. And if you don't like them, I have others.
  • * A child of five could understand this. Fetch me a child of five!
    * Isn't it wonderful how cute weapons of mass distraction can be?
    * Those are my principles. And if you don't like them, I have others.
  • Again, it's NEVER too early for Halloween! http://dellamorteco.com/
    * A child of five could understand this. Fetch me a child of five!
    * Isn't it wonderful how cute weapons of mass distraction can be?
    * Those are my principles. And if you don't like them, I have others.
  • More creepy! This is an actual stairwell on Hashima Island, Japan. http://gakuranman.com/gunkanjima-ruins-of-a-forbidden-island/

    image
    * A child of five could understand this. Fetch me a child of five!
    * Isn't it wonderful how cute weapons of mass distraction can be?
    * Those are my principles. And if you don't like them, I have others.
  • More Hashima Island. Seriously postapocalyptic (only not really). Inspirational!

    image
    * A child of five could understand this. Fetch me a child of five!
    * Isn't it wonderful how cute weapons of mass distraction can be?
    * Those are my principles. And if you don't like them, I have others.
  • The same fellow went into an abandoned...chalk mine? on one of his adventures. Fascinating structures...

    image
    * A child of five could understand this. Fetch me a child of five!
    * Isn't it wonderful how cute weapons of mass distraction can be?
    * Those are my principles. And if you don't like them, I have others.
  • Another coupon: BOGO from DAZ, if you dare: BoGoT3st

    With the usual equal-or-lesser-value-free caveat. Don't know how long it's for. That it's a test...hmm.
    * A child of five could understand this. Fetch me a child of five!
    * Isn't it wonderful how cute weapons of mass distraction can be?
    * Those are my principles. And if you don't like them, I have others.
  • The abandoned island city pics are amazing. I have to do something with that imagery. Just have to. It's so cool.
    Suspiro ergo sum.
  • Agreed. THose photos are amazing.

    Meanwhile..... The Weather Chanel says that Storm Watch is shut down until Fall. Err....... I'd think that Tornado Season is when they'd have it active around here.
  • I thought you'd like those pix! Yes, it makes me want to be Stonemason and model all that!

    Storm watch shut down? Well, that's a fine situation. I guess you will be storm free for a while!

    And here's one of the sitting poses and another that goes with. I think I showed the WIPs somewhere...

    "Lady Jane, Attended."


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    file_2332528.jpg
    1730 x 1800 - 497K
    * A child of five could understand this. Fetch me a child of five!
    * Isn't it wonderful how cute weapons of mass distraction can be?
    * Those are my principles. And if you don't like them, I have others.
  • Cool. =)
    Jim Farris, Author, Science Fiction and Fantasy
    Jim Farris, Author, Science Fiction and Fantasy
  • Quick question... has anyone with bank accounts connected to Daz had any problems with them lately? I ask because BoA has sent me two replacement cards in the last two months saying the info was compromised, and the only place I had my account info saved was at Daz.... Is it just a strange coincidence or...? Or am I the only one that actually had the info saved, heh?
  • No problem here.
  • I can't even get into the account, much less purchase anything if I wanted too.  Keeps giving me an error, but there's been nothing on my bank account stating that there's issues.
    "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying that I approved of it. " Mark Twain.
  • No messages here. Everything seems OK.

    Best to call your bank's customer service and inquire about this, if you haven't already.
    * A child of five could understand this. Fetch me a child of five!
    * Isn't it wonderful how cute weapons of mass distraction can be?
    * Those are my principles. And if you don't like them, I have others.
  • "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying that I approved of it. " Mark Twain.
  • Creepy good stuff! And pretty wacky style, too.  Pretty grim subject matter, too.

    image
    * A child of five could understand this. Fetch me a child of five!
    * Isn't it wonderful how cute weapons of mass distraction can be?
    * Those are my principles. And if you don't like them, I have others.
  • Ok so I'm finally using Poser now. Does anyone have any suggestions for tutorials on the web (preferably that are free) or any advice to give?
  • Ok so I'm finally using Poser now. Does anyone have any suggestions for tutorials on the web (preferably that are free) or any advice to give?



    Poser tutorials
    The Edge Blend Node

    Interesting links :: Posette Forever Links

    3D art by Retro Devil: Ambient Occlusion In Poser

    Ambient Occlusion Node Tutorial

    Poser Tutorials

    Create hair in poser part 2 Poser tutorial  
    You can get to part one from there, I believe.


    I have more, just have to find them.  I have several that are in .pdf format as well but I'd have to email them.  The ones that are free to share, that is. *Grin*

    I tend to find many just by using Google- "Poser tutorials, PP tuts, Poser .pdf tutorials, Poser shader tutorials, Poser lighting," ect.  Rendo has some older ones that I started out with, and I will admit to heavily picking our lovely Nan's brainpan, along with LT and AJ to name a few. ;)

    "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying that I approved of it. " Mark Twain.
  • Our own Xaa did a boatload of Poser tutorials, but they were on DAZ' forums; I had links in my blog. But now? El gone-o. Well, at least the pictures aren't showing. He gave me a zip with the tuts in it, and I'll post them back again when I get a chance.

    Right now...it's Friday evening and I'm bushed. Having a stiff drink and a nice web surf.
    * A child of five could understand this. Fetch me a child of five!
    * Isn't it wonderful how cute weapons of mass distraction can be?
    * Those are my principles. And if you don't like them, I have others.
  • * A child of five could understand this. Fetch me a child of five!
    * Isn't it wonderful how cute weapons of mass distraction can be?
    * Those are my principles. And if you don't like them, I have others.
  • Nanobot said:

    Our own Xaa did a boatload of Poser tutorials, but they were on DAZ' forums; I had links in my blog. But now? El gone-o. Well, at least the pictures aren't showing. He gave me a zip with the tuts in it, and I'll post them back again when I get a chance.

    Right now...it's Friday evening and I'm bushed. Having a stiff drink and a nice web surf.



    The files are in MHT format.  Internet Exploder can open them by default.  For Firefox, you will need to download the UnMHT plugin (or other plugin that allows you to view/save MHT files).  MHT is Mime HTml format - the same format used by e-mail readers.  It allows the images to be packed in as part of the file, rather then separate.
    Jim Farris, Author, Science Fiction and Fantasy
    Jim Farris, Author, Science Fiction and Fantasy
  • If you like cyberpunk, go look at Dietz's main gallery on Cornucopia3d. Whew. Now, that's something to aspire to! http://www.cornucopia3d.com/portfolio/jacobcharlesdietz
    * A child of five could understand this. Fetch me a child of five!
    * Isn't it wonderful how cute weapons of mass distraction can be?
    * Those are my principles. And if you don't like them, I have others.
  • Xaa said:

    Nanobot said:

    Our own Xaa did a boatload of Poser tutorials, but they were on DAZ' forums; I had links in my blog. But now? El gone-o. Well, at least the pictures aren't showing. He gave me a zip with the tuts in it, and I'll post them back again when I get a chance.

    Right now...it's Friday evening and I'm bushed. Having a stiff drink and a nice web surf.



    The files are in MHT format.  Internet Exploder can open them by default.  For Firefox, you will need to download the UnMHT plugin (or other plugin that allows you to view/save MHT files).  MHT is Mime HTml format - the same format used by e-mail readers.  It allows the images to be packed in as part of the file, rather then separate.


    Cool! Thank you! Now I have to figure out how to get them web-capable. Or if they are already. :)  Wait, you just told me. Never mind!
    * A child of five could understand this. Fetch me a child of five!
    * Isn't it wonderful how cute weapons of mass distraction can be?
    * Those are my principles. And if you don't like them, I have others.
  • Nanobot said:

    Xaa said:

    Nanobot said:

    Our own Xaa did a boatload of Poser tutorials, but they were on DAZ' forums; I had links in my blog. But now? El gone-o. Well, at least the pictures aren't showing. He gave me a zip with the tuts in it, and I'll post them back again when I get a chance.

    Right now...it's Friday evening and I'm bushed. Having a stiff drink and a nice web surf.



    The files are in MHT format.  Internet Exploder can open them by default.  For Firefox, you will need to download the UnMHT plugin (or other plugin that allows you to view/save MHT files).  MHT is Mime HTml format - the same format used by e-mail readers.  It allows the images to be packed in as part of the file, rather then separate.


    Cool! Thank you! Now I have to figure out how to get them web-capable. Or if they are already. :)  Wait, you just told me. Never mind!


    Yep, you can post them as-is, and anyone who is using a browser that can read MHT files should be able to open them like an ordinary web-page.  People who aren't will get one of those "Tell Me Where You Want To Save This File" boxes.

    I like MHT because it makes it easy to store/send images along with the HTML, greatly simplifying sending pages.  It's also fairly easy to convert back to HTML format - most WYSIWYG HTML editors will allow you to just copy/paste the page then save it out, and will give you save options as it hits each image.  Another of my favorite formats for this is CHM, which is Compiled HtMl Help format.  It's an old format, Microsoft-only, used in their help files back with Win95.  It opens with it's own reader, which is based on Internet Exploder.  However, since a lot of people don't have the right reader to even open the file (I'm looking at YOU, Mac-users!), I don't use CHM much.
    Jim Farris, Author, Science Fiction and Fantasy
    Jim Farris, Author, Science Fiction and Fantasy
  • Poser and I *think* Modo will open .3ds models. There are some cool space ships here!

    http://originalmoron.sitesled.com/models.htm
    * A child of five could understand this. Fetch me a child of five!
    * Isn't it wonderful how cute weapons of mass distraction can be?
    * Those are my principles. And if you don't like them, I have others.
  • Nanobot said:

    Poser and I *think* Modo will open .3ds models. There are some cool space ships here!

    http://originalmoron.sitesled.com/models.htm



    Excellent.
    Jim Farris, Author, Science Fiction and Fantasy
    Jim Farris, Author, Science Fiction and Fantasy
  • This thread in the Poser forum at Daz3D has a bunch of links for tutorials.
    http://www.daz3d.com/forums/viewthread/109/
  • Nanobot said:

    Creepy good stuff! And pretty wacky style, too.  Pretty grim subject matter, too.

    image



    Wow.

    I love this.
  • Xaa said:

    Nanobot said:

    Xaa said:

    Nanobot said:

    Our own Xaa did a boatload of Poser tutorials, but they were on DAZ' forums; I had links in my blog. But now? El gone-o. Well, at least the pictures aren't showing. He gave me a zip with the tuts in it, and I'll post them back again when I get a chance.

    Right now...it's Friday evening and I'm bushed. Having a stiff drink and a nice web surf.



    The files are in MHT format.  Internet Exploder can open them by default.  For Firefox, you will need to download the UnMHT plugin (or other plugin that allows you to view/save MHT files).  MHT is Mime HTml format - the same format used by e-mail readers.  It allows the images to be packed in as part of the file, rather then separate.


    Cool! Thank you! Now I have to figure out how to get them web-capable. Or if they are already. :)  Wait, you just told me. Never mind!


    Yep, you can post them as-is, and anyone who is using a browser that can read MHT files should be able to open them like an ordinary web-page.  People who aren't will get one of those "Tell Me Where You Want To Save This File" boxes.

    I like MHT because it makes it easy to store/send images along with the HTML, greatly simplifying sending pages.  It's also fairly easy to convert back to HTML format - most WYSIWYG HTML editors will allow you to just copy/paste the page then save it out, and will give you save options as it hits each image.  Another of my favorite formats for this is CHM, which is Compiled HtMl Help format.  It's an old format, Microsoft-only, used in their help files back with Win95.  It opens with it's own reader, which is based on Internet Exploder.  However, since a lot of people don't have the right reader to even open the file (I'm looking at YOU, Mac-users!), I don't use CHM much.


    Hah! Didn't see your reply until now. Thanks, I'll post 'em as is. :)
    * A child of five could understand this. Fetch me a child of five!
    * Isn't it wonderful how cute weapons of mass distraction can be?
    * Those are my principles. And if you don't like them, I have others.

  • Wayii said:

    Nanobot said:

    Creepy good stuff! And pretty wacky style, too.  Pretty grim subject matter, too.

    image



    Wow.

    I love this.


    Fascinating in a dark way. And now I know what they were making me think of: if Nursoda wasn't a nice guy.
    Suspiro ergo sum.
  • Ok you guys thanks so much!. Yeah right now still trying to figure out how to get Poser to load my runtime. It's only detecting two sets by Xurge, but I know I've chosen the right runtime, I've checked five times now. grrrr so aggravated.
  • My DS runtimes were a big mess, so I basically rebuild everything when I switched to Poser. It was indeed a PITA, but worth the hassle.
    Suspiro ergo sum.
  • Ok you guys thanks so much!. Yeah right now still trying to figure out how to get Poser to load my runtime. It's only detecting two sets by Xurge, but I know I've chosen the right runtime, I've checked five times now. grrrr so aggravated.



    Unfortunately, you will have to rebuild the runtime in a folder structure that Poser can recognize and access.  DAZ set up studio from the beginning so that it can recognize and open Poser runtimes, but the runtimes it creates, even with poser-compatible items, cannot be seen by Poser because the folders are not named the same nor are they in the same directory tree structure.  As Suro already said, this is immensely tedious - but, once done, it is definitely worth the hassle.

    Poser doesn't care how many runtimes you have, but every runtime you have must follow this structure of folder naming and hierarchy:

    Runtime
     - Geometries
     - Textures
     - Libraries
     -  - Camera
     -  - Face
     -  - Hair
     -  - Hand
     -  - Light
     -  - Materials
     -  - Pose
     -  - Props

    If it's a figure of any kind (including conforming clothing), it goes under the "character" folder.  If it's a prop of any kind (I.E. it doesn't have a bone hierarchy), it goes under the "props" folder, and so on.  You can have any number of sub-folders beneath these folders in any arrangement you like, but Poser needs this root hierarchy and division of items to find stuff.
    Jim Farris, Author, Science Fiction and Fantasy
    Jim Farris, Author, Science Fiction and Fantasy

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