Good morning everyone.

Here's a video that I rendered out using the Octane Plugin for Daz|Studio that uses some of our motion capture for animation. Some observations:

http://youtu.be/ceN-jrPGiC4

(Edit: I had some difficulty embedding the video. Click on the URL above to watch.)

1. Octane fits ...

Which standalone version are you using?

Yeah...no joy. Every time I try accessing the material in the standalone, Octane crashes.

New GPU. Definitely.

I've read on the forums here that the 580 is a touch faster than the 680, but personally I find the 4GB of VRAM on my 680 to be much more valuable than a faster render speed, but your needs may differ. If you're using it with Daz, as I am, texture management becomes a big ...

Thanks for the reply. I'll give that a try.

Has anyone had any success in downloading and applying any of Tonysculptor's hair or skin shaders from the Live materials DB? I have tries multiple times and all I get is a warning that it was unable to be downloaded.

I was hoping to play around with this, but I'm not sure why this preset is being ...

t_3 wrote:

linvanchene wrote:- I will be able to keyframe light emitting materials to produce scenes with flickering or color changing lights in animations.

like this?

test_gif.gif

needs to be clicked...

Yes. Just like that.

RJ Andron
Posermocap.com

Very nicely done! I've always had a soft spot in my heart for the Hind, and your renders show off the quality of the model and texturing very nicely. For baby steps...these are pretty awesome.

RJ Andron
Posermocap.com

Looks like a great image. I especially like the black-and-white feel of it.

I do have some constructive criticism though:

1. I'm not sure I like the head-on composition. It does have a certain amount of power to the image, but at the same time, it gives the image an artificial feel to it.

2. The ...

Very nicely done. I really like the camera work. That, combined with the surfacing, looks outstanding.

RJ Andron
posermocap.com