> Quote - > Quote - With that in mind, I don't know (without further testing) that the Hybrid method is any "less" desirable than straight closest-vert for a first pass - assuming a Restore Detail pass is going to be needed anyway. > > > > Going downhill, it's probably just as good.  Going uphill, I suppose they both have different issues, if the shapes aren't already matched nicely...

 

There are a few other messages from you that I could have quoted, but my general point is that you still seem to think that the closest-vert-only method is somehow 'comparable' (if not preferable) to ray-casting-hybrid results when going UpHill (as a first-pass, second pass, whatever pass).  It's just not something I am seeing.

We thought that the lumpiness on the forehead might have been an uphill issue with the ray-casting, but it turned out not to be the case.  The brows themselves (if done in a separate pass) looked better with closest-vert, but I think the ray-cast on those ended up looking pretty good as well (when not twisted up by including other surfaces).  You also thought that the sloppy eyelids were bad ray-cast weighting, but those turned out to be close-vert weighting (or perhaps more specifically, a mixing of the 2 methods in a special-case and confined area).

Anyway, this image and the next one are results of a rudimentary V4 -> Antonia lined up job (I moved V4 close, then opened her lips/mouth a bit).  This image is the UpHill test... the next post wil be the DownHill results.

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