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Subject: Candle Flame Shader For Firefly... (Use Postwork Answer Is For Cowards!)

3dcheapskate opened this issue on Mar 05, 2020 ยท 100 posts


3dcheapskate posted Tue, 24 May 2022 at 12:43 AM

3dcheapskate posted at 12:07 AM Tue, 24 May 2022 - #4439021

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Perhaps I should do Firefly/Superfly render comparisons with various node outputs plugged into PoserSurface AmbientColor to see if I can identify a single node that needs a Superfly-specific tweak ? Or maybe I should forget about Superfly and let those who are familiar with it take the reins ?

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Well, identifying which node causes the Firefly/Superfly difference was much easier than I thought. Simply setting PoserSurface Transparency and TransparencyEdge to 0 and disconnecting those inputs the Firefly/Superfly renders are nigh on identical. So it's the way Superfly handles transparency that's different.

Below screenshot from render comparison in Poser - one side FF, the other SF




The 3Dcheapskate (also available in DAZ and HiveWire3D flavours) occasionally posts sensible stuff. Usually by accident.
And it usually uses Poser 11, with units set to inches. Except when it's using Poser 6 or PP2014, or when its units are set to PNU.