Dragon in the Temple by Seaview123
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Hello everyone, and thank you for all your comments and favorites on my last post, 'Exorcising the Demon'. I put a lot of time and effort into it, and I'm happy so many of you seem to like it.
Todays picture is much simpler by comparison, but another experiment in learning Poser's depth of field function. I'm still having issues with the more distant features looking grainy, and am having to use Photoshop to blur out the pixelated parts. If anyone has any suggestions on how to setup Poser 7 to optimize its depth of field renders, I'd be much obliged.
As always, I'm looking forward to your comments. Have a great weekend,
Tom
Seaview123
PS -- This image is a repost. After reading 'agdink's comment, I took the advise and re-rendered with the suggested settings. The image didn't need any retouching in Photoshop. Although it took about 2 hours to render, it really made a difference. Thanks for the great suggestion!
Comments (24)
Awesome. Working wth Depth of Field?
Excellent work...beautiful image!!
Excellent setting, lighting and perspective Tom. I wish I could answer your question, but honestly, I have no idea what causes the pixelation in Poser 7 (I never got past P6 and I'm not using it all that much, because I'm more used and comfortable with D/S).
Terrible ce qui attend cette belle!!!!!!
Oops, looks like there could be trouble. Great one Tom
Great scene! Where's that can of Dragon-B-Gon when you need it. As for DOF - I have absolutely no idea I don't understand it, YET!
Great looking image! The trick to smooth DoF in Poser 7 is in the number of "Pixel Samples". By default Poser sets that up with 3. If you want smooth DoF, then you need to crank it up to 15-20 (at least). It adds some time to your render, but you don't get the choppy/grainy feel to your elements in the background. Of course, you can also use something like GlowWorm from Daz or Advanced Render Settings from RunTimeDNA to render a separate DoF pass which will let you blur out the DoF in Photoshop. I've tried both and actually prefer Poser's version, but when I'm feeling impatient, GlowWorm saves a boodle of time and gives more control than Poser or Advanced Render Settings since you can set the start and end points of your focal range. Have fun!
what a cool render... i don't understand poser at all i'm trying but it's just to hard maybe one day
Wonderful image..terrific poing!!
Great work!!!!!!
Very good POV and DOF. Good light and scene. Very good pose and render.
Excellent work Tom great lighting too!
Awesome POV. I'm playing catch up so hopefully I'll see what I've missed soon. Excellent work Tom.
Beautiful render!!!
beautiful scene and terrific posing and lighting tom...great job as always...
well done scene, excellent scope of distance and size
Uh oh, she is in a really bad spot. Looks great to me. I don't know about DOF at alll, gotta learn it.
All is said already. Beautiful render Tom!
Very cool depth w/the blurred dragon "way toward the back" (which makes us all comfortable - lol). Great job!
wonderful scene love her pose
Very nice character and pose. Great POV and lighting! Well done.
I promise not to mention anything about the upskirt POV... oops, just did! Really cool action scene man, kinda think she might be lunch.
Great pose and focus!!!!
The depth of field does add a lot. Cool picture.