Same as me. I too only have P7 installed anymore and use that exclusively. In practice I've found that for some reason the P4 renderer gives more clarity and crispiness compared to firefly especially when used with tone shader nodes. I'm not sure why, but I believe that firefly renderer somehow overcompensates the shader effects (ie. it applies too much anti-aliasing on black lines eventhough the user actually means to have those lines in the first place).Originally Posted by RPMiller
For those of us who can't quite afford Poser, will those shaders work in DAZ Studio?
I suppose I could go look for myself, but I'm a bit lazy
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No they wont. D|S has it's own shader system (but it costs mucho yens).
Poser is dirt cheap at the moment (P6 goes for $29,99 and P7 for $99,99).
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Wow! The price has really dropped, too bad I went broke buying my wife's Christmas presents.
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So tell her what you want for Christmas.Wow! The price has really dropped, too bad I went broke buying my wife's Christmas presents.
Bill Stickers is innocent! It isn't Bill's fault that he was hanging out in the wrong place.
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William McCraig has been the harbormaster for 5 years now. His position is one of the most important ones in the city of Port Magalie. The harbor is at the heart of survival when it comes to maintaining the life-style that Port Magalie's citizens have adopted. Sure there are land-routes, but the ever threatening presence of orc and goblin tribes practically make steady land-bound trade routes commercially unviable. The sea routes on the other hand are quite the opposite. Hence Port Magalie's harbor forms the biggest and most bustling section of the city - and at the heart of all this is the harbormaster.
Nothing happens in the harbor without William knowing it. He does have 2 deputy harbormasters working evenings and nights, but even then William is usually kept in the loop as to what is happening. He knows all the captains , their vices and their loyalties, their cons and pros. He knows who owns which warehouse and he knows when ships are due to sail in and out.
William is not a sea-farer himself. In fact he has a tendency for sea-sickness and doesn't have the longing for open sea that drives many of the captains and ship crews out there. Should he have that yearning in his heart, it would be doubtful he'd still be land bound seeing the ships come in and go out on a daily basis. What he has, on the other hand, is an extraordinary gift for organising and multi-tasking several jobs simultaneously. This gift of his is a natural pre-requisite for anyone wishing to run a busy harbor so it can be reasonably argued that William is the right man for the job of harbormaster.
William McCraig is already pushing over 35 years, but surprisingly his face, demeanor and personality are in contradiction to his physical age. He is generally thought as a decade younger than what he actually is. Both a blessing and a curse really. At times newcomers express doubts that how come the port city's main function is run by a teenager. Once they see how well things are organised and maintained, they usually see the error in their attitude. William is also quite the busy bee when it comes to dealings with the opposite sex. He has not yet found his true love despite his efforts to find one.
William has been connected with several wealthy and powerful families via sexual adventures, but so far his important and visible position has protected him against the wrath of angered fathers (and a couple of husbands too!). He is physically in very good shape and strong as an ox. This is due to the fact that he actually still takes part of the heavier duties that the harbor has to offer it's workers. He is very well liked among the harbor workers, but less so by some civil servants who consider that a man in his position should not be so friendly with his employees. In fact there has been several instances when William's errors in running the harbor have been used against him in an effort to shove him out of his job. So far those efforts have failed miserably simply because he almost single-handedly keeps the harbor operational and everyone knows that replacing William would have an adverse effect on how the harbor operates.
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Don Claudio Argnetti is one of the respected teachers in the University of Akron (situated in the city state of Akron). Don Argnetti is a chief judge in the city state and also holds numerous other vacancies within the judicial system in the nearby regions. Don Argnetti is one of the 12 high priests of The Holy Order of Justice and Don Argnetti's responsibilities cover the entire area of Akron and then some. The Holy Order of Justice is a loose counsil of respected followers of Aldamar and their purpose is to supervise and guide both secular rulers and Aldamar's servants in matters that concern dealing justice. In practice their opinion is asked first when new positions are being implemented within an existing judicial system or new persons are being proposed into important and visible positions. In theory secular rulers have no obligation to obey since there are no laws that give the high priests any official jurisdiction. However, their power is often entangled and entwined with the society at large and ignoring their opinions has proven to be a bad idea.
Don Argnetti's duties at the university includes regular lectures in different aspects of how laws are created and upheld. He also has about a dozen promising younger Aldamar's servants under his tutorage. This mentoring has proven a good practise because it gives Don Argnetti a good perspective of where the young generation is standing in his field of speciality. And of course it pays well. A two-year long tutoring program costs an average peasant's net income for 10 years.
Don Argnetti is a visible personality in Akron and he likes to bask in the spot lights. He is a very articulate and verbally acrobatic debater and has somewhat famous for setting logic traps when debating and then exploding them just at the right time in order to win debates. He likes mental challenges, but this is probably also a compensation for his weak body. Don Argnetti has suffered from ill health for most of his life and his bad back prevents from doing any kind of strenuous physical activities which in turn is making his body even worse. At the age of 55 years, Don Argnetti is still full of new ideas in his field of expertise and he still sees much need for improvement in the surrounding world. His liberal thinking and progressive attitude has gained him opposition over the years as well primarily from those who get benefits from a stagnated and stale society.
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Keep 'em coming! Love the way you've expanded on the whole ethos/organization of the church of Aldamar.
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This is such great stuff! Thank you for posting 12Rounds!!
This chap is really good. I especially like the detailing in the face. Any chance of a top down mini for this one ? Nice back story for him too. Lets see if I have enough rep bashing ability left.
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