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~Genesis 3 Female in Poser~

After all the hype, my very 1st Gen3F render in Poser with Octane (8 mins). She doesn't like Poser at all, so I had to bring her by force. LOL

Technically speaking, Gen3F poses and morphs beautifully, though only in DS4.8 and nowhere else. Any attempts to export to FBX or COLLADA failed to load correctly in Poser. All parts and materials load up, but the clothing and hair are scattered across the scene.

The only option was to export to raw OBJ, and rebuild the materials in Octane. The material paths seem correct in the OBJ, but [I think] Poser can't read paths with spaces in them, so I have to manually copy all the scene maps to the OBJ folder. If not, Poser will ask me to locate each map, even if they are all in the same folder (duh!). Exporting to FBX creates a folder with all the maps, so that saves me the trouble of having to locate them manually. As a side note, exporting from DS for some reason does not include any transparency maps, so I had to reconnect them manually.

One could expect FBX and COLLADA to resolve all of the above, but in my experience these "universal" file formats have so many versions, which create a lot of incompatibility. Maybe there is a specific version of FBX or COLLADA that could make perfect transition between Poser and DS, but I haven't found which one - if any - this far.

I have played a bit with i-ray in DS, but I quickly grew impatient because it takes anything between 10s to half a minute to show any updates. Having to wait this long to see any material or light adjustments takes just too long. I also cannot edit anything while it's rendering. That's why I felt an urge to bring the entire scene to render in Poser with Octane, where I have instant updates for any changes I do, without having to stop the render. I-ray was also taking forever to clear the noise (even at small sizes), while Octane finished the final 1200p render in 8 minutes.

Very worth the try, and I now have a pipeline I can use when I want to render Gen3F in Poser. I am used to always rebuilding all materials in Octane, so at least this part is the usual for me. Hope you like it and thanks for coming by!

Description
~Genesis 3 Female in Poser~

After all the hype, my very 1st Gen3F render in Poser with Octane (8 mins). She doesn't like Poser at all, so I had to bring her by force. LOL

Technically speaking, Gen3F poses and morphs beautifully, though only in DS4.8 and nowhere else. Any attempts to export to FBX or COLLADA failed to load correctly in Poser. All parts and materials load up, but the clothing and hair are scattered across the scene.

The only option was to export to raw OBJ, and rebuild the materials in Octane. The material paths seem correct in the OBJ, but [I think] Poser can't read paths with spaces in them, so I have to manually copy all the scene maps to the OBJ folder. If not, Poser will ask me to locate each map, even if they are all in the same folder (duh!). Exporting to FBX creates a folder with all the maps, so that saves me the trouble of having to locate them manually. As a side note, exporting from DS for some reason does not include any transparency maps, so I had to reconnect them manually.

One could expect FBX and COLLADA to resolve all of the above, but in my experience these "universal" file formats have so many versions, which create a lot of incompatibility. Maybe there is a specific version of FBX or COLLADA that could make perfect transition between Poser and DS, but I haven't found which one - if any - this far.

I have played a bit with i-ray in DS, but I quickly grew impatient because it takes anything between 10s to half a minute to show any updates. Having to wait this long to see any material or light adjustments takes just too long. I also cannot edit anything while it's rendering. That's why I felt an urge to bring the entire scene to render in Poser with Octane, where I have instant updates for any changes I do, without having to stop the render. I-ray was also taking forever to clear the noise (even at small sizes), while Octane finished the final 1200p render in 8 minutes.

Very worth the try, and I now have a pipeline I can use when I want to render Gen3F in Poser. I am used to always rebuilding all materials in Octane, so at least this part is the usual for me. Hope you like it and thanks for coming by!