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Please see the three screen shots.

I don’t think it is as simple as the ambient setting for the skin, but it is worth a check.
Advanced shaders use diffuse as preview but can look completely different when rendered.
So what are the material settings for the skin?
Edit:
Have you by any chance use a skin shader made for Poser?
Oh, and you have exceeded the max size for posting on your renders.

Oom

I have seen this happen with old shaders that are not compatable with the upgraded software. I am not saying that this is the case.

Oom could be right about Poser shader but until know I have only seen them come out black in Daz Studio. But never say never just becase I haven’t seen it doesn’t make to true.

Can you provide a little info on what Skin texture is it and what the surface settings are (screenshot will help)

I’ve had this happen with shaders recently, especially the Visual style shaders I was told that its a memory problem.

80% certain that’s an issue with the version of the old Elite Human Surface Shader.  I’d suggest removing it (EHSS) from your system and reinstalling DS4 to get the native version.

Either way before you do that confirm that the skin in question is using EHSS.   If it is, then I think I’ve got the answer (above), if it isn’t, then let us know and we’ll keep trying to help.

Must run to work now, so will reply to only one at this moment, will reply more after I return from work.  Thank you to everyone for your replies.

adamr001,

How would I find out if the skin in question is using Elite Human Surface Shader?  If I’m not mistaken, I did once purchase EHSS, but whether I’ve downloaded it to my current computer and whether the skin in question is using it, I’m not sure…

Just post a screencap of your Surface settings and we should be able to see if you are using EHSS. Just make sure the scrrencap is no bigger than 800 pixels wide.

Yup, select the figure on the scene tab, swtich to the surface tab and then select something like “2_SkinFace” and look at the top, it’ll show you the shader, it’ll say like “DAZ Default” or omHumanSurface or omUberSurface.

If it’s the middle one omHumanSurface, then that’s you’re culprit.  If it says something else, then it may be a purely custom shader.

Just goes to show my eyes are painted on…I have never noticed that Adam.

It might also say pw<something>... In which case you need to make sure you’re using the latest version of those…

Oh and I just really noticed…. holyschmoly that’s a lot of lights.  Is that a Poser light set you’re trying to use in DS?

This is probably much more than you guys want, but here are screen shots.

a couple more screen shots:

adamr001 - 06 July 2012 12:33 PM

Oh and I just really noticed…. holyschmoly that’s a lot of lights.  Is that a Poser light set you’re trying to use in DS?

I don’t know if this will answer your question, but the lights (“Lights1”) are in the Poser Formats section of the Content Library.

By the way, the render is from quality setting “3”.  (“4” being the best—and slowest.)

Hi…

EdwardEdwardEdward - 06 July 2012 10:23 PM

By the way, the render is from quality setting “3”.  (“4” being the best—and slowest.)

Change the render quality setting to “4”.  “3” is a hardware assisted render using OpenGL Shader, that’s why the figures skin is washing out with the current light set.
Also the light set you are using is optimized for poser, so you may need to adjust some of those lights. Unless you are happy with the lighting in the render, then leave them be.
I sometimes believe lighting is a personal taste if it achieves the look you are going for.

Hope this helps…