Does anybody know what is happening here or have any suggestions?

Is this normal maps, HD morphs?

Anyone got the product and able to show comparrisons with and without?

Not bought an E&J item recently, and figuring this would be a nice time to correct that situation.

Also any user images would be welcome.

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Another question, in the surfaces: is the base color effect: Scatter Only, or Scatter Transmit?

I tried with all options in Environment mode but stills the black image. What can I do? Thanks!

For the water brushes, do you set the color to white? Do you have to then paint some highlights and transparancy? I was going to do this, but when I control clicked to create a mask, it looked like the selection was smaller than what I expected it to be. Does photoshop have a preserve transparancy like Painter does?  Do you need to paint (click I assume as some of the bruses are quite large) on the same layer as the water or on a separate layer. (I was trying a separate layer.) Or should I be doing something different?

Likewise with the broken glass. I have a background layer and a second layer with my figure and a mask. I wanted to use the brush that looked like the glass had been broken with a rock. (Hole in the middle.) I created a new layer. I tried some dark colors and some light colors and then clicked where the hole should be. Only the dark colors really showed up. But the center was dark too. I would have thought the center would have remainded clear, as that is where the glass has fallen out. So I obviously don't have the concept down right.

Thanks.

Where are my normal people at? Where are my accountants? Where are my over-spray-tanned soccer moms? Where are the Women of Walmart? Where is the college nerd who really wants to ask that foreign exchange student? Where is the father of four who works the 9 to 5 at UPS with a beer gut and memories of his high school glory days?

Where is the mediocrity which is the world around us?

Pretty is not a bad thing, they can be pretty but.... not TOO pretty. Let's see some flaws!

The challenge? Make and render a normal-looking human being as the central figure or one of the main central figures of the render. They may be subjected to something unusual in the render, be among god-like people, or be just going about their everyday life but... make an ordinary human being.

The winner as decided by me, will enjoy a $10 DAZ gift certificate purchased by me. Two runners up will get $5 and four will get $2.50. (Yep, I am so sick of super-normal, I am investing $30 of my own money here. :) )

Submissions start now and end November 16th when I will take a look at all the submissions.

Posters must include the name of any products used and where they purchased from them. Extra points will be awarded for hand-done morphs and textures.

Get to rendering!
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AND THE WINNER'S ARE...

And I added a few more honorable mentions. If you know how to award gift certiuficates without email addresses being shared, let me know. Otherwise, send me your email address for your rewards!

$10 - First Place: Post#88 - Luci45
$5 - Runner Up: Post#79 - ZamuelNow
$5 - Runner Up: Post#78 - Scott Livingston
$2.50 - Honorable Mention - Post #81 - IVSMA
$2.50 - Honorable Mention - Post#74 - fivecat
$2.50 - Honorable Mention - Post#62 - SereneNight
$2.50 - Honorable Mention -Post #35 - Luci45
$2.50 - Honorable Mention - Post#34 - FMSC Design
$2.50 - Honorable Mention -Post#28 - Laticis

Unshaven 2 from Mec 4d is an option. She had created hair similar to this once, but I am not sure how to create it. LAMH might be an option, but someone would have to tell me for sure.

I am open to anything as this haircut is for the main character for my 80s cyberpunk graphic novel.

I got the following error:  

• The "IM00029976-01_NeoVITextureExpBundle.zip" file is invalid. It does not contain a manifest, or is corrupt. The product cannot be installed. 

Just thought I'd ask before filing a help ticket to see if anyone actually managed to get that installed.  I tried deleting and downloading again, but that didn't work. Thanks.

Edit:  I forgot to add that I did double check and there is a Manifest file inside the zipfile.

There seems to be no shortage of gym props (smartprops) and poses for V4 or Gen 3/V7/M7. But finding them for Genesis and/or Genesis 2 has proven impossible in my search. Can anyone recall any such thing either here or at Rendo? Elsewhere?

Thank you.

thanks!

From the promo pictures, this looks very impressive and authentic. Reminds me a bit of Cobble Hilll in Brooklyn! I love that the various architectural flourishes vary among the brownstones.

If anyone has bought this, can you please tell me if a)the doors open and b) what the rear side of the brownstones looks like. I ask, because in all the areas where I've seen similar townhouses (Brooklyn and Boston), the rears of the buildings open up into a kind of backyard garden that isn't visible from the street. It's not a dealbreaker, but it would be good to know if this set has those features before I wishlist it.

I'm a determined Macintosh user. Unfortunately Apple doesn't think Mac users need to expand their computers. Apple apparently doesn't like nVidia either. Their Mac Pro has ATI cards. I have more time than money, so I'm attempting my own research into external Thunderbolt devices for the Mac.

The first concern I noticed was that some devices require a power source (PSU) that doesn't come with the device. I've skimmed through some device descriptions, and can't seem to find any info on a PSU. I'd really want to know if I need to buy one, and know my options.

The second concern is which video cards would fit into the enclosure. I'd prefer to see a list of appropriate video cards. I haven't seen much information readily available. The closest I've come was wtih the Sonnet Echo Express device on Amazon.com. 

https://www.amazon.com/Sonnet-Express-Thunderbolt-Expansion-Chassis/dp/B00IPSJLXG/ref=sr_1_8?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1471529821&sr=1-8&keywords=thunderbolt+expansion

Here is Sonnet's list of compatible video cards. http://www.sonnettech.com/support/charts/thunderbolt/index.html

1. FIRST enter the page, the correct number of items are showing

2. the correct Hide What I Own is showing

3. if not, if you enter Perry's store URL in a different window, the correct number of items AND Hide What I Own is correct?

I logged out and in and refreshed cache and it was still wrong.  I haven't checked to see if any other stores are wonky with the Hide What I Own and number of items in the store showing up correctly. Many stores have too many items to count, Perry's was easy with just three. I'm posting because it makes me wonder though if some items are not showing in the stores (that I haven't purchased) when I enter the stores. 

Is there any way to unparent the butterflies from the crown?

I right clicked on butterfly 16 but I'm not seeing any unparent options?  Or is that the old way of doing things?

:)

Do they use the same template?  Any info is appreciated.