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Coleraine Hair is not sub-d!

wizwiz Posts: 1,100
edited January 2016 in The Commons

It's a Genesis 3 product, released in 2015. How did this get missed?

I did a closeup render, and there's zigzags everywhere. Did an edit->object->convert to sub-d, and it looks much better. Still a few kinky spots, but a big improvement from the "1968 has gone seriously wrong" look it had before.

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  • SorelSorel Posts: 1,417

    most hairs are actually not subd'd already so usually you have to convert it yourself.

  • AprilYSHAprilYSH Posts: 1,522

    No it's not subdivided already, subd items take longer to render so users should only do it on items when rendered close enough to need it. You can tell from promos where the zig zags appear and whether you will want it. 

    I always provide base polycount of my items on he product page too fyi.

    For a short time when subd was new in DS I released some items with subd but found most users are able to tolerate higher base polycount instead - so where I used to model to about 5k-20k quads now I allow about 30-50k quads which is still relatively conservative so users can subd if their patience for renders allow.

     

  • barbultbarbult Posts: 26,548
    Yes, I think it is wise to leave subD to the discretion of the user. It is very easy for a user to apply subD. Distant shots don't need it and render faster without it.
  • nicsttnicstt Posts: 11,715
    wiz said:

    It's a Genesis 3 product, released in 2015. How did this get missed?

    I did a closeup render, and there's zigzags everywhere. Did an edit->object->convert to sub-d, and it looks much better. Still a few kinky spots, but a big improvement from the "1968 has gone seriously wrong" look it had before.

    increase/add smooth as well.

    @AprilYSH Glad you leave it off.

  • Midnight_storiesMidnight_stories Posts: 4,112

    I can't see that it needs to be Sub-D, if it's not broken don't fix it!

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 40,565

    I personally dislike stuff that loads subdivided

  • Midnight_storiesMidnight_stories Posts: 4,112
    JaguarElla said:

    I personally dislike stuff that loads subdivided

    Man that would have killed the MS Lycan for sure !!!

  • AprilYSHAprilYSH Posts: 1,522
    Midnight_stories said:
    JaguarElla said:

    I personally dislike stuff that loads subdivided

    Man that would have killed the MS Lycan for sure !!!

    Oh yeah, despite Daz's ebil world domination scheme there are still people who don't use only DS ... lol whaaat!

     

  • Midnight_storiesMidnight_stories Posts: 4,112
    AprilYSH said:
    Midnight_stories said:
    JaguarElla said:

    I personally dislike stuff that loads subdivided

    Man that would have killed the MS Lycan for sure !!!

    Oh yeah, despite Daz's ebil world domination scheme there are still people who don't use only DS ... lol whaaat!

     

    I'm not touching that !!!surprise

  • FSMCDesignsFSMCDesigns Posts: 12,851
    JaguarElla said:

    I personally dislike stuff that loads subdivided

    Agreed!!

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