https://www.posetteforever.com/viewtopic.php?f=68&t=1590&p=23591#p23591
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Monday, 01 August 2005, 04:29 AM

A failed skin texturing experiment.
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I was offline for much of the day today, due to an experiment.  Rather, as many of you know, I use Windows for only two main purposes: one is to run artistic software such as Poser; the other is for playing some computer games, when the mood hits me.  For security reasons, I don't permit Windows to touch the internet.  So when I boot up Windows, I am offline.

Today, I was trying an experiment to try to create a little more realistic skin texture than what I have so far accomplished.  I would try changing the texture a little then set the program to render the results while I walked of to do some chores.  Then when it was finished, I would adjust it some more and start another render ....

Comparing the textures used on Virgina to the newer version that I have used on Jezebel, you can get an idea of what I was trying.  With the creation of the texture for Jezebel from that of Virgina, I have added an effect to provide the slight color variations that skin often has.

That was done with a series of Poser 5 procedural nodes, while most of Jezebel's texture maps are the same as those of Virgina.  The effect I was try to add this time or the minor blemishes both flat and raised that skin often has.  However, I failed to get the natural looking effect that I was seeking.  The best looking flat blemishes that I achieved made the model look like she has the measles.

As for the elevated ones, using a procedural driven bump map, interfered with the current bump map the creates the skin's pores.  I tried using a displacement rather than a bump map drivien by the same procedural nodes as I had tried with the bump mapping.  Now with the same strength setting, she looked like she had small boils all over her.  A slight modification of the setting made her look pox marked all over. 

When it was clear that I was not making any progress, I scraped the experiment and left Windows.  Oh the fun of trial and error!

Pangor