Rene:

In my (humble) opinion, these look very good, especially considering the 
rendering time.

Heck, if source were available, I'd use it!  (imitation and flattery and all 
..)

I think one reason that people say that skin is translucent, but then also 
say any SSS attempts look too 'waxy' is that there is a huge difference 
between real life and photo's, especially computer art.

In real life, I believe our eyes are something like 9kx9k resolution -so any 
translucence has a few 'pixels' to show.  It's small, but we see it, so we 
know it's there.

When we look at a person in CGI, there aren't nearly enough pixels to show 
this, so any SSS *visible* would look like too much.

In any event, my particular use isn't so much close ups, but I am trying to 
do a POVComp image with a couple of people on a balcony, high inside a 
'bubble city' on Mars.  I was toying with the idea of having a woman 
admiring the view, and a man next to her leaning over and 'admiring the 
view' (different view <G>).  If I do that, I would realy want a *good* 
looking skin shader, and yours comes I think pretty close.  I'm looking at 
rendering times of 1+ days at 1600x1200 alone just for my city :( so I need 
something fast, I think.

Does it look good in animations, or have you tried that yet?

        == John ==


"Rene Bui" <ren### [at] freefr> wrote in message 
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> #5 + ambient color
> #6 + reddish shadow_pigment to mimic translucent effect.
> #7 + light group => only skin and inner parts are concerned
> #8 + highlights
>
> Not perfect. Of course, the method could be improved.
> But very FAST render
>
> Rene
> (the old newbie)
>

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