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X99 chipset, with a I7 5930 6 core 2011 v3 processor 3.5ghz oc with corsair 110i liquid cooler, corsair vengeance oc 16gb ddr4 ram, ssd drives, with amd r9 270 display adapter. With this setup i have had to buy all new components as the motherboard is very particular. I will post the teapot render later tonight. Edit: I have replaced the AMD R9 with a NVIDIA 960ti

Planning works. Make sure you plan for issues. I have been down for a few days. On a whim and maybe a little craziness i bought parts to build a new computer. I have had them sitting to side waiting on some time. The other day i tried to start AM and my license was up. So i started scrambling to get the new machine going. Well since i did not make a plan, i had to spend more than i was wanting. Anyway. Here is a shot on Win 7 rating. Bought a lot of nice things. Hoping to see a render test tonight

Mark, awesome

Very cool David!

Awesome stuff!!

William Very nice! I love the zebra! Great stuff for Will

Awesome work David

William i know i hate the topic too. But i just keep going. This program works for me, i have tried most of the others and have stayed right here, and happy i have

I think I told you Will, the Kong tutorial was the video that convinced me to stay with AM. i was so frustrated and I got the Sig graph video, and wow, I watch that section of Kong over and over. Finally i got it. Thanks again for doing it!

looked pic finallly mirror plug has to be exact or it will copy the leg. Mack you solved mine with this issue

Paul on the mirror plug in make sure you type Right Left not right left. Same thing happened to me

Thanks Douglas! I am at a decision point on skin and other rendering issues. I am happy with the SSS settings on her, the hair is almost there, now I have applied SSAO and getting soft renders that I like. Once the face rig is in place I will apply her make up. I have a few smudges on the render that what I believe is the transparent apron. I will test my theory later. Steve

Second Lesson Learned Never be afraid to ask for help! Chris and I are facing a hurdle in our project. A hurdle of realizing how big a task we have placed in front of us. Time, family, other interests loss of sleep working on a pose for three hours, life... Many things pull you in many different directions. One of the issues was something simple and any other day I probably could have solved it on my own but I finally asked for help. Collaborating with some one like Chris, who has been a stable and calming influence, allows me to ask questions. I have learned a great deal about AM and my abilities through this project. Some I would not have known if I had not asked the questions. So thank you Chris for putting up with me and all my issues. The hurdle is there but I feel better that there is someone I can bounce my thoughts off to get me going in the right directions. Help is out there for those who are not afraid to ask. This forum contains some very talented people who are eager to help. Lesson Learned.

I look forward to the day when Bertram is in the break room or outside in the smoking area. I really like the new look and would love to see the settings you choose in MuHair. His face reminds me of one of my family members Anyway David looking forward to the day when Bertram is moving. Steve

Paul as I learn more about rigging, the more I have no clue about. That is when I get into trouble. Instead of asking and being patient for the answer, I cause trouble for myself. While I may stumble across a solution most of the time I just mess things up. So with this lesson learned i will continue to post lessons throughout the course of this project.

Sometimes just do it over. I had a simple on/off relationship where in the off state the apron was not showing or 100 percent transparent and on state 0 percent transparent And the apron was visible. Well somehow when I created the relationship I inadvertently hit the wrong pose slider, I then selected the correct apron slider and set the the default state of relationship. Everything worked and test rendered to make sure. Later I removed the pose slider that I inadvertently selected in the creation of the apron on/off relationship. I saved the model. Now last night I wanted to render a test frame and no matter what I did the apron rendered even though the poser slider was set to off or 100 percent transparent. I worked on salvaging the relationship for several hours and realized in a backup file what I had done. I worked on it some more tonight to no avail and finally gave up. I deleted the pose slider and relationship, saved the file, recreated the pose slider, created the on off relationship again and viola everything works again. I was so stubborn knowing I could salvage the old slider. I wasted hours on something that took less than 3 minutes to recreate. Sometimes just do it over. Lesson Learned.

Yes but since I reloaded the 18j with sse 4 I am no longer getting weird renders. Here is a shot with sss, hair, ssao, and effects added Steve

Look in the relationship to see if you have an error. Under the user properties of the model

I installed 18j and after doing quick render I get this. Also, I have a couple of items with transparency on the model and they are rendering without the transparency settings. Anyone else have this before I put a bug report

Will Awesome. I will find time to help.

Face rig is finally coming together. After a couple of hiccups I am back on track. Hope to upload a video of the process soon Steve

Excellent stuff. Cant wait to see more!

That is cool looking!

About finished with this tree. This one was a learning process and now will use it to build another one. Steve

I like that one. Pretty cool! Steve