3DAD 041 : Rendering skin materials - Paolo Ciccone interviewed on his Reality Plugin

Paolo Ciccone is the author of Reality, a plugin for Poser and DAZ Studio that introduced Physically Based Rendering (PBR) around 2010, when PBR was not that familiar for Poser and DAZ Studio artists. PBR provides more photorealistic or natural looking renders than previous render techniques. The Reality plugin continues to takes advantage of the LuxRender rendering engine. In this interview session we learn:- 1. How can the reality plugin help with gaining realism with skin materials in a render? 2. There are a number of SSS parameters, such as surface thickness, abortion scale and scattering scale. What settings tend to work best for which circumstances? 3. There’s a thread on Runtime DNA that talks about how you spent weeks of development testing thousands of combinations, was that with getting the automatic SSS function correct? 4. Is it possible to make the skin “glow” using Reality? I know there is a “light emission” modifier that might be used since this can be tweaked in any material. 5. You could use a procedural texture to get some interesting patterns on the skin using Reality, without having to use Photoshop. Firstly what’s a procedural texture and how might you apply that in Reality? 6. Since we last spoke in January, you’ve released Reality 4.3. What are the main changes to see in 4.3? 7. You had a surprise phone call this year from a manager at Apple computers. Tell us about that story. 8. You’ve introduced a new Reality Facebook Group. Tell us about this and some of the good things that have come out of this for Reality users. 9. What’s next for Reality? See digitalartlive.com for more podcasts, magazines and webinars on digital art

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3DAD 041 : Rendering skin materials - Paolo Ciccone interviewed on his Reality Plugin is an episode from The 3D Art Direct Podcast: 3D Digital Art | Artist Interviews | Digital Art Conferences | Sci-fi and Fantasy Genres.

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This episode was published on Sep 8, 2016.

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