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Genesis 3 characters skin too red/orange (Translucency)

MortzeMortze Posts: 184
in Technical Help (nuts n bolts)

I'm having trouble figuring out how the translucency works. 

Whenever I buy a new Genesis 3 figure, either here or at Renderosity, it comes with default Taanslucency parameters that make, on initial test renderings, the skin always be too red/orange, as if the character stayed too long taking a sunbath. It's never like the promotional pictures so I suppose some tweeking must be made 

For isntance, for this particular character there is a Translucency map (somewhat desaturated) with a strong red colour (0.39/0/0) and Translucency Weigth 0.30.

Can someone enlight me on how to work with Translucency dials to have a somehow natural skin? I still want to keep the translucency feature, I understand it mimics interior body tissue light scatering which adds realism, but I can't understand why the default values produce such wrong effect.

Thank you.

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  • Daywalker DesignsDaywalker Designs Posts: 3,586
    edited April 2017

    What version of DAZ Studio are you using. There was a change in how some of the settings were displayed when DAZ Studio 4.9 was released, so content made for that will render differently in DAZ Studio 4.8. There is a thread in the Commons that has some information on how to change this. The same would be true of content made in/for DAZ Studio 4.8 being rendered in 4.9.

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  • MortzeMortze Posts: 184

    I'm using 4.8

    That might explain it. Would you be kind enough to lead me to that thread in Commons?

  • Daywalker DesignsDaywalker Designs Posts: 3,586

    https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/69709/daz-studio-4-9-daz-original-figure-skin-material-optimization#latest

    There might be others, but I would have to search for them.

  • fastbike1fastbike1 Posts: 4,077

    Change the SSS Reflectance Tint from light blue to light yellow. The light blue will be something like (RGB) 236,255,255. Try something like 255,250,226.

  • MortzeMortze Posts: 184

    Quite the opposite fastbike1.

    I tried that and it looks much better with a subtle blue tint (0.72; 1.00; 1.00). 

  • fastbike1fastbike1 Posts: 4,077

    Apologies, didn't note that you were using 4.8. The thread daywalker linked was about correcting product in 4.9. 

    baldorvadras_b61092790d said:

    Quite the opposite fastbike1.

    I tried that and it looks much better with a subtle blue tint (0.72; 1.00; 1.00). 

     

  • yagakisanyagakisan Posts: 65

    Hi, I have the same problem but I'm working with 3delight and AoA subsurface shader on DAZ 4.9.

    The skin of my characters is too red/orange, I'm trying changing different parameters without success. Can anyone give me an advice?

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