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VIArtsVIArts Posts: 1,499
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I've been trying to turn this ugly guy's skin red. Changing base color setting doesn't work.p

I'm so used to 3delight, but wanna use iray.

any help? maybe there's a devil red skin for g8m somewhere?

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  • GordigGordig Posts: 10,071

    Try changing the translucency color to match.

  • nemesis10nemesis10 Posts: 3,426
    edited May 2023

    I did a little test by loading default Gen 8, an HDRI for light and going to the surface tab, selecting skin-lips-nail and adding a red color to base color, glossy, or translucence

    Base color and Translucence both made the figure red... Glossy didn't

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  • VIArtsVIArts Posts: 1,499

    that's a weird way to change it. Transulucency? who'da thunk

  • GordigGordig Posts: 10,071

    Subsurface scattering, which translucency kind of emulates, contributes a lot more to the color of skin than you might think. In other render engines, it almost doesn't even matter if something with SSS has a base color.

  • NylonGirlNylonGirl Posts: 1,825

    https://www.daz3d.com/twizted-skins-merchant-resource

  • AllenArtAllenArt Posts: 7,169
    edited May 2023

    I would keep the translucency as light as possible...maybe 1/3 the strength of what you have in the base color. He will still be plenty red, but won't look quite as much like he's been "painted" LOL

    I hope you can see it, but even though I started with Torment's nearly albino human skin, he's pretty red, but even so, you can still see blue veins in his arms, chest and legs.

     

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  • AllenArtAllenArt Posts: 7,169
    edited May 2023

    Here, I took the darker color I had in the base color in my last post, halved it and put it in both the base color and the translucency color of this one. If your colors are too dark, you'll lose any detail there is in the skin map.

     

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  • lou_harperlou_harper Posts: 1,163

    I turn transulency down when I want to make skin lighter.

  • VIArtsVIArts Posts: 1,499

    Aww man, achieving realism is gonna be tough for me and my vision impairment without lots of help, especially where SSS and color is concerned...

  • GhostofMacbethGhostofMacbeth Posts: 1,635

    It is a lot of trial and error

  • doubledeviantdoubledeviant Posts: 1,151
    MAJourney said:

    Aww man, achieving realism is gonna be tough for me and my vision impairment without lots of help, especially where SSS and color is concerned...

    I don't have it yet and can't vouch for ease-of-use and whatnot, but this looks useful:

    https://www.daz3d.com/fantasy-skins-for-genesis-8

    Considered buying it recently but purchased V3D's tutorial bundle instead and left Fantasy Skins for a future sale.
  • VIArtsVIArts Posts: 1,499

    well, i''m trying.  lol remember, i'm kinda sorta blind, so tell me if anything looks horrible.

    i know eyes don't look right somehow , i made the texture, but i'm getting the sense something's off. probably the reflections.

    thoughts?

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  • VIArtsVIArts Posts: 1,499

    I'm trying to load one of these; https://www.daz3d.com/twizted-skins-merchant-resource

    it keeps saying it cant find the file /data/Daz 3D/Built-in Content/Daz Iray PBRSkin/PBRSkin.dsf

    i searched my files, but don't even have a Daz Iray PBRSkin folder

    I do fave the latest DS update. where do i get this file?

  • nemesis10nemesis10 Posts: 3,426

    MAJourney said:

    I'm trying to load one of these; https://www.daz3d.com/twizted-skins-merchant-resource

    it keeps saying it cant find the file /data/Daz 3D/Built-in Content/Daz Iray PBRSkin/PBRSkin.dsf

    i searched my files, but don't even have a Daz Iray PBRSkin folder

    I do fave the latest DS update. where do i get this file?

    Just in case, reload Daz Default Resources if you haven't done it in the last two years.  They added the Daz iRay PBR shader.

  • VIArtsVIArts Posts: 1,499

    nemesis10 said:

    MAJourney said:

    I'm trying to load one of these; https://www.daz3d.com/twizted-skins-merchant-resource

    it keeps saying it cant find the file /data/Daz 3D/Built-in Content/Daz Iray PBRSkin/PBRSkin.dsf

    i searched my files, but don't even have a Daz Iray PBRSkin folder

    I do fave the latest DS update. where do i get this file?

    Just in case, reload Daz Default Resources if you haven't done it in the last two years.  They added the Daz iRay PBR shader.

     got it. thanks

  • nemesis10nemesis10 Posts: 3,426

    MAJourney said:

    nemesis10 said:

    MAJourney said:

    I'm trying to load one of these; https://www.daz3d.com/twizted-skins-merchant-resource

    it keeps saying it cant find the file /data/Daz 3D/Built-in Content/Daz Iray PBRSkin/PBRSkin.dsf

    i searched my files, but don't even have a Daz Iray PBRSkin folder

    I do fave the latest DS update. where do i get this file?

    Just in case, reload Daz Default Resources if you haven't done it in the last two years.  They added the Daz iRay PBR shader.

     got it. thanks

    Great!  Happy rendering!

  • CykloneCyklone Posts: 137
    edited May 2023

    You can also try, I you use photoshop, to rework the skin base there and make it exactly the red you want.

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