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Thanks, took me a while to figure out they were located at the abnranger link and not on the "resources" page. Some really nice shaders there ,maybe they need advertising more or putting on the resources page....or did I miss them being in a really obvious place? I just checked they were in a really obvious place.....I dont really look at many other threads just the Beta one! You live and learn....thanks again for the help with this.

HMMM , I dont have those folders only Default and one I made for myself. I could I get those?

Thanks . I think I was just expecting it to render the rays slower rather than multiple times.

Hi there Mr Kid, I just found your post here whilst looking for something else , I must apologise for not responding to it on the grounds of not ever seeing it!!! ( I dont think I did...) Anyways ,Im still plugging away at all this stuff....sometimes I wonder why, Im really not smart enough i decided. Today are be mostly experimenting with the 3dcoat rendering. I had a few problems but slowly getting there . Hope you are still doing nice pictures, I dont believe Ive seen many recently, do you have another outlet? stu

switched of AA ,still rendered the frame 4 times .

Everythings ok carlosan... I think I confused matters by not saying I was only rendering one frame not a sequence! Everything is set to render one frame in a folder, my query was it renders four passes for one picture at sizes above the default size. Why does it render 4 passes? So in my case 500 rays per frame x 4 its notrendering a 4 frame sequence just the one.

Hi all, I am curious about something..... I have been trying out the rendering room, I noticed this ....I had my rays set to 500 . As I was watching it render it would get to 500 then start again as if it were rendering a sequence but was not saving it anywhere. Eventually I got to the bottom of it.... it was seeming to render the frame 4 or so times before it saved ? Is this how the renderer works ? does it do several passes before it saves? It was rendering just the 500 on the default render size so I figured that was it ,it was when I increased to a larger render size it did the extra passes. I thought it was broken for large renders so I was canceling the render....I guess before it had done the extra passes, if that is how it works?

Doh! Thanks for that, weirdly I remember this from the distant past . Use it or lose it.....think I am losing it. Thanks for the quick reply. Now I can start my Greedo blaster.

Can I have some help please .... I am using a ref image of this gun and I am trying to trim a block to shape using the cut of tool but all it is doing is painting the image, it only cuts the block if the ref image is turned off. That is no use .Am I using this wrong?

You may have exported it using the wrong setting.

Have a look here ...In Retopo look at the top line of menu/tabs, the last one to the right is "Colours" try that.

MMM. So last night while I was fiddlin' about with these shaders .( see previous posts above.) I had Beta 19 installed .( this has the shader I like.) So I installed Beta 36. I do this by just clicking on the icon of 3dcoat of the down load I have on my computer, which I assume replaces any previous version I have installed. So click on my Desktop icon and Beta 36 loads up .....fiddle around with the shader using the tips given to me earlier by you helpful lot. I still cant get it to my satisfaction,so gave up and went to watch telly for an hour. When I came back to it I opened 3dcoat and Beta 19 loaded up instead of 36 but with that new splash screen that 36 has , the one that just says 3dcoat in grey on it. So had a look in the start menu and clicked on 3dcoat in there and managed to load up 36 again? So the jist of it is, I had two versions available at the same time. I thought when you installed it , it replaced the previous version you had. Just to be on the safe side I reinstalled Beta 19....now beta 36 has gone. I am just wondering if I install 36 again will I continue to have two versions.This could be useful for me , but I am wary of conflicts and licencing rules. Any one else have this? ( when I install I always use default locations, so pretty sure I have not installed it in two locations.) Sorry for the ramble ...if none of that made sense just ignore me....... Edit . I just noticed I have the screw thread primitives in 19. I thought these came in later. So how does that work, would they have been installed in a folder when I tried a newer beta then just remained there when I rolled back to 19? Any other new stuff in my 19 beta?

The contrast button locks the environment, but I dont think I tried the greyscale thing. I went thru all the panaramas and some of those are basically greyscale ( the studio looking ones) . I will take a look at that .Thanks Taros. And At least I dont have to look at that convert shader thing now.....which actually says convert materials....thanks Artman. Out of curiosity, what type shader setup do other folk use in the latest beta for sculpting ?

Thanks , I will have a look at that convert shaders thing the next time I install a latest beta.I have altered a current shader but feel I only got it about 80 percent there . I just dont like the way they look for sculpting,( yes ,I have used the new contrast button!) I like the zbrush grey look.I will use the 19 beta for now, I am not doin' much these days anyway so when I do get round to some thing I dont wanna really be fiddlin. around with shaders.

Hi, This is the shader I like to use in beta 19 ....can I use this exact shader in beta 36 ? If so, can it be installed from somewhere. Or do I have to emulate it by altering the supplied pbr shaders to try and match it. I've spent ages having a go , I can get it grey but it lacks that certain sharpness of the one I like. ta.

"I have checked 3D-Coat 4.5.35 (64-bit and 32-bit) under clean install of Windows Vista 64-bit and 32-bit. Both install and work." Thanks for that Sergil, good to know.

Thanks Andrew, Its Ok I dont really have a problem. Probably some weird glitch somewhere in my system. Computer and 3dCoat is working fine again after an extensive re-install.Version 19 works fine for my current needs .Even the 33 beta worked ok ,before my computer went flakey . I will probably upgrade my system later on in the year to keep up with the rest of the world.....

Not from vista.

Cant edit my last post. But, I've managed to get 4.5.19 working at last ! 124 updates on Vista , nvidia driver backwards and forwards . ( using the latest) Now got to install all the other stuff........sigh. Still, I can start saving and try to figure out about a new computer... thanks for the input fellers. Move along ...nothing to see here.....

Thanks Taros. Ive thrown enough cash at this pc over the last 8 years ,maybe its time to move on. Just loaded 122 updates...took about 3-4 hours!! Computer works fine ,just doesnt like 3dcoat.

Thanks for the input guys! Had this all working ok last week...so I know it will work fine . then out of the blue my computer just went really slow and jerky. So had to bit the bullet and start again. Got Direct X 10.1,geforce 341 95 Sick of messing with all this .Think I will pack it in for now . See if I can get a middle of the road new computer for cheap. I will have a go today, if its not working by bedtime ....see you in a few months.....

Ok ,Having a nightmare now. I have just re installed Widows Vista . So I have a completely clean computer... tried to install Beta 34 but wont run because of some sort of "application error" Should I have installed an earlier version first. or any vital software I should have..( I have the latest nvidia driver.) My first re install I downloaded all 119 updates for windows ,but 3dcoat would not run, so I re installed again but have not installed the updates yet ,thinking that might have something to do with it. Clueless now.

Thanks Taros.

I will look in the manual .....i just want the simple pic- mat grey that was there before, and maybe the clay coloured one also. What do you mean by existing copy? Do you mean fiddle about with one of the new shaders... Sorry , Im just a basic user that is rapidly losing interest in all this 3d suff.and hasnt used 3d coat for 4 months. Those fancy shaders do nothing for me.

Thanks. Working with my Vista now. So can I get Pic-mat grey back? I cant find the post that said how, Im sure I saw saw something about this a few weeks back.