Sorry for the forum, I don't remember it ever existed.
Why would I go there? Ask questions no one will be able to answer.
If someone send me a private e-mail, I will take the time to help him.
I paid for Realsoft, because the features were interesting.
The features are working, I am happy customer.
The features are not working, I contact RS directly and they solve the
problem.
Community is only for chatting about RS, 3D and new techniques.
The software is working, you cannot complain.
You are unable to create your vision in RS, but the software is working,
you cannot complain.
There is a manual + reference and everything is in there.
Anything else can be found on many books about 3D, tutorials and DVD.
For example a perfect skin shader can be found in Renderman Shading books.
You can then recreate them with the VSL.
http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/1598632868/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=485327511&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0201508680&pf_rd_m=A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB&pf_rd_r=0C7R41SMX7HH1EZWG125
PS : perfect skin shader is worth nothing if the model and lighting is
not perfect : )
A 3D tutorial for maya or blender will work for RS and vice versa.
In the big studios, things are not always working as expected. Software
does not always react as supposed to.
They don't have the time to blame the software, they find a bypass or
another way to do it.
Only the user can be blamed for poor result.
Like I said many times, I could do anything I ever wanted with RS
version 1.0 : RS7 is only bonus.
I feel by reading some users post that they want someone else to do
everything for them.
3D is not a step by step. Find the way to get the shot you want with
your imagination.
RS has the potential to do everything you could ever imagine, maybe not
with a magic button like softimage.
RS attract technical people more than artistic people, maybe this is the
problem.
RS is not responsible to make you create fantastic images, they provide
only the tool.
Now with the incredible Avatar movie, new RS users will pop up with the
dream of doing the same thing.
RS can do an Aatar movie, but with 500 expert cg artists.
Carrara, Bryce and Poser website is full of beautiful images, probably
better than most created with RS.
And yet no professionals are using these softwares. Why other easy
stupid software create better images?
They have a magic button to create beautiful images, but they don't
provide the tools to create YOUR visions.
They are only good at creating beautiful images of a naked woman in a
shiny landscape, nothing else.
Jean-Sebastien Perron
www.NeuroWorld.ws
