Subsurface toolbox

AdrianS

Having downloaded the 4.6 upgrade, I now have the subsurface shaders. Today I purchased the subsurface toolbox which looked useful. However, I have no idea what to do with this mass of shaders or how to do it! There are what appear to be presets, unhelpfully labelled with things like '3' or '21'. How am I supposed to know what they do or how I use them? Is there any documentation available for this set? It looks like it would need an extensive manual to explain how and when to use all the shaders that are included, but without docuimentation I don't know where to start!

mark128

Schmit said:

Having downloaded the 4.6 upgrade, I now have the subsurface shaders. Today I purchased the subsurface toolbox which looked useful. However, I have no idea what to do with this mass of shaders or how to do it! There are what appear to be presets, unhelpfully labelled with things like '3' or '21'. How am I supposed to know what they do or how I use them? Is there any documentation available for this set? It looks like it would need an extensive manual to explain how and when to use all the shaders that are included, but without docuimentation I don't know where to start!

First if you just upgrade to 4.6, you don't automatically get the shader. You have to buy the shader in the store, but it is free. (http://www.daz3d.com/subsurface-shader-base).

The shader comes with documentation (http://docs.daz3d.com/lib/exe/fetch.php/public/read_me/index/16324/16324_subsurface-shader-base.pdf), that explains the shader settings. The tool box looks like a bunch of presets for the shader parameters to make it easier to use.

Shader settings are complicated. There is a thread in the commons where people are discussion settiings http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/22193/

Jaderail

Good info Mark, I highly suggest any user READ the SSS tut before use. It really helps.