Poser 5 Nodes 101 - Plowed Ground
Thanks to Ajax for taking the time to explain the basics of nodes in Poser 5 and for allowing me to post this information here!
(First the settings, then the explanation.)
Here's another example of what you can do with nodes. There is only one polygon in this picture. It's a big flat square being used as the ground. I'm trying to get the look of a ploughed field in a strange alien environment. There are two materials here - one for the background sky and one for the ground.
(In case you missed the download for the materials, here it is again.)
Here's the material for the ground. You can see it's quite complicated. I started with one of the materials supplied with P5 and then modified it to meet my requirements. The most important thing for me was to get the ploughed furrows with displacement. After that I just messed around until I had the sort of earthy look I wanted with some strange purple highlights at the bottoms of the furrows.
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