Going over my past stories, I’ve noticed how certain…body parts lack sharpness in the rendered images. After looking into it, that phenomenon isn’t unique to characters or body parts…the more HD the figure/environment/item, the longer the render times, thus, some details are smoothed out to strike a balance between definition and render times (or at least, that’s the way I understand it).
I’d noticed it before, but not until the sex renders in The Initiation of the Bat did it start to bother me: why did Diana’s nipples look so faded and almost blurry? As it turns out I already had the solution in my morphs and add-ons (but had temporarily given up on it, as it didn’t play nice with other morphs, more on this later).
So, HD add-ons to the rescue! Here’s a before and after render, starring Sheila and Joey, using the HD Nipples add-on I’d temporarily shelved (available from Renderotica):
As you can see, Sheila’s areolas almost blend in with the breast surface in the “before” image; they are present, but very subtle (I’d even say, barely visible). With the HD Nipples add-on, her nipples are more visible, and have color and texture…an improvement for sure!
That said, as mentioned before, this add-on doesn’t play well with orther morphs…after much trial and error, I figured out that the HD Nipples add-on needs to be applied first, and any enlargement morph (such as Breastacular which I also used for Sheila’s physique) needs to be applied after…one must go to Shaping Tab > Breastacular and then, select the shape and size of the girl’s chest. DO NOT apply the Breastacular graft, that’s what seems to cause the conflict with HD Nipples!
So, you can expect better looking Renders as my experience grows 😉