Now THAT is a fine looking shell and after all those problems too.
Congratulations!!!
Maybe you should post it in the Main forum. I think you’d get quite a bit of feedback there:D
>>>It IS a model and not just a photo, right?
hi tom,
great shell by the way!!
try this…after creating the displacement…save the alpha…as alway making sure to note the offset.
Now in the alpha menu click on the alpha curve. you will see a load button. there are two premade scripts …one for extreme pos and one for negative…using your original displacement run one each for each. this will give you perhaps a more precise way than the 50% grey alpha displacement alone for the program you are using.
In my experience they seem to happen when the project is working well. I have a thread that covers the same sort of thing. The project in question was started after I read this thread; naturally I was extremely careful to avoid those pitfalls, but since they only show up in external renders, what can you do?
Here is a thread documenting my experience. It may not be helpful, but you are not alone.