Achieve a realistic skin can be an hard challenge in Octane because there are a lot of nodes to connect to reproduce the same optical behavior of the various layers of the human tissue.

This skin shader was build to provide 3D artists a flexible and easy to use tool, allowing them to quickly obtain realistic skins without going mad with complex nodal setup. 

The best results are achieved using high quality and resolution textures but also with low quality textures, such as those provided with DAZ 3D models, you can get good results.

Compatible with latest 2022/2023 version of Octane
Available also in Orbx format! (*)

Head model is courtesy of ten24 and The 3D Scan Store.
Octane Render and Octane logo are all right reserved of OTOY Inc.
Daz 3D and DAZ 3D logo are all right reserved of Daz Productions Inc.

(*) Orbx format is available for older release. The Orbx version update is currently in progress.

CHANGELOG

Octane Skin Shader 2.0 LE - Release date: 2023-11-04

* new release compatible with Octane 2022/2023(*)
* totally rebuilt and improved
* available only for Blender at moment (Orbx version will come asap)

(*) read the FAQ regarding a possible problem with the 2023 version of Octane Render

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Octane Skin Shader 1.0.8 - Release date: 2021-08-25

* simplified and rearranged nodes to have better and clean node layout
* extended and fixed dual lobe specularity
+ added input to connect DAZ 3D SSS texture of Genesis 8.x models
+ added input to set weight of DAZ 3D SSS texture
* fixed wrong behaviour of cavities (diffuse and specular)
- removed epidermis/dermis anisotropy
+ added specular anisotropy

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Octane Skin Shader 1.0.5 - Release date: 2021-08-16

- removed translucency input
+ changed specular skin behaviour (dual lobe specularity)
* fixed global specularity

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Octane Skin Shader 1.0.4 - Release date: 2021-08-14

* fixed translucency phase
* fixed translucency medium
* fixed some unconnected sockets
* the example scene now contain DAZ3D and TEN24 models

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Octane Skin Shader 1.0.3 - Release date: 2021-08-09

* optimized nodes distribution changing some groups nodes with OSL Tex nodes
* Texture Displacement replaced by Vertex Displacement
* 16K textures replaced by 8K equivalents

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Octane Skin Shader 1.0.2- Release date: 2019-10-16

* Fixed "Translucency Density" in version for Blender 2.80
* Fixed Translucency Scattering Type in version for Blender 2.79

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Octane Skin Shader 1.0.1 - Release date: 2019-08-26

* minor changes to "Dermis Transmission"
* Changed "Epidermis Scattering" and "Dermis Scattering" input types to directly set the color without the use of other nodes
* Added "Diffuse Color" and "Specular Color" inputs
* Removed "Diffuse Gamma" and "Specular Gamma"
* "Diffuse" input renamed in "Diffuse Map"
* "Specular" input renamed in "Specular Map"
* Removed "Blood" input now superseded by "Dermis Scattering" Color

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Octane Skin Shader 1.0 - Release date: 2019-08-14

* first release