Comments on: 3D Art with Daz Studio, Reality, and LuxRender

By: shibashake

shibashake — Thu, 27 Sep 2018 22:31:29 +0000

In reply to Bruce. I am very glad it helped. It was driving me crazy at the time. :)

By: Bruce

Bruce — Thu, 27 Sep 2018 15:45:40 +0000

You Rock!!! I’ve been trying for days to fix the eyes in Gen 8 (mine were white like serious caaracts). Your solution works great. My Gen 3 renders came out fine so I was considering how to move the Gen 3 eyes to Gen 8. This solution is not a “work around” it addresses the problem, not the symptom. Thank you!!!

By: shibashake

shibashake — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 23:16:55 +0000

In reply to xgrotesc. Thank you so very much. I started with DS about 4 years ago, and have been enjoying it very much. I like the interface and also all the new stuff that keeps getting added each year. Always new things to learn and play with. :D

By: xgrotesc

xgrotesc — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 03:29:37 +0000

In reply to xgrotesc. Thanks for the info. I just started using Daz about 1 month ago and I have no experience with other 3d programs (nor 2d for that matter), so I'm still trying to figure it out how these things work and what can be combined to achieve good results. I've been watching tons of tutorials and reading a lot of things online, and I have to say your page has a lot of very interesting and detailed information, plus your artwork is stunning and extremely inspiring! Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us!

By: shibashake

shibashake — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 04:46:13 +0000

In reply to xgrotesc. As I understand it, Iray is a ray tracer, like Lux. So now, I mostly use Iray because it is natively supported by Daz and most importantly by the vendors at Daz. Sometimes, I may combine it with 3Delight layers.

By: xgrotesc

xgrotesc — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 20:32:57 +0000

Are these exclusive to use with 3Delight, or does it work also with Iray?

By: shibashake

shibashake — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 18:54:12 +0000

In reply to Tom.

What lights are you using for your scene? Two things I have come across are –
1. Need to use the Reality lights. Daz Studio lights did not work last time I rendered with Reality.
2. Sometimes there are skydomes in older environments, which may block light coming from the Reality IBL.

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 19 Aug 2017 00:01:32 +0000

I’ve had -0- luck so far with Reality and Lux. Everything turns out dark! I guess perhaps it’s RTM time, along with practice. Having used PhotoShop for so many years, I like the immediacy of being able to see what an adjustment in lighting is going to do.