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How I Light My Daz Studio Iray Scenes

November 15, 2015 by shibashake 19 Comments

Woman wearing a veil and sari, with interesting ruins in the distance.

I describe the three main classes of lights that I use in my Daz Studio Iray scenes. These include an image based light, three mesh lights, and a volumetric light.

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Daz Studio Iray Tutorial for Beginners

May 23, 2015 by shibashake 55 Comments

Realistic looking girl with a dragon tattoo on her back.

This tutorial describes how I create a simple scene, from start to finish, for the Daz Studio Iray renderer. In particular, I discuss how to assign Iray materials, and how to create simple but realistic lighting in Iray with an image based light (IBL).

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