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Making Skin Pop with the Daz Studio Iray Uber Shader – Part 2

This is part 2 of the Making Skin Pop with the Daz Studio Iray Uber Shader tutorial. Here, we address tweaking a chromatic skin. Part 1 provides an introduction to Daz Studio Iray skin shaders as well as how to convert monochromatic to chromatic skin.

Making Skin Pop with the Daz Studio Iray Uber Shader – Part 1

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Have you ever been frustrated with skin that looks flat in Daz Studio? Dull and lifeless? Rubbery with a distinct likeness to that of Gumby? Or maybe it just needs a little bit of pop? Most of the time, any of these issues can be attributed to SSS, or subsurface scattering, and there are a couple easy tweaks that can be made to drastically improve the look of skin in Daz.

How to Save a Single Frame in Daz Studio
- Nanoguin
  - Or simply store the cloth as a prop before doing the memorize/restore procedure.
- The T-Dog
  - Fantastic! Thank you for sharing this trick.... helps me use a batch renderer which does not recognize ...
Making Skin Pop with the Daz Studio Iray Uber Shader – Part 1
- J. A. McCormick
  - Thank you! You've made so many settings and the idea behind the settings much clearer.
How to Get Wet Skin in Iray
- TsubasaShi
  - Thank you very much for this. It took me a while of digging to find all the surface settings you mentioned ...
Making Skin Pop with the Daz Studio Iray Uber Shader – Part 2
- Divone
  - Love this tutorial! Thank you so much. There is always so much to learn using Daz.

Making Skin Pop with the Daz Studio Iray Uber Shader – Part 2

Making Skin Pop with the Daz Studio Iray Uber Shader – Part 1

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