rebelmommy wrote:

Quote - DustRider, that is an awesome image!  I do have DS3A however I think wrapping my brain around the lighting differences is what is causing me issue.  I really think that DS has a superior lighting system however when you are used to one way often switching to another ends up being more complicated then it should be :(

Thanks! That's an awesome compliment comming form you (I'm a big fan of your work)! I agree wth you 100% about lighting in different software. Lighting in Carrara has always been easy for me, but until I got Poser 2010 I couldn't get anything I really liked out of Poser.

DS was the same, only worse than Poser for me, until I got LightDome Pro (pre DS3). It helped a lot, but I still wasn't able to get images I really liked out of DS2x. DS3 changed that. With DS3A I was able to get a good outdoor scene with LightDome 2 Pro, so I thought I would try UberEnvironment since in the DS forums over at DAZ people thought it was great. For me, it was almost like the elusive "make art" button for a photo studio style render. The image above was literally my first attempt with UberEnvironment 2. Including test renders, which I usually tend to render at higher settings than needed, the total tme to figure out UberEnvironment 2 and set up the lighting for the final image was less than 1.5 hours (working on a laptop while watching TV with the family).

If this is close to the render style you are looking for, I'd highly recommend giving it a try. If memory serves me properly, I think you could use Render Throttle (available at DAZ) to speed up renders with UberEnvironment.

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