Quote - > Quote - Ho well il have to try the export option since I dont know how to reduce texture sizes.  

In the Output tab select the Collect texture option which will enable the slider for the size of the collected textures. Set the size to 2k or 1k and you are done. As usual, there are full details in the Reality User's Guide.

Hope this helps.

Certainly does I read the RUG many times but I suffer from ADD LOL. I will need to do this because even when I would re start the saved scene right from LUX it would take 5 to 7 minutes for it to run without bogging down so that I could adjust settings.  Render times did not take longer though.  I had it bake for approx 6 hours..

Quote - OT What is going with DAZ? I cannot read any forum or contect CS?

I can get into the forums but there isn't anything new there was able to put an item in my cart and to move it to my wishlist

Aparently they were no more ready to change this time than the were the last time :m_redfaced:

Do you know how to set preferences to d/l PC files only the tab seems to be gone

Quote - Do you know how to set preferences to d/l PC files only the tab seems to be gone

Not now

I was just looking and don't see anything about how to set that now

I can't download anything that's on my download page at the moment says that the files aren't available

I was able to d/l the 2 items I bought for a dollar each but was stuck with all the PC & Mac files (Sorry for taking the thread sideways a bit) but this is also a nice community :)

It looks like Daz isn't the only site with problems.. DA vanished off the grid last night, still is unreachable. ..or is it just me?

I am able to enter my account at dA...

Quote - I am able to enter my account at dA...

Thanks for the swift reply :)

Oh dear.. did I p*ss someone off maybe? I can't imagine though.. Could my account be gone?

DA seems ok for me too...

Nice to see we have found a new home! ...daz seems to be digging an even deeper hole for itself! lol!

...just need to work out how things work here now! ;)

Quote - > Quote - I am able to enter my account at dA...

Thanks for the swift reply :)

Oh dear.. did I p*ss someone off maybe? I can't imagine though.. Could my account be gone?

just been to see you on DA, you are still there ok! what happens for you?

What's you account name? May be just some routing problems between dA and your ISP.

I've just been there.

Thanks Reggie and mbin!  I'm glad I still 'exist' there mbin! :) http://callad31735.deviantart.com/

Browser 'thinks' a long time than says "The page cannot be displayed". What should I do now? Just wait until the ISP thinghy works again? 

that link works ok for me, so not sure - I'm not very internet savvy when it comes to issues!

try entering it as 'me.deviantart.com' in the address... (although that may only work if you stay logged in...?)

Thanks guys :) I'll just wait and see what happens. Sorry for the OT btw.. Back to Reality now! :)

There's reports of a 6.0 quake hitting Northern Italy this morning. Anyone know what part of Italy Paolo was vacationing in? The quake was in the region of Emilia Romagna, thats the extent of what I know.

if you have ever had an email from DA in response to an issue you may have raised, you could use that as something to reply with to make them aware that you have an issue? ...anyway, I hope it sorts itself out soon!

Hi Guys, I know it took me a while but I found this place in the end :)

Hi John, good to see we are all looking over here! welcome to the party! ;)

(still haven't figured out how to get rid of all the blank space...!) although it seems to be defined by the info pane on the lhs...

Hello.

I woke up last night feeling a few shakes but it was fairly faint here in Trieste where I am. 

I'm fine, thank you very much for your concern.

Quote - Thanks Reggie and mbin!  I'm glad I still 'exist' there mbin! :) http://callad31735.deviantart.com/

Browser 'thinks' a long time than says "The page cannot be displayed". What should I do now? Just wait until the ISP thinghy works again? 

Charlie,

Have you tried empting your browser cache, then restart the browser and see if you can connect.

Hope this helps.

Sarge

Quote - Hello. I woke up last night feeling a few shakes but it was fairly faint here in Trieste where I am. 

 

I'm fine, thank you very much for your concern.

 

Pffft.. Thank God you and yours are OK.. My heart goes out to those who are affected by this quake.. 

Quote - > Quote - Thanks Reggie and mbin!  I'm glad I still 'exist' there mbin! :) http://callad31735.deviantart.com/

Browser 'thinks' a long time than says "The page cannot be displayed". What should I do now? Just wait until the ISP thinghy works again? 

Charlie,

 

Have you tried empting your browser cache, then restart the browser and see if you can connect.

 

Hope this helps.

 

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Sarge

Yes, I tried that, also the other pc could not reach dA. So I just wait and see what happens. Thanks for the tip though! :)

Quote - Yes, I tried that, also the other pc could not reach dA. So I just wait and see what happens. Thanks for the tip though! :)

I think there is a problem with the "Domain Name Server" of your ISP. But there are options, you can choose an other DNS yourself. Read here -> https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/

Quote - DA seems ok for me too...

Nice to see we have found a new home! ...daz seems to be digging an even deeper hole for itself! lol!

...just need to work out how things work here now! ;)

Looks like Paolo had the right idea setting up shop here..

Glad you Ok Paolo

Charley my D/A is also fine no worries about OT like I said we are a community. BTW thanks for the kind words on D/A coming from you that was nice. I have been making multi character scenes from the get go since my thing is story based...

Thanks guys, but I think the problem is regional here.. I phoned some friends, they could not get to dA either. sigh ..on my mobile phone it worked, kinda.. old phone, small screen. 

I just have to be patient I guess..

Quote - One that is still baking. Only at 230 S/p after 3.5 hours, going to let it go all night and see how it looks in the morning.

 

Oh I like this!  Wow!

Question does reducing the texture size simply help load / run larger scenes does it also reduce render times? Are you doing this eveytime you render? Can anything get affected because of this?

Hi everyone... This forum seems so foreign to me... 

Anyway, I figured I'd pop an image into the new thread...It took me a while to figure out how to size it...

Quote - Hi everyone... This forum seems so foreign to me... 

Anyway, I figured I'd pop an image into the new thread...It took me a while to figure out how to size it...

This one is CUTE!

Quote - > Quote - Hi everyone... This forum seems so foreign to me... 

Anyway, I figured I'd pop an image into the new thread...It took me a while to figure out how to size it...

This one is CUTE!

Thank you! :D  I posted this one and the postworked version on deviantart.. Mostly I wanted to try the 60s dinette set and it sort of evolved.. Wheee...

Quote - Question does reducing the texture size simply help load / run larger scenes does it also reduce render times? Are you doing this eveytime you render? Can anything get affected because of this?

Loading a ascene is lots quicker. It will have an effect on render times as there is less memory to move around but I don't think it would be noticeable.

Quote - > Quote - Question does reducing the texture size simply help load / run larger scenes does it also reduce render times? Are you doing this eveytime you render? Can anything get affected because of this?

Loading a ascene is lots quicker. It will have an effect on render times as there is less memory to move around but I don't think it would be noticeable.

Thanks Reggie il play with it im taking a bit of  a breather to organize my huge mess of content getting rid of unwanted stuff and such..

Quote - Hi everyone... This forum seems so foreign to me... 

Anyway, I figured I'd pop an image into the new thread...It took me a while to figure out how to size it...

This is adorable!

I was asked to redo this using DOF.  I hope this looks better.

Wow, now it's photolike. Thanx for trying this...

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I was asked to redo this using DOF.  I hope this looks better.

Oh yes! This is fabulous! The DOF makes it even more photorealistic!

Quote - Wow, now it's photolike. Thanx for trying this...

Thank you.. I agree is does look much better.  Took me a while to figure out how to get the DOF to work.

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I was asked to redo this using DOF.  I hope this looks better.

Oh yes! This is fabulous! The DOF makes it even more photorealistic!

Thanks Charley!

Just messin' with a couple of ideas. The image was rendered as two layers and then combined in PS with a diffuse glow added to the fireworks layer and levels/saturation/sharpness adjusted to suit.

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I was asked to redo this using DOF.  I hope this looks better.

Oh yes! This is fabulous! The DOF makes it even more photorealistic!

Agreed. It's one of those renders that makes you do a double take. I use DOF on everything. The realistic use of shadows and light and shade is another thing that makes renders photographic, and this has it!

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I was asked to redo this using DOF.  I hope this looks better.

This is quite nice Kim.

Attached Link: http://fav.me/d50m50f

Quote - Just popping in to say thanks to Paolo. I love Reality 2.2 it's so easy! Here is a quickie, nothing special

Nice!!!

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Thank you Bobvan. :)

 

Nice!!!

"All Around My Hat". Click thumbnail to gallery for full size and "the reason why [she's] wearing it".

NP Now before this moves too fast a reminder I am looking for advice on my Collect textures question posted above cheers!

Quote - I am confused regarding collect textures. When I select it the slider it is at 0.25k do I increase it to 1 or 2 k? to reduce the size? I tried this with a new render I just started it seemed that it took longer to load. I thought th idea was to help with fater loading / render times? What am I missing? Thanks

It all depends, of course, on the size of the original texture. You need to verify at what resolution they are. If you have 1024x1024 (1K) textures, then selecting 2K would be the wrong choice. 

The purpose of collectures has nothing to do with faster loading times (quite the opposite). The purpose of this feature is to:

A) Be able to transfer the whole scene to another machine 

B) Reduce the memory footprint of the render

C) Possibly reduce render times.

D) Make it possible to render with SLG given that GPUs don't have large amount of RAM 

The collection of textures, of course, requires going through all the textures in your scene and copying them in the resources subdirectory. This procedure alone can take a couple of seconds. If you need yo scale down the texture then thy need to be loaded, resized and then written to disk. This can take a few seconds, the first time that you execute the render.

Hope this helps 

Quote - Just popping in to say thanks to Paolo. I love Reality 2.2 it's so easy! Here is a quickie, nothing special

I disagree with your assesment of your work, it's a very dramatic portrait with nice lighting :)

Glad you like Reality, it's a pleasure to see what your all do with it.

Cheers.

So you simply dont only change the size in collect textures you said yesterday that thats all one needed to do with the slider . Now I am more confused LOL.. I will work with my manual methods if needed..