Quote - Over at the old Daz Forum we could include youtube clips. does that work here too?

If so: how? (could not make it work so posted just a link to the vid)

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xrbqpu_luxrender-animation_creation

Btw.. on 'DailyMotion.com' they allow ~more~ than on Youtube :)

WoW Charley that was really good! 

Quote - Ho I just look at this so I can line them up thank. So you can set it up so it ges back and forth between 2 how?

If you tick Loop Queue and Write FLM it will loop round and continue with the first scene in the queue for another session.

The advantage of this method over running two renders simultaneously is you can run multiple renders which require more resources.

Quote - > Quote - Ho I just look at this so I can line them up thank. So you can set it up so it ges back and forth between 2 how?

If you tick Loop Queue and Write FLM it will loop round and continue with the first scene in the queue for another session.

The advantage of this method over running two renders simultaneously is you can run multiple renders which require more resources.

Besides picking the film what else do I have to set?

Use the Add Files button to add scenes to the queue.

Yeah, but you need to put something in the Overrride Halt Time box.

If you want the 1st scene to render for 1 hour and then swap to the second for 1 hour and then go back to the first and so on, put 3600 into the box.

Otherwise it will just run the 1st render until you stop it.

I saw that and have it lie this now

That's it.

One of the creators of the Wonderous Wares product posted an answer to my problem with using it with Reality/Lux. This is his post.

"I’m sorry, we’ve both been talking about it and a Reality version would need completely reworked textures to handle transparency in a similar way to the DS versions.  It would also need it’s own set of shaders for both the glass and liquids, probably another 35% worth of the work that’s already gone into the set.  I’ll mess around with the idea of a small addon which adds support, possibly for Octane too, but it would have to be separate to justify the amount of extra work it’d take.

My apologies."

So, does am I just out of luck and can't use it?

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Great animation Charley :)

Reggie - Did you get those V4 earphones ?

No, couldn't find any in-ear phones

Cue for John to make some :)

Attached Link: Hand held

Quote -  So, does am I just out of luck and can't use it?

This is a classic case that shows how much easier is to do things right upfront instead of trying to retrofit products later. BTW, there is no need to do make any special shaders, just to have the right textures. Transparency maps are not needed because that property is built in the physical material. Get the right texture, plug it in the trasmission channel, you're done. Can be done in a couple of hours.

You have, as I have, now a good collection of vases that cab ne used with Reality, your best results, though, will be achieved with solid colors instead of textures.

BTW, this is a limit case, I used many textures with glass without doing much more than small adjustments. This is a classic case of faking results with shader tricks that are far detached from real world physics.

Anyway, good deal in communicating with the vendors, now they are aware of the limits of their approach and might do something else in the future. 

Cheers.

Cheers everyone...

Welcome nice

Hey Neimann.

Welcome to the group. Nice original composition. Clowns freak me out :) but this image is a cool "freeze frame", a moment in time, that has a nice feeling.

Already done. Reggie, all I have to do is add a couple morphs and package them up for you. I will finish them off and post them to you tonight.

The above image was rendered using the softbox which comes with the RealitySpots set, gave me an excuse to render the Reality book again :)

Great stuff John. I'm busy on a deadline but I will play with your new ligths after SIGGRAPH.

Cheers 

Quote - > Quote - Cue for John to make some :)

Already done. Reggie, all I have to do is add a couple morphs and package them up for you. I will finish them off and post them to you tonight.

The above image was rendered using the softbox which comes with the RealitySpots set, gave me an excuse to render the Reality book again :)

Cool, thanks. Couldn't type much last post as was using phone.

I hate using the net on my phone

Been a few days since I've posted a render.  Can't seem to get all the ingredients to come together at one time.

On a side note for Paolo.  Something is amiss with the Acsel shaders in my Reality 2.0.  It seems they're not loading.  I go to the acsel tab, download the appropriate shader, and then nothing happens.  I see the status where it's downloading and installing; but, I get nothing after that.  I browsed to where the .db is supposed to be and it's there.  Then I click on the shader operations button on my materials tab, go to Load Shaders, and there's no db there even though I JUST verified that it was, in fact, there.  Any help you or anyone else in the community can give would be nice.

Sharkie

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And yes, gave Reality proper credit on this shot in my gallery too.

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Quote - Then I click on the shader operations button on my materials tab, go to Load Shaders, and there's no db there even though I JUST verified that it was, in fact, there.  Any help you or anyone else in the community can give would be nice.

That's not how ACSEL works. The "A" stands for automatic, you don't have to use "Load Shader" at all. All you need to do is to place the figure designated for the shader in you r scene, with the texture package designed for the shader. Load Reality and the ACSEL shaders are used. That's it. 

Please note that a shader made for V4 will only work with V4, not with Genesis.

Cheers.

Just to illustrate my point about the "Woderous Wares" and the textrues, here it is a text done with one texture that I made lighter in PhotoShot using the Levels adjustment. It took a couple of minutes to do and another couple of minutes to set up the scene. One mesh light.

Click image for full size.

BTW, I setthe subdivision for the vase material to 1, the original geometry is a bit rough for a close-up like this.

Cheers.

Quote - This looks like a great place to hang out and learn about Reality. I thought I might include one of my first atempts at using Reality. A rather sad little clown. Could be sitting in his ratty old hotel room or a cheap bar. I wanted to show some realistic looking smoke for the cigarette using a brush in PS but I was unable to achive the desired effect.  Anyway he was fun composing.

 

Cheers everyone...

 

I quite like this!  Very well done for your first render.   Looking foward to see more from you.

Newest one that I have done. Pure white skin is hard to get so it doesn't blow out.

Quote -
Newest one that I have done. Pure white skin is hard to get so it doesn't blow out.

Good one

Reggie, I sent you a PM with the link to your head phones, I hope they are okay.

Quote - Reggie, I sent you a PM with the link to your head phones, I hope they are okay.

Does it play Madonna's "Like A Virgin" when plugged in?

Attached Link: Doll Madonna

I already rendered her (Devil face)

Well, considering Reggie's girls are virgins .......

Quote - Well, considering Reggie's girls are virgins .......

Yeah bring on some fo youre hotties doc

The lonely clown surprised me.  Usually I don't even look at them because they're so creepy, but I'm glad I viewed this one.  He looks so sad and lonely.  Very nicely done.

Tollaris, I really like your white skin portrait. What did you do so that it came out so well and didn't blow out?

Sharkey, put some  sunscreen on that girl!  Cute scene.

Now I'm going to rush off and look at those vases again after seeing Paolo's render.

Quote - > Quote - Well, considering Reggie's girls are virgins .......

Yeah bring on some fo youre hotties doc

Be careful what you wish for :laugh: I'm actually working on one

Quote - The lonely clown surprised me.  Usually I don't even look at them because they're so creepy, but I'm glad I viewed this one.  He looks so sad and lonely.  Very nicely done.

Tollaris, I really like your white skin portrait. What did you do so that it came out so well and didn't blow out?

Sharkey, put some  sunscreen on that girl!  Cute scene.

Now I'm going to rush off and look at those vases again after seeing Paolo's render.

A lot of tweeking of lights and exposure settings, plus using Color Space set to D55 and Agfacolor FuturaII 400CD film responce. Making sure the skin's diffuse was set to 220 220 220 helped too.

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Hi all,

My first post here, I hope everything works as intended : )

Been away for a month, but also been working hard to improve my DAZ/Reality skills.

Quite a few fresh images in my spanking new DA collection, but to be honest many of them still need hours and hours of cooking to get rid of all residual noise.  Nevertheless I would be pleased if some of you would care to take a look, and perhaps even leave a comment or two. Thanks in advance!

http://erik-nl.deviantart.com/gallery/

Here's one of them (if I manage to do this correctly), Cheers!

Quote - Well, considering Reggie's girls are virgins .......

Who told you that? Gemma's taken her M5 Pro back to the shop 4 times already.

Quote - Just to illustrate my point about the "Woderous Wares" and the textrues, here it is a text done with one texture that I made lighter in PhotoShot using the Levels adjustment. It took a couple of minutes to do and another couple of minutes to set up the scene. One mesh light.

Click image for full size.

BTW, I setthe subdivision for the vase material to 1, the original geometry is a bit rough for a close-up like this.

Cheers

So......here's my try at the vase.  I lightened the texture in Photoshop but something is amiss. Mine doesn't look like Paolo's.  I used subdivision 1 as well.  It looks like he got the expensive vase and I got the cheap knock off.   Help please?

Quote - Here's a car, because I still don't have as much free time as I want and shiny things look pretty with Reality. 

Good lookin render.. it'll have my wife drooling when she sees it.

My vase got all weird and skinny when I posted it.  It actually is the same shape as Paolo's.

Honest!

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So......here's my try at the vase.  I lightened the texture in Photoshop but something is amiss. Mine doesn't look like Paolo's.  I used subdivision 1 as well.  It looks like he got the expensive vase and I got the cheap knock off.   Help please? 

Xandi.. too me.. it looks to be a case of lighting and exposure.  Paolo's lights are very subtle and seem positioned to get the most out of the texture and its reflectivity.  I'd try your render again; but, halve the exposure and see what you get.

Sharkie

P.S. the above advice was given with the caveat that I suck at lighting and am constantly fiddling with the exposure in my renders until they look nice to me.

Xandi, your vase seems to have no highlights. How did you set up your material? Post a screenshot of the material and I will take a look. About the stretching, that is caused by posting the wrong size/ratio. I usually specify only the width and let the browser figure out the hoeight automatically.

Quote - Xandi, your vase seems to have no highlights. How did you set up your material? Post a screenshot of the material and I will take a look. About the stretching, that is caused by posting the wrong size/ratio. I usually specify only the width and let the browser figure out the hoeight automatically.

Ditto the above3 comment about size/ratio.. i checked the shot on photobucket and it looks fine size/ratio-wise

OT it happened Reality melted down m machine! LOL! After rendering none stop since late feb it is over heating and has to go back for service...

I'll see if I can figure out how to choose the width.  I didn't chose anything.  Here's the materials I used for the vase.  There's nothing in the other tabs except the subdivision is set to 1. I couldn't figure out how to set any dimensions for the picture.

Reality gets the dimensions from the Render Settings in DS. However, on the Output tab in Reality, there is a Frame Size option, which you can adjust to set the final output dimensions.