EZDome

Let's welcome Snarlygribbly back to the community with his new Poser EZ tool, The EZDome! Along side the already popular EZskin3 (and 2 for older versions of Poser) and EZmat (also for older versions of Poser, but plans to update for Poser 11).

The beta verson of EZDome has these features:

• Creation of Bagginsbill's EnvDome, EnvHemisphere and EnvSphere models (with kind permission from BB)
• Uses an inner and an outer dome for maximum flexibility
• sIBL archive library manager
• Creation of sIBL archives from custom images
• Sun creation, automatically matching background HDRI
• Dome can be rotated and tilted
• Contrast, intensity, hue and saturation controls for both inner dome and outer
• Ability to pick sun location by clicking on HDRI preview
• Material set save option
• Delete all lights and turn off all lights tools
• Configurable settings
• v1.1 has filtering by user-definable metadata:
• v1.1 Also has bulk import of sIBL files from a folder and all its subfolders

Download

Please try out the public beta: download (version 1.1, build 049)

Updated user guide: download

So glad to have you back! And with new goodies! Even better!

Addendum: Keep an eye on the download page for updates/new builds!

SpookielilOne just rules!!

Welcome Back Snarly!

Will there be a support forum for this? I downloaded and installed and applied an sIBL image which worked fine but when I applied a figure Poser Pro 11 either crashed or the image rendered black! Cheers

EZDome was released with the understanding that there would be no official support as I don't have enough time to do so any more. The hope is that the Poser community will embrace EZDome and provide mutual support in accordance with its fine tradition of helping each other out.

Nevertheless, I shall endeavour to help when I can :)

The issue you describe wasn't reported at any time in during the extensive testing of EZDome so it may be a quite different cause. If you provide more details (firefly or superfly? CPU of GPU rendering? Which figure? Which sIBL set? etc) then either I or somebody else may be able help fix it.

Cheers, Snarly

This thread will be stickied after a short period and all things EZDome will be answered here as best as the community can help!

Very good job !!!

Is it possible to use ldr ?

(bookmarking...)

Extending Anthenasius' question ... what is "ldr" and how is it used? Is this referring to LOW definition?

LDR?

Boni posted at 8:40PM Fri, 21 October 2016 - #4287470

Extending Anthenasius' question ... what is "ldr" and how is it used? Is this referring to LOW definition?

LDR?

LDR = Low dynamic range. Usually, but not necessarily, a jpg

Just for a giggle. The scene sort of evolved based on the desert road. What can I say?

First many thanks for your replies.I am sorry I have not got back sooner but I am under the eye surgeons orders to limit my computer time as I have just had cataract eye surgery.Excuse my ignorance but Snarly says in his tutorial to " set the ground to be a shadow catcher" Can anyone assist me as to what this is and where do I find it in Poser Pro 11? I have included a screen grab. As you can see my subject is dark after turning the lights off according to the tutorial.Also I cannot get my bike to touch the ground.I have rendered in Firefly and figure is V4 WM on DAZ'S BMX Bike.If any further information is required,please let me know. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Cheers

OK! I have got this far. I added some lights.Still no ground shadows. Ground shadows show in preview! Any ideas? Cheers

First. The shadow catcher described by Snarky is strictly for firefly renders. Because of the pbr nature of superfly at the moment in Poser true shadow catching is not possible. I faked it with a glass like surface that I can't quite duplicate ... but am working on. Just use SG's shadow directions for firefly renders in the meantime.

Here is your instructions.

• in EZDome add Sun for light.
• Library>props>primitives>roundgroundplane
• in the material room, Poser Surface root node bottom area is "shadow catcher only" check that box

This should help you accomplish what you want.

We sort of cross posted ... I hope this helps any way.

i Think I am getting the hang of it! Many thanks for all your help. Cheers

Snarlygribbly posted at 12:27PM Sat, 22 October 2016 - #4287472

Boni posted at 8:40PM Fri, 21 October 2016 - #4287470

Extending Anthenasius' question ... what is "ldr" and how is it used? Is this referring to LOW definition?

LDR?

LDR = Low dynamic range. Usually, but not necessarily, a jpg

Exact ;)

Looking good arrow1.

Wow, these are looking great! Keep them coming folks!!!

Very nice. Thanks!

If I have already created a scene with EZDome and I want to change the sun position.How do I do this? Every time I try Poser freezes up! Cheers

'Wish I was There!" Another bit of Tom Foolery with Snarley's EZDome.I still cannot get the sun to show! Cheers

SpookielilOne Love that!

Welcome back, this is a great news indeed as I am a big fan of the work of Snarlygribbly and of him as a person.

arrow1 posted at 8:37PM Tue, 25 October 2016 - #4287672

If I have already created a scene with EZDome and I want to change the sun position.How do I do this? Every time I try Poser freezes up! Cheers

The EZSun is linked (parented) to the EZDome, so you cannot change it, you would have to rotate the dome. The reason is that the EZsun is aligned with the direction of the sun in the HDRI. If you want a sun not aligned with the dome, just turn off the EZSun and create a new infinite light and you can rotate that one at will

Many thanks for your replies. Cheers

I've tried this dome and it works beautifully on my mac without needing me to do anything extra. Thankyou very much you snarlygribbly creature you.

It's Snarly??
honest to goodness??? Truly Snarly!!!!!

HOORAY!!!!! Good to see you!!!!

Hooray!!!!!

donnena posted at 8:47AM Fri, 04 November 2016 - #4288687

It's Snarly??
honest to goodness??? Truly Snarly!!!!!

HOORAY!!!!! Good to see you!!!!

Hooray!!!!!

Andy!! It's nice to be back and making stuff again :)

YAY!!! This is GREAT news! I am totally with Andy and everyone else in the happy collective dance!

Thanks to another user who goes by the name of anomalaus on the Official SM forums, I have been able to implement a bug fix that enables Mac users to see the previews. You can get build 53 from the EZDome webpage, accessible by clicking on the web icon on the EZDome toolbar.

Thank you anomalaus!

This thread has run its course and can be unstickied now.

Made with Snarlys wonderful EZDome. I find it difficult now to render without it LOL Snarly is da best doodle in da world. ;)

Spooky, that is a fantastic render!

need Pixie Lott rendered in the dome :)

Saxon3d posted at 3:11PM Thu, 29 December 2016 - #4293857

need Pixie Lott rendered in the dome :)

Pixie Lott and my dome do indeed belong together, in ways that go far beyond the boundaries of this site's TOS, so I shall have to keep the details to myself, my imagination and my 256-bit AES encrypted Poser renders partition.

Snarl! Welcome back! We talked a lot a few years back and then either you or I left haha. Now I too just started rendering again. I helped with some of your add snow to scene script testing :)

Anyway I tried the ezdome, everything loads up, but when I click Apply or apply changes the image is not added to the dome, it is left white. Any idea what I am doing wrong?

Maybe this is a clue, this is an error I received when I tried to add the sun:

Traceback (most recent call last): File "E:POSEREZDomeezdome.py", line 2875, in AddSun AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'SetLightType'

Also I am using Poser 11 Pro.

If you are using Poser 11, you should hide the ground prop in your scene. Otherwise, you will not see the dome, the ground prop is blocking the view.

Yes, the ground prop is hidden.

A new error I noticed is "Please check valid dome exists"

EZOuter and EZInner are in the scene, should there be a third prop?

I have same error. Lights are deleted, ground is invisible, dome created. In the props they are EZInner and EZouter. When I click on Apply it says: EZSun not found.

I click on 'Add sun', I get an error message: File "E:POSEREZDomeezdome.py", line 2875, in AddSun AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'SetLightType' I rename the now created light to EZSun, again Apply: Please check valid dome exists, and everything is black...

Those are the right props, no other necessary. Have you selected an appropriate IBL image for your dome?

I downloaded the Desert Highway from here: http://hdrlabs.com/sibl/archive.html And I tried the Factory catwalk also, same error...

I use international Windows, it uses comma to the decimal numbers, not dot. Can it be the error source?

I haven't looked at EZDome in a while, but I'll check this out as soon as I get chance. I may not have access to Poser until Monday though ...

I use the US windows 10 and have the same exact errors as mercutioaquarius.

Ok, thanks for checking it out Snarly!

Any news on this? :)

I have been unable to replicate these errors in either Poser 10 or Poser 11, so I need some help :)

First of all, can you advise me of the specific Poser versions, including build numbers, in which these issues are manifesting?

Secondly, please detail a step by step procedure from the moment you launch Poser to the point the error occurs. You may be doing something in a different order to that which I have tried.

Thirdly, would any of you be willing to run a special debugging version of EZDome which will display diagnostic information that may help me to solve this? If so, please sitemail me here at Rendo with the subject line EZDOME DEBUGGING and provide me with an email address to which I can send a new version. I shall send a zip file with a replacement script file and ask that you copy any diagnostic output to me.

Thank you, and my apologies for the delay in responding. In my defence I shall point out that the readme file did say this script was unsupported :) Still, let's see what we can do ...

step by step:

Did you skip a step? Where is the creation of the dome step? Clicking on either one of the three icons on the left side of the taskbar, in this case, the full globe is preferable. You can also hide the ground through the utility tab of EZDome. I was unable to duplicate any problems through my install. However, I noticed in the creation of the preset panel that the inner dome has an HDRI associated with it. If I am correct, it's the outer dome that provides illumination to the scene and the inner dome just the dome background, which can just be a plain jpg image. At least, that is what I get when I use sIBL. But if you don't have a dome in place, the preview background will show up white.

hborre posted at 9:37AM Sat, 21 January 2017 - #4295577

Did you skip a step? Where is the creation of the dome step? Clicking on either one of the three icons on the left side of the taskbar,..

Step05: clicked on sphere.(third icon). I didn't skip. If I would skip, the background wouldn't be black. And EZinner and EZouter appear. The script can't assign texture for them. If I switch off the original light sources, when I click on Apply everything remain in black, the error message: EZSun not found. What is the EZSun? There isn't in my scene...