Getting back into 3D programs after a long break. Not sure I'm getting the most out of DAZ Studio and IRAY. I admit I've gotten spoiled by POSER (crank up the render quality sliders to the max and just wait). I've attached an image. Rendered in DAZ studio. All default settings, all default render settings, and all default lights.

Character is DAZ FWSA Erynn HD for Victoria 8 and LF Erynn Lingerie. Image looks a little grainy to me, not nearly as sharp and crisp and some of the images here and on the DAZ site.

Not sure if it's a lighting issue, a render setting issue, or something else. Looking for some tips/hints on what to look for and try

**namja1955 said: **"Not sure if it's a lighting issue, a render setting issue, or something else. Looking for some tips/hints on what to look for and try"

Uuummm ..... yes. If your render took 2 hours, it probably needed more time to render (thus the grain in your image) as the DS default time is 2 hours. If this is the case, then under "Render Settings>Progressive Rendering" increase the "Max Time (secs)" to something like 14400 (4 hours), this should give ample time for the image to fully resolve.

Improved lighting should also speed the time for the image to resolve (get rid of the grainy appearance). What lighting are you using, and are you using GPU or CPU rendering?? I would expect the default HDRI to render much faster than this, but if that is what you were using (no other lights), then try rotating the dome to about 25 to see if that helps ("Dome Rotation" under "Environment Settings" in "Render Settings"), this will put a bit more direct light on the figure which should improve render speed.

Hope this helps

Hi, I am familiar with these grainy renders. I agree with what DustRider mentioned. Also, it seems that IRAY likes light to render faster. You can add more light to your render by upping the Environment Intensity and Environment Map settings in the Render Settings. I have had success with upping one or both of these values. Then I use the Exposure Value in Render Settings to get the light the way I want just like a photographer would.

Jack238

DustRider posted at 8:24PM Wed, 13 December 2017 - #4320136

**namja1955 said: **"Not sure if it's a lighting issue, a render setting issue, or something else. Looking for some tips/hints on what to look for and try"

Uuummm ..... yes. If your render took 2 hours, it probably needed more time to render (thus the grain in your image) as the DS default time is 2 hours. If this is the case, then under "Render Settings>Progressive Rendering" increase the "Max Time (secs)" to something like 14400 (4 hours), this should give ample time for the image to fully resolve.

Improved lighting should also speed the time for the image to resolve (get rid of the grainy appearance). What lighting are you using, and are you using GPU or CPU rendering?? I would expect the default HDRI to render much faster than this, but if that is what you were using (no other lights), then try rotating the dome to about 25 to see if that helps ("Dome Rotation" under "Environment Settings" in "Render Settings"), this will put a bit more direct light on the figure which should improve render speed.

Hope this helps

Thanks for the tips. I don't remember how long it took to render, it wasn't an obscenely long time. I have tried other renders and bumped up the max seconds to 15000. I hadn't thought about the dome rotation or JACK238's suggestion about environment intensity.

Thanks for the ideas...