Pret-a-3D opened this issue on Jul 06, 2010 · 52 posts
Pret-a-3D posted Tue, 06 July 2010 at 4:33 PM
In the past months I’ve been working on a new idea to extend the rendering capabilities of Daz Studio. The result is an upcoming plug-in that opens new possibilities not available before for the Studio artist.
The following scene was created in Daz Studio, rendered from Studio with this new plugin. The image has absolutely no postwork. This is a straight-from-the-renderer file.
The scene uses only one light, a physically-accurate sun light. No Image-Base Lighting was used.
The water is physically based with real-life absorption mapped.
Please note the back-side of the columns, it has a bit of reflected light. Please note the underwater caustics and the ambient light. All this is automatically generated by a single light.
This is only one of the many features that I will introduce in the next few weeks.
More in the coming days. I hope you enjoy it and that it can inspire on what is going to be possible in Daz Studio. Click on the image to see it at full size.
Paolo
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R.P.Studios posted Tue, 06 July 2010 at 4:40 PM
Well, thats insane for DazStudio, nice work !!!
I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am
not.
Pret-a-3D posted Tue, 06 July 2010 at 4:41 PM
Thanks!
Paolo
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Magick_Lady posted Tue, 06 July 2010 at 4:55 PM
thats a dream come true :)))))))))
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DarwinsMishap posted Tue, 06 July 2010 at 6:07 PM
Very nice! Can't wait to see more!
benney posted Tue, 06 July 2010 at 7:38 PM
Looks good and sounds interesting... I shall keep my eyes peeled for this one.
JackieD posted Tue, 06 July 2010 at 7:47 PM
Wow! Looking forward to your new product. I was going to take advantage of Poser 2010 $70 upgrade offer, but I won't bother :-)
Pret-a-3D posted Tue, 06 July 2010 at 7:53 PM
Thank you all for the interest. Please keep looking in this area as I will be posting news soon.
Just to repeat a couple of points that came out in the thread at Daz 3D.
a) This will work with both the free and Advanced version of Studio
b) This is a new rendering system, not based on 3Dlight.
c) It will be very easy on your pockets.
d) Compatibility with the Daz Studio shaders is built in.
Thank you for your interest.
Paolo
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AnnieD posted Tue, 06 July 2010 at 8:26 PM
Patiently waiting!
“For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible.”
[Stuart Chase]
nakamuram posted Tue, 06 July 2010 at 9:31 PM
Beautiful!! Can you show us a render of Victoria, so we can see how it does with humanoids, please???????????
Pret-a-3D posted Tue, 06 July 2010 at 9:33 PM
Soon. I'm preparing a full demonstration with a lot of different examples.
Paolo
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LBAMagic posted Tue, 06 July 2010 at 11:00 PM
WOW!!!!! Gorgeous!!!!! You've got me salivating on this plug in!
It looks like the type of realism available from a Bryce render.
Will it be available for both D|S 32bit & 64bit versions (I use 64bit)?
How easy is the render process on system resources (ram, etc)?
Pret-a-3D posted Tue, 06 July 2010 at 11:07 PM
Well, I think that I can say objectively that this will bring a level or realism way past what Bryce can do. Regarding your question, yes, I will release it on both 32 and 64 bits. The Mac OS version will be only 32 bit because Daz has not produced a 64 bit version of Studio yet. As I'm writing this I'm also compiling the Windows version. At first it will be 32 bit and then 64.
Every renderer benefits from more memory. Nothing huge for modern standards but the more the better. More cores are better. The renderer uses all cores available. You will have the option to use Network rendering as well.
Paolo
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nakamuram posted Tue, 06 July 2010 at 11:11 PM
What about rendering speed? How long did your demo render take?
Pret-a-3D posted Tue, 06 July 2010 at 11:23 PM
Regarding speed, I'll describe the process in detail probably next week. This is just a preview to let you know that there is a solution for creating realistic renders in Studio. The times of looking at high-end application as a mean to render gorgeous images is over. In a few weeks photographic quality renders will be easily available to Studio artists.
Paolo
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Avros posted Wed, 07 July 2010 at 3:12 AM
You have me waiting too, this will be excellent .
Great to see this preview soon. Looking forward to it.
ladiesmen posted Wed, 07 July 2010 at 3:20 AM
Any price indication yet (ball parc figure). Thks
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BAR-CODE posted Wed, 07 July 2010 at 7:24 AM
Quote - Any price indication yet (ball parc figure). Thks
LOL ...the Forum Coord. asking for a price indication ..
But when he puts a price tag in this thread it will be called COMERCIAL and thats against the Rendo TOS..
So let him put the price at the DAZ site so we can keep folowing his previews
THNX 
Chris
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Pret-a-3D posted Wed, 07 July 2010 at 8:05 AM
Regarding price, it will be very easy on your pocket. I want this to be within reach for anybody. More information soon.
Paolo
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ladiesmen posted Wed, 07 July 2010 at 8:23 AM
thank you barcode for pointing this overside out to me. I learn also since like you read new as modertor here and as PERSON interested in this product. Your idea of putting price on DAZ site is very good..
You can also reach me on skype.com to talk name
ladiesmen22
People dont care what you know, until they
know you care
Use Quad core with 8G memory & ATI 5770
Poser Pro 7 & Poser 8 Sr3
Daz 3.2 adv 64 bit
LostinSpaceman posted Wed, 07 July 2010 at 12:57 PM
They really should give you guys a booklet of rules to read when you sign up for the job.
BAR-CODE posted Wed, 07 July 2010 at 1:05 PM
Quote - thank you barcode for pointing this overside out to me. I learn also since like you read new as modertor here and as PERSON interested in this product. Your idea of putting price on DAZ site is very good..
Your welcome and it was not a intent to diss you .. but more a HeadsUp about it..
Greetz
Chris
Like we say in Holland, Gelukkig staan we wel in de finale
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Pret-a-3D posted Wed, 07 July 2010 at 4:11 PM
I'm pleased to announce that a name has been decided for the plug-in. And it's...
Keep looking at these pages for more information about Reality, a new plug-in for Daz Studio from Pret-A-3D.
Paolo
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benney posted Wed, 07 July 2010 at 4:32 PM
I can't wait... now you really have my ears priked up and my eyes wide open.
LostinSpaceman posted Wed, 07 July 2010 at 4:48 PM
Next thing you know you're gonna see ads for a Plug in called "Real Life"!!! :tt2: People will be clammering to get one of those too! 
AnnieD posted Wed, 07 July 2010 at 4:52 PM
From what I've heard...Home Depot is running a special on "real life"....2 for 1. :lol:
“For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible.”
[Stuart Chase]
Pret-a-3D posted Wed, 07 July 2010 at 4:54 PM
Like many programmers I end up living in front of my computers, so getting a real life will be a definite plus :)
Seriously, the idea is to keep things simple. Reality helps you create realistic scenes right inside Studio. I just like to keep names simple :)
Paolo
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AnnieD posted Wed, 07 July 2010 at 4:56 PM
I think its the best idea since chocolate ice cream...can't wait to see it work!
“For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible.”
[Stuart Chase]
LostinSpaceman posted Wed, 07 July 2010 at 9:37 PM
I'd like to see something similar for Poser of course.
Pret-a-3D posted Wed, 07 July 2010 at 9:42 PM
Sorry LostinSpaceman, Poser doesn't have a plugin architecture that can support this kind of features. Given that Studio is free and kind use Poser content it's not a problem to migrate scene to that platform.
Paolo
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FALCON2 posted Fri, 09 July 2010 at 4:05 AM
Looks pretty amazing from the teasers so far - looking fwd. to seeing more on this one!
Pret-a-3D posted Fri, 09 July 2010 at 8:36 AM
Thank you. I'm preparing a full sample of what can be dine with Reality. I'll be posting more information soon.
Paolo
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ShawnDriscoll posted Mon, 12 July 2010 at 12:30 AM
Tell me it's not Blender's renderer.
Pret-a-3D posted Mon, 12 July 2010 at 12:35 AM
@**ShawnDriscoll, not at all, that image is created from Daz Studio. I loaded the "Kingdom Of Marrakesh" model from Daz, added my Water Plane and launched Reality to start the render.
The rendering engine is not 3Dlight but all the modeling and setup is done in Daz Studio. You don't have to learn a different program, just how to run the plugin, which is rather simple.
**
Paolo
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ShawnDriscoll posted Mon, 12 July 2010 at 12:40 AM
Good to know. Looking foward to it.
artbyphil posted Thu, 15 July 2010 at 10:27 AM
This is looking good, I just wonder if my clunky single core PC will cope with it .
ShawnDriscoll posted Thu, 15 July 2010 at 12:37 PM
It should. Mine works with every renderer out there pretty much as long as it's 32-bit.
benney posted Thu, 15 July 2010 at 12:50 PM
ditto on the 32bit though mine is a quad core setup (grin!)
Pret-a-3D posted Thu, 15 July 2010 at 12:52 PM
Hyper-realism pushes your CPU more than standard renderers. Reality uses a separate technology, it doesn't use the built-in renderer of Studio. Reality is not a preset library or a series of clever shaders, it's a completely new, separate rendering solution for Studio. Materials and lights are calculated based on real-life physics. As such your CPU is pushed harder than before. Having said so, I am testing it, among other things, with an old laptop. If your hardware is older you have to settle for lower-resolution images or longer rendering times.
Paolo
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ShawnDriscoll posted Thu, 15 July 2010 at 6:22 PM
If it renders as fast as modo, that's fine for me.
Cimarron posted Sun, 18 July 2010 at 6:25 PM
Wow! that looks great, well done and looking forward to it:)
Pret-a-3D posted Sun, 18 July 2010 at 6:35 PM
Thank you. We have also another discussion thread in the DAZ3d forum for Studio. It has passed 6000 views and there a few more details there too. In the last few days I've been hard at work to make Reality work on Windows, I write it on Mac OS, and I'm happy to say that we have a 32bit version tested on both XP and Windows 7. Now that the Windows version is well under way I have a bit more time to prepare some more promotional material that will showcase what Reality can do for you. I will be posting the promo soon.
Paolo
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ladiesmen posted Mon, 19 July 2010 at 1:11 AM
Hi just to make sure. You say tested under Win XP and Win 7 does that mean Vista NOT or in progress?
thks
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ladiesmen22
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know you care
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Poser Pro 7 & Poser 8 Sr3
Daz 3.2 adv 64 bit
bob1965 posted Mon, 19 July 2010 at 6:18 AM
Well since Vista was the Win 7 beta it should be fine.:laugh:
Pret-a-3D posted Mon, 19 July 2010 at 8:24 AM
At this date I don't have a copy of Vista and it will be hard to get one since it has been replaced by 7. There is nothing specific of Vista that requires a special version of the plugin so it should run on Vista just fine.
Paolo
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FragmentedFortunes posted Thu, 22 July 2010 at 7:12 AM
This looks very interesting, I am eager to see more previews, glad to hear you don't need a second morgage or be a rocket scientist to use it.
wolf359 posted Fri, 23 July 2010 at 9:01 AM
Quote - If it renders as fast as modo, that's fine for me.
Hi the Lux render is Decades Slower that Modo's Render Engine
so NO it will NOT render anywhere near as fast as Modo but the is still GREAT new tool for you DS users
Congrats to the Developer.
Cheers
Pret-a-3D posted Fri, 23 July 2010 at 9:12 AM
Quote - This looks very interesting, I am eager to see more previews, glad to hear you don't need a second morgage or be a rocket scientist to use it.
Thanks.
I made a complete announcement here: http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php?thread_id=2807122
There is a video with more renders and a scene created by Mattymanx with the pre-release of Reality.
Paolo
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Asuyuka posted Thu, 12 August 2010 at 5:44 PM
BF next to me had to watch my eyes glaze over at how pretty that is. I don't have good internet access, but he promised to watch this for me! I love how this is looking! ^_^
Pret-a-3D posted Thu, 12 August 2010 at 5:46 PM
Thanks! We are almost there! Watch the announcements at DAZ for the upcoming release of Reality.
Paolo
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odf posted Thu, 12 August 2010 at 6:41 PM
This is exciting. I wish you a lot of success with this program.
-- I'm not mad at you, just Westphalian.
Pret-a-3D posted Thu, 12 August 2010 at 6:47 PM
Thank you.
Paolo
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