The Waiting Game by MKeyes
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All about Reality this time... and the waiting game. So many of us eagerly anticipated the coming of "Reality" a bridge created by Paolo aka Pret-A-3D - his website, preta3d.com - and to some of us who flooded the forum at daz3d begging pleading, waiting in agony, and gracefully sitting back lurking - this has been one of the most awaited premiers of a plugin for Daz Studio. I can say so for myself, because I'm a diehard Daz Studio user, and while I have Poser - learned to use it first Poser 5 - I didn't start producing until I opened Daz Studio while still in beta.
Oh my, and has it ever come a long way baby! This render is simple - quickly thrown together, but oh am I proud of the results.
Added after Callad's comment: To put the scene together? What ever time it takes to load V4 in, add clothing, hair, texture. Find pose - place a prop, choose a few things to throw in - 25 minutes to put the scene together I would estimate.
To light the scene - took 2 minutes. I simply chose Reality Render - and because I didn't add a light, it added it's own light, [ 1 ] - the sun! I put the sun around back of the structure, looked at it through the viewer, "Trick" Callad taught in his tutorial. Once I had it pointed where I wanted it, I toned it down just a tad.
Clicked - render scene. Walked away, talked to hubby a bit about it, did dinner dishes, went to bed. Woke up - beautiful!
Credits:
Daz Studio 3A v3.1.1.73
Reality plugin by Paolo
LuxRender 0.7
V4 complete @ Daz3d
Minor Post work in PSP XI - Layers from kernel viewpoint: Linear, Contrast, Maxwhite and one of the layers blurred - others brought to Opacity at whatever %
Comments (31)
callad
A little while back ~before Reality/Lux~ you would not have gotten away with "Simply trew together and hit 'render'.." and produce an image with this quality. To get this kind of quality and lighting you would have spend hours and hours tweaking the settings in DS, would have made several testrenders, then spend hours on end in Photoshop or whatever image editor you have, and STILL it would not have this quality.. This IS a leap forward like we have never seen before in DS imho.. And I like it.. I like it A LOT!!! The bridge that Paolo has made is a bridge beyond many, many limitations we Dazzies has suffered over the years, and I cannot thank him enough for that.. Oh, did I mention I just LOVE this render you made? I do!! :)
MKeyes
Callad - thank you for coming in and saying that! You are soooo right on the money. NO WAY - even after I've been using D/S for over 5 years now, had I come CLOSE to the above! It cannot be said enough... BRAVO - to Paolo for this brilliant plugin!
sylki
This is so awesome, the lighting is fantastic, so darn natural!! I'm still toying with the idea but not sure if I could wait for the render time and would I use it to it fullest with the type of images I do! Great image!!
ToniDunlap
And you should be. Most Proud. It truly is your best ever. No stopping you now with all you already know about working with DAZ Studio and the wonderful skills you've developed. Paolo's new plug-in is all you've been waiting for and needed to produce the 'perfect' image. Such a wonderful achievement Sis. I love it! What a joy to view!
renecyberdoc
you are a daz master and this improves your talent even more.wonderful work.
Cimaira
This is gorgeous! The composition and pose is great, which just shows your talent, since you just "threw it together" lol. But I am with Sylvia on this one, I'm just not sure the investment moneywise would be worth it for me, I dont like long renders, lol
mininessie
beautiful work!!!
artistheat
Excellent Image and Lighting
alessimarco
Its very nice work! I still have problems getting Reality to do skin just right though. Do you have any hints there?
brycek
Beautiful work and nice pose and lighting!!
UteBigSmile
Very nice looking scene, well done!!! Have a great new week, Ute
mikeerson
This almost makes me want to play with DAZ... I got maya7 over 4 years ago. It has video tutorials in it. It was jumping straight into creating a robot and animating it. The first week I made a simple robot that moved... then poser6 showed up in my mail box. I liked the fact it had a person in the main room and you could play with the facial features - I shelved maya7 - that was over 4 years ago. I really need to take my art serious and learn this stuff so I can create what I really want to. ...I really like how this picture turned out. Is the DAZ program you're using the free one? and does it come with reality lights?
Orinoor
Love the lighting, just beautiful!
Zaarin
Glad you're pleased with Lux. :) The lighting looks really nice. Even though there's now a Poser port, I still have my reservations about LuxRender...I'm holding out for better skin options. Right now the skin I'm seeing from LuxRender is at best comparable to what I can accomplish in Poser and Vue. I'm sure it'll get worked out eventually, though, and then I'll probably hop on the bandwagon. :)
doarte
The Purveyor of Daz Studio reaches higher heights. Bravo (*maybe a tutorial for us less equiped)
magnus073
This really is stunning Mercy, and as seen by all that lighting here is simply perfect. Always a joy to read your thoughts as you manage to weave them in such an entertaining way hon.
anitalee
Excellent
SSAfam1
OUTSTANDING Render!!!! Last week I see you were asking about lighting tips, and now, with Reality/Lux, you've produced artwork that looks like you have lighting down pact. Keep up the good work!
mgtcs
Your work is always of excellent quality and very beautiful, congratulations!
MrGorf
Ah! My great-grandmother crossed the Atlantic with a chest that looked like that! This girl must be waiting for her ship to come in, so to speak. You have more patience than I do, or maybe just more confidence... I would worry that after an overnight or perhaps days-long render that it would be so far off I'd have to do it over again. But then again, you make it sound pretty straightforward.
Sepiasiren
I want it--this looks awesome
heddheld
always loved your posing abillity guess now theres no stopping you well done
FredaF
this looks really like a photograph, wow! Great scene, styling and pose, bravo!!!
Penters
Fantastic render..where is my Daz studio...
Amethst25
Excellent first reality render.. it will only get better as you get used to a different way of thinking. I am very impressed!
USAGranny
You continue to amaze me, I love the lighting the whole scene speaks for itself. Not sure I could use the plug-in but would like to try it, but not sure I could wait that long for a render~~LOL Five stars from me & a big bravo
ubald
Very stunning render!, and proud you should be:) I learned on poser4 pro, but went to my roots 3D Max. I still play with poser, and seeing others produce such fine results, well who knows:) a pat on the back for this one:) always a treat. CHEERs..
felinx
Superbe image :)
missgrin
Excellent scene...
SophiD
absolutely Brilliant!!!! The materials really pop and lighting does in fact look realistic!