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  • StormlyghtStormlyght Posts: 666
    edited February 2021

    Hi everyone!

    My most recent image is a composite. I couldn't get the render to complete without crashing--so I rendered each piece individually and then assembled and post-worked it in photoshop. 

    Trish

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  • IceDragonArtIceDragonArt Posts: 12,548

    This is beautiful!  The lighting is really gorgeous!

  • dracorndracorn Posts: 2,345

    Oooh!  Heck yeah!  That's great, Stormlyght !

    Great postwork.  Is that the emissive hair shaders?

  • StormlyghtStormlyght Posts: 666

    Hi,

    @IceDragonArt thank you! The lighting was all done in post-work.

    @Dracorn thank you! I didn't use the emissive hair shaders, it was all postwork. In fact, I didn't know there were emissive hair shader until you mentioned them. I was so excited that you mentioned them. I added them to my wishlist smiley

    Trish

  • StormlyghtStormlyght Posts: 666
    edited February 2021

    Hi,

    I decided to get Zelara. She is a little different from what I generally render but I really like how she turned out. I used high key lighting and her default settings.

    Trish

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  • dracorndracorn Posts: 2,345

    Well done. I like the over-saturated backlighting.  Great color scheme.  The title premise is funny, too.

  • StormlyghtStormlyght Posts: 666
    dracorn said:

    Well done. I like the over-saturated backlighting.  Great color scheme.  The title premise is funny, too.

    Thank you @dracorn!

    Trish

  • IceDragonArtIceDragonArt Posts: 12,548

    Love the high key lighting, you did a a great job with it.  Beautiful!

  • StormlyghtStormlyght Posts: 666

    Thank you @IceDragonArt! This render was a departure from my more saturated, moody renders. I didn't even do post-work on it which is highly unusual for me. I love tweaking things even if it's just adjusting the lighting.

    Trish

  • IceDragonArtIceDragonArt Posts: 12,548

    Well, you know me, I love postwork too but sometimes there are pieces that just don't need it.  This is definitely one of them.

  • KnittingmommyKnittingmommy Posts: 8,191
    Stormlyght said:

    Hi, 

    I use @Marshian Iray Rim lighting rig in almost every render I do now. I'm worried that they will all start looking the same because of it blush.

    @IceDragonArt , @Worlds_Edge and @Knittingmommy ... I admire all of you and your work, your compliments on the render mean a lot. Thank you. 

    Trish

    Awe, thank you. 

     

    Stormlyght said:

    Hi,

    Here's my most recent render using Karyssa 8, dForce clothing and @EcVh0 dForce material presets. Karyssa is really cute although I did dial out her head morph to about 60%. This particular image took a long time to accomplish because even my weekends this month haven't allowed me much render and post-work time.

    Trish

    Electromancer

    This one is very cool. I love how the water looks and all the symbols and special effects. 

     

    Stormlyght said:

    I decided to try Genesis 2 Female materials on Genesis 8. I used Cayman Studios Legacy UV product and @V3Digitimes Iray Smart Converter product. I really like how it turned out. You can view the gallery image to see a complete list of items used or click on the image below to see the full size version of it. Thank you for visiting!  

    Trish

    Butterfly Maiden

    Amazing! Nice work. It looks great.

     

    Stormlyght said:

    Hi everyone!

    My most recent image is a composite. I couldn't get the render to complete without crashing--so I rendered each piece individually and then assembled and post-worked it in photoshop. 

    Trish

    I love the lighting here. Nice colors. Very well done.

  • StormlyghtStormlyght Posts: 666
    edited August 2018

    Hi @knittingmommy! Thank you for the compliments. The first two had very little postwork but the last one was a composited image.

    On a side note, I think I'm going to go back to canvases and render out beauty and light group passes and composite my images. That technique seems to use less computer resources, allows more control over lighting and doesn't cause my system to crash.

    Trish

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  • SaphirewildSaphirewild Posts: 6,668

    That souinds like a great idea I wish I had photoshop but I have Gimp and still learning about it right now.

    I do not have a lot of time right now because I am curently rasing my 3 grandbabies who have special needs, but I try to spend some time on my rendering and postworks.

  • StormlyghtStormlyght Posts: 666
    edited August 2018
    Saphirewild said:

    That souinds like a great idea I wish I had photoshop but I have Gimp and still learning about it right now.

    I do not have a lot of time right now because I am curently rasing my 3 grandbabies who have special needs, but I try to spend some time on my rendering and postworks.

    Hi @Saphirewild!

    I don't know much about Gimp's capabilities in working with .EXR files but there are other software applications that will process this type of file and cost a lot less than a Photoshop subscription. Of course, you can't beat free so I hope Gimp will meet your post-processing needs.

    Trish

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  • dracorndracorn Posts: 2,345
    Stormlyght said:

    Hi @knittingmommy! Thank you for the compliments. The first two had very little postwork but the last one was a composited image.

    On a side note, I think I'm going to go back to canvases and render out beauty and light group passes and composite my images. That technique seems to use less computer resources, allows more control over lighting and doesn't cause my system to crash.

    Trish

    I've never tried canvases - how do you use them in your postwork?

  • KnittingmommyKnittingmommy Posts: 8,191
    Stormlyght said:
    Saphirewild said:

    That souinds like a great idea I wish I had photoshop but I have Gimp and still learning about it right now.

    I do not have a lot of time right now because I am curently rasing my 3 grandbabies who have special needs, but I try to spend some time on my rendering and postworks.

    Hi @Saphirewild!

    I don't know much about Gimp's capabilities in working with .EXR files but there are other software applications that will process this type of file and cost a lot less than a Photoshop subscription. Of course, you can't beat free so I hope Gimp will meet your post-processing needs.

    Trish

    The newest version of Gimp will read the .exr files. I used them in Gimp all this year in the beta version. That version is now out as a general release as Gimp 2.10.

  • PaintboxPaintbox Posts: 1,633

    Lovely work in this thread! The angelic figure is eye catching, certainly worth the crashes you had to endure!

  • NoswenNoswen Posts: 358

    Loving these renders, they're great!

  • aplasaplas Posts: 29
    Novica said:
    Stormlyght said:

     I left areas on her face intentionally blurry as I tried out some different DOF camera settings. What do you think? Thank you for visiting!

    Trish

    Image of Genesis 8 with Alieta Spryte materials

    I ADORE the DOF on both sides. That can be a very tricky thing to do, nicely done!!!! One shoulder being blurred and the other one not blurred really works well. The chin points to the blurred shoulder so the face really stands out. Artistic!

    I love this portrait, DOF is Awesome. Very nice.

  • StormlyghtStormlyght Posts: 666
    dracorn said:
    I've never tried canvases - how do you use them in your postwork?

    Hi @dracorn,

    I use a combination of techniques that I've learned from Youtube videos by Jason Maranto and Shiba Shake's blog. @deathbycannon's tutorial on YouTube has some really great info too.  Here are the links to their tutorials. I hope this information helps smiley

    Trish

    https://thinkdrawart.com/how-i-combine-daz-studio-lights-in-photoshop

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaLpdZvbOcc

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O14yNn79or4

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEe2r5m7Fto

     

     

  • StormlyghtStormlyght Posts: 666
    Knittingmommy said:

    The newest version of Gimp will read the .exr files. I used them in Gimp all this year in the beta version. That version is now out as a general release as Gimp 2.10.

    That's really great news. Thank you for sharing @Knittingmommy!

    Trish

  • StormlyghtStormlyght Posts: 666
    edited August 2018

    Hi @Paintbox , @Noswen and @aplas ! 

    Thank you for visiting! I'm glad you like the renders. I know I have a lot of fun creating them and always hope people enjoy looking at them smiley.

    Trish

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  • dracorndracorn Posts: 2,345
    Stormlyght said:
    dracorn said:
    I've never tried canvases - how do you use them in your postwork?

    Hi @dracorn,

    I use a combination of techniques that I've learned from Youtube videos by Jason Maranto and Shiba Shake's blog. @deathbycannon's tutorial on YouTube has some really great info too.  Here are the links to their tutorials. I hope this information helps smiley

    Trish

    https://thinkdrawart.com/how-i-combine-daz-studio-lights-in-photoshop

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaLpdZvbOcc

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O14yNn79or4

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEe2r5m7Fto

     

     

    Thanks, Trish!  I will take a look at these.

  • StormlyghtStormlyght Posts: 666
    edited September 2018

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  • StormlyghtStormlyght Posts: 666
    edited February 2021

    Anything made by @PA_ThePhilosopher's is often an insta-buy and the Ancient Mystical Forest was no exception. I think this render is probably the easiest one I've done in awhile. I loaded the set, placed a wolf in the suggested location, chosed a render preset that came with it, and clicked render.

    Trish

     

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  • PA_ThePhilosopherPA_ThePhilosopher Posts: 1,039
    Stormlyght said:

    Anything made by @PA_ThePhilosopher's is often an insta-buy and the Ancient Mystical Forest was no exception. I think this render is probably the easiest one I've done in awhile. I loaded the set, placed a wolf in the suggested location, chosed a render preset that came with it, and clicked render.

    Trish

     

    Thanks @Stormlyght! Glad to hear the feedback, was hoping to make it as plug-and-play as possible.  yes

    -P

  • StormlyghtStormlyght Posts: 666
    edited February 2021
    PA_ThePhilosopher said:
    Stormlyght said:

    Anything made by @PA_ThePhilosopher's is often an insta-buy and the Ancient Mystical Forest was no exception. I think this render is probably the easiest one I've done in awhile. I loaded the set, placed a wolf in the suggested location, chosed a render preset that came with it, and clicked render.

    Trish

     

    Thanks @Stormlyght! Glad to hear the feedback, was hoping to make it as plug-and-play as possible.  yes

    -P

    Thank you for stopping by! Yes, this recent set is definitely plug-and-play. It will get a lot of use in my renders.

    Trish

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  • StormlyghtStormlyght Posts: 666
    edited February 2021

    So it was suggested in my gallery that I do a closer camera "shot" of the wolf. It turned out very interesting...I like it even though it's not completely converged. It gives the image an interesting effect. Thanks for visiting.

    Trish

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  • NoswenNoswen Posts: 358
    Stormlyght said:

    So it was suggested in my gallery that I do a closer camera "shot" of the wolf. It turned out very interesting...I like it even though it's not completely converged. It gives the image an interesting effect. Click on the image to see it full-size or you can view it in my gallery. Thanks for visiting.

    Trish

    Ooh, love this one! Reminds me a bit of a samoyd as well, which is no surprise if you've ever seen one, they often get called white wolves.

  • StormlyghtStormlyght Posts: 666
    edited February 2021

    October has flown by! I haven't had much of an opportunity to render lately so I decided to take a Saturday to do fun things.

    This particular render was a composite of several things. I used Girl 8 and Allessandro's fox to create my version of a kitsune. I don't like what the wind node did to the top but I didn't really notice the draping weirdness until I changed the shader and was ready to render. By that time, I was tired of tweaking the settings. 

    Be sure to click on the image to view it full size. Thanks for visiting!

    Trish

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