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Smoothing out Edges

haarlene1_527224bdd4haarlene1_527224bdd4 Posts: 0
edited December 1969 in New Users

Hi, I am VERY new to all of this. I have only been using this software for two weeks. I have rendered a very simple picture of a woman, but the edges around the figure are not smooth at all. I don't own Photoshop, don't even know how to use it even if I did have it, but I wanted to know if there was something in Daz 4.6 to smooth out the edges and not have it appear so pixelated (if that is a word). Any advise?

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  • ElliandraElliandra Posts: 560
    edited December 1969

    If you are using a non-genesis figure you can apply a smoothing modifier as described here to smooth out joint movements and smaller mesh issues.

    http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/9823/

    Hope this helps!
    Elli

  • VanguardVanguard Posts: 483
    edited July 2013

    Try attaching a render to the thread, that can help see what it is you are describing.

    When I first started using the uberenvironment (didn't even know I was using it or what it was) I was getting terrible pixelation. I didn't know UE had "quality settings" that by default are set to low. Maybe that is what you are seeing?

    Post a pic

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  • haarlene1_527224bdd4haarlene1_527224bdd4 Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    I hope the picture shows up, but here is a sample I rendered. As you can see edges are pixelated, which I want to remove.

    Woman_Face.jpg
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  • SiscaSisca Posts: 875
    edited December 1969

    What are your render settings? It looks like you're using one of the OpenGL render settings (1, 2 or 3 on the slider in the render setting panel) Those are really only good for doing test renders to check your lighting and such.

    Here are 2 that I did trying to duplicate your issue. The first is on the fastest render (quality 1) setting - it's still not as jagged around the edges as yours but you can see some jaggies.

    The second is done with the default settings on quality 4 and it's much smoother.

    These were done with no real lighting and no camera so they can be much improved.

    3dlDefaults.png
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    3dlFast.png
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  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,887
    edited December 1969

    Elliandra said:
    If you are using a non-genesis figure you can apply a smoothing modifier as described here to smooth out joint movements and smaller mesh issues.

    http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/9823/

    Hope this helps!
    Elli

    You did a lot of work on that tutorial- nice job Elli!

  • ElliandraElliandra Posts: 560
    edited December 1969

    Thanks Novica 8)

    Another trick you can try is to lower the Shade Rate in the Render settings window, the default is set a little high to allow for quicker renders but if you lower it to between .2 and .5 edges smooth, textures are crisper and it gives a nice overall render.

    Elli

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