Novica & Forum Members Tips & Product Reviews Pt 11
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@chris-2599934 Thanks for showing those, I like the variety of options. Having the choice of a light splattering is really good.
You squashed her hopes and dreams
Lol Pretty sure she got the point!
And yes, I did squash her hopes and I'm not the least bit sorry either.
I guess you want to keep the guy!
Lol ya we just hit 30 years last month. Clearly, he's a keeper!
You mean he's broken in?
Mmmmmrrrrrrrrrrrowwww!!!!
*snicker* it would be a shame to have to start all over again lol!
Usually, I'm pretty even tempered but I'm pretty sure my eyes were glowing green with a vertical slit instead of a round pupil lol
People tend to ask those sorts of questions in touristy type places. Of course two people looking English doesn't mean they are brother and sister. My mom said when we kids was all little everytime a child happened by that had red hair that wasn't from that neighborhood the kid would be brought to me mom's asking if it was her kid. And again she'd say no, sorry. It's true though that one can often tell the region of the world and even of a particular country in the way that a person looks although not always, often enough, particularly in non-Americas locations.
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Oh you'll love this video if you haven't seen what they're doing with car windows! Click the link in the story that says Smart Car Windows Are Coming.
@Wonderland, I posted some information in the ColorWerks thread that I think will answer all your questions about the Lana Hair, as well as help you with using it on older hairs. I would have posted it here instead, but I think it is better to keep it with the thread related to the subject.
@slosh Agree! Feel free to post a link to the thread.
@Wonderland, Did Richard's advice solve your problem?
I would have recomended the same, for some reason that folder is hidden. I wouldn't recomend reformatting the drive.
If Richard's recomendation didn't work, I can think of another try, perhaps the thumbnail cache for Windows explorer became corrupt.
If you need ti, I could send you another step by step on fixing that to see if it helps, but it is a long process so I'll hold off unless you need it.
Thanks, @Novica. Here is a link to my post in the ColorWerks thread, addressing the issue Wonderland is having with that hair: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3837241/#Comment_3837241
I decided to do a contest and do it with a big twist. The Not So Fast! Contest for Mischief Makers encourages artists to have some fun by switching things around on other artists. Artists are given guidelines as to how they choose products from their Product Library, then NSFs (Not So Fast!) are used to change things up. One artist can take a product from another and use for their own render, they can have another artist take a product from someone else (while sitting back and enjoying the show) and more!
It's a new concept and while it may at first seem a bit tricky, I'll be monitoring and guiding folks through the setup. When we get going, you'll definitely get the hang of it as other artists swoop in and change products with you, etc. You also get to contribute to the "Now Available" list which is a list of fun items which give us a broader base from which to involve the participants. I've got the list started with things like the platypus, the shark... you get the idea.
You do need to own at least two sets, one character, and three props (guidelines apply) to participate, and be on the forums daily / every other day through next Friday. Next Saturday through Tuesday, daily. The NSFs kick in then and we're going to have some fun with the switcheroos. After that, you have two weeks to render whatever you get stuck with!
Oh, and people who aren't rendering can sponsor by contributing to the gift cards- and get NSFs to influence the gameplay! Limit of 3 NSF purchases ($5 ea.) The sponsor money will get added to the lower tiers. A minimum of 8 people must participate (I haven't had problems with that in my contests, but with the prizes totaling over $100, it had to be mentioned.)
I've got to get some sleep, so don't think I'm ignoring you if you have questions. (Post on that thread.) It's 6:30am here so I will be back this afternoon.
Want to send some love to a couple gallery images by @xmasrose. These are fantastic!
The Last One! and Where Is Home? Please Like and comment if these appeal to you.
Don't forget the Favorite Gallery Images thread here in the Art Studio. If you want more likes and comments, that thread let's thread surfers know when you have posted something new. :)
Thank you very much Novica, you made my day!
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Hi there. I made my first render in a while and since I used some newish products and products without a lot of links, I thought I'd share and discuss here:
The newest thing is the Victorian Parlour, which I shoved into the Old Shambles so there was something to see out the window. It renders pretty nicely and not too slow despite the polished floor. Before I put something outside the window, there was quite a strong reflection in the windows and also, although I ended up not including it, the grandfather clock. I was originally using the Promo Catch Lights and I had to remove them because the big eyecatch light reflected in the window even after the view was added was just too strong.
This is the most technical picture I've ever done, since it involves both the dForce Vernea dress and the LAMH Catalyzer. The Vernea Fae dress took a long time to get right and I had to turn off both her lower arms and lower legs (as well as the piano) to make sure it didn't cling to them. Then I had to merge the main picture with the tiger because I was using the Catalyzer and it doesn't like being added to existing scenes. I noticed that each time I had to reload the picture the hair on the tiger got longer so I had to eventually remove and redo it, but I think it ended up all right, especially after a bit of filtering.
I'm also using the new Nyo hair, which I think I picked up entirely because it came with fits for all the Rarestone characters and had a hint of dForce. There's a note that the dForce is only for slight adjustments and that seems to be the case because although it was active during the simulation for the dress and it has dForce surfaces, I'm not sure it moved at all. It's okay hair; I'm not going to return it but I'm not sure I'd purchase it if it had been 'try before you buy.'
I originally rendered the main scene and the tiger separately and planned to merge them in post-- but that highly reflective floor of the Parlour made that trying. So instead I let it render overnight. 8 hours to 80% at 3300 x 2750 pixels, with the Scene Optimizer lightly applied to everything and heavily applied to the Shambles. The light is a nighttime HDRI, the built-in Shambles lights (minus the tunnel/modern lights), and the Painter's Lights Chiaroscuro 1. I applied some slight Bloom, Noise Reduction and Precision Contrast via Topaz Studio afterwards.
Yeah, those are good. I saw them back when she won the PC+ contest I think it was. The float one reminds me of the Gulf coast.
Great image @dreamfarmer I haven't had the courage to try the LAMH catalyzer yet, but your dforce and LAMH catalyzer image sems to be working well. It almost looks like a trial run for the @Novica NSF competition, with two sets, character and props
Somehow the tiger brings to mind an old British children's programme called Bagpuss
@dreamfarmer Oh this is stunning!!! I love the tiger not being fully lit, it really adds to the majestic aura surrounding the animal. Her legs are so relaxed, they really convey the "nothing to worry about" composure. Your set is darkened to really take advantage of emphasizing her, and you balanced the light and dark beautifully. Well worth waiting for!
A special thanks to @worldsedge for contributing $20 to the NSF (Not So Fast) contest. That means that 4th, 5th, and 6th places are up to $10 (instead of $5) I'll decide later what to do with the remaining $5. We have a fun group of people so far (barbult, jakiblue, nonesuch00, 3dcheapskate, icedragonart and myself) and there's still time to join the fun. If you need help picking your products or understanding how it works, feel free to PM me.
Once you get the hang of it, it's easy, and the gameplay is very clearcut (you steal a product from someone, force them to steal from someone else, swap with people, force a swap. It's devious!) All that starts next week. And of course, you can also help sponsor and get Not So Fast input where you tell the contestents what they have to do.
If anyone is still shopping the Light/Dark rotating banner sale, PM me now. (People that I haven't already chatted with in the past half hour.) And no, this isn't to the detriment of the vendors.
edit The store is changing over soon so you need to get on the ball.
So are the dreamland models only for distance work? Is this why we only see them at 50 yard distances? They look cool but I admit I don’t do a lot of distance work so....I am curious if they have rooms and can you use them for closeups.
I bought some of Dreamland's land models. They are Poser format and the trees unsurprisingly are billboards so yes, only distance work. Buildings are OK outside but inside nothing (that I know of) but you can do closeups but outside and you can't do closeups near any trees I've see in Dreamland's sets. Understanding how they are done and those limitations they are good in that context and they also are organized good but you have to navigate to them via the Content Library tab.
I, someday, will buy some of their city blocks to go with the land blocks if they ever go on a discount deep enough to inspire me to buy something I use so infrequently (but it's not Dreamland's fault of course that renders take a long time to do while finding one's purchased content in one's library, then create the scene, proceed through several test renders, and then actually render...).
The ones here at Daz are in Studio format
The buildings are props with no interios and no opening doors Basiclly they're intended for outdoor and neighborhood scenes.There are no trees in the sets here but the do come with modeled grass and a simple grass
There are also a large number of props included and there is a day and night setting for the lights
Here are a couple of quick renders
They also have a large number of siding type/color and roof material selections. Unfortunately the ones here are McMansions... Over at R his older sets can be converted to Iray, but you have to get rid of the trees and bushes. They mostly 40s and 50s vintage, which is an era i use often. Rather than a house you get a full block. I'd like to see updated DS versions...