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Making environments etc

Jay Jay_1264499Jay Jay_1264499 Posts: 298
edited December 1969 in New Users

Hi, just more of a wondering really after not finding much from a quick search result.

How does people like Stonemason etc make environment sets? I have one of the Forest sets which I can see has a SkyDome, Background etc but how do they make floor sets with items like dead trees, plants etc? Are these done in apps like Bryce and exported?

As a Vue user I wondered if there's a way I can use Vue to create something similar to use in Daz?

Sorry if this doesn't make a lot of sense but have been on the wine tonight!

Cheers

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  • StonemasonStonemason Posts: 1,180
    edited December 1969

    Hi
    I use 3dsmax ( http://www.autodesk.com/products/autodesk-3ds-max/overview ) to model objects which are then exported to DAZ Studio for others to use,
    you could use Bryce or Vue but the modeling workflow isn't as clean as using a regular modeling app.I'm sure that things that are in the forest sets could very easily be done in Vue as that app specializes in natural objects like trees,but hard surface items like buildings etc are better done in a dedicated modeling app.

    Thanks
    Stefan

  • Jay Jay_1264499Jay Jay_1264499 Posts: 298
    edited December 1969

    Hi Stefan. Many thanks for the reply. So for example, did you also use Max to create the land mass that surrounds the ruins on the Winter Kingdoms Castle Ruins set? The quality of your work is astoundingly good by the way!

    Thanks again for your reply.

    Cheers

  • StonemasonStonemason Posts: 1,180
    edited December 1969

    Yes,the terrain in Castle ruins was made using 3dsmax also,though you could just as easily do that in Vue as it has some fairly good terrain modeling tools,For the second winter kingdom set I made ( http://www.daz3d.com/winter-terrains-for-daz-studio ) I used World Machine in the workflow,which offers some nice terrain erosion options which other apps dont have
    http://www.world-machine.com/

  • Jay Jay_1264499Jay Jay_1264499 Posts: 298
    edited December 1969

    wow interesting that you did all of that in Max. Thanks again. You've given me some ideas to ponder over!

    Thank you

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    edited December 1969

    Obviously I love Bryce, but do have to add to this thread a comment to say that Bryce is not a modelling program as such, although many users do produce ''Hard Landscaping'' using Bryce, most will use imported buildings, including of course Stonemason's products.

    http://www.daz3d.com/gallery/#images/1167

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