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Any Suggestions Please....

briankleaksbriankleaks Posts: 0
edited September 2014 in New Users

I am new to this and I have so many ideas. I just need some guidance. Ok so I just got the free download of daz 3d which basically just gives me the genesis.
What do I need to buy in order make...
sacred geometry
matrix digital streams
magical orbs
and anything else of this nature would help

Mod Edit: Moved to New Users which is set up to help newcomers.

Post edited by Cris Palomino on

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  • Herald of FireHerald of Fire Posts: 3,504
    edited December 1969

    Not sure what you're after exactly. What do you mean by 'sacred geometry'?

    As for 'Matrix Digital Streams' that sort of thing would most likely be done in post processing, not in Daz Studio itself. Magical orbs is another curio, because there are dozens of ways to do this, both in and outside of the program, but each one gives a different effect.

    The first thing to realize, is that Daz Studio is NOT a modelling program. You can do some minor geometric alterations, but that's about it. You certainly can't create a decent mesh from scratch, and the best you could do would rely entirely on primitives grouped together. Daz Studio is designed more for setting the scene and rendering. Either as an animation or as a still image.

    Special effects such as glowing orbs and the like are best handled using external programs for a variety of reasons. Firstly, it gives you more control over the image and secondly, doing the effect in 3D can be very difficult to make look convincing. It also allows you to use animations. Textures in Daz Studio are static, and while scripts can be used to animate them, the effect is still far from perfect. Doing the effect in Photoshop or similar means you can animate the effect with accuracy to get exactly the effect you want.

    If you have any specific queries, I'd be more than happy to answer them.

  • Scott LivingstonScott Livingston Posts: 4,344
    edited December 1969

    Welcome to the DAZ 3D forum! If you can post, or link to, some images showing the kinds of effects you are looking for, it will be easier for us to offer specific suggestions as to how to achieve a similar look.

  • briankleaksbriankleaks Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    Thanks HeraldOfFire, I think im starting to realize that now. I am looking into purchasing hexagon, would that be considered a modeling program?

  • briankleaksbriankleaks Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    Hey scott these are some images that i would like to manifest in 3d. If you could guide me to the programs i would need in order to that, that would be very much appreciated...

    matrix1.jpg
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  • briankleaksbriankleaks Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    sacred geometry

    sacred.jpg
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    sacred.jpg
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  • kaotkblisskaotkbliss Posts: 2,914
    edited December 1969

    Well, I can answer that while Hexagon may not be the best modeling software (Only from what I've heard as I've not used it yet) it is a full modeling software so you can create models from scratch, then with a click of a button, send them straight into your Daz scene.

  • Scott LivingstonScott Livingston Posts: 4,344
    edited December 1969

    Depending on what you want to do, you might not actually need to model anything... You could add the effects in postwork (using image editing software like Photoshop) or, do it in DAZ Studio by attaching the image to a primitive plane to make a "billboard." There are some products in the store (like this one) that might be useful, or you could create it yourself if you already have images that you want to use (and own the rights to).

  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,905
    edited December 1969

    Scott-Livingston said:
    Depending on what you want to do, you might not actually need to model anything... You could add the effects in postwork (using image editing software like Photoshop) or, do it in DAZ Studio by attaching the image to a primitive plane to make a "billboard."

    Did any of this help?
    What Scott-L is suggesting is very easy, you go to Create (top left) and you'll see the option for Primitives, then select Plane.
    Select it in Scene tab. In Surfaces tab, in the Diffuse channel, click the box (the image box) and from your files, select your image. That will put the image on your plane.

    If the scale of your primitive is wrong, go to Parameters and just use Scale to adjust the size. XYZ can each be scaled, or you can scale it overall.

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