Problem getting desired lighting effect

veeters2002

Hi guys... Relatively new to Daz and I don't want to be a nuisance with a ton of questions, so I have been watching every tutorial I can get my hands on, reading faqs, and searching the forums for most of my questions. However, there is one certain effect that I am trying to create that I am really struggling with. I have scoured and searched any way I can think of to find a way to do it, with no luck. If any one can lead me in the right direction, it would be greatly appreciated!

Here's what I am trying to achieve...

I have a dark night scene and I am trying to get an effect where a figure is back lit. The figure should be dark, almost like a silhouette or with some faint shadows of the back light color. What I am REALLY struggling with is, I want the light from behind the character to shine around the character giving almost like a light aura glowing around it. Not sure if that makes sense. 

Any advice or suggestions?

Thanks in advance for your assistance!

Linwelly

What you are looking for is called godrays. As I don't know which renderer you are using (iray or 3dlight or something else completely) the help I can offer is limited. I believe for both renderer there are products available to get the effect: https://www.daz3d.com/expanded-godrays-iray, https://www.daz3d.com/simple-godrays, https://www.daz3d.com/expanded-godrays-celestial-bodies. For 3dlight you can try as well with uber volume lights. Anything of that sort will increase render times substancially.

Chohole

More Rim lighting than Crepuscular rays (God rays) I would have thought.  http://www.daz3d.com/rim-light-rig

veeters2002

Thanks guys. This was really helpful. I'm not sure exactly which of the two suggestions you've given me will end up working but I do appreciate you sending me in the right direction. Seems like both have qualities I am looking for and both have potential. I was trying to do it with just a backlit spotlight. But there are options that I have used to do it before in Carrara 8.5 that I didn't see in Daz. Appreciate the help!!