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You are gonna need to work on lighting and do some post-work to get those results, not render settings.
fenelia
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Learn post-work, or enough post-work to make your own style. At minimum, figure out how to composite a shot and do minor shit like tone & color.
I just don't understand people on the Daz boards who shit on post-work ("That's not REAL Daz skill"), and then they gush over an image that clearly had a shitload of post-work done on it.
Like, my dudes?! You understand the visuals that you are looking at?!!!
I just don't understand people on the Daz boards who shit on post-work ("That's not REAL Daz skill"), and then they gush over an image that clearly had a shitload of post-work done on it.
Like, my dudes?! You understand the visuals that you are looking at?!!!
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HeyScooby
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That makes a lot of sense. I wondered why I wasn't getting anywhere near those types of results
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fenelia
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(I said "People on the Daz Boards" (meaning the official Daz forums) shit on people who do post-work. Not aimed at any one person...)
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fenelia
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I have a whole Strip Club set. Takes forever to render out all the details. The dude put mirrors and shit all over the place. Mirrors mean reflectivity, and that adds complexity to the Light simulation that Iray needs to deal with. This is just an example.
Here's something I worked on. Set up a stripper pole, a simple floor, a simple background (all using primitive objects). Quick render. IMO, turned out better and faster than the overnight render using a whole set.
Here's something I worked on. Set up a stripper pole, a simple floor, a simple background (all using primitive objects). Quick render. IMO, turned out better and faster than the overnight render using a whole set.
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I agree for the most part.
I know my renders sometimes take 10 hours to finish (using a GTX1070) and im sure i can shorten it if i invest more time in optimizing. I render while i sleep so i don't mind that much. But i always do postwork.
Sometimes i just fix some highlighting and contrast and sometimes i go more heavy like here: Linky.
I know there are a few here that have a distinct style. Both in scenes and in postwork.
I dont have a real style in my renders for a number of reasons.
I want to do new stuff, learn new things.
Also post work that works in Scy-Fi scene may not necessarily work in a fantasy setting.
Maybe that is my style
I start learning about DAZ 4 days ago. Here is my first render
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You can't really just go by how many iterations because it differs from image to image heavily. Like you can have a close up on one model and 4000 iterations is more than enough or you can have the model further from camera in same scene and it's gonna need 10000 or more iterations to look as good.
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fenelia
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This one was 188 iterations, I think.
Generally, until it looks good enough for my tools. Depends on the complexity of the environment. Bigger scene needs more time, more resolution.
Generally, until it looks good enough for my tools. Depends on the complexity of the environment. Bigger scene needs more time, more resolution.
Mescalino
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I personally don't use iterations much.
I mostly set it to 15000.
9 out of 10 it either hits my converged ratio (i set it most of the times to 99%) or it hits my time limit. I usually have this at 36000 or even 72000 seconds (which is 10 or 20 hours) And i press render and go to bed or work. When i wake up i check my render. Sometimes its still running and sometimes its finished. If its running i will check if its good enough to my liking or if it needs longer (Or skip it entirely). I have had renders that where at only 16% after 10 hours of rendering and far to noisy to use a denoiser. While i do use them on occasions I'm not a big fan of them on people but they do have a purpose.
Mescalino
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Love where your going with this but the wings seem (to) high on her shoulders. Or maybe its optic deceit....
Enyos
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No joke. My last one was 1300 iterations in an hour and looked fine, but I had a recent one go the full 15,000 iterations over 14 hours, and i wished i had upped my limit.
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Wow, for a first one it's pretty good. There a few imperfections but you'll definitely gain skills over time.
Actually I'd love to see her in a VN!