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Thanks for review mateGlad this thread and game are getting a bit more attention, finally. This last update was spectacular! The render quality has noticeably improved, and the dialogue too. Loving the different path options you've laid out and look forward to trying all of them, including the Sick Sick Puppy route
I still think you should post in other Daz 3d threads and create signatures so others who like your game can help advertise for you. For God's sake, at least request mods to give you a Game Developer tag, and add your game/Patreon links in your own signature line. You're developing a high quality game here, got to get the word out!
Btw I told you I would write a review after the next update if I liked it, and I'll keep my word. This game is underrated, and the low rating isn't helping
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She looks pretty as ever. I have to say though that the pictures look a bit dull. They don't look like dimly lit rooms if that is what you were going for, they just look underexposed.
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Master of Puppets
It's a nightmare with gtx 960 2gb. Before I worked with gtx 970 and that was challenge, but this is another level of difficulty.
I have to find balance in quality while being able to produce a large update like before.
The big challenge is memory management, scenes with low amount of light and interior scenes. Exterior scenes and scenes with a good amount of light should not be a big problem I hope. All in all I would wish to have a current generation card like 3060ti or something similar but who knows when that is going to happen in the current market.
It's a nightmare with gtx 960 2gb. Before I worked with gtx 970 and that was challenge, but this is another level of difficulty.
I have to find balance in quality while being able to produce a large update like before.
The big challenge is memory management, scenes with low amount of light and interior scenes. Exterior scenes and scenes with a good amount of light should not be a big problem I hope. All in all I would wish to have a current generation card like 3060ti or something similar but who knows when that is going to happen in the current market.
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Also I am learning a lot, I am a novice with daz3d and rendering in general. But I have drive to learn and be better so my game, well games will get better and better with time.
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renders are getting better! Don’t worry about mistakes, everyone has to start somewhere!
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It shouldn't be a problem to do with hardware, increasing the light level doesn't make renders more expensive. I boosted the exposure and threw a colour grading over the top:
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Yes, big jump in quality. I especially like the lighting and shadow visual here.
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But it is not night, it's sunrise. With story on the roof we looked at sunrise, it would be strange to get back in time. Even so your post processing looks better. Did you color corrected it in photoshop, add more blue and brightness ?
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Yes, though I used GIMP. There are lots of ways to alter the colours in an image, I used a LUT because it's very fast, though it gives less control than doing the colour grading manually does.
In the original you can see that the image is only using up part of the range of brightness. (Histogram at top right)
After the exposure filter it's using up the entire range, though expanding an 8-bit image like this introduces slight banding. This part would be best done during rendering before the data is reduced to 8-bit. I use Blender for rendering, not Daz, so I can't offer any advice there.
Then the colour grading. It being morning now I used 'Fall Colors' from the Creative Pack for a warmer look, the previous ones were 'Night From Day' from the same pack to get the night feel.
It's a quick process, though there are hundreds of LUTs in the pack so finding ones you like takes a bit of time. Once you have a few that you like though it's very quick to apply them.
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Cool mate I can achieve something similar with photoshope, but I will post results later. Thanks for advice
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I think the most important thing to take away is that there should always be highlights, even in a night scene. There should always be something in the upper range.
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Yes, very much better. Looking at it next to the old one is night and day, if you'll excuse the pun.
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Im guessing you never noticed the abnormality with her neck in this pic? It's quite long here lol