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Playing around with DAZ|Studio before getting into learning Bryce.
A basic scene similar to the one in the Getting Started Guide. I added some lights and a camera to get the angle I wanted.
Just some practice creating the scene without following any instructions.
Working with Aiko and some props.
Off to a great start there Bill.
I don't know what lights Daz has, but some point lights and indirect lighting in the background will emphasize shadows and features more. Looks like the light source is just overhead or to the side and not enhancing the scene.
Cool :cool:. Look foward to seeing some more cool pictures.
Thanks James and Mike.
James the first image would have only shown the figure and the background. The area beneath the figure would have been black without the additional lights. I added a spot light to highlight the figures face and upper torso. I added a 'distance light' to have the ground beneath the figure to show up. I also added a 'point light' to have some light on the feet.
I think it was a fairly made image for only having worked with the program for a couple of hours on a Sunday afternoon. :D
The second image only has the default light and camera. I spent more time working on getting the pant legs corrected and placing buidlings and fountain. For some reason when the pants where attached to Aiko3 they wanted to 'blouse' at her ankles. Since she is wearing boots that reach almost to her knee the ankle is not where the plant leg should be tucked in (bloused as we would say in the military). I ended up having to scale the 'foot' of the pant legs to about 200% so they looked more believable.
Having worked mostly with Cinema 4D and Truespace, the DAZ interface takes some time to get accustomed to using their controls.
Once I feel comfortable working with Daz|Studio, I will tackle learning Bryce 6.1 and creating my own scenery. From the brief glance at the Bryce documentation there are more lighting choices as well as HDRI to add more realism to a scene.
Looking good for a start up.
Turan
PS got to warn you, it was at this forum that I got involved in Poser - it can be adictive! Have fun! :)
Thanks Turan.
It does look very addictive.
I like the lighting in the first one, and the idea of the second :)
yea, it takes a while to get grips with most any gui... but you are already off to a great start here :)
Keep it going man....
Thanks Gidgit. Finding time to do anything is the hardest part of learning and drawing.
I still play around with Wings3D and found some tutorials for creating props to use within Daz. I have to get back to where I was using Wings about 2 years ago. I lose skills when I can't make time to use a program :o
I found an old C4D file where I had used Aiko within a room I had created. I was using Poser 4 at that time and could export directly out to a format C4D could import with the textures. I tried that with Daz and I get the geometry but the textures are all the default gray.
I think I can export the figure from Bryce in a format that C4D can import with texture intact. However, I may just export the furnature I created in C4D to a format Bryce can use.
Lots of things to play around with when I have time :D
Spent most of last night downloading lots of free and not so free Daz content :D Glad I made the decision to become a Platinum member last week. Already saved enough to pay for the year's membership :rolleyes:
Played around some more tonight using some of the great props that are available. Played some more with the lights and setting the shadow parameters.
Hopefully the attachment shows some progress in learning the program :eek:
Looking good - a bit dark maybe (maybe my monitor).
There was a second part to my warning I maybe should have added.
The cost! I, like you, downloaded tons of free stuff then thought I just need one more item to make up a scene, so I bought something, then another then another - before you know it you have 100 things that ONLY (!!!) cost $1.99 :)
But it's all good stuff and fun to play with.
Turan
Thanks Turan.
It is a bit too dark on the CRT monitor here at work, but there are gamma issues on this monitor.
I did intend for it to be a little dark to imply twilight/evening. I guess I over did that part :o
Golly, Bill,
you are making great headway. I have been wrestling with a number of apps to get to look (and output) that I need. Still haven't tackled either 3ds or bryce. should get to them this or next week.
I hope i learn as fast as you do.
geo.
Thanks Geo.
Take your time to become familiar with a program's interface. Many programs use similar tools but the interface is different. Once you find how to access the tools you are already familiar with learning the rest is easier.
Blender is still a total mystery to me, but I plan to eventually go back to learning how to use the program. :D
Did you get Hexagon 2, its on sale again for platinum club'ers $1.99 ver 2.2Quote:
then another then another - before you know it you have 100 things that ONLY (!!!) cost $1.99 :)
Re Hex 2.2.
There is currently no way for people who pre-ordered Hexagon 2 from Eovia (prior to Daz acquisition) to access the free upgrade from 2.1.
A Platinum Club membership is not a viable option atm as I don't have any use for most of the content available as part of the package.
Cheers
Roger
I haven't gotten Hexagon yet, but I'm headed home from work now and plan on logging in once I get there.
At $1.99 I can afford to have another box modeler in addition to Wings3D :D
It appears that the servers for Daz3D.com are being slammed. All I can get is a page saying the store is down for maintenance.
I think DAZ have said that if you acquired hexagon before they acquired it you can still get the upgrade. But anyway use the contact form at their site and talk to their sales staff about it. It might take a bit of time to get an reply as its its normally about 3 days and the weekend is coming up :)
The Daz servers were not tied up for too long. Finally got the download of Hexagon which is 313MB. A highspeed connection is highly recommended :D
The documentation and tutorial require Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0 or newer and Quicktime player. I did not have Quicktime installed on my Vista machine and trying to open the Documentation from the Help menu locked out all Hexagon Tools and Menus and hid the Start button and the taskbar. The old three fingered salute (Ctrl+Alt+Delete) brought up the dialog where I could select Task Manager. However, selecting Task Manager locked up the computer and I had to hold down the power switch until the machine shut down before I could restart and have control. :(
Can you get Quicktime for Vista?Quote:
I did not have Quicktime installed on my Vista machine
Mike I downloaded the current free version from Apple's website and installed it on Vista Home Premium and it works without any problems.
I used the "Run as Administrator" option by right clicking the installer's filename in Windows Explorer.
Quicktime is only officially released for XP - but it runs under VISTA - Apple are currently asking for feedback from those using it prior to upgrade:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike Bailey
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/
https://appleseed.apple.com/QTVistaSurvey/run/
Bill, did you get Hexagon to run on Vista?
Mike I spent so much time getting the download and finding out what caused the lock ups when trying to access the tutorial and help files. I did not try to do any modeling before having to hit the sack. I never saw any error message to identify what was happening. I found out by trying to open one of the .mov files and got the same lock up that it was due to not having Quicktime Player installed. After installing Quicktime I opened the help and tutorial pdf files and the links to the .mov files within the pdf worked. I spent time reading some of the help and the tutorials.
I'll give Hexagon a good work out tonight and post my findings.
:) Hexagon 2.2 works in Vista....
if you don't have a video card that supports OpenGL 1.4 you may experience unpredictable results :(
I made some test modeling on 3 machines:
Machine 1: Intel Dual Core 1.8GHz processors 2GB DDR2 RAM Intel video with 82945G fast chipset. Vista Home Premium.
Does not display the Hexagon 2.2 interface accurately so trying to model and access the Tools is very difficult.
Machine 2: AMD Athlon 900MHz processor 1GB RAM ATI Radeon 9550 video card with 256MB video RAM. Vista Home Premium.
Hexagon 2.2 reported that OpenGL 1.4 is not supported by the video card. Interface displays accurately and modeling was easy after adapting to the interface/mouse/key requirements.
Machine 3: AMD Athlon 900MHz processor 256MB RAM nVidia GForce 4 video card with 128MB video RAM. Windows XP Professional.
Hexagon 2.2 reported that OpenGL 1.4 is not supported by the video card. Interface displays accurately and modeling was easy after adapting to the interface/mouse/key requirements.
As with many graphics applications the video card in the machine determines how well a program will work, regardless of the OS.
Yea, gotta have the hardware to run these programs.Quote:
As with many graphics applications the video card in the machine determines how well a program will work, regardless of the OS.
I'm sqweeking by with a radeon X1300, I have not had any display issues.
Yea, I will buy a PCIe video card for my newest computer. It is the machine that has issues displaying the Hexagon interface.
Yea, that durn vcard/driver issue seems to have been in effect forever... you would think that all of this stuff would have been ironed out a long time ago...
This is akin to buying a car only to have it run like crap on certain grades of fuel... comeon already... should be turn the key and go go go eh.... the better the grade the faster you go.... but the lowest grade should cause no sputtering no matter eh
they still make no OpenGL vcards?
I will keep that in mind when i get ready to build my next one.
geo.
There are lots of OpenGL video cards Geo. My new computer has on board video and it doesn't support OpenGL. I'll have to install a better card when I get a new job.
Finding time to do anything is the hardest part of learning and drawing.
right
goooooooooooooood start
Hey Bill,
Welcome to MY world! LOL
DAZ Studio is one of the apps I have come to love to help create my images from 3D. I use all sorts of plugins for Studio. If you are using this as more of a gateway to using Bryce then just learn the basics. In using Studio to get into Bryce you really dont' need to learn to much with lighting or camera angles since that's ignored in Bryce. Just learn to set up a scene and get your objects (meshes) textured and posed.
If there is anything I can help you with I'd be more than happy to assist if I can. :)
All the best
Oh and I see from another thread that you are not a PC member over at DAZ. What's your handle there Bill?? Oh you do know there are some pretty helpful folks in the DAZ forums that can help you with your Studio and Bryce questions as well, right?? ;)
Thanks again Richard.
I'm not sure what is going on with my Platinum Club membership. I paid for a full year and I have gotten two emails saying it will expire soon. It should not expire until June 2008.
My handle there is Soquili. I'll sort out the problem and will look in on the forums again. It has been a few weeks since I was there.
Try giving DAZ a call. They are really friendly folks and helpful. I'm sure it's a glitch!! ;)
I just got the newer version of Daz yesterday but I have to learn using it
I decided to spend more time in 3d programs this year
I have also the new personal learning version of Maya
Bryce 5 5 etc
I will drop by regularly to learn here
greetings