Learning to use DAZ|Studio

**Soquili** · 25 June 2007, 02:47 AM

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.

**Soquili** · 25 June 2007, 03:07 AM

Working with Aiko and some props.

**jamesmc** · 25 June 2007, 03:42 AM

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.

**Mike Bailey** · 25 June 2007, 10:02 AM

Cool

. Look foward to seeing some more cool pictures.

**Soquili** · 25 June 2007, 12:11 PM

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.

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.