Comments on: 5 Ways to Create ‘Soft Lighting Effects’ in Daz Studio & Photoshop

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 23 Dec 2019 17:09:41 +0000

Old post but a good one! Gracias!

By: Somefunok

Somefunok — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 13:26:29 +0000

I’ve seen a comment that you render your lights manually and are now playing with with multiple environment maps, would it be possible for you to give some more information of using multiple maps?

By: shibashake

shibashake — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 22:57:38 +0000

In reply to Jennifer Hughey. Thank you Jennifer. In terms of Atmocam, I think it depends on both the type of light, and placement (+direction). There is some fogginess on the figures as well, but less so because of shadows and also the position and direction of the light. I usually use a spotlight for my volumetric light.

By: Jennifer Hughey

Jennifer Hughey — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 20:00:24 +0000

On #3 you mentioned using Atmocam and adding the figures inside. Your three women in the different color outfits look clear, while the area around them is a bit foggy/textured. Is that because of the lights you used that they don’t end up foggy as well? great tutorial!!

By: shibashake

shibashake — Mon, 12 Jun 2017 19:59:24 +0000

In reply to Artienne. I am so glad you like it and you are very welcome. :)

By: Artienne

Artienne — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 12:32:38 +0000

Nice stuff here! I started follow your instruction from 5. Soft Light & Gaussian Blur… 🙂 Thank you for sharing your experience with us!
Best Regards
Artienne

By: shibashake

shibashake — Tue, 23 May 2017 16:16:33 +0000

In reply to enchantedwolfe. Ah, I can see why that may be confusing. One way to get underwater effects is by using a volumetric prop, and that post and thread has great instructions on how to create such a prop. Once we have it, then we can adjust the shader to change color, density, etc. In this way we can get underwater effects, light rays, etc. Marshian's prop already comes with various material settings for different environments.

By: enchantedwolfe

enchantedwolfe — Tue, 23 May 2017 15:11:39 +0000

The link for creating your own volumetric prop and shader goes to a daz forum about underwater settings, is that what you intented?

I love the tut, I’ve bookmarked it and the links you’ve given, except that one for volumetric prop and shader.

By: shibashake

shibashake — Thu, 18 May 2017 00:14:55 +0000

In reply to Simon Kerridge. Thank you! Feel free to post some image links of your results. :)

By: Simon Kerridge

Simon Kerridge — Mon, 15 May 2017 16:47:42 +0000

Another excellent tutorial! Wish I knew these steps earlier. Think I will attempt to adopt them into my workflow. Thank you.