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Advanced Skin Material Settings for Daz Studio Octane

June 14, 2016 by Guest Writer Leave a Comment

Diagram showing the Daz Studio Octane scattering node settings for three different skin layers.

We discuss more advanced settings for skin materials in Daz Studio Octane. This includes sub-surface scattering (SSS) settings, glossiness, auto-material, and more.

Filed Under: Daz Studio Tagged With: advanced skin, advanced skin settings, daz studio, daz studio octane, daz studio octane tutorial, daz studio tutorial, octane, octane material, octane skin, octane skin material, skin, skin material, sss, sub-surface scattering

How to Set-Up Camera, Lights, & Displacement in Daz Studio Octane

May 25, 2016 by Guest Writer 4 Comments

Screenshot of the Environment Map interface in Daz Studio Octane.

Beginner’s tutorial on how to set up simple lights, camera, and displacement maps in Daz Studio Octane.

Filed Under: Daz Studio Tagged With: camera, daz studio, daz studio octane, daz studio octane tutorial, daz studio tutorial, displacement map, light, octane, octane camera, octane displacement, octane hdri, octane lights, octane renderer, octane shader, tutorial

How to Create Realistic Skin in Daz Studio Octane

May 8, 2016 by Guest Writer 4 Comments

Asian woman portrait with realistic Octane skin shader. Rendered in Daz Studio Octane.

One big challenge in 3d-art is to capture the complexity of human skin and make it look more organic and less synthetic. Here, we take a deep look on how to set-up realistic looking human skin in Daz Studio Octane.

Filed Under: Daz Studio Tagged With: daz studio, daz studio octane, daz studio octane tutorial, daz studio tutorial, octane, octane material, octane renderer, octane shader, octane skin, octane skin material, skin material, skin shader, tutorial

An Introduction to Daz Studio Octane

April 26, 2016 by Guest Writer 3 Comments

Fantasy art of a woman head to head and growling at a tiger.

The Octane renderer is fast and can produce great looking renders. Here, we give an overview of using Octane from within Daz Studio, along with the tools and settings you will need.

Filed Under: Daz Studio Tagged With: daz studio, daz studio octane, daz studio octane tutorial, daz studio tutorial, octane, octane renderer, tutorial

How to Create Frozen’s Queen Elsa in Daz Studio

January 13, 2016 by shibashake 4 Comments

Queen Elsa with ice wings and forming the heart or love sign with her hands. Magic or spell lights in the background and around her hands.

A fun tutorial on how to create Queen Elsa in Daz Studio. We describe how to manipulate clothing, hair, face morphs, facial expressions, and more, to enhance similarity.

Filed Under: Daz Studio, Iray Tagged With: daz studio, disney, elsa, fan-art, frost queen, frozen, iray, queen elsa, tutorial, winter lady, winter queen

Top 5 Daz Studio Iray Essentials

December 9, 2015 by shibashake 11 Comments

Woman wearing red vintage swimsuit doing a sexy pin-up pose and smile on the beach.

Top 5 Iray products that I use in almost every one of my renders. These are the products that I am awesomely happy with because I keep using them time and time again. They significantly enhance my Iray renders and allow me to effectively use older Poser or 3Delight textures in Daz Studio Iray.

Filed Under: Daz Studio, Iray Tagged With: daz iray, daz studio, daz studio iray, ds iray, iray, iray essentials, iray products, iray shaders

How to Save a Single Frame in Daz Studio

October 27, 2015 by shibashake 14 Comments

Catwoman sitting on a papasan chair with several cats around her. Moon in the background.

To facilitate sharing scene files, we may sometimes only want to save-out one or several frames in our Daz Studio scene. This tutorial describes a simple process to do this.

Filed Under: Daz Studio Tagged With: daz studio, daz studio tutorial, ds tutorial, save frame, save single frame, single frame, tutorial

Daz Studio Iray Tips and Tricks

July 31, 2015 by shibashake 13 Comments

Girl reaching upward for a flying bird (signifying knowledge, dreams, or more) while another holds her down to earth.

I am really loving the results that I am getting from Daz Studio Iray. Here, I talk about some of the useful Iray techniques that I have learned from the Daz3D forums, from talking to other Dazaholics, and from my own Iray experiments.

Filed Under: Daz Studio, Iray Tagged With: daz iray, daz studio, daz studio iray, daz studio tutorial, iray, iray eyes, iray hair, iray metal, iray tips, iray tricks, iray tutorial, tutorial

Daz Studio Lighting – Beginner to Now

June 22, 2015 by shibashake 13 Comments

Woman playing a wood harp, while a girl and animals sit at her feet.

One of the biggest thing that sets a 3d-image apart from others is the lighting used. Lights can add depth, change mood, create tension, guide the eye, and much more. In this article, I talk about my Daz Studio lighting journey. I describe all the different lighting setups that I have gone through, what I have learned from each one, and why I switched to something else.

Filed Under: Daz Studio, Iray Tagged With: 3d-art, 3d-light, 3d-lighting, daz, daz studio, daz studio light, daz studio lighting, ds, ds light, iray, light, lighting, spotlight, tutorial, uber-environment

Shiba 3D-Art Contest

May 24, 2015 by shibashake 140 Comments

Knight in armor shooting a steampunk gun at a dragon. Night scene.

Come join this fun 3D-art contest. It is easy to join, there are few restrictions, and we are giving away a bunch of Daz3D gift certificates for prizes. You can enter as many times as you like, and both old or new 3D-renders are welcome.

Filed Under: 3D Art, Art Contest Tagged With: 3d-art, 3d-art-contest, art, art-contest, contest, daz, daz studio, daz-contest, daz3d, featured-article, vendor-contest

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