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How I Light My Daz Studio Iray Scenes

by shibashake 19 Comments

Woman wearing a veil and sari, with interesting ruins in the distance.

I describe the three main classes of lights that I use in my Daz Studio Iray scenes. These include an image based light, three mesh lights, and a volumetric light.

Shiba 3D-Art Contest

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.

Daz Studio Iray Tutorial for Beginners

by shibashake 55 Comments

Realistic looking girl with a dragon tattoo on her back.

This tutorial describes how I create a simple scene, from start to finish, for the Daz Studio Iray renderer. In particular, I discuss how to assign Iray materials, and how to create simple but realistic lighting in Iray with an image based light (IBL).

Tips and Tricks for Daz Studio Beginners

by shibashake 27 Comments

Good angel with white feathered wings at the bottom, chained to dark angel with tribal black wings on top.

I started really using Daz Studio a few months ago and wanted to put down some of the most useful functions that I discovered. These are the things that may not be readily apparent (especially to a beginner), but were extremely useful for creating great renders. Following, I will list a set of common issues […]

Poser, Daz Studio, Carrara – Which One Should I Use?

by shibashake 28 Comments

Girl in white dress looking sad because she has to say goodbye to a good friend.

For rendering 3D-pictures and figures we can use Poser, Daz Studio, or Carrara. Poser is the oldest and most mature. However, Daz Studio has many features and new add-ons that are not available on Poser. In addition, it is free. Carrara has some great environment effects and some cool tools such as vertex editing. We consider which one to use for our computer generated pictures.

Recent Posts

  • Duality of life and death represented by a day of the dead girl with black flowers and butterflies on her headdress surrounded by skeletons. Gothic fantasy woman art. Daz Studio Iray image.What Does Our Art Say About Us?
  • Side by side face comparisons of out-of-the-box Millawa 8 face and skin and multiple tweaked Millawa 8 face and skin.Making Skin Pop with the Daz Studio Iray Uber Shader - Part 2
  • Side by side Victoria 8.1 face comparison of Daz Studio's PBR Iray Skin Shader and the Iray Uber Shader..Making Skin Pop with the Daz Studio Iray Uber Shader - Part 1
  • Item used: VR X01 BYOS Modular by Studio360.3D-Art Contest Winners ~ April 2020
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Recent Comments

  • Side by side face comparisons of out-of-the-box Millawa 8 face and skin and multiple tweaked Millawa 8 face and skin.Making Skin Pop with the Daz Studio Iray Uber Shader – Part 2
    • MILT51
      - Wow!!! You are truly a very talented (gifted) artist. I love these tutorials #1 & #2, I never thought ...
    • Adil
      - Hi,I hope everything is good at your end. Please if you can help me with light scene duf file for ...
    • jane
      - I can not write 0.24 or 0.24 after 0. doesnt work. would you share your settings?
  • Duality of life and death represented by a day of the dead girl with black flowers and butterflies on her headdress surrounded by skeletons. Gothic fantasy woman art. Daz Studio Iray image.What Does Our Art Say About Us?
    • Plaiades
      - Dear Shiba,i am a long time admirer of your art and have missed you in the DAZiverse. Over a year ...
  • Side by side Victoria 8.1 face comparison of Daz Studio's PBR Iray Skin Shader and the Iray Uber Shader..Making Skin Pop with the Daz Studio Iray Uber Shader – Part 1
    • Foxy
      - Hi, can you save your settins and share with us?

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