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

April 21, 2017 by shibashake 14 Comments

Blonde fantasy art woman standing in front of a large stone statue with bones strewn on the floor.

Some key techniques that I use to add soft lighting effects to my Daz Studio images. Come see before and after images for each of the soft lighting methods discussed.

Filed Under: Daz Studio, Iray Tagged With: atmosphere, daz studio, daz studio soft, daz studio tutorial, Photoshop, postwork, postwork tutorial, soft, soft atmosphere, soft atmosphere effect, soft effect, soft effects, soft light, soft lighting, soft lighting effect, soft postwork, tutorial

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.

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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

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

Daz Studio Iray Tutorial for Beginners

May 23, 2015 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).

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Recent Comments

  • Catwoman sitting on a papasan chair with several cats around her. Moon in the background.How to Save a Single Frame in Daz Studio
    • DV FiSTer
      - 10 years after you posted this, but THANK YOU!!!I don't get why they don't give a simple - save this ...
    • Dan
      - Thank you! This was very helpful
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      - outstanding solution !! thank you so much :-)
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