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Published: 2011-10-18 21:47:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 10785; Favourites: 103; Downloads: 478
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Nici's Mediterranean image number two. This time I tried to get the same "sunny" effect (or at least something similar) with IBL instead of a Sun prop. Well, I am quite satisfied with the result, though I have to admit I like the first one ( ) more.
Overall, outdoor renders don't seem to be my strength; this one took several afternoons for the final version...Nici is a custom face/body morph model by me, with skin textures from Maya for Victoria 4.
What do you think?
DAZ Studio 3 + Reality 1.25 + Lux Render 0.8 + PS CS5 + countless hours composing (again) & 11 hours rendering & 0.5 hours post-work.
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Comments: 38
Incredible render! Such great lighting and posing. Is that dynamic cloth for the dress? Love all the materials and textures.
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Thank you very much, I am glad you like it!
Yes, the dress is a dynamic prop. I love the dynamic tools of DAZ, though I am slowly switching to Blender, since in DAZ dynamic calculations are limited to these special dynamic props, unfortunately.
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Congrats for getting featured image. This is a great technical render, from the pose and lighting to the POV and expression. Very impressive work, and look forward to more from you.
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Excellent use of light, and great posing. Love what you do with your materials. Not a lot of people can pull off a scene where the highlights are so overexposed and still maintain the realism you do. Very cool.
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the lightning is awesome, you did a really good job on it.
This scene looks quiet real.
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Congrats, your image has been selected as one of our Images of the Month !
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wow man, you really pop out some stunning renders with luxrender. i'll back you up in saying that outdoor scenes seem to be much harder to work in than interior scenes. but you did a phenomenal job here and the other render you posted in the description. I just had to fave both of them though as they are really of good quality, and i can tell you put a good deal of work into them both. though i will say between the two, i like the other one just a smidgeon more. 
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Thank you very much!
Regarding her look: I did that on purpose - haha, anybody can claim such things afterwards. 
(...and btw: I like the first one a bit more, too, and I assume it's because the lighting in photo 1 appears to me more summerly/lively/warmly, but I am not sure.)
Many thanks for your detailed feedback, I really appreciate it!
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Thank you very much!
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She's a lovely character! Like you, I prefer the lighting in the first image, although this turned out really well. I find that using IBL just doesn't give the crispness in lighting and detail that mesh lights or a sun light does ... but it is faster and easier to use, too, and so sometimes that's been my reason for using it. The "Skies of Reality" package really has made using IBL a good option in Reality and Lux, from my perspective anyway.
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You've done an excellent job once again. Great face and body morphs on V4! The pose and overall scene composition is excellent!! And of course,
the lighting with Reality and Lux is outstanding! ...I'm still waiting for Reality for Daz Studio4.
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Thank you very much!
Btw, *Pret-A-3D stated in his dA blog some days ago that he's "fairly swamped with the development of Reality 2.0", so I think he's working at full steam at it.
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If you're using Reality/Lux Render, you know you can tinker with the lighting while the render is going on, right? If you named your distant light 'Sun', then you can control the light itself, and the sky's reflected light, too, independently. They just sort of hide the "Sky" thing.
Remember, too, that you can add just plain white planes that are out of sight, and use them for reflectors. If you make them black and matte, they will absorb some of the reflected light, which is rather interesting.
Just some stuff I've had to learn the hard way!
By the way, I like both images, but I like the first one a bit more, too.
Gary
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I know - the first image uses such Sun prop, with which Lux computes everything from direct sun to ambient/indirect light. But it's no use if you use an IBL sphere in your image (like I did in this one): the sphere will block any light from the Sun, no matter from which direction it comes (it's a sphere
I also (sparingly) use planes in this one to get a better overall illumination, but I couldn't overdo it; the moment I started getting the same "sunny" feeling with IBL and the Sun mesh substitute, the fireflies started to appear.
Thank you very much, especially for your feedback!
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I know there are a few of us who are seriously trying to learn the secrets that haven't been discovered in Lux yet... I pass along whatever I stumble into or try, whether it succeeds or fails. We can all learn from each others experiences if we try!
And I'm not one to try and hide information.
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Yes, I know, and I am grateful for that!
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