luxrender
stonehand
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this thing (luxrender) is a wast of my good money.
can't get the thing to work.
keeps asking for the path to lux whatever.
i follow the path to the plugin folder find luxrender and there's not a thing in there
found luxus dll its just in the plugin folder set that it don't work...tried copying the dll to the lux folder it don't work..
wast of time and cash
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Luxus is a plugin to allow rendering with the Luxrender render engine.
You need to download and install Luxrender separately.
Grab Luxrender here...
http://www.luxrender.net/en_GB/download
Then when it is installed, configure the plugin to the path (installed location) for Luxrender.
Yes, you need to download the render engine, Luxus only conect DS to LuxRender. And its very simple to use right now.
Excuse me, but this is the Poser forum ... are you using Poser or Dazstudio?
Luxus is for Dazstudio only.
Moved to DAZ Studio Discussion.
And you may need to read PDF manuall . from web read me,
linked .
http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/read_me/index/15891/start
download the pdf
15891_luxus-manual.pdf
under product note.
then you do not miss it,,download luxrender
http://www.luxrender.net/en_GB/index
take care,, you do not need to click link for duz studio plug-in.
it only link of Reality (this is famous luxrender plug-in but,, it is no meaning to use Luxus plug-in)
download standalone version instlaler.
http://www.luxrender.net/en_GB/standalone
I choosed open CL version for my windows PC,,
it seems work without problem for me,,
(I can not understand where is difference between open CL and Non open CL,
so if I say wrong please teach me,,)
(I am perfect new about luxrender, so I got this item to try luxlender.
then installed all,, now I can tweak in lender setting tab @@;
it may difficult untill understand each parameter,so I must need to read manuall .
first experience is so exciting ^^;
OpenCL can use GPU render... but for me it get process to 100% and my machine stop to responding... mouse almost lock in place.
I just bought the product and and the install manager to install it. when to the render engine drop down and luxus was not there. check the install file and there was no dll listed.
How do I fix this?
Install manager only installs the manual and shaders - you have to download the installer for the plugin here:
https://www.daz3d.com/downloadable/customer/products/
Thanks, leave it DAZ to confuse people.......
I've been playing around with Luxus. I've definitely noticed differences in how it renders, how it treats light and the like. Like all render engines, it's going to take some time to figure out the nuances.
The only curiosity for me is render times. The sample scene I made with Genesis, no textures on the actor, and a bikini top and bottom with two spot lights and a point light seemed to be a good test. 3Delight rendered the scene in seconds. LuxRender... not so fast.
Within a few minutes I could see a good base render, but lots of noise in the shadow areas, so I decided to let the render keep running until it completed. I went to bed, slept all night, got up the next morning and decided to check how it turned out.
It was still rendering.
Although the noise in the shadow areas was better, it was definitely still there. So, I let it keep going figuring at some point it will stop.
Well, it's been another six hours and it's still going. The noise is almost completely gone now, but I was kinda wondering about letting it run to get a baseline on how long it would take to render.
Then it occurred to me, does LuxRender ever stop? Perhaps it just continues to run until I stop it.
It's my first time with LuxRender and their docs and forums weren't much help. So I thought I'd ask here.
I have it working swimmingly I got my materials working my lighting is just right. Ummm where is it saving to? I'm in the render panel and I have the location saved like I would rendering in 3Delight but when I hit render and Lux starts working I have no idea where it's saving to.
I'm not a hater. I give everything a try and frankly I've had more success with this out the gate than I ever did with Reality which took me 2 years of trial and error and version matching to finally get to work.
Anyway...where are my files saving?
No it does not. It will continue until you reach a samples per pixel or quality that you desire. On average I let Lux work until I'm at 2k or even 4k S/p that is samples per pixel. The longer it runs the better it looks.
Just stop lux and find your image the way you last saw it in the preview pane.
Whew... good, I thought I was doing something wrong.
Where do I find this in the Daz window? I know where to find it if I use the LuxRender GUI, but I decided to let it stay in a DazStudio window. I can't seem to find this info.
When you are rendering to the DS render window, the samples/pixel info is scrolling in the Luxus console window. That's why the window is updating every few seconds. When you get to a value you like, hit the stop button on the console window to quit.
As for saving, if the DS render window is being used, the file will save to the location specified in the Render to setting in the render settings window. If you are rendering through the Luxrender GUI, the file is saved in the temp folder specified in the Edit->Preferences menu.
after replacing a dead hard drive i tried to reinstall Reality 1.2 - but it wont install. the documentation says NOT to change the default instalation location, but when i try to instal, i get a message saying it cannot find DAZ Studio at that location, and to pick another location. i tried picking the folder where DAZ Studio resides, but i got error messages.
I also have another question. Will Reality work in DS4, or is it only designed to work in DS3.1? I see that there is a new product (Luxus) for use in DS4. If Reality is now obsolete, do Reality owners get a free upgrade to Luxus?
Also, does it matter where i put the LuxRender folders? I ask because the default instal location for that is in my Downloads folder.
http://preta3d.com/reality-2-0/
Luxus is a different product by a different creator.
@bigjay: files, including the Lux scene files, are apparently saved in the temp folder (Users\\AppData\Roaming\DAZ 3D\Studio4\temp). That folder is wiped when DAZ Studio closes, so be sure to copy your scenes and renders elsewhere (this is unless you already save the renders elsewhere). This is especially important if you want to resume the render at a later time.
Advanced Render settings in DS - select “Render to File” and choose a location and Luxus will save your Lux Render Scene to that location.
If you are using the Luxrender GUI, you can save your render to anywhere. Do a File -> Export To Image -> Save Tonemapped Low Dynamic Range Image.
Reality 1.2 does not work with DS4 but Reality 2.5 will work with DS4 and DS4 only, Reality 2.2 is the latest (and final) upgrade for DS 3
Reality is far from obsolete, a version 3 is in slated for production after Reality 3 for Poser is released this month.
If you are having trouble with the install you may want to ask here
http://forum.runtimedna.com/forumdisplay.php?322-The-Official-Reality-for-Daz-Studio-Forum
No it does not matter where LuxRender is installed (windows) up to version 1.0, then believe it needs to go in your "programs folder" structure in windows, meaning don't try to run it off the desktop unless it's a shortcut to something in the programs folder. However if you are using Reality 1.x I don't think you can use LuxRender past version 0.9, you would need to upgrade to Reality 2 which would be discounted or free depending on when you bought Reality 1.
UPDATE: I pointed out to the developer of Reality that there were two different price updates on his page and he decided instead of making them both the same he would lower the upgrade price to $9.95
thank you StratDragon. interesting to see there is a version for Poser, as I also use Poser 7
If you are referring to Reality, there is no version for Poser yet. It is nearing completion and will be released in the (hopefully) very near future. However, it will not work with Poser 7. It will require the latest service release (3.1) of Poser 9 or Poser Pro 2012.
Ciao
TD
[edit] because I cross posted
the poser version will be for Poser 9 and Poser 2012 so it wont run on 7/
The Developer (Paolo Ciccone) said that after the Reality 3 is released for Poser (possibly this month) a version 3 would be developed for Daz Studio 4.5.
By the way: Preta3d is offering an upgrade price for Reality1 users
http://forum.runtimedna.com/showthread.php?77052-clarification-on-Reality-1-to-Reality-2-upgrade-pricing
welcome to the fascinating world of Unbiased Rendering!
even if you get things working you still waste time for render your images, hours, even days.
and that's for the mayority of unbiased renderings, Modo, Maxwell, Kerkythea, etc.
Install manager only installs the manual and shaders - you have to download the installer for the plugin here:
https://www.daz3d.com/downloadable/customer/products/
Would be nice if the Install Manager at least had a Document that would show in the Install Manager for products that require manual download. IE under Updates would be a Document for "DAZ STUDIO has been updated, please download from site."
This would work as a way to inform users to software updates via the install manager.