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I need some low-lying, cotton-candy-like fog for a render in Daz Studio 4.5. Is it possible and, if so, how?

I was hoping to avoid post and doing it in render.

Have you tried this tool from Nerd3D : http://www.daz3d.com/shop/fog-tool-deluxe-iii/
It may give you what you need or at least be a starting point Hope that helps,

BellaDragon

Are you sure that it works in 4.5, though? Or can someone confirm it does?

Gimme a few minutes and I’ll take a look for you - I may need to reinstall it though, but I will be back soon with an answer

BellaDragon

No idea if that works. Hope it does. An alternate would be pwEffect and creating a primiive plane with a wavey displacement map then playing around witth the effects until you get the look you want. I did once in a render a long time ago.

*Crosses fingers, hopes it works*

Ok - it seems to work in DS4.5 just fine - there are many options to adjust the planes & the levels of fog (so many options) - this is a very quick & not very good render that I threw together to show the tool in DS4.5 With adjustments you could probably get the look you are after hope that helps

*The Gorilla is between several vertical planes - that is why the effect looks a little odd - with adjustments that cut through effect could be reduced, but I wanted to get an answer to you fast

BellaDragon

YAY! Thank you.

Thanks for the quick response!

I appreciate it!

You already have a “tool” installed for this, it’s called UberVolume and you’ll find it under shader presets, just create a primitive to cover the area you want the fog to be in and apply the base shader or one of the presets to it, do a spot render and tweek the settings till your happy.

Another example with the Fog Tool, I recently checked this out in 4.5 and it needed the settings tweaked in the surfaces tab, but nothing particularly complex:

Forgot pic, DWG?

No, picked the thumbnail by mistake - fixed now!

Cool… Thanks for the post, DWG!

I was hoping in what I was doing, though, to have a little texture to the fog. A bit of swirling mists type thing. Any suggestions?

An example:

You could try this item @ RDNA

http://www.runtimedna.com/RDNA-Atmospherics-Fog-Vol-1.html

best of all, it’s free (just need to register). It is just planes that you can move around. I’m getting ready to use it in a render I’m currently working on.

Hope this is helpful

Do you have a render of it to show off?

I would love to see it in action.