I have been having a light issue that just started recently. There seems to be a really strong side light on my scenes, casting long shadows. 

Any other lights added to the scene have little to know effect against this light source. 

My scene has no lights, as you can see with the fox example Scene pane, and I even set the default Environment Map (HDR) to 'None' and yet the light issue persists. You can see the fox seems to be strongly illuminated from the left and casts a long shadow on the ground to the right. 

The last time this happened, a few days ago, the only thing that fixed it was to reboot my computer and pull up the scene again. Then magically, the side light was gone, and additional added lights once again had the intended effects desired.

Has anyone experienced this issue? I've been using DAZ Studio for months and never ran into this problem before. 

However, rendering anything with two or more of those characters in the scene is turning into a bit of a nightmare. I only tried to have Jangshi and Jezebeth in the same image and I succeeded a couple of times (but it took hours in 3Delight and a few times I thought the computer might just permanently freeze or explode....got a dark screen, temporary freezing etc). Many other times, Daz studio crashed (got some shader incompatibility message once). Also tried them naked (I thought maybe the issue was with some shaders for the costumes. It goes without saying but yes, I also made sure I only used 3Delight shaders (I know some Iray shaders jsut go nuts if you try to render in 3Delight)

Worth noting that that happened even in scenes in which I had nothing except the two models (normally renders without any environments or special lights really don't even take long in 3Delight, which I use because I'd like to make a comic book in the future and Iray is just too time consuming).

Tara HD also gave me fits..... jsut her with almost nothing else took hours in 3Delight or just crashed as well....

So, what's the deal? Are HD charactersextremely demanding on computers? Is there some compatibility issues between those characters?

By the way, my computer is as follows:

 Core i5 i5-8400 - 12 GB RAM - 1 TB HDD - Windows 10 Home 64-bit - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2 GB -

Yeah, ok, I know it's not the very best computer on the market, but it's not bad either and it has an NVIDIA card that works great with very demanding games like Starcraft 2...if it just struggled with Iray I'd say, ok, maybe I just need a better one, but it shouldn't be this bad with 3Delight.

It's also way better than a computer I used a few years ago and that was fine with the Genesis 2 generation...... Are Genesis3 models a lot more demanding, memory-wise, than Genesis 2 models?

Any thoughts? I really like those characters but at the moment I really can't use them. If it's an issue with HD, fine, I'll avoid HD stuff in the future, but it all seems a bit weird. 3Delight is supposed to be fairly computer-friendly.

Apparently, uninstalling that specific update through the windows 10 settings section doesn't truly works. You have to remove it the old fashion way through the old control panel, the one we know and love from windows 7. Blocking the updates until a fix is found could be a wise choice. It's what I did and after that, it looks like my Undo function is working again. It cannot be just a coincidence: my SpaceNavigator controller knob started to misbehave as well after that update was installed. Everything went kaboom and now it's back to normal (knocking on wood).

If you can avoid KB4486553 for now, you'd better.

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Yesterday evening, an update under the name "2019-02- Cumulative update for .net Framework 3.5 and 4.7.2 for Windows 10 1809 fox x64 (KB4486553) installed itself on my win10 pro render machine.

Ever since, it's been impossible for me to use the "Undo" fuction properly either in DS4.10 or the beta 4.11.Has anyone noticed a similar behavior, or any idea of how to fix this? It's the only thing that changed between "it's working" and 'what the hell".

Addendum: I tried to uninstall the update and it didn't help.

An example of what happens:

Loading a G8F. Loading a G8M. Paint G8M in blue. Move G8M's forearm. Try to undo: G8M's arm remains where it is but he reverts to standard pink skin. The undo is erratic and either skips steps or does nothing.

brand new user here. Was curious how to export my project in order to post onto social media. Is there a certain format that I need to export out to?

But so far, nothing I've tried produces any effect except to turn the surface a pale grey. At $2 in today's "Platinum Grab Bag" sale they're hardly worth returning for a refund, and besides, they're not defective. I'd rather get some use out of them, if that's possible. This product has been around for a long time, so I'm hoping someone else has found a way to use it in Iray.

Thanks

Usually I need to change the coordinates in "tool settings panel", and do the transfer in the view area ,it's so useful.

But sometimes , I want to transfer it in "parameters panel" , how can I change the coordinates in "parameters panel"?

Thanks.

For example, I use the Smart Content > IDG Easy Iray Studio > Light Sets > Spotlights for many of my scenes. Each time I have to repeat the same effort of going through the Smart Content tab to navigate to these Spotlights.

Is there a way to favorite your most used Smart Content items? Can I categorize the Spotlights as a "Favorite" so that it appears right in a Smart Content folder called Favorites? 

I looked at the Smart Content pane but I don't see a way to add a content category. Sure would save me a lot of time.

But I've finally been playing around with them a bit and discovered that I don't see any options for creating roofs. And while I know that's not the intended use—the focus seems to be on interiors—I was kind of hoping I could fudge it with what was in all of these kits.

Am I missing something? If not: is there anything out there to use to create full-on houses within Daz, or do I need to go learn another program? I'd considered Sketchup, but that is feeling way over my head every time I open it.

(Or, I guess, should I go back to looking at Room Creator and then adding on newer Iray materials?)

But when I open Install Manager, and click on Public Build, nothing appears.

I also tried using the download page I located, below, in the screenshot.  But that didn't work, either.

ALSO: My computer has a solid state boot drive, and a 2 Tb hard drive.  (I use the 2 TB stabdard drive to store all my Daz/duff files.)  Does that change where I should download DazStudio onto?   

when used to the measure metrics script to genesis 3 female model , script error ..

this message appear

Script Error: Line 2477

SyntaxError: Unable to parse JSON string

Stack Trace: ()@C:/Users/-----/Documents/DAZ 3D/Studio/My Library/Scripts/Utilities/Figure Metrics.dse:2477

Error executing script on line: 2477

Script executed in 0 secs 116 msecs.

only exist that error when use genesis 3 female model

actually i use daz3d 4.9 .. 

im gonna add images 

well i need your help XDD

Q: How do I deal with the transparenices that occur between the model and the environment?

I'm using the 3DLight renderer as of now.  When I messed around with Iray, I found that I could set Pixel Filter to 0, and that dealt with the transparency around the edges.  That also made the rest of the rendered model extremely noisy.  If I render over a solid background environment, I don't have transparency issues, but I do have to worry about severe aliasing when I cut out the character images for postwork.  Is there an advanced setting or technique that filters only the pixels within the model, but not with pixels that constitute the background?

Q: Is there a way to adjust properties like 'Saturation' in 3Delight?

Saturation is my #1 concern.  I need to be able to make these sprites *extremely* saturated, and I'd rather have a method of doing this prior to the rendering stage, to keep the artstyle as consistent as possible.  A quick search leads me to believe the only way to do this is through tone-mapping, and the tutorials that showed up all pertain to Iray.  Currently I use 3Delight, because I'm still in the testing phase.  I can render a character in 10-15 seconds, vs. the 4-6 minutes Iray takes, which is extra helpful for making lots and lots and lots of minor tweaks.  The only solution I've used so far, is: locate the diffuse maps for all clothing items and skins, and creating alternate versions of them with HSV modifications.  It's about as far from practical as you can get.

Render Scripts, Batch Rendering

This one's looming over the horizon. Right now, I'm only trying to nail down the aesthetic, but at some point I'll need a way to automate as much as I can.  I'm using LineRender9000 as a means to create lighting profiles for the sprite drawn with different sources.  I'm also using a toon cam that would operate with ambient lighting enabled.  So in total, that would be:

- Line Blend Camera: Needs to render 4 versions of the scene (One with each of the four light sources enabled, the rest disabled)

- Toon Camerea: Needs to render 1 version of the scene with ambient lighting enabled, the rest of the lights disabled.

- Repeated for however many frames I would want in an animation.

This isn't so much a question of 'how to do it', but more just 'are there any tools avaialbe that already do this?'  I'd be willing to invest a small amount of time in learning some scripting to do this, but an already available tool would be much preferable.

This is going to be a pretty long and tedious process, and I'm fully aware that I can't automate everything. There will still be touchup and postwork that needs to be done for every frame.  Therefore, I can only commit to this style if I can get everything 'right'.  This could be several weeks of messing around with render settings, lighting and camera positioning, so I'd appreciate whatever help could be offered.

I placed DS 4.10 on the F: drive, with my saved duff files.

Question: How do make sure that when I install product/Content- from Content Library, for example- that it issaved on the F: drive, rather thsn the smaller C: drive?  (first screenshot)

Note: I just noticed the Daz file in my C: drive (second screenshot).  It looks like a DAZ folder wasw placed in the C: drive.  But my C: drive is small, How can I make sure that when I install new product/content, that it installs in my larger F: drive?

(Actually, this is a new computer, and I will have to install all my product/content, if I wish to use it.  That is why I want it on the larger F: drive.)

ETA: While I was waiting, I think I figured it out. There's a little extra fidgeting to do in the pose controls, but pretty straight forward. Should have just tried before I asked. :p 

Does the LAMH 2 Iray Catalyzer work with DAZ Big Cat 2?

Or do I need to buy a separate fur product for the big cats.

From what I understand, the animal must have a Catalyzer version to add fur with the Catalyzer.

Most of the animals I've purchased have a Catalyzer and LAMH version of the figure, but the DAZ Big Cat 2 figures only have the figure itself, no versions.

I already own the LAMH 2 Iray Catalyzer, so I hate to have to purchase yet another product to get the fur on the cats ... but there is this:

https://www.daz3d.com/real-fur-for-big-cats-2

Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

I own Riversoft Arts clothing converters for both 3 to 8 and 8 to 3.  When i access the content in my smart content all I see is icons with picture frames and inside those frames exclamaiton marks.  Why am I seeing this and how do I fix it?

THANKS!!!!!

as you can see an invisble roof. i cant figure out what may have caused it.

it doesn't show in blender. only in Daz3d

please if anyone know how to remove it and how to avoid it in future.

thank you

https://i.ibb.co/zrp39Tr/Untitled.jpg

Thanks in advance!

I would like to find out if this environment is Iray before I purchase.

It does not list Iray on the product and that's what I've been going by to tell if something is possibly not Iray.

I know that not all Iray products list "Iray" in the description, but is there another way to tell if something is 3Delight or Iray?