Here are two things I have in my wishlist, but know nothing about:

Atmospheric Effects Cameras for DAZ Studio ( http://www.daz3d.com/atmospheric-effects-cameras-for-daz-studio )

Fog for DAZ Studio ( http://www.daz3d.com/fog-for-studio )

Unfortunately I don't have DS available for testing right now, but the other day I was trying to just use the uber volume to create haze, but it was difficult trying to get the haze to cover everything in the view with the exception of the camera.  When I tried to back up the haze sphere a bit, I was then able to see the edge of it with shadows being cast onto the perimiter it seemed.  I eventually just had to redesign the scene to avoid the issue.  I wonder if people have had issues similar to that and found good practices to avoid these types of problems?

I am building a little 4-5 year old girl, and need a girly hair like this http://www.daz3d.com/bolero-dress

Here is the video: 

Does anyone know what product this is from? Or perhaps can recommend a newer version of a similar style?....anything that shouts "girly"....  

Thanks guys,

-P

Must be Poser only.

JD

I set Genesis 3 Mesh Resolution to base, and SubD levels to zero.  I don't do any SubD in ZBrush, just moving some verticies a little and trying to send it back to Studio via the bridge.

I need to know if Iray will work ok with two different cards, or if it will need another 980ti. They're starting to appear as discontinued on some stores, and on another, they're on sale, so by when pascals work with Iray, if they don't work together will be a real pain, and if they can't work as a SLI with Iray, I would need to buy the second one now, plus another PSU already, and a new board (mine's just support Crossfire, x4 second PCIx).

I would like to know, cause if I can wait, I will wait with just one 980ti, and then use also the 1070, but If I have to buy two 980ti plus PSU, and motherboard now.... I would have to think it a little. Thanks!

1. In DAZ Studio, set your viewport to have two views side by side. It's the little rectangle icon in the top right. Not the one in the view, but the one just outside.

2. Create a camera for view one (for the left eye). We'll call this camera 1. Just copy the setting of your previous view.

3. Then create another camera. Call this camera 2 for the right eye (again just copy the settings of the previous or current view).

4. Parent camera 1 to camera 2. (In place setting doesn't matter).

5. Use camera 1 on the left view. Use camera 2 on the right view.

6. Set the position and rotation to 0 for camera 1 (all 6 properties should be 0). And set the x distance to be -6.4 (6.4 cm distance between the eyes) on camera 1.

7. Might be worth setting your render settings to 1:1 ratio.

Position camera 2 where you want. Put on your VR headset. Make sure to rotate and move using only using camera 2. Because camera 1 is parented, the left view will automatically update. When zooming, it's fine, but other movements have a slight delay. This works with both OpenGL and iRay. The reason I made camera 2 the primary camera is so that when you have the headset on, you can just move the pointer to the far right of the screen and use the icons there. Otherwise, they're in the middle of the screen and it's difficult to get at.

What I've found is that you can really see bump mapping and displacement mapping in effect in 3D. It's just cool to see everything in full 3D, even in OpenGL.

Enjoy!

Note that Over/Under works as well, but Virtual Desktop squishes the image and there's no option to resize the virtual view's witdth in Virtual Desktop that I could find.

Now, if DAZ could add support for this natively for Oculus and Vive, that's be really cool. The biggest drawback is the delay between the viewport updates and that you can't use the menus or panels with the headset on. At least, they're not displayed properly for a VR headset. Right now, I'd settle for the views updating at the same time (only zoom has immediate sync right now).

http://www.daz3d.com/hpvyk-lennon-for-genesis-3-female

or

http://www.daz3d.com/hpvyk-ashton-for-genesis-3-female

The new character was released by the same artists, and I was tempted as a good price which (imo) reflected the absence of anatomical bits; however, I couldn't see the skin; PAs the most important part of a character is the skin - at least for me.

So I rejected the Ashton character, and am unlikely to buy it as I can't see the textures. There are plenty other characters for sale by a number of PAs, I won't bother with for the same reason.

thx

http://www.daz3d.com/soul-warrior

Thanks

I'm interested in doing some transmaps for this, to create some different comic style superhero suits and comics
style outfits, and I didn't find a template file link on the store page.

Is there one available that Smay has created or that someone else has created that might be available to use?

I'm also going to contact Smay through their website, just to cover my bases.

Cheers,

Kat

AoA Lights are faster (and have nice features).

UberEnvironment2 bounce lights are incredibly slow. I've found AoA Ambient might not be quite as realistic, but SO much faster

Ubervolume is slow... post work might be better.

I love AoA subsurface shaders, but it's SOOO slow. I've been replacing it with Ubersurface2.

Now... hardware?

I have 16 GB of DDR4 RAM (I have an Alienware Area51), and I suspect this is a touch low. Is it likely to be throttling 3DL renders?

Any other advice?

But can someone explain me, why on earth, if I have a pretty fresh install of both content and DS 4.9 and I create a new category folder, content just doesn't show up right after categorizing it???? 

In detail: 
1.I have a Poser content folder which I want to make a category from
2.I have a folder called something like "My Custom Categories folder" in Categories
3.I right click my Poser content folder and say "Make a category of this folder and subfolders" and categorize it somewhere in the tree of my "Custom Categories Folder"
4. If you try to categorize the individual content of that Poser folder, it will show up as categorized in that concrete folder on that specific spot I assigned it to
5. But going to my "Custom Categories Folder" a minute after that, to check if it's there, and the folder is there, but showing nothing. Poser folder shows content fine. Categories folder link of that folder just doesn't.

Product in question was Lady of the Lake for Victoria 4. And I believe it's not the only one.

Anyone idea's on what I'm doing wrong? I'm working in "Offline Mode" so no chance it updated something between me categorizing and looking. 

 i would like to try while i still have my 5 yr ld laptop :)

 maybe some elf morphs, or celebs

How do we search now?

Thanks

Well, okay, not really a motorcycle jacket for actual motorcycling, more like a motorcycle jacket that went splat into a Bedazzler fringe factory. Screencap below.

V3, M3, A3, H3, V4, M4, Gen1, Gen2, Gen3 okay.

Thanks in advance.

--MW

http://www.daz3d.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/0/5/05-daz3d_kiaria-for-mei-lin-7_.jpg

A search through the store for Gen1 footwear doesn't reveal anything that looks close. Any suggestions? Thanks.

--MW

You have been watching your favorite Viking show, dreaming of Viking long boats attacking and raiding other ships..

Are you the Captain of an 1800's British Frigate battling the French or American's or pirates?

Caustics seem interesting?

Can I light an entire scene using on light and caustics?

Your objective should you choose to accept:  Create a scene in which it uses either a Nautical theme or use of Caustics.

Every subject which comes to your mind is allowed, fantasy, steam punk, sci-fi, or whatever floats your Nautical boat. 

The idea is to Create a nautical themed image or an image that uses Caustics.

This also allows any new competitors to have a chance to learn about these wonderful Capabilities of Carrara.

Basic rules will be:

1. Each participant may submit up to 2 images into the Challenge.

2. Images must be new (previously unpublished).

3. Images must be primarily set up in Carrara.

4. Images must be rendered in Carrara or in an external renderer for which there is a Carrara plug-in (e.g. LuxRenderer, Octane).

5. At least one WIP (work in progress) image must be posted to the WIP thread (this can be as simple as the scene setup, a pre/post post-work comparison or just a final image with a brief description of  the process you used or as complex as modeling rooms shots, shader setups or partial scene setups or test renders).

6.  At least one shader must be created for use in Caustics image to utilize Caustics during rendering.

7. For the Nautical themed picture at least one item should be created, retextured or modified in one of Carrara's modelers (vertex, spline, metaball, plant, terrain, particle, etc.).

 For new comers it can be as simple as manipulating a shader.

Note: New user is defined as using Carrara for under 6 Months.

Sponsor:

Once again, Daz will generously sponsor the monthly challenge with the following prizes:

1st Place: $100.00 towards DAZ 3D owned item(s)
2nd Place: $ 50.00 towards DAZ 3D owned item(s)
3rd Place: $ 25.00 towards DAZ 3D owned item(s)
Honorable Mention (4th place): $10.00 towards DAZ 3D owned item(s) ( may be used for best new comers).

Great News Tango Alpha Has stepped up to the plate and each of the 1st, 2nd.3rd and HM will get one item from his store.

Thanks Tango Alpha.

Dates to Remember:

WIP Thread Opens: Wednesday 29 Jun, 2016
Entry Thread Opens: Saturday Jul 23, 2016
Entry Thread Closes/Voting Begins: Saturday Jul 30, 2016 23:59:59 CST (GMT-6)
Voting Ends: Sunday, Aug 6, 2016 23:59:59 CST (GMT-6)

Link to thread in Carrara Forums:  http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/97101/carrara-challenge-26-caustics-and-nautical#latest