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MEC4D

 Well that is not the case here when you are restricted by time and licenses offered by others as I have all the time in the world.

will.barger.arts said:

chachah said:

MEC4D said:

Mostly if possible I always try to shot between morning hours, sadly not always possible, or the area is closed or the sun is in the wrong position at the time ...

"Anybody who wants to be a photographer or cinematographer but isn't willing to get up regularly by 4:30 a.m. should consider some other way of making a living."
Advice from an award-winning movie director, circa 1976. 

 

MEC4D

Not that I know , the access is very restricted the early I could access the area of the skyline was 6 am, things changed so much and getting worse, doing HDRI of this kind is not easy from a boat that doesn't stay still  

I was for plan to do Libert Island HDRI shot but they have right now restriction too, no tripods no bags nothing everything need to be left in a locker before you can enter so the city turns into museum slowly.

I am going to make cool shots Saturday early morning of 96-acre complex areas with fields and lakes and very nice scenery and in fall to Albany areas and definitely 7 lakes in fall colors, I may go south in the spring as well. We see if the budget allow. There is so many beautiful places in this country 

nonesuch00 said:

MEC4D said:

 

Is it possible for you to do a nighttime HRDi on a boat in the sound between Jersey & NYC so we'd have a great nighttime skyline of NYC - Jersey? Or on small island peer or penisula? Not sure of trying to shoot an HRDi on a boat and at night too with the longer exposures.

Also Montreal is not too far and approaching the skyline from the flat farming planes south of it you can see it for miles. It feels almost like Dorothy & the gang approaching Oz in the Wizard of Oz movie.

 

MEC4D

Sorry not moving , I used wrong wording ... not yet  just going on location  for new sessions. I did not found yet a place I want it is hard , the prices are crazy high too , it is easier to buy a house than rent apartment .

stuthurso said:

MEC4D said:

 

Oh wow, your move is this weekend?  Hope it's a smooth and stress free move and the best of luck with it.  We'll see you on the other side when you're all settled.  

 

SimonJM

Good luck with the move!

stuthurso

MEC4D said:

Sorry not moving , I used wrong wording ... not yet  just going on location  for new sessions. I did not found yet a place I want it is hard , the prices are crazy high too , it is easier to buy a house than rent apartment .

stuthurso said:

MEC4D said:

 

Oh wow, your move is this weekend?  Hope it's a smooth and stress free move and the best of luck with it.  We'll see you on the other side when you're all settled.  

 

No don't apologise, it was my mistake.  I guess you didn't win that Powerball jackpot then!  I look forward to seeing where you go next, you always seem to find the most interesting places.  

MEC4D

No I did not but someone else did at last 1 milion not far from me .. damn it was so close lol 

I find nice places people living here all life did not know they excist , always on search 

stuthurso said:

MEC4D said:

Sorry not moving , I used wrong wording ... not yet  just going on location  for new sessions. I did not found yet a place I want it is hard , the prices are crazy high too , it is easier to buy a house than rent apartment .

stuthurso said:

MEC4D said:

 

Oh wow, your move is this weekend?  Hope it's a smooth and stress free move and the best of luck with it.  We'll see you on the other side when you're all settled.  

 

No don't apologise, it was my mistake.  I guess you didn't win that Powerball jackpot then!  I look forward to seeing where you go next, you always seem to find the most interesting places.  

 

nonesuch00

MEC4D said:

Not that I know , the access is very restricted the early I could access the area of the skyline was 6 am, things changed so much and getting worse, doing HDRI of this kind is not easy from a boat that doesn't stay still  

I was for plan to do Libert Island HDRI shot but they have right now restriction too, no tripods no bags nothing everything need to be left in a locker before you can enter so the city turns into museum slowly.

I am going to make cool shots Saturday early morning of 96-acre complex areas with fields and lakes and very nice scenery and in fall to Albany areas and definitely 7 lakes in fall colors, I may go south in the spring as well. We see if the budget allow. There is so many beautiful places in this country 

nonesuch00 said:

MEC4D said:

 

Is it possible for you to do a nighttime HRDi on a boat in the sound between Jersey & NYC so we'd have a great nighttime skyline of NYC - Jersey? Or on small island peer or penisula? Not sure of trying to shoot an HRDi on a boat and at night too with the longer exposures.

Also Montreal is not too far and approaching the skyline from the flat farming planes south of it you can see it for miles. It feels almost like Dorothy & the gang approaching Oz in the Wizard of Oz movie.

 

 

Places like this or probably offlimits now as require expensive rents.

Thought I'd ask anyway. Thanks. 

Artini

Finally get one of these famous HDRI packs - absolutely gorgeous.

Below is Katarina - https://www.daz3d.com/katarina-hd-for-genesis-8-female

in Central Park NYC.

barbult

Artini said:

Finally get one of these famous HDRI packs - absolutely gorgeous.

Below is Katarina - https://www.daz3d.com/katarina-hd-for-genesis-8-female

in Central Park NYC.

Really nice and natural looking!

Artini

Thanks a lot, barbult. MEC4D HDRIs are really great.

 

stuthurso

Well Cath has gone and done it again and brought out another must buy HDRI set!  And it's absolutely fabulous too!  There simply aren't enough words to keep on describing how good these packs are, they are simply mind blowing!!

It also appears that great minds think alike because for my first try I've gone and one the same thing as Artini's great render!  It was a total coincidence too, but this set does pair perfectly with the City Bike!  I almost used Katerina as well before choosing to make the picture with Second Circle's Chloe instead.  That would have been way too spooky a coincidence!  LOL

Eagle99

When creating the promo images for the City Bike I was looking exactly for these kind of backgrounds. Park and city.

These HDRI maps look amazing. Great job!

So many possibilities. Went right into the shopping cart.

Nice to see the bike in action ...  :-)

Kind regards, Eagle99

Artini

City Bike and Poses are really great, Eagle99. Hope to see more such dynamic, thematic sets coming to Daz3D store.

 

Artini

Thanks, stuthurso. That's a coincidence ;)

zidra.loden

Having read the title' Norman Castle', imagine my disappointment when I discovered that it was neither. It's a lovely set, but why give it such a blatantly obvious misnomer for a title?

Digital Delirium

MEC4D said:

very well done , love it .. there is many options to do DOF also you can render DOF layer Depth maps and use with Photoshop to make exact the effect you need, with tight spaces the DOF will be not easy in DS if you want to use ground with it as the China hdri has very tight spaces , with gardens you can do 

The female autfit was Manchurian chinese traditional aoutfit of the last dynasty not yet on sale , her hubby is long time in my store here but she need to catch up with him soon as I just recovered the lost files from long time ago. 

Thank you for the support

Cath

LeapinLeroy said:

I purchased the HDRI Antique China Mega-Pack and it is an absolute winner!  Thanks Mec4D for producing some outstanding images to work with. Love your shaders as well (Only have Volume 2 so far but I'm sure that will change over time)!
Here is a render I did with your new HDRI's. I Added the DOF in Photoshop (layered a non DOF background and background with DOF and masked it out) as I am not sure how or if it is possible to get correct DOF with HDRI environments from within Daz?
Keep up the great work :)
Oh... and if you are able to let me know which outfit was used on the female in the promo images for this product, that would be great. Thanks!

 

Thank you for your comments Mec4D.  I am not quite sure what you mean by Depth of field layer depth maps and using them with photoshop (I am a photographer so understand DOF... but not the layer depths maps you mentioned). Are they something you can download which applies to HDRI image renders, another term for manually blurring and masking layers in photoshop... or am I off track altogether here? Still very new to all this 3D world!

Also can't wait for the release of the female Manchurian outfit you spoke of in the renders... yes I think it is well and truly time she catches up with her hubby :) 

Just one other question if you don't mind. I have your PBS shaders Volume 2 and am most likely just about to grab Volume 3. I have noticed that Vol 3 says merchant resource and Vol 2 does not say that. As I said I am still quite new to all of this... and one day hope to be able to create item worthy of making its way into the Daz store. Can you please clarify what I could and could not do with your Volume 2 and Volume 3 shaders. Coming from a creative digital background the last thing I would want to do is misuse anybody elses products!  Thanks

MEC4D

Thanks, I do what I can ! 

nonesuch00 said:

MEC4D said:

 

 

Places like this or probably offlimits now as require expensive rents.

Thought I'd ask anyway. Thanks. 

 

MEC4D

Wow very nicely done! really like it !  little tip : Under the Tone Mapping you can change the white balance to more cooler or warmer tone, it can create total different atmosphere each time 

thank you for sharing !

Cath

Artini said:

Finally get one of these famous HDRI packs - absolutely gorgeous.

Below is Katarina - https://www.daz3d.com/katarina-hd-for-genesis-8-female

in Central Park NYC.

 

MEC4D

Very funny and well done and I like the sharpness, Thank you Stu , it was most challenging shot ever with all the people, I hope when the summer is over and tourist retreat I can get more wonderful places in Central Park in the fall colors. 

Thank you for sharing !

Cath

stuthurso said:

Well Cath has gone and done it again and brought out another must buy HDRI set!  And it's absolutely fabulous too!  There simply aren't enough words to keep on describing how good these packs are, they are simply mind blowing!!

It also appears that great minds think alike because for my first try I've gone and one the same thing as Artini's great render!  It was a total coincidence too, but this set does pair perfectly with the City Bike!  I almost used Katerina as well before choosing to make the picture with Second Circle's Chloe instead.  That would have been way too spooky a coincidence!  LOL

 

MEC4D

Thank you for the support ! great job on the Bike ! 

Eagle99 said:

When creating the promo images for the City Bike I was looking exactly for these kind of backgrounds. Park and city.

These HDRI maps look amazing. Great job!

So many possibilities. Went right into the shopping cart.

Nice to see the bike in action ...  :-)

Kind regards, Eagle99

 

MEC4D

Hi!

You can render Depth Maps layer -Canvases using iray and  use in Photoshop to create DOF based on the scene , you may look on this video to see what I am talking about would be easier than explain .

How to create depth of feild using depth maps in Photoshop

Regarding the other shader question , if the product don't mention Merchant Resource it is simply not  , I created only vol.3 and volume 4 as Merchant Resource , vol.1 and 2 are not .

Vol3 and vol.4 can be used in your product edited or as original but saved only as material presets for your model materials and not as shader presets .

I hope it answer your questions if anything else let me know

Cath

 

LeapinLeroy said:

MEC4D said:

very well done , love it .. there is many options to do DOF also you can render DOF layer Depth maps and use with Photoshop to make exact the effect you need, with tight spaces the DOF will be not easy in DS if you want to use ground with it as the China hdri has very tight spaces , with gardens you can do 

The female autfit was Manchurian chinese traditional aoutfit of the last dynasty not yet on sale , her hubby is long time in my store here but she need to catch up with him soon as I just recovered the lost files from long time ago. 

Thank you for the support

Cath

LeapinLeroy said:

I purchased the HDRI Antique China Mega-Pack and it is an absolute winner!  Thanks Mec4D for producing some outstanding images to work with. Love your shaders as well (Only have Volume 2 so far but I'm sure that will change over time)!
Here is a render I did with your new HDRI's. I Added the DOF in Photoshop (layered a non DOF background and background with DOF and masked it out) as I am not sure how or if it is possible to get correct DOF with HDRI environments from within Daz?
Keep up the great work :)
Oh... and if you are able to let me know which outfit was used on the female in the promo images for this product, that would be great. Thanks!

 

Thank you for your comments Mec4D.  I am not quite sure what you mean by Depth of field layer depth maps and using them with photoshop (I am a photographer so understand DOF... but not the layer depths maps you mentioned). Are they something you can download which applies to HDRI image renders, another term for manually blurring and masking layers in photoshop... or am I off track altogether here? Still very new to all this 3D world!

Also can't wait for the release of the female Manchurian outfit you spoke of in the renders... yes I think it is well and truly time she catches up with her hubby :) 

Just one other question if you don't mind. I have your PBS shaders Volume 2 and am most likely just about to grab Volume 3. I have noticed that Vol 3 says merchant resource and Vol 2 does not say that. As I said I am still quite new to all of this... and one day hope to be able to create item worthy of making its way into the Daz store. Can you please clarify what I could and could not do with your Volume 2 and Volume 3 shaders. Coming from a creative digital background the last thing I would want to do is misuse anybody elses products!  Thanks

 

MEC4D

That Mansion from 1900s replicates a medieval Norman Castle architecture inside and out for that reason the title as that what the builder want to resample , it is in the USA 

zidra.loden_b650c6964b said:

Having read the title' Norman Castle', imagine my disappointment when I discovered that it was neither. It's a lovely set, but why give it such a blatantly obvious misnomer for a title?

 

zidra.loden

It in no way resembles a Norman Castle, which a simple Google image search would reveal! I had worked out that it was in the US, given their prediliction for taking liberties with architectural 'replicas'. The type of building it most resembles is a fortified manor house of the 13th or 14th centuries, although it is a total mess, mixing styles from over a 500 year period. I could go into extensive detail but I am obviously talking to an unreceptive audience.

nonesuch00

It actually does looks like a part of a Norman castle. I think of portions of Carcassonne when I see it although that is not strictly Norman. The churches, fortifications and other buildings in Europe that are maintained and were and often are still in use over the centuries do modernize the building materials and methods they use to maintain and usually use the current modern archtectural style rather than the old style (which often the know-how to replicate has been forgotten by the time of the repairs and/or expansions) when they maintain or expand the size of a building (complex). It's only recently that restoring a building to it's original look has become popular and even then the restorers don't ignore modern building methods and materials for the sake of authenticity.

SimonJM

zidra.loden_b650c6964b said:

It in no way resembles a Norman Castle, which a simple Google image search would reveal! I had worked out that it was in the US, given their prediliction for taking liberties with architectural 'replicas'. The type of building it most resembles is a fortified manor house of the 13th or 14th centuries, although it is a total mess, mixing styles from over a 500 year period. I could go into extensive detail but I am obviously talking to an unreceptive audience.

I'd have to agree that it is not what I'd call a Norman castle.  The HDRIs and images are as lovely as heck, but despite what it might be named the building is not, obvioulsy, a Norman castle (mainly due t the Normans not making it over the pond for a few more centuries and styls changing in those years), nor does it (to the best of my humble knowledge) look like a castle, or even a fortified manor.

Chohole

Probably one of the most famous Norman castles

MEC4D

This is the description of the Castle history that replicate the Norman Castle style and that is , you can see that it is a mansion and not real since the USA did not even exist in this period yet so what to argue about. Even if that was exact replica it would be not real anyway but still a Castle. And again it is not a replica, it replicates the style .

I don't see any sense to even discus or argue about this subject as I really don't care to tell you the truth. It is HDRI for lighting not a 3D replica model of something that is not 

Thanks

zidra.loden_b650c6964b said:

It in no way resembles a Norman Castle, which a simple Google image search would reveal! I had worked out that it was in the US, given their prediliction for taking liberties with architectural 'replicas'. The type of building it most resembles is a fortified manor house of the 13th or 14th centuries, although it is a total mess, mixing styles from over a 500 year period. I could go into extensive detail but I am obviously talking to an unreceptive audience.

 

Artini

Thanks a lot, Cath, and for a great tip, too.

 

MEC4D

No.. thank you!  for sharing your great work !  

Artini said:

Thanks a lot, Cath, and for a great tip, too.

 

 

Digital Delirium

MEC4D said:

Hi!

You can render Depth Maps layer -Canvases using iray and  use in Photoshop to create DOF based on the scene , you may look on this video to see what I am talking about would be easier than explain .

How to create depth of feild using depth maps in Photoshop

Regarding the other shader question , if the product don't mention Merchant Resource it is simply not  , I created only vol.3 and volume 4 as Merchant Resource , vol.1 and 2 are not .

Vol3 and vol.4 can be used in your product edited or as original but saved only as material presets for your model materials and not as shader presets .

I hope it answer your questions if anything else let me know

Cath

 

LeapinLeroy said:

MEC4D said:

very well done , love it .. there is many options to do DOF also you can render DOF layer Depth maps and use with Photoshop to make exact the effect you need, with tight spaces the DOF will be not easy in DS if you want to use ground with it as the China hdri has very tight spaces , with gardens you can do 

The female autfit was Manchurian chinese traditional aoutfit of the last dynasty not yet on sale , her hubby is long time in my store here but she need to catch up with him soon as I just recovered the lost files from long time ago. 

Thank you for the support

Cath

LeapinLeroy said:

I purchased the HDRI Antique China Mega-Pack and it is an absolute winner!  Thanks Mec4D for producing some outstanding images to work with. Love your shaders as well (Only have Volume 2 so far but I'm sure that will change over time)!
Here is a render I did with your new HDRI's. I Added the DOF in Photoshop (layered a non DOF background and background with DOF and masked it out) as I am not sure how or if it is possible to get correct DOF with HDRI environments from within Daz?
Keep up the great work :)
Oh... and if you are able to let me know which outfit was used on the female in the promo images for this product, that would be great. Thanks!

 

Thank you for your comments Mec4D.  I am not quite sure what you mean by Depth of field layer depth maps and using them with photoshop (I am a photographer so understand DOF... but not the layer depths maps you mentioned). Are they something you can download which applies to HDRI image renders, another term for manually blurring and masking layers in photoshop... or am I off track altogether here? Still very new to all this 3D world!

Also can't wait for the release of the female Manchurian outfit you spoke of in the renders... yes I think it is well and truly time she catches up with her hubby :) 

Just one other question if you don't mind. I have your PBS shaders Volume 2 and am most likely just about to grab Volume 3. I have noticed that Vol 3 says merchant resource and Vol 2 does not say that. As I said I am still quite new to all of this... and one day hope to be able to create item worthy of making its way into the Daz store. Can you please clarify what I could and could not do with your Volume 2 and Volume 3 shaders. Coming from a creative digital background the last thing I would want to do is misuse anybody elses products!  Thanks

 

Thanks again for taking the time to reply to my "newbie" questions Cath. I will have to try the depth maps out... great way to control DOF :) Also thankyou for clarifying the merchant resource info... love your shaders and will make sure I save them as material presets when the day finally arrives when I make something worthy of the Daz store. It may take a while... but I love this stuff!