Portal Lamps

RRed

Hi. I was wondering does Daz3D have anything simlair to portal lamps like Blender does? For example;

Richard Haseltine

Yes, though supposedly Iray is sufficiently effective at optimising its paths that you won't often need them. From http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/software/dazstudio/4/new_features/start

To begin using a Light Portal, you must first enable the Caustic Sampler property in the Optimization group found in either the Render Settings or Draw Settings panes. Then add a Spotlight or a Point Light to your scene. A Light Portal property appears under the Light > Area group when the Photometric Mode is enabled and the Light Geometry property is set to Rectangle in the Parameters pane. Enabling this Light Portal property causes the light to be seen by the Iray renderer as a light portal instead of as a light.

RRed

Excllent thanks! I'll have a go with it and see. For any one else interested its under section 4.9.2 - Iray Light Portals in the link Richard provided.