Rendering with Strata Design 3D

rsharp

I recently upgraded my Strata Design 3D software to version 8.1 and also picked up an integrated version of HDR Light Studio (which sits at version 4).

Exported Victoria 7 HD (still need to tweak multipliers to get a proper sized model).  Had to play a bit with the materials.  So far, focused mostly on the eyes and did apply the normal maps to the face and lips.   In HDR Light Studio, I set up a primary softbox, a window and a small light to add extra specular highlights to the eyes. I used their Radiosity render engine to produce the final image.

One thing I haven't played with yet is attempting to layer the skin textures and see what may result from that.  Going to experiment with the SSS maps primarily.

There are two key things I like about this renderer.  First, is performance.  The attached took just under 11 minutes on a 2012 3GHz 12-core Mac Pro.  Total RAM consumption by the renderer was just under 5 GB.     Second, the resultant image was rendered in 32-bits per channel  and so easy to export either an OpenEXR image or 16-bit per channel PSD.

Has anyone had success in exporting scenes and used other software to generate renders?