3Delight alternatives

Herald of Fire

So, with 3Delight officially phased out and no longer being included, we're currently left with a single (meaningful) render option packaged with Daz. I love Iray as much as the next person, but there are times where photorealism just isn't the goal and you want shaders that can defy the known laws of physics. Are there any good alternatives to 3Delight which are compatible with Daz through plugins? Most of the alternative renderers I've seen still tend to focus on realism.

Torquinox

there are iray shaders that offer drawn art style such as
https://www.daz3d.com/sketchy-toon-edge-and-art-style-shaders-for-iray
 

and render can be post processed with filters to achieve painterly style and such.

Torquinox

This thread discusses npr shaders and rendering in DS with iray

https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/202011/npr-shaders-for-iray

csaa

Torquinox said:

there are iray shaders that offer drawn art style such as
https://www.daz3d.com/sketchy-toon-edge-and-art-style-shaders-for-iray
 

and render can be post processed with filters to achieve painterly style and such.

Herald of Fire,

Yes, upvote this! I tried Sketchy a few years ago and had good results with Raya, a G8F character. I was aiming for a manga look.

I remember the documentation being the biggest hurdle to overcome. Here's some renders I did back then. If you search the forum for Sketchy, you'll see more people post about their epxeriences.

Oh, I should say I've moved on to Blender since then, importing Daz assets and customizing the materials for a non-photorealistic look.

Cheers!

vrba79

Here a recipe I came up with for getting a very distinct look with Sketchytoon.