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Easy Environments and Iray Tips and Tricks

Ken OBanionKen OBanion Posts: 1,455
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Hey, folks --

This may come across as kind of a 'newbie' question, and if it does..., who cares?

I really like the Easy Environment scenes from Flipmode (sp), but I can't seem to get them to work properly with the Iray render engine.  I'm assuming that the issues I'm having involve both lighting and shaders.  So....

If anyone can offer a few tips and tricks to get those environments to render properly in Iray, I'll appreciate all over ya!

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  • KindredArtsKindredArts Posts: 1,332
    Ken OBanion said:

    Hey, folks --

    This may come across as kind of a 'newbie' question, and if it does..., who cares?

    I really like the Easy Environment scenes from Flipmode (sp), but I can't seem to get them to work properly with the Iray render engine.  I'm assuming that the issues I'm having involve both lighting and shaders.  So....

    If anyone can offer a few tips and tricks to get those environments to render properly in Iray, I'll appreciate all over ya!

    Could you be more specific on the issues ken?

    Have you changed the default shaders to iray shaders, and what lighting set up are you using? Dome, scene, sun/sky? 

  • KindredArtsKindredArts Posts: 1,332

    Also, it looks like flipmode has noted the subject of IRAY rendering on their website, here - http://flipmode3d.com/easy-environments/#skyspherehdr

  • MelanieLMelanieL Posts: 7,726
    edited May 2016
    Ken OBanion said:

    Hey, folks --

    This may come across as kind of a 'newbie' question, and if it does..., who cares?

    I really like the Easy Environment scenes from Flipmode (sp), but I can't seem to get them to work properly with the Iray render engine.  I'm assuming that the issues I'm having involve both lighting and shaders.  So....

    If anyone can offer a few tips and tricks to get those environments to render properly in Iray, I'll appreciate all over ya!

    There was a post by timmins.william here: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/1131486/#Comment_1131486 I seem to remember other posts somewhere too, but I didn't boookmark them.

    ETA: Ah I found one from the horse's mouth: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/825330/#Comment_825330

    Post edited by MelanieL on
  • Oso3DOso3D Posts: 15,085
    I actually just did a Snowy conversion. I ended up using a geoshell. If you drill into the weird 3dl shader, there's an image mask for the snow that you can use on the geoshell, creating a very nice transparency for the peaks to, er, peek through.
  • Oso3DOso3D Posts: 15,085
    The result (the actual rock and snow are my own shader, the image mask from land of ice and snow): http://willbear.deviantart.com/art/WTZ-Land-of-Ice-and-Snow-611210383
  • Ken OBanionKen OBanion Posts: 1,455
    MelanieL said:
    Ken OBanion said:

    Hey, folks --

    This may come across as kind of a 'newbie' question, and if it does..., who cares?

    I really like the Easy Environment scenes from Flipmode (sp), but I can't seem to get them to work properly with the Iray render engine.  I'm assuming that the issues I'm having involve both lighting and shaders.  So....

    If anyone can offer a few tips and tricks to get those environments to render properly in Iray, I'll appreciate all over ya!

    There was a post by timmins.william here: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/1131486/#Comment_1131486 I seem to remember other posts somewhere too, but I didn't boookmark them.

    ETA: Ah I found one from the horse's mouth: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/825330/#Comment_825330

     

    timmins.william said:
    I actually just did a Snowy conversion. I ended up using a geoshell. If you drill into the weird 3dl shader, there's an image mask for the snow that you can use on the geoshell, creating a very nice transparency for the peaks to, er, peek through.

    Thank you both!

    I've bookmarked both posts, so I can refer to them again at my leisure.

    Melanie, you keep pulling my chestnuts out of the fire!  If you keep this up, I may have to put you on the payroll!

     

  • MelanieLMelanieL Posts: 7,726
    Ken OBanion said:
    MelanieL said:
    Ken OBanion said:

    Hey, folks --

    This may come across as kind of a 'newbie' question, and if it does..., who cares?

    I really like the Easy Environment scenes from Flipmode (sp), but I can't seem to get them to work properly with the Iray render engine.  I'm assuming that the issues I'm having involve both lighting and shaders.  So....

    If anyone can offer a few tips and tricks to get those environments to render properly in Iray, I'll appreciate all over ya!

    There was a post by timmins.william here: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/1131486/#Comment_1131486 I seem to remember other posts somewhere too, but I didn't boookmark them.

    ETA: Ah I found one from the horse's mouth: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/825330/#Comment_825330

     

    timmins.william said:
    I actually just did a Snowy conversion. I ended up using a geoshell. If you drill into the weird 3dl shader, there's an image mask for the snow that you can use on the geoshell, creating a very nice transparency for the peaks to, er, peek through.

    Thank you both!

    I've bookmarked both posts, so I can refer to them again at my leisure.

    Melanie, you keep pulling my chestnuts out of the fire!  If you keep this up, I may have to put you on the payroll!

     

    Well, my services are cheap enough to buy for the Bijou-man! laugh

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