Novica & Forum Members Tips & Product Reviews Pt 8
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Ya I can't really think of much else I need. I have the medieval build your own from Faveral as well as the rooms that he put together so I can build pretty much any medieval interior that I want - and since that's the genre I gravitate too, I don't really need anymore ( I have lots of other sets for that time period as well, and a ton of furniture, and both interior and exterior). Not going to talk about the amount of clothing and characters I have, its a bit ridiculous to be honest. And hair, my god I have an addiction to hair! Plus, with the randomizer and the skin builders for Genesis up to Gen3, I could easily make a new character a day for the rest of my life lol. And shaders and textures. I LOVE shaders and textures. I would like some shaders for the medieval time periods as far as fabrics go. There is a beautiful set of armor shaders that work very well for that time period that just came out recently, with leathers, chainmaille etc.
I would like better water....
As far as animals go, the Hivewire Cat works very well for now, a new cat from Daz would have to be very well done. I would like a new dog, but I'm not adverse to painting hair on,if I need to.
Now, a realistic looking baby? I would pay for that.
Sixus1 and Herschel Hoffmeyers monsters will go on the wish list for now, monsters are generally unique, I just can't justify buying them right this second.
Hahaha!
My go-to is Alsace and I'm trying to think of the name of that one we all liked- it is a little building (I think) at the end of a dock, open air, and I think it had curved arched doors. It has a rowboat. What the heck is that one? We were all pleasantly surprised by it. I believe it had a small area for chairs (it would be facing the bay, like after you passed through the building.) I would know the name of it if I wasn't trying to remember. I think the materials were white/gray. RGcincy used it too I think, and quite a few of you got it after we showcased it. Dang it! (When I was redoing the Island House water, I couldn't think of it then either.) I want to say it starts with a C but I'm not sure. Edit: Don't bother looking through the first 20 pages of "Places and Things" because I already have.
I'd say https://www.daz3d.com/crescent-cove, except that doesn't have a boat.
Got it! Lakeside Folly. That water is very good right out of the box, and you can always lighten/blue it up. But the renders look like the promos, which I liked. (I got what I thought I was getting.)
VERY large renders, click to enlarge.
Good guess! Does anyone have any renders of that water? While we're at it, what's everyone's favorite water?
I'm loving the links on product pages to forum posts (Daz Deal add-on by Ati) - I found mine on Lakeside Folly (well, a LOT of them) and those 1400 x 1300 pixel renders only took 7 minutes 35 seconds!
Here's another one- turned it into a bath house.
I have been hoping for forum threads and gallery images on product pages! Also hope this update makes it to Opera, which is blazing fast and lightweight compared to Chrome and Firefox.
I've been putting the best character (portrait) renders in my Gallery, so they will show up on the product pages and help the vendors. (Only the most popular get listed though if there's too many.)
Again, if you folks have Galleries, please pop into the thread here in the Art Studio and post links to your favorite renders, so we can help promote each other. (I don't have my gallery listed there yet, just the Art Studio ones.) My gallery of the portraits is here. Funny that Makoa has the most likes (6)
On a side note, you won't believe this but when you posted these beautiful backgrounds on the freebie page (thank you!), I checked your gallery and then I wanted to ask you for an example of how you used them. I guess I was having artist block.
So thank you for these examples! 
Oh i have Lakeside Folly one of my favorite all around scenes with water as well.
Another one of mine was Lake Village- and Faveral was kind enough to come on the thread and tell us to use Progressive rendering (3DL) to get the same results as the promos. So if anyone is using 3DL and wants good water, that's the one. If you don't use Progressive, note that or you'll get white, foamy results. That trick may work on other 3DL water if you're having trouble. EDIT: Here's the post and those results. And here it is with 3DL and Progressive lighting.
Anyone tried this water with Iray water shaders? How does that work- just apply them to the surface using the Surface Selection Tool, or do we have to change something out?
I've really been lusting after the Anti Gravity Lift by AntFarm, but $15, even $10, seems a little steep for something that I felt like I could probably design myself in Hexagon... so, I kept putting it off with the idea I might take it on as a project. Then DAZ gave away the Supersuit SciFi Content bundle and I looked at the Stingray product and thought, "I think I might be able to kit-bash my own version of a retro-car AG lift out of that."
Here is my result.
Additional content used in this render:
Ravenous Dodge Edge Challenger, which seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth, and Will Timmin's procedural emissive shaders, Nobiax Iray shaders.
DragonzBreathWeapon
Made with...
I love your hover car! Great job, Donovan!
Thanks Llynara! My favorite part is that the hubcaps are from Technophillia Arcane and plates from the Native American Tribal Village with metal shaders. I should have played with creating a primitive and making it an emissive and putting it in the front bottom lights on the Antigravity mechanism - but that is all one material zone and not set up to be an emissive, so I wasn't sure how that would work. Those are the flood lights, for when you get out away from the urban congestion... that is my story and I'm sticking to it. :)
I like the water from 1stBastions Highland Lakeside Cabin and Dock (image below). I also use Ocean Wide a lot for rougher water.
Terradome 3 is my goto for water scenes. It is so flexible, it is volumetric, you have control over reflection type...
The challenge with water is closeup scenes. From a distance I have multiple products that look good. But creating wakes, and having places where the water ripples or waves in a realisitc closeup is hard. It is somewhat easier wtih still pools but ocean waves up close.... Very difficult.
I likewise have not purchased yet a good beach scene for use in closeup work.
Agreed. Any object, ship, person, animal, interacting with the water is very difficult too... but physics between interacting objects is difficult across all 3D rendering... it is just a little more... transparent... when dealing with water.
Heh... :)
I've got all the rigged water in my wishlist, and the prices have been good, I just haven't gotten around to buying any of it yet.
This is where I wish Bryce power could enter DAZ or bridge or something. While I haven't used it in a long time, Bryce was the first 3D program I ever used. So easy to make landscapes, seas, etc. I used Bryce and Poser in their first incarnations back in the dark ages before DAZ and DS. (Poser was a bit meh back then, so I didn't pursue it.) I used Bryce off and on for a few years to make landscapes, posters, etc.)
Or what about the iREAL Animated Ocean Water System. I've got it on my wishlist, as it looks as if it would be incredible for creating great water.
This is one my wishlist as well. It looks really good.
Anytime I need ripples or wakes etc. I either use Sicklyields water products like the ripples and wakes or I post work it in. Usually with Ron's brushes.
Oh, I missed ripples and wakes. Wishlisted along with Sickleyield's other water products. (I need to inherit a rich relative.)
Finally decently happy with my test of Skin Builder Pro. I used a background image from @MelanieL. Used the SB3 base skin, overlays for freckles and veins, makeup (shadows, liner, lips), brows, eyes, lashes, and nails. Used the Mischievous Fairy Outfit for Genesis 3 Female(s), and Date Night Hair for Genesis 3 Female(s), and Painter's Lights.
https://www.daz3d.com/gallery/#images/365936/ - link to gallery that won't load as an image. Uploaded file separately.
Not sure why the picture isn't embedding properly, so including the link. I will fight with it more later.
Now to finish my test of Ahmad, who is still suffering from lighting problems due to his artist (me) being a rank amateur.
Mmm, my gallery here is pretty tiny and out-of-date - I had trouble with it in my (ancient) browser so more or less gave up using it.
You're very welcome to the backdrops (and the examples)
Pretty! Glad you found the backdrop useful.
You and me both lol
I edited my original post and wanted to make clear the "rank amateur" torturing poor Ahmad that I was referring to was myself.
I have tried rigged water products, but so far, haven't felt they look too realistic.
@Serene Night, by any chance have you tried the iREAL Animated Ocean Water System?