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I wish it was beach time NOPE hard at work , maybe next weekend .. anyway thanks you for your support ! I will drop in later tonight
Since there's already a thread for these sets in the main forums can we keep this one to suggestions for new sets please.
OK, I suggest a set for Montauk at Sunrise or Sunset and also with a full moon, at 10, 12, 14, & 18...
Wow, well you deserve a break after all that! LOL Looking forward to the beach sets HDRI, and the Under the Bridge was fantastic as well! As soon as you Recuperate, I can't wait to see some indoor HDRI. I getting hooked on the HDRIs now!
Richard, could you point us to the thread in the main forums? I did a search, but maybe my search skills leave much to be desired.
Cheers
Hmm, maybe I was confused - there is a thread on the gardens megapack https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/2605896/#Comment_2605896 . If this si going to be a more general thread on the existing sets as well as suggesting new ones it could be moved to the Commons - you could do that by editing your first post and changing the forum name.
Richard the other thread was just a question about the promo, not a general thread so we may stay here from now on .
The last time I was in Montauk was 9 years ago when I was living in Long Island , I rolled down the hill from the lighthouse to the bottom , the grass was wet in the early morning and the gravity toke me down, I could not breathe freely for a week as I landed on my chest .. it is a beautiful spot but I will be not there early than September-October for the fall shots, without the fall this time LOL
Here some snapshots of what I am preparing for upcoming packs
1. Antique Chinese Interior, Outdoors and Gardens pack
2. Beach Collection pack
3. Antique Tuscany and Romantic Gardens pack
and more, below some screenshots of some of them from the library still work in progress
Y'know it's funny (not you falling down a hill! That sounds terrible!!) but I was thinking about sugesting that something you could consider for the HDRI collection could be seasonal packs as the year went on. Like an Autumn garden with all the colours it would have or a Winter one, but once again it looks like you're way ahead of me! LOL
This forum really needs a like button I can keep pressing! These look great!!
Thanks, here some raw no postwork tests of the Chinese HDRI set Not all maps in preview as it is going to be very huge set, not done yet or accurate materials just to give you an idea , everything needs to get refined still so just tests, finally, after 3 years my Manchurian Lady and her hubby ( not home at this moment ) got her real home to match her historical outfit lol I hope you have some furniture ;)
Nice work , I missed this one , I like the mood too in b&w
@MEC4D, I was just wondering, whatever happened to Chad for Ivan 7? I remember some discussion about him in the forum, and then he just never seemed to happen. I do understand that sometimes things just don't work out, but he did look like a great character.
Thanks Richard!
Wow, that looks amazing!!
The beach pack looks useful! Can't wait
Can't wait to get my hands on these....fantastic work!!
Oh, I can wait! Have fun! I have only surfers in the sunset and they are hardly HDRi quality.
This is absolutely stunning work! Definitely going on my wish list.
Amazing work Cath. I always end up bookmarking your product threads, because you are so generous with your time, explaining how to get our renders looking great. So glad you are enjoying yourself out and about, you can certainly see it in the quality of your work absolutely beautiful.
Hi thanks, yes he did, but my HD got locked by windows and could not recover everything plus a lot of negativity happened last year on top of everything and I had to take a break from the community, recover, recharge so I can do better stuff now as before. Chad may be lost but better one is on the way, I invested in 3D scanner so soon you will get all real human transferred as shapes into Genesis to the last real details not seeing before on a Genesis geometry , I made couple test it is fantastic but more about next month as it getting too hot to running around with the camera already so time for some inside job LOL with AC on full power . As you know I love to return with new stuff and unique as that give me the inspiration to do it as I hate routines. Still I want to have the biggest HDRI database so starting again shooting in late September -October
Thank you, the final one will be even better when the blue overcast is gone that take forever to get rid off as iray is so sensitive to edited HDRI and one wrong move destroy everything as you see above with the blue bleeding on the walls sometimes that need to go so another night for me tonight.
Thanks, I will have more in the late summer as I am going for couple days to the south of NJ for the white beaches, NY have ugly and dirty beaches in general, tons of plastic and soda/beer cans everywhere that I have to clone out one by one.
Thanks, it will be beautiful there in late Indian summer, my favorite time, in overall wonderful location little towns and people
Thank you so much! I was waiting for the weather forever, this year it is worse one ever, almost non-stop overcast skies, but finally got lucky and on Sunday
That is nice to hear, thank you so much, I wish I had more time but right now it is crazy busy time for me, sleeping 4 hours a day to finish everything in time before moving into modeling again and slow down, can't wait for colder days again plus I am moving in beginning of September and I want to finish everything before that , I missed our community and all of you as all I did in the past months was shooting HDRIs and lurking from time to time , so happy to be back
wow that asian graden has my attention for sure..
And I think I speak for all of us when I say we're all very happy to see you back as well!
And I'm glad that you are refreshed, recovered and recharged after what I remember was a somewhat painful year for you. Because as much as we love your products it's you and your happiness that are most important so always take care of yourself and know there is a great deal of love and affection for you here always.
Peace and love,
Stuart
Since lighting is the bane of my existence will using the Headlamp ON create the needed extra lights in the scene (besides your white plane tip)? So NO other lights are needed in the scene? All these light sets I've invested in and now this may be the most simplistic way of doing it EVER! If so I'm floored and feel like I can finally bypass any of the light sets that are offered unless they are set up like yours or similarly. I did load one of yours yesterday and aside from the direction the render time was good and the shadows were nice. I just don't have a good feel of how to rotate the sun to give more of an evenly lit effect for promo's.
Just wish someone would come out with something like this for 3DL as I'm still making those sorts of settings for my products and well the lighting in 3DL is horrible in comparison with having to load up lights, move them around and TRY to get things looking as good as possible. Still not happy with all my attempts
+1
You have been sorely missed around here. I was beginning to get worried, until I saw your hdri's showing up in the galleries. Welcome home, Cath.
Thank you, Ivy , that's my eye candy of the season! This ancient China houses and gardens are wonderful, 40 Chinese artists and artisans from Suzhou hand constructed the garden and pavilions. No nails or glue was used , everything is joined together using traditional Chinese construction techniques, it is a pearl! and everything there has a meaning of traditional symbolic Chinese art and literature, it was an amazing place for meditation in my raw moments. And now I can still enjoy it using my VR sitting in my brick city backyard lol and soon you will too , in creative renders or simply VR
Thank you so much Stuart , it was more as you all know, but everything now in the past and I am moving forward to my next destination and will be better as the all stuff I am going to create, pushing to the max and very inspired everyday ! and happy to be a part of it all and to have you around as I would never go away for a day, you know me when I am down I don't complain I go into a hole and wait for better days to get out as I love to share positivism , so thank you again for the warm words, really appreciate it <3 <3 <3
Well you don't need any extra lighting and headlamp is just a help but don't like it in every situation as it tends to destroy the mood quickly , white plane is the way as it will do it perfectly for the special against sunlight shots as every photographer do it in real also and not just another spot light as that is not about , white plane will give you the right light tone and power of light and you work with harmony without tweaking again . There is nothing better than diffused soft light on the face. The headlamp is more of a camera flash that when over used can strap the reality of the render very quickly especially with portraits. Not to mention slowing down the full rendering process and viewport.
Thank you so much Anita , I know you where worried after I saw your message long after , thank you for your support , it is good to be home again
, time to be creative for me again ! and I love it !