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With the release of Tree of Life II close by, here´s a couple more previews. :)
Night & Dawn Addon:
This is a really lovely place; I wish I was there...! I especially like that it seems to have more room for figures or props than the first ‘Tree of Life’. I own it and like it a lot.
I'm interested in how the terrain is built on which the tree stands. Is it very flat, or is there some kind of ‘substructure’? Does it have drains (or waterfalls), like ‘Tree of Life I’?
@caravelle
Thanks, I love that you spotted it has more room for figures than the first one! :)
That´s one area I hoped to improve with this set. Or rather change, it´s a bit of a give and take. The "tree on a rock" thing is less pronounced this time in favour of having more space and options.
As for the structure, here´s the overview/clay render >
It also has small waterfalls leading into the scene this time. ;)
I just loaded both packages up on my computer and was blown away. I love this set so much. Thank you for your work.
Thanks Mary, glad you like it! :)
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Just thought I´d post the two tips I have for working with the set ...
3Delight: The godrays in the addon (dawn) are hidden by default, because they render very slow. If you want them, just find them in the tree group and turn them on for final renders.
Iray: To get the Iray preview more reactive you can hide the vegetation group while working on a scene.
we had two willows like that in our yard. They can get really huge. A very "dirty" tree to take care of though...tons of leaves and branches falling, plus trimming. Without question very beautiful though. This is a great looking one .
Great, thank you! It flew into my cart yesterday...! :-) Wonderful model.
Haha, thanks for the real-life insight. ;) I can imagine, there is so much "clutter" on them.
All I know is that they are tough to model by hand (I currently don´t own a tool that would have been up for the task).
@caravelle Thanks for the purchase, glad you like it!
Hi guys!
Next set coming pretty soon, ExoPlanet IX :)
It has four variations of HDRIs/Skyspheres, the rock formation at the center can be hidden to get a "clean" desert dunes look.
The sand surface has a couple of footprint trail morphs.
I hope you´ll like it!
Looking good :)
This seems to be very good; the rock and the background are looking convincingly 'extraterrestrial'!
Thanks guys, glad you like it :)
Already released today
I recently seen that movie. I've seen a lot of movies, but none ever made me nervous for one and a half hour. Once I got the tower I'll probably be tilting out of my chair when setting up scenes.
Welp. The thing about Vertigo Tower is that you cannot render at the base. I'd be in the market for a matching ground set to do base render. I tried Dry Mud Desert Iray for testing and that ... is in the right direction but the texture doesn't really match of course.
Hi pixelquack!
Ye sorry, Vertigo Tower is designed for those high up renders at the platforms.
But I modeled it down to the ground in case someone wants to do a scene like the one you are aiming for.
Imo the best soulution would be a proper ground surface with a suitable texture.
Or a HDRI that is designed for ground level renders.
My own ones are usually higher up, but I tried it with "Road to Nowhere".
Here´s a very quick render of that.
It´s not a perfect fit either though, since the Road to Nowhere HDRI has the road space empty. But imo it works fine from some angles.
Well, more or less any hdri won't do me any good for a story series with different angles, and then both at the bottom *and* up high, where I'd have to invisible the ground struture for downfacing shots so the ground sculpt doesn't stand out against the hdri. A proper ground structure would have to match the looks of the VT hdri ground. Which I guess can be modelled with the hdri converted to a flat texture, but that's beyond my skills. Nudge Nudge. (*rustling dollars noise*.) Terrain add-on? :)
Easy Environments: Road to Nowhere
What a beautiful stretch of road! This thing goes on and on - perfect for the long, fast run I've just animated. Wonderful setup!!!
I really enjoy how you include both HDR domes for Iray as well as a mesh sky sphere. Very handy having both options!
Love the addon HDRI pack too!!!
Thanks FM!!!
Easy Environments: ExoPlanet VIII
Yikes! This is INCREDIBLE to work with!!! So Cool!
Thanks Dartanbeck, glad you enjoy the environments!
I love your Exoplanet VIII Render.
Really cool to see this set again after a while, with fresh eyes.
Hi guys!
Here´s an early preview for my upcoming winter set "Easy Environments: Winter Bridge".
Since it´s likely a few weeks away from release, I wanted to mention the winter environments in my store are currently on sale, due to the release of "Claustrophobia Shafts". ;)
Fantastic! I love the new Claustrophobia Shafts too!!!
@Dartanbeck
Thanks mate, glad you are enjoying the sets!
OMG!!!
Okay, here's the thing.
I've always enjoyed your Easy Environments in Carrara. Very handy and easy/quick to set up and get going. Then comes how they look - and they Look Outstanding!!!
So I find that dForce hair by Linday and my attention is drawn to figuring out how to bring that into Carrara - for months I tried. All the while (during my failures) I was seeing Iray and the more modern (Genesis 3 and 8) Genesis figures in Daz Studio and started asking myself: Why am I trying to bring this into Carrara?
Long story a bit shorter, my journey into Daz Studio was blissful, but being an animator coming from Carrara... there was still a period of loss and confusion. Meanwhile everything was different. The learning curve going from Carrara's excellent multi-core CPU render engine to the incredible wonders of Iray - a world where everything we buy from the daz 3D store that is meant for Iray just loads in looking perfectly REAL without having to modify the shaders... it was brilliant, yet a massive learning curve.
Once I figured out the amazing method of animating - the incredible epiphany of 2023 - everything just got smoother, easier, faster, and so much fun and joy that, against many people's prods and quips, I never want to leave Daz Studio - so I don't.
Fairly recently, something happened and I happened upon that EXO-Planet kit, and it looked perfect for the Jungle Girl thing I was going for - especially since she's also a space/time/dimension traveler as well in her many personas... so I bought it and loaded it into the scene I was already working on and it just blew my mind how amazing it looked and how easy it was on my meager system. I use mCasual's Change Orient script all the time. I can set the origin of the entire scene to be where Rosie is and manipulate it from exactly where I'm looking - so I aligned one of those incredible root bridges under her feet and ran the animation... OMG!!!!
So now I'm back into it again - collecting up all of the Flipmode I can get my hands on!
I brought in the Solar System that you released years and years ago... OMG!!! I Love that! I love the support pages you provide with links via the product pages!!! So Cool!!! I have a 1972 Criterion RV-6 Dynascope (telescope) that I got from a college storage room - no refelection left on the mirror, tracking mount didn't work, tube was in bad order....
I sent the mirror to Majestic Coatings in NJ, I think it is? My wife and her sisters bought me a TAL-6 Russian tracking mount for the thing - and when ordering it, the guy asked if I wanted one with Russian electronics (original) or one with the Sky and Telescope US conversion done to it already - of course, living in Wisconsin, I opted for the latter!
Anyway... so I like looking at our celestial tapestry from our dark, Northeastern skies.
Having this Solar System with the wonderful information cards on each planetary body... So Good!!!
I can't put it in here as it violates TOS, but on my YouTube channel I have a glimpse of the Solar System in the beginning of my video entitled: "What Happened at Odysseon Station Act I WIP"
I Love the aniBlocks!!! I Love that you made aniBlocks for it!!! Thank you So Much!!!
Flipmode... this Forever Fan is grateful for all of your hard work, artistic style, inspiring enthusiasm, outstanding support, and ultra-efficient workflows!
So I really can't say this enough: Thank You!!!!
To see the amazing parallax of Flipmode's Easy Environments : Exo Planet VIII as well as the breathtaking endlessness of Road to Nowhere, check out the "Some of the Goodies I got from the 2025 Published Artist Sale" video on my YouTube channel, which is a pretty fun ride into how amazing the Daz 3D content can be, even at speed render settings! :)
Yes! Now I got my hands on the product that this thread is currently named after!
Rendering has Never been So Fun!!! :)
FYI - for those who may not know:
These incredible environments across Flipmode's worlds can be mixed and matched amongst themselves as well as with any other projects we might have going on - they're all so Incredibly versatile!!!
Love the wording, sounds like a big historical event! ;)
Dude, you are making me blush, thanks for all the praise and for purchasing my stuff.
Really happy to read how you enjoy it and find it useful for your animations.
I had a peak at your YT vids, it´s really cool. I used to toy around with Animation in Daz Studio, so I know it´s a lot of work and not easy at all.
The way you made use of the length of Road to Nowhere is awesome, finally it payed off to build it that way. ;)
I fear my upcoming winter set may be too cold for Rosie though. ;)
(Btw., congrats to moving her to Genesis 9, I am still stuck with Gen3 characters)
That looks very promising! I'm looking forward to more views ...
The wording is Very Meaningful!
Back when I was making Daz 3D products for Carrara, and Daz Studio 4.0 was brand new, our good friend Josh Darling was teaching stuff about many of the amazing figure-creation tools that are coded into Studio - and I took a particular interest.
The epiphany came to me as I was truly stuck trying to figure out how to actually animate my characters in Studio. It truly feels like it fights you every step of the way. Remembering those Content Creation Tools, I developed my own way to obliterate the need for common animation tools and build my joint adjustment parameters directly onto the figure. Bam! Epiphany!!!
Now I don't even want to animate my characters in anything else! Anything but characters? Sure. Why not. But my characters have a permanent home in the software that everyone has agreed is the last place to animate... well... anything! I say screw that! And now I'm making a movie!!! :)
Truthfully speaking, however, with ThePhilosopher's iReal series of animated props, Josh Darling/DimensionTheory's Animated VDB series, and other animated scenery and effects for Daz Studio, I never really leave Studio until I take all of my renders into DaVinci Resolve's Fusion and craft it all together. So Fun! And, since I really only had that epiphany back in 2023, I'm really only getting started!
Road to Nowhere! Ouch! What a great setup!
The car and animated Rosie are actually not moving through the scene - I have the scene moving underneath them! The cliffs being part of the HDR Dome... hmmm... how do I... aha!!!
I used the good ol' Dolly Zoom! Zoom the camera while changing the focal length of the camera to maintain the aspect... BAM! It's a pretty cool effect! :)
Praising Flipmode? Well... that's only because you So Totally deserve the praise and a whole lot more! These sets remind me of how a movie director/producer might work for scenes like this. Lush, superbly detailed matte-painting environment settings, with cool, detailed sound stage setup for the characters to act out the scene in. So Very Awesome - especially for someone who needs to work without tons of system resources.
Very nicely crafted scenes - every one of them that I've bought so far. When that happens to me, I follow the artist and collect everything. It's a boon to my workflow while showing appreciation, support, and interest to the creative mind behind it all. So I truly hope that my small contributions help to inspire you toward your next great thing - so I can buy that too! :)
You ROCK, Flipmode!
Thanks mate!