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'Parallax Backgrounds' ring materials?

solissolis Posts: 124
edited September 2022 in Technical Help (nuts n bolts)

Hi,

If anyone has 'Parallax Backgrounds' https://www.daz3d.com/parallax-backgrounds can they please post images of the the Inner and Outer Ring Materials. The description says "Material presets include common background vistas, including trees, cityscapes, mountains, and bushes." but FAILS to SHOW raw images of them except as completed renders. I want to SEE the images themselves (like the last image on their page that actually shows the rings/material).

Thank you.

 

Post edited by Richard Haseltine on

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 110,549

    Moved to Technical Help as it is not a Daz Studio question.

    Showing the base images would be giving part of the product away, so that would not be permitted. Some of the promo images do show background on/off side-by-side.

  • solissolis Posts: 124
    edited September 2022

    All I'm asking is to see the rest of the materials (trees, scapes, bushes, etc) as images displayed like in the last picture of their product: https://gcdn.daz3d.com/p/86784/i/parallaxbackgrounds09daz3d.jpg so I can make a more informed decision as to wether to purchase: I don't do 'sight unseen'.

    This product https://www.daz3d.com/cityscapes-backdrops has images that show what I'm after (refer to the final 2 pics) without comprimising the PA's work.

    I'm not asking to see "base" images! Although I can see how the word 'raw' could be misconstrued as such.

    Post edited by solis on
  • AbnerKAbnerK Posts: 718

    solis said:

    All I'm asking is to see the rest of the materials (trees, scapes, bushes, etc) as images displayed like in the last picture of their product: https://gcdn.daz3d.com/p/86784/i/parallaxbackgrounds09daz3d.jpg so I can make a more informed decision as to wether to purchase: I don't do 'sight unseen'.

    This product https://www.daz3d.com/cityscapes-backdrops has images that show what I'm after (refer to the final 2 pics) without comprimising the PA's work.

    I'm not asking to see "base" images! Although I can see how the word 'raw' could be misconstrued as such.

    yeah, I don't think it's unreasonable to expect to see what you're buying.

  • sunnyjeisunnyjei Posts: 502

    On the promo page they have this image to show how it is set up. The inner circle is 'inner...' and the outer is 'outer....'.

    Here are the material thumbnails for them: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/uploads/FileUpload/41/fa40a86b3f26d42c58ac6173787554.jpg

    I've only used it a few times and so far there didn't seem to be a visible 'repeat' in the pattern of trees or buildings.

    Hope that helps~!

     

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  • luci45luci45 Posts: 2,948

    sunnyjei said:

     

    On the promo page they have this image to show how it is set up. The inner circle is 'inner...' and the outer is 'outer....'.

    Here are the material thumbnails for them: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/uploads/FileUpload/41/fa40a86b3f26d42c58ac6173787554.jpg
     

    I've only used it a few times and so far there didn't seem to be a visible 'repeat' in the pattern of trees or buildings.

    Hope that helps~!

    Thanks, sunnyjei. I would have bought this when it first came out if I could have seen what the backgrounds look like. Today it is on sale for $5.76. Even better.

  • Xeni88Xeni88 Posts: 38
    edited June 6

    @KindredArts can you please make an add-on with more material presets? Need underwater corals, deep underwater, surface turquoise ocean, surface urban ocean bay, beach view, tropical island, deep forest, small euro town, urban suburbs, small latin towns, scifi futuritic city, cyberpunk city day and night, deep space, space colony day and night, alien world nature day and night, medieval city day and night, greek/roman city view day and night, fantasy town day and night etc

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  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 41,038
    edited June 6

    I don't own it so don't know how it's UV mapped but you should be able to render your own textures for it depending on the layout.

    Even a spherical render with the top and bottom cut off would probably work

    something using Ultracenery for example with perimeter trees, foliage, features and a clearing in the centre like rendering a HDR scene but with an opacity map

    though for sales purposes it is obviously in KindredArt's interest to create them themselves for an addon, so they should take that onboard 

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  • Xeni88Xeni88 Posts: 38
    edited June 7

    WendyLuvsCatz said:

    I don't own it so don't know how it's UV mapped but you should be able to render your own textures for it depending on the layout.

    Even a spherical render with the top and bottom cut off would probably work

    something using Ultracenery for example with perimeter trees, foliage, features and a clearing in the centre like rendering a HDR scene but with an opacity map

    though for sales purposes it is obviously in KindredArt's interest to create them themselves for an addon, so they should take that onboard 

    I did try it, looked up 4:1 ratio panorama images on pexels. Then created opacity maps but its a lot of work. I think this product is brilliant but really simple and easy to use. It just needs more materials presets to cover wide variety of themes. Sometimes you are in the middle of scene and last thing you wanna do is pause your work and start working on anothe side project to fix/enhance your scene. This product gets the job done quickly. @KindredArts should keep expanding it

    Post edited by Xeni88 on
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