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The Complete Guide to DAZ Studio 4

The Complete Guide to DAZ Studio 4

By : Ciccone
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The Complete Guide to DAZ Studio 4

The Complete Guide to DAZ Studio 4

3.7 (29)
By: Ciccone

Overview of this book

„While 3D technology can be intimidating, DAZ Studio provides a perfect entry point for anybody interested in it. DAZ Studio is designed to empower the readers with tools to manipulate "ready to use" models and figures. With DAZ Studio, you can use thousands of pre-made 3D models and create fantastic scenes without any hassle. Embark on a journey through the amazing world of 3Ddesigning and create great 3D art with DAZ Studio. This book will show you the way!The Complete Guide to DAZ Studio 4 shows you how to effectively use DAZ Studio 4 from start to finish. This guide takes you on a fun journey into the world of 3D art with DAZ Studio. Using everyday situations and practical examples, this book leads you from understanding the basics of 3D to the exploration of all the relevant topics, including posing, lighting, rendering, and content installation. You will follow step-by-step examples that will show you how to create great 3D art with fun and ease.With a free download code for Dawn: the brand new and hugely anticipated 3D figure by Hivewire3D and two free environments by renowned 3D artist Jack Tomalin, this book is a must-read for all aspiring 3D artists.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
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Preface
Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Free Chapter
1
1. Quick Start – Our First 3D Scene
1. Quick Start – Our First 3D Scene
Stepping into DAZ Studio
Customizing Studio
Introducing Genesis – a shapeshifter
Rendering an image
Summary
2
2. Customizing Studio
2. Customizing Studio
Getting more screen space
Removing screen clutter
Simpler, faster keyboard shortcuts
Changing the background color
Summary
3
3. Posing Figures
3. Posing Figures
The main blocks of a pose
Using premade poses
Creating a new pose
Avoiding common mistakes
Posing the lower part of the body
Finishing touches
Saving the pose
Summary
4
4. Creating New Characters with Morphs
4. Creating New Characters with Morphs
Understanding morphs
Character creation with morphs
Summary
5
5. Rendering
5. Rendering
Gearing up for rendering
The Render Settings menu
Rendering
Summary
6
6. Finding and Installing New Content
6. Finding and Installing New Content
Places to find more content
Summary
7
7. Navigating the Studio Environment
7. Navigating the Studio Environment
Polygons – the building blocks of our scenes
Moving in the 3D space
Learning about the Viewport tools
Let there be light
Managing content
Importing models from other applications
Summary
8
8. Building a Full Scene
8. Building a Full Scene
Adding an environment
Summary
9
9. Lighting
9. Lighting
Setting the scene
Adding the required lights
Renaming objects
Cinematic lighting
No lights in the frame
Summary
10
10. Hyper-realism – the Reality Plugin
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10. Hyper-realism – the Reality Plugin
LuxRender
Understanding LuxRender concepts
Installing Reality
Using realistic materials
Lighting with Reality and Lux
Reality in production
Summary
11
11. Creating Content
11. Creating Content
Creating clothing
Making a dress for Dawn
Rigging the dress
Distributing your work
Getting down to business
Summary
12
12. Animation
12. Animation
Understanding animation
The Studio timeline
A simple animation test
Organizing your project
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Rendering
Summary
13
A. Installing DAZ Studio
A. Installing DAZ Studio
The reason for installing software
Using the Install Manager
Running DAZ Studio
14
Index
Index

Using realistic materials

I mentioned a few times that Lux provides physics-based materials. Let's see how some of those work. The following scene uses the same elements that we have seen in the previous chapter: the Throne of the Skeleton King environment and one V4 figure with the Historical Armor suit:

If we look at the rendering of the metal of the armor or the blade of the sword, we see a realism that is unreachable with Studio's renderer. The reflections on the sword are so faithful, so perfect, to make us believe that we are looking at a photo.

If we look at the Studio definition for one of the materials of the suit of armor, we see that it's composed of a very long list of properties. I have created the following composite just to show all the properties in one single screen:

The list is in fact so long that it doesn't fit on a 30-inch display. Despite being so complex, this shader does not produce a convincing emulation of metal.

In comparison, the Reality metal material is disarmingly...

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