The Beginners Guide To Lighting And Renders In Daz Studio 4

Are you having difficulty getting lights added to your scene? Or are your renders coming out dark, drab and lifeless? Turn on the lights in DAZ Studio and create some cool artwork! Grab a copy of this tutorial to take you step-by-step from using the default lighting for preview mode to what types of lights are available and how to use this variety to highlight and add shadows to any of your characters in your rendered scenes. Don't be intimidated by the powerful features of DAZ Studio; harness them and expand your own potential! Lighting is often overlooked but is one of the most important aspects to giving renders of your final scene the look and feel that draws in the viewer. Come out of the dark and into the light and nothing will be able to stop you. This guide is fully illustrated in PDF format covering everything from the types of lights available to rendering your scenes. * Tutorial Overview: - 75-Pages Fully Illustrated - Popular PDF Format - Step-by-Step Instructions - Prepared with DAZ Studio 4.6 * Getting Started: - Preparing DAZ Studio Layout/Style - Loading Genesis Figure * Loading Lights into Scene: - Distant Light - Spotlight - Point Light - Linear Point Light * Using Light Presets: - Uber Light Sets * Lighting Parameters: - Transforms - Point At - Color and Intensity - Shadows * Rendering Your Scene: - Output Dimensions - Render Destination - Render Engines - Lighting Models

Are you new to DAZ Studio and the wonderful world of using 3D modeling to create fantastic artwork? Don't get disappointed and throw your hands in the hair. Grab a copy of this tutorial to take you step-by-step from nothing in the viewport to how to use the variety of items available in the Starter Essentials bundles for Genesis, Genesis 2 Female and Genesis 2 Male to create your very own scenes. Don't be afraid of all the power that DAZ Studio offers! Hit the ground running by learning what you need to get started without the need to buy anything else. Once you know what you are doing, nothing will be able to stop you. This guide is fully illustrated in PDF format covering everything from installing the Starter Essentials manually or with DIM to how to find all that wonderful content included for free.

Are you new to DAZ Studio and just can't figure out how to make these awesome figures do anything but stand there with their arms out to the side? Don't throw in the towel just yet. Grab a copy of this tutorial to take you step-by-step from nothing in the viewport to how to use the variety of items included with DAZ Studio to load, dress and pose the Genesis figure in your first complete scene.Don't be afraid of all the power that DAZ Studio offers! Kick your feet into the air and learn what you need to get started with just what is included with DAZ Studio. Once you know what you are doing, nothing will be able to stop you. This guide is fully illustrated in PDF format covering everything from finding the content required to saving your scenes. * Tutorial Overview: - 69-Pages Fully Illustrated - Popular PDF Format - Step-by-Step Instructions - Prepared with DAZ Studio 4.6* Getting Started: - Preparing DAZ Studio Layout/Style - Directions in 3D Space* Where are the Poses? - Finding Items in Smart Content - Finding Items in Content Library* Making It All Happen - Translating Objects (moving) - Rotating Objects (spin) - Scaling Objects (resize)* Pose Controls: - Positioning Your Figure - Posing Body Parts - Free Hand Posing* Creating A Scene with 2 Figures - Putting It All Together - Saving Your Scene

Step-by-Step Intro to Creating Environments in DS4-6: After hours of hard work and frustration, you have finally gotten your character looking perfect with the right clothing and poses. But wait a minute, you just completed your render only to find that your character is floating in space! What you need now is the perfect environment suited for your character's style. You could make your own environment from scratch but that would just be crazy. This guide will show you how to use the free items included with DAZ Studio to get you started creating your own environments. It will also cover many of the popular environment sets with demonstrations that include products created by some of 3D's top artists including LaurieS, Moyra, Flipmode, Stonemason, Ajax, and Moebius87.Grab a copy of this tutorial to take you step-by-step from no surroundings for your characters to the creating a wide variety of natural and city environments in no time. This guide is fully illustrated in PDF format covering terms and techniques you need to know to start creating your own environments for rendered scenes. * Tutorial Overview: - 105-Pages Fully Illustrated - Popular PDF Format - Step-by-Step Instructions - Prepared with DAZ Studio 4.6* Getting Started: - Preparing DAZ Studio Layout/Style - Resource Links to Available Environments* Loading Environment Props: - Finding Items in Smart Content - Finding Items in Content Library* Learn Terms and Techniques: - Using Props and Materials - Applying Lights and Shadows - Skydome, Skybox and EnvironmentSphere - Custom Adjustments for Personalized Scenes* Create Environments with: - Starter Essentials - Multiplane Cyclorama - Dystopia City - Other Popular Sets

Everyone knows what Colors and Surfaces are, or do they? Scratch the surface for both of these topics and start creating colorful and more detailed artwork using DAZ Studio! Grab a copy of this tutorial to take you step-by-step from using color parameters to add life to objects in your scene all the way to surface mapping to texturize objects for more realistic look and feel in your rendered scenes. Don't be intimidated by the powerful features of DAZ Studio; harness them and expand your own potential! Learn how to use colors and surfaces to show people exactly what they need to see. The world isn't just black and white with plain flat surfaces and your own creations shouldn't be either. This guide is fully illustrated in PDF format covering everything from the basic color parameters available to applying surface textures directly to objects in your rendered scenes. * Tutorial Overview: - 94-Pages Fully Illustrated - Popular PDF Format - Step-by-Step Instructions - Prepared with DAZ Studio 4.6 * Getting Started: - Preparing DAZ Studio Layout/Style * Introduction and Terms: - Diffuse - Specular - Glossiness - Ambient - Reflection - Refraction * Get Started Quickly with Support Files - Includes Texture and Opacity Map - Includes Bump & Displacement Map * Surfaces and Colors: - Color Dialog - Surfaces (Color) Tab - Setting Diffuse Color - Setting Specular Color - Setting Glossiness - Setting Ambient Color - Setting Reflection Color - Setting Refraction Color * Advanced Surfaces: - Applying Textures - Applying Opacity Map - Applying Bump Map - Applying Displacement Map * Quickly Create Your Own Versions of: - Silver Surfer Character - Blue Man Group Member - Green Alien Character

Step-by-Step Intro to Creating Animated Sequences: After you learn to pose models and render your scene, the next progression is to learn how to create animations in DAZ Studio. DAZ Studio has all the functionality you need to create awesome animation sequences. Grab a copy of this tutorial to take you step-by-step from knowing the difference between frames and keyframes to putting these and other animation tools into action! This 105-page tutorial in PDF format was designed in DS 4.6 (tested in DS47) to demonstrate how to animate multiple objects simultaneously and how to animate DAZ figures within DAZ Studio. * Learn the Animation Timeline Controls - Frames / Range - Keys / Keyframes - Playback / Looping* Learn Impact of Viewport Changes - Translate / Move - Rotate / Spin - Scale / Size - Camera View* Learn Object Animation - Independent Movement - Parented Movement - Object Collision* Learn Figure Animation - Beginning Pose - Movement of Limbs - Natural Movement

Learn how to use DAZ Studio and create beautiful 3D images within days. This book is designed to teach the beginner to 3D art and the free DAZ Studio software, the basics quickly with simple step by step lessons and detailed pictures. It even includes tips and cheats. This book is a great reference guide for beginners and even for more advanced users and will jump start you into this exciting new art form. DAZ Studio can be used for: Custom artwork, graphic design, animation, book and magazine cover illustrations, storyboarding, comic book illustrations, avatars and more.

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