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Predatron Essential Lights & Skies

PredatronPredatron Posts: 33
edited December 1969 in Daz PA Commercial Products

This set of 12 DAZ Studio 4.5+ lights includes 11 associated skydomes. Ranging from clear sky, light cloud, cumulus cloud, foggy, heavy cumulus, sunset, night clear, night clouds, dusk, hazy and overcast. Each light is parented to the skydome, so rotate and get different lighting angles with an alternative sky backdrop. All light sets have been split into Indirect Lighting and Occlusion Light options. Be aware that the IDL versions will render a lot slower than the Occlusion option, but the bounce light will be a lot nicer.

This set is a perfect tool for your lighting needs.

Here's the link: http://www.daz3d.com/predatron-essential-lights-skies

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Comments

  • HeatherleeaHeatherleea Posts: 247
    edited December 1969

    Going to be picking these up today, can't have enough light sets :)

  • DaikatanaDaikatana Posts: 830
    edited December 1969

    Got this today. So far it looks to be a great product!

  • Carola OCarola O Posts: 3,823
    edited December 1969

    Might be a stupid question.. but is it possible to use the skies without the light that comes with the product? Most of the time I prefer to put out my light myself, partly cause it is usually easier on the computer and partly so I can learn more about how it works with shadows and so on :)

    /Carola

  • PredatronPredatron Posts: 33
    edited May 2013

    Yes you can use the lights without the sky, just hide the skydome in your scene.
    You can delete the skydome if you wish, but you'll need to unparent the lights first. Probably just easier to hide it.
    Or if you want to use the skydome separately, just delete the lights.

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  • Carola OCarola O Posts: 3,823
    edited December 1969

    Thank you, I will pick that up when I am able to :) I really liked those skies in there *smiles*

  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,651
    edited December 1969

    I loved your last set. So far, my favorite set of lights. This looks great as well. Downloaded it today.

  • redratdesignsredratdesigns Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    Hi Predatron

    When i try and load the heavy Cumulus preset i am missing 2 files:

    P3DA_Sky360_23
    P3DA_IBL_Sky19

    I've re-downloaded and installed both via DIM as well as from the trx but these 2 files don't show up. The others work fine.

    The zip file too does not contain these files in its content folder.

    Thanks in advance and thanks for the great stuff you produce.

    Ciao

  • HeatherleeaHeatherleea Posts: 247
    edited December 1969

    I can confirm that the files are missing, just tried and no go.

  • nobody1954nobody1954 Posts: 933
    edited December 1969

    In my cart for tomorrow (payday). Thank you. Lighting has always been my enemy.

  • Jay VersluisJay Versluis Posts: 252
    edited December 1969

    Hi Predatron,

    I’ve just bought this light set over at DAZ, but sadly I can’t get the IDL presets to work: all my four machines are crashing about 5 mins into a render, no matter if rendered to a new window or a file. I’ve tried this on Windows 7, Windows 8 and two MacBook Pro’s running Mountain Lion. Any tips?

    The occlusion presets are working fine.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 101,032
    edited December 1969

    Are you using the 32 or 64 bit version of DS?

  • Jay VersluisJay Versluis Posts: 252
    edited December 1969

    I'm using the 64-bit version on both Mac and PC.

  • DigiDotzDigiDotz Posts: 515
    edited December 1969

    redratdesigns said:
    Hi Predatron

    When i try and load the heavy Cumulus preset i am missing 2 files:

    P3DA_Sky360_23
    P3DA_IBL_Sky19

    I've re-downloaded and installed both via DIM as well as from the trx but these 2 files don't show up. The others work fine.

    The zip file too does not contain these files in its content folder.

    Thanks in advance and thanks for the great stuff you produce.

    Ciao

    Is it fixed yet? i like these lights but studio reports files missing as above

  • HeatherleeaHeatherleea Posts: 247
    edited December 1969

    yeah it was fixed shortly after the problem was posted, redownload and you should be good to go.

  • kayleleonard77kayleleonard77 Posts: 1

    Whenever i load it it and go to iray i have 0 illumination and no details of the sky. any idea?  draw dome is on. 

  • NorthOf45NorthOf45 Posts: 5,497

    kayleleonard77 said:

    Whenever i load it it and go to iray i have 0 illumination and no details of the sky. any idea?  draw dome is on. 

    This is not an Iray product, it is for 3Delight only. There are ways to use it in Iray, but can be a bit of work. There are plenty of Iray skydomes you could use instead (actually they are HDRI-based environmental lighting).

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