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Lighting Help

agashwoodagashwood Posts: 8
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I am trying to light portraits and full length figures without a lot of success. I have watched the youtube videos on 3 point lighting but I never seem to get the same results as others manage.

Are there any advanced tutorials on lighting figures I should watch? Are there any tutorials which cover the lighting types other than spotlights available in Daz? Should I be looking at a thrid part lighting package and if so which one?

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  • Freightliner FoxFreightliner Fox Posts: 67

    Which renderer are you using? 3Delight or Iray?

  • IllidanstormIllidanstorm Posts: 655

    I found this product pretty good for portraits

    https://www.daz3d.com/boss-pro-light-set-for-portraits-promos

    I haven't watched this yet, but the tutorials from dreamlight are usually pretty good https://www.daz3d.com/conquer-3d-now-vol-2--portrait

     

  • BradCarstenBradCarsten Posts: 856
    edited April 2018

    What is different about the results?

    For figures have you got a good skin shader or texture? 

    I like to use primitive planes to light as it gives softer shadows. 

    - create > new primitive > plane

    - angle it towards your figure.

    - go into surfaces tab and select the primitive

    - in your Content library tab > Shader presets > iray > Daz Uber, Add the uber base  shader. then add emissive. 

    - go into surfaces tab and make sure the lumens are quite high- 500,000 etc. 

     

     

     

    Post edited by BradCarsten on
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