Rendering spheres without jagged lines

riochild_663b64339f

I'm using Daz Studio 4.6.1.17 and have run into a problem when rendering spheres.

If you look at the attached image, you'll see the jagged lines are super obvious. I'm rendering this at a resolution of 1000x1000 with the Very High Quality profile from this page http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/16085/

Am I doing something wrong? Most curvy lines ender very nicely, but spherical objects look like plain polygons.

prixat

Hi
Is that a standard DS primitive?

riochild_663b64339f

Yes it is. I just used it as a demonstration but it happens with anything spherical or nearly spherical.

prixat

In this case you could just increase the number of 'sides' and 'segments' when you create the sphere.

Herald of Fire

There's an easier solution. Convert the object to a SubD object and it will look very rounded even in close-ups. To do this, click the options icon in the scene tab (Looks like several lines and an arrow) and go to Edit -> Convert to SubD.

This way you can dynamically change the amount of polygons if you decide you want more or less 'roundness' by increasing the number of subdivisions in the paramters pane.

Richard Haseltine

Convert to SubD is also available in Edit>Object>Geometry and Edit>Figure>Geometry

riochild_663b64339f

Amazingly simple!!

Thank you so much guys. And thankfully my computer seems to handle the necessary subdivision well.

Thanks again.

ZarconDeeGrissom

I'll second that, thanks.
I was using 96 or 192 ("Sides" on cylinders, I don't remember for spheres) with that Create Primitive thing, just to make them more round then 'hexagon-looking'. I will try that tonight, after the coffee soaks in.

Jaderail

All users please keep in mind Subdivision will double or MORE, depending on the setting, your mesh count. That requires more RAM for the Item. Just a heads up folks.

Herald of Fire

Jaderail said:

All users please keep in mind Subdivision will double or MORE, depending on the setting, your mesh count. That requires more RAM for the Item. Just a heads up folks.

Specifically it divides every quad into 4 quads, so essentially it quadruples the polygon count for each subdivision iteration. Still, the benefit here is you can adjust the number of subdivisions on the fly rather than having to create a whole new object each time. And, of course, this works for more complex models rather than just Daz primitives.