In this episode I'll show you what I currently know about rendering with volumetrics in Daz Studio 4.20, which was released to the public only yesterday. I'll show you the Ground Fog and Volume Shader options, and where to find some sample VDB files to get you started. Have fun ...
2022-02-20 00:25:20 +0000 UTC View Post
In this stream excerpt I'll show you how I've put the finishing touches on my Alexia render. I wanted to replace the default orange material on the Strappy Top and add some earrings by Matty Manx. I had anticipated for this to take much longer, and it's nothing spectacular, just a quick "over the...
2022-02-08 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
I recently helped Camilla get started with animations in Daz Studio during a Twitch stream. It turned out really well and I thought I'd preserve and share it with you. I've tidied it up a bit in editing, and it's a great springboard into the world of animating in Daz Studio. This is g...
2022-02-07 14:30:53 +0000 UTC View PostI had great plans for expanding my DAZ Studio 101 series over time, but as life happens I never got round to finishing it. Things move fast, and I feel I've literally missed the boat adding bits onto it. Hence, I feel it's time for starting afresh with a new series that covers how to get handsome...
2022-02-07 00:22:18 +0000 UTC View Post
As promised for all you German speakers out there, here are all 5 episodes of the Body Scans to DAZ Studio series in German. While it was fresh in my head, I thought this would make a nice test to see how well I could deal with technical German these days. While I do speak the language regularly ...
2022-02-05 02:44:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Remember the two Billboard Videos I've made recently? I've just premiered them on YouTube. Sometimes a video is ready, but I can't put it live because it's lacking a thumbnail - like in this case. In a flash of inspiration I turned to Canva 2022-02-03 01:38:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Here are two renders I've started this weekend during the Daz+ Live Stream. We let the audience vote which head scan I should convert into a portrait, and it was a close tie between Matthew (here seen as a pirate), and young Alexia. We had a bit of time so I made both - one a little faster than t...
2022-02-02 04:45:55 +0000 UTC View Post
This a promo I've made for the series about R3DS Wrap on the DAZ Channel, I thought I'd show you some background screenshots I've during the workflow. I've added the hair, outfit and textures in DAZ Studio, with a few detail adjustments in ZBrush. There's a video on my channel that shows how I've...
2022-01-29 18:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a little animation practice I did the other day. Certainly not a masterpiece, but what I thought was remarkable was the speed at which I was able to throw this together. It took less than an hour from start to finish, not including render time (that was about 20 minutes -...
2022-01-28 16:03:00 +0000 UTC View Post
I was doing some more testing in R3DS Wrap, this time with just a head scan from 3D.sk instead of a full body scan. This model is Orien, who is available for free to play with.
The trick here was to get inventiv...
2022-01-27 22:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's an early access treat for an Artstation post - is that a thing? It is now!
This is a promo I've made for a live stream this Saturday at 4pm EST, in which I'll play more with that Russian 3D Scanner software. I'll...
2022-01-27 03:37:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This week EPIC had a free game on called Relitca. I liked the look of it and started streaming it on YouTube, which means I had to come up with some handsome looking screenshots.
Usually I head ove...
2022-01-23 20:40:32 +0000 UTC View Post
This week I've been busy delving into Unreal Engine and was able to make the above image with it. It's certainly not a master piece, but it shows in principle that portrait lighting can be done, even though the process of getting there is a little difficult. I thought I'd share with you what I've...
2022-01-21 18:40:34 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode I'll show you how to create billboards with the Billboard Builder script by Code66. It's a special project for me, because according to the developer (Hi Totte 👋) I have inspired him to create this product in the DAZ Season Pass.
I'm using the same render as in the previo...
2022-01-19 15:59:05 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode I'll show you how to create your own custom billboards with Photoshop. Any graphics application will work, as long as you can create a cutout opacity map with it (i.e. black background, and a pure white silhouette).
The concept of a billboard is that instead of placing...
2022-01-17 15:46:26 +0000 UTC View Post
I have a freebie for you all today:
I've made these 5 additional glitzy glamour material presets for Chris Cox's stylish Vivian Pumps. I've made these in Substance Painter during a recent Twitch Stream. I ...
2022-01-13 17:56:54 +0000 UTC View Post
I've made an animation with this month's Winter Forest freebie from the Unreal Marketplace. I hadn't used Unreal Engine in over a year and wanted to know how much I'd remember, and practice the new way of rendering out animations with the new Movie Render Queue.
Than...
2022-01-09 19:52:22 +0000 UTC View Post
In this workflow time lapse I'll show you how I've built this Sold Out Bear portrait. I did this after hearing that the NFP Project had sold out, and I wanted to commemorate the occasion. It took me about 2 hours to complete with a quick coffee break in between.
I had never trie...
2022-01-06 03:09:01 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm currently working on a mini series for official DAZ channel, in which I'm explaining how to create a Genesis figure morph from a body scan provided. It's some serious magic, and I can't wait to share it with you. We're planning more collaborative content, and as such I needed an animated DAZ ...
2022-01-05 01:25:21 +0000 UTC View Post
My buddy Chris Cox modelled a new pair of shoes in Blender, for use in DAZ Studio. I really like his work and watching how his projects come together. I thought these shoes would make a nice little practice piece for me to hone m...
2022-01-03 02:47:51 +0000 UTC View Post
2021 was fantastic for me, I've met so many nice people, made some great industry contacts and had a blast learning more 3D tips and tricks along the way (because the learning never stops). I'll continue sharing with you what I know, and I'm looking forward to all the exci...
2022-01-01 16:21:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Merry Christmas everyone!
I've put this little Synty Santa together yesterday and thought it would make a nice holiday greeting. It was quite a process to bring this little guy to live, including re-shaping through R3DS Wrap and re-rigging in DAZ Studio. I had envisioned a still image at fi...
2021-12-25 18:02:01 +0000 UTC View Post
I've discovered that we can render images directly in Substance Painter using NVIDIA Iray! There's a wide choice of HDRIs and a ton of settings, including a one-click depth of field option (ALT + Middle Mouse Button).
This was my first attempt, with a little bit of postwor...
2021-12-21 18:11:07 +0000 UTC View Post
I've shown this workflow time-lapse on the DAZ Stream this Saturday. It's a good example how a portrait comes together, and I thought I'll split it out with narration. I've added the part in which I'm ...
2021-12-21 00:26:54 +0000 UTC View Post
I've been inspired by some of the workflow time lapses I've seen around, and thought I'd make some of my own. I was working on a thumbnail image for the next DAZ Live Stream this coming Saturday, which...
2021-12-16 17:28:03 +0000 UTC View Post
I had a wonderfully productive stream this morning, in which I was trying to remember what I've recently learnt about Substance Painter. This little animation was the result of testing, experimentation...
2021-12-12 23:16:27 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode I'll show you two ways of migrating and consolidating your Brush Libraries in Corel Painter. I've had as many as three versions on my various systems recently, with 30 custom brushes from Humble Bundle, and it quickly became apparent that installing them all from scratch for every...
2021-12-08 16:10:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's another exciting experiment for y'all: I've tweaked my Rover Animation with some super fancy AI effects courtesy of PaintShop Pro! I've just picked it up as part of the latest Humble Bundle, and thanks to Brian's instructions I had it batch process every frame of my anima...
2021-12-07 15:42:52 +0000 UTC View Post
I spent the whole day rebuilding my main rig, and aside from it being a lot of work, everything went well. Most of my apps are back in action, most of my data is saved in various cloud services, and the rest of the pieces are slowly falling into place.
While I was at it, I thought it ...
2021-12-01 04:24:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey there folks, today I have an early access video for you that is an enhanced version of a Twitch stream Nate and I did last week. Nate knows so much more about NFTs than I do, and this is a chat in which we all learn from him. I've modified the audio levels a little bit in post production, doi...
2021-11-30 14:05:17 +0000 UTC View Post