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Where oh where are my video tutorials!!! HELP!

mlolyamlolya Posts: 36
in Technical Help (nuts n bolts)

I just purchased "How to Master Iray Lighting for Realistic Character Portraits" which includes three hours of video tutorials. I installed it and have been trying to find and play the tutorials for the last hour! It's rather frustrating to spend that much money and not be able to find what I purcahsed. The light sets are all there, but WHERE ARE THE VIDEOS! It would be a nice idea if the seller put even the briefest instructions on how to view the tutorials. 

I'm sure there is a simple answerr to this.

CAN ANYONE HELP!!

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  • dawnbladedawnblade Posts: 1,723
    edited August 2018

    I checked the ReadMe file and it doesn't list the .MP4 videos, so sometimes videos are a separate download from the props and content. Check Install Manager to see if the videos are waiting to be installed, or go to your product library and download them manually. I usually do the latter so I can move them from Downloads to a different folder later.

    Update: Scratch that! They are listed in the readme file as being installed in this location: 

    • /General/- esha - & Digital Art Live/Realistic Portrait Lighting/Master Iray RCP - Portraits Session 1a.mp4

    • /General/- esha - & Digital Art Live/Realistic Portrait Lighting/Master Iray RCP - Portraits Session 1b.mp4

    • /General/- esha - & Digital Art Live/Realistic Portrait Lighting/Master Iray RCP - Portraits Session 2a.mp4

    • /General/- esha - & Digital Art Live/Realistic Portrait Lighting/Master Iray RCP - Portraits Session 2b.mp4

    Post edited by dawnblade on
  • mlolyamlolya Posts: 36

    Thank you so much for your help! But what comes before /general in the location?

  • dawnbladedawnblade Posts: 1,723
    edited August 2018

    The default location for Install Manager is here, so General will be in My DAZ 3D Library:

    C:/Users/Public/Documents/My DAZ 3D Library

    I'm on a PC so not sure if this path is the same on a Mac.

    Post edited by dawnblade on
  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,805

    Find the entry in DIM, assuming that's how you isntalled, tehn right-click and select Show Installed Files. You can now click on the folder name at the top of the window to open a file browser to the correct folder.

  • mlolyamlolya Posts: 36

    Thank you both for your help! You'd think that there would be an easier way to do things. You spend $40 to use a providers product and then you have to spend half a day and enlist the help of the forum just to get at the content!!!

  • dawnbladedawnblade Posts: 1,723

    You're welcome! I like Richard's method as it is built into Install Manager.

  • SpottedKittySpottedKitty Posts: 7,232
    mlolya said:

    and then you have to spend half a day and enlist the help of the forum just to get at the content!!!

    I think that might be part of the problem — "content" is something you install into DAZ|Studio so you can find it in Smart Content or the Content Library and load it into your scene. These tutorial videos aren't content, you can't load them into your scene. I've bought tutorials before; if it weren't for the fact I install everything manually, it might have taken me a little while to figure out where all the files went. Maybe the store page descriptions could do with a bit of rephrasing so it's clear exactly what "this is a tutorial video" means.

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