Is Iray the only way to render in Daz Studio?

karenfortier

Are there any other options?

RobotHeadArt

3DL - built in to DAZ Studio
Reality - Paid addon https://www.daz3d.com/reality-4-daz-studio-edition
Octane - Paid addon (available from Otoy)

karenfortier

Well, there's something to add to my dream list :-) Thank you.

 

Leana

There’s also an OpenGL render engine included in DS.

karenfortier

Thank you Leana, how do I find that?

no nose

RobotHeadArt said:

3DL - built in to DAZ Studio
Reality - Paid addon https://www.daz3d.com/reality-4-daz-studio-edition
Octane - Paid addon (available from Otoy)

Is Reality worthwhile? I've gotten some fairly good results with Iray but it seems to be able to do pretty well.

SixDs

In addition to those options already mentioned, there is also mcasual's mcjteleblender3 to render using Blender's Cycles render engine, described here:

https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/2877/mcjteleblender-daz-studio-scenes-animations-w-blender-s-cycles-engine/p1

and downloadable from here:

https://sites.google.com/site/mcasualsdazscripts4/mcjteleblender3

It does require that you also have Blender, which is free, installed, however.

Additionally, there is also the possibility to alter and enhance images, regardless of the render engine used, in an image editing program using a wide variety of available plugins and effects. The later is collectively referred to as "postwork", and many artists specialize in creating some wonderful work using such techniques, with the original image merely being a starting point.

So, yes, there certainly are options available beyond Iray, and certainly beyond 'photorealism".

BeeMKay

karenfortier said:

Thank you Leana, how do I find that?

 

You'll find it in the Render Settings Tab, General section.

Richard Haseltine

Reality, and Luxus, are bridges to LuxRender rather than renderers in their own right.

karenfortier

Thank you all for your help :-)

FSMCDesigns

no nose said:

RobotHeadArt said:

3DL - built in to DAZ Studio
Reality - Paid addon https://www.daz3d.com/reality-4-daz-studio-edition
Octane - Paid addon (available from Otoy)

Is Reality worthwhile? I've gotten some fairly good results with Iray but it seems to be able to do pretty well.

Reality to Luxrender is a great option, used it for years, BUT it will increase the time invested in your workflow since no products come with Luxrender shaders and everything other than posing is done outside of Daz Studio, which means a project can take twice as long as it does in Iray.. Rendering speed wise Lux is about as fast as Iray in my experience.