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2 Light questions, please-1 solved

Jan_ScrapperJan_Scrapper Posts: 353
edited August 2019 in Daz Studio Discussion

New to Daz Studio.

Somehow, 2 months ago, I was able to use Fast Production Lights, https://www.daz3d.com/fast-production-lights-for-iray, without a background picture.  I don't know how I did it.  

If anyone has this product, will they go step by step on using it and also how to use without a background picture.

Also, I happened to save the scene that a little girl I conjured up was in.  I forgot to save her morphs as a present and I got that done.

Then, I decided I loved the lighting.  It renders like an old illistration advertisement!!  I tried saving the light, however, there is no actual light in my Node Listing.  I guess only spot lights and such show up there.

So, because I didn't use a Node Listing light, DS said it could not save it.  Should I just keep this as a Scene file if I ever want this exact lighting?  Here is my Gallery picture :)  https://www.daz3d.com/gallery/#images/818791

I know I don't use the proper lingo, however I am really trying to learn it!!

Thank you so much for helping!!

Edit:  Ok, I used Fast Production Lights again, just now and thought, maybe turn off Drawn Dome and that worked!!

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  • alan bard newcomeralan bard newcomer Posts: 2,233
    edited August 2019

    I have a lot of characters I've created but rather than saving them as a preset etc.. just save them as scene subsets and then just bring the character in when I need it. 
    And of course the scene subsets save the outfits and the pose at the same time.
    And you can choose what items from the scene file you want included.

     

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  • Jan_ScrapperJan_Scrapper Posts: 353

    Oh, this is very cool!!  Thank you!!  I haven't used a scene subset before!!

  • alan bard newcomeralan bard newcomer Posts: 2,233

    one of the best ways to use it is to offset the fact that daz can be very slow about (or crash) while you try to delete something you decided you didn't need in a scene. 
    Granted by stuff is full of complex items I build, but it the scene gets too big and unwieldly, I use save as subset and just pick the stuff I really want in the next version. 
    And it's faster than deleting from the old scene. 

     

  • DrunkMonkeyProductionsDrunkMonkeyProductions Posts: 1,014

    If you're only using an Environment light(HDRI/EXR etc) and no physical lights in a scene, you'll need to save it as  a Render Settings Preset.

    Be aware that ALL the render settings, tone mapping, spectral etc, will be saved will be saved with this option.

    One caveat is if you have the Headlamp of the camera on, in that case you will need to save it as a scene, Scene subsets don't save render settings, only items in the scene.

     

     

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