Which snow effects product do you use?

tsroemi

Dear all, I know it‘s kind of a weird question, season-wise, but summer always makes me long for grey clouds and icy wind and heaps of snow somehow. So I‘d like to create some of that in DS but found to my suprise that I don‘t have any snow effects products (I’m guessing there must be a less awkward term ...) in my library yet. I started to look around, but since there are quite a few out here, I can‘t really make up my mind. So, what is everyone‘s favorite snow product for Iray? What would you suggest, and why? I‘d love to hear what your experiences are!

RobotHeadArt

I use https://www.daz3d.com/da-let-it-snow and https://www.daz3d.com/iray-snow-ice-and-ash  I think they compliment one another nicely, as you have geoshell snow in the first and snow pile geometry in the latter.

NorthOf45

I like DA Let it Snow (3DL and Iray). It lets you add snow to virtually anything, in varying amounts. Animatable falling snow props. A solid second is Iray Snow, Ice and Ash. It doesn't have different snow depths, but there are decals to apply to walls and windows, streets, sidewalks, etc., and a few snow bank props. Static falling snow prop. Don't forget that you have 30 days to get a refund if something is not to your liking.

FSMCDesigns

yep, let it snow is a great product and easy to use IMO https://www.daz3d.com/da-let-it-snow

i used it for this image

 

3Diva

RobotHeadArt said:

I use https://www.daz3d.com/da-let-it-snow and https://www.daz3d.com/iray-snow-ice-and-ash  I think they compliment one another nicely, as you have geoshell snow in the first and snow pile geometry in the latter.

Yeah, I don't render snow scenes very often but when I do I find myself using both these products together. 

tsroemi

FSMCDesigns said:

yep, let it snow is a great product and easy to use IMO https://www.daz3d.com/da-let-it-snow

i used it for this image

 

Wow, that is so beautiful! Does the DA snow render fast, or take up a lot of resources? I‘m mainly stuck with CPU rendering because I‘m on a Mac, so that is always an issue for me. The snow looks so incredibly convincing though, it‘d be okay to wait a little for results like this ...