Replicating a view in Scene

avalon0387

I saw a particular scene that I purchased. I want to replicate that exact view, which I liked. Being new to Daz3D, I have no idea how to do it without much trial and error.
.Are there any hidden settings that can give you a viewing angle that was in the promo images?

Thx.

ssweete

What scene is it?
Did you check the files for cameras?
Some scene items come with presaved cameras and lights.

Richard Haseltine

So you have only the rendered image to go by? Check to see if there are DAZ Studio camera presets, or a DAZ Studio scene file with cameras in it, but if not trial and error may be your only option. Which product, and which view were you wanting to match?

avalon0387

It's the La Piazza scene (image attached).
I really liked one of the angles and lighting. Being new, it takes me practically forever to even find that area in the city – and then to get just the right angle... the learning curve is steep.

The package says there are camera presets, but I can'r find them in my camera tab.
Any help would be appreciated.

ssweete

50 DAZ Studio Camera Presets
DAZ Studio version comes with 3 light sets based on the bestselling Light Dome PRO 1 / 2
Light Set Quality - as seen in the promo images
Light Set Default - approx twice the speed
Light Set Speed - renders 4-10 times faster

Your right, look for a folder called camera presets in your content menu.

MelanieL

avalon0387 said:

It's the La Piazza scene (image attached).
I really liked one of the angles and lighting. Being new, it takes me practically forever to even find that area in the city – and then to get just the right angle... the learning curve is steep.

The package says there are camera presets, but I can'r find them in my camera tab.
Any help would be appreciated.

There are camera presets - in the DAZ Studio Formats section of the Content Library under D2C / AT / Cameras.
The "AT_Cameras" icon loads 50 different cameras, but unfortunately none of them seems to be the one you are looking for - the closest I found was Camera 37 (see attached screenshot) so you could start with that one, create a new camera with the same settings then manipulate that one with the XYZ-Translate and XYZ-Rotate sliders in the Parameters tab until you get the exact angle you want then save that new camera as a camera preset, if you'd like to keep it for future use.
ETA: I had a quick play myself and came up with the second screenshot - needs a little more tweaking to get it exactly right but you micht find it a helpful start. Note you will need to change the Focal Length for the camera (in the Parameters tab under "Camera" as well as the XYZ-Translation and XYZ-Rotations - mine's set to 38.40 in this example.