Loading...
> >

What DAZ Movie Making tips do you have?

SasquatchIsCoolSasquatchIsCool Posts: 251
in The Commons

I'm thinking about all the ways you can approach moving making in DAZ.  Is there anything  you'd share with us?  Anything you'd like to see?   Anything you are trying to figure out?  

Or

Have you made anything you can share with us or do you just use DAZ for still renders?  

Comments

  • Catherine3678abCatherine3678ab Posts: 8,401

    Render to .png then stitch together the images in a dedicated movie making program.

  • margravemargrave Posts: 1,822

    Use Blender instead.

  • algovincianalgovincian Posts: 2,636

    Definitely render a series of images as opposed to a movie as @Catherine3678ab suggested. I would add that you could also do the following if you are rendering in Iray and have enough VRAM:

    1. Render a single frame to a new window. It doesn't matter how long you let it cook, but make sure you do not close this window.

    2. Render your image series directly to file.

    Rendering a single frame to a new window and leaving it open results in data remaining in the VRAM of the video card so it doesn't have to be re-loaded for each frame of your image series. This saves a bunch of time. Again, you just have to make sure you have enough VRAM to leave the initial render open.

    HTH.

    - Greg

  • LeanaLeana Posts: 11,830
    edited August 2021

    Only tip I can give is be patient because making a movie will require rendering a lot of images.

    Post edited by Leana on
  • ed3Ded3D Posts: 2,290

    ~  and look at these Video Editors _

  • CybersoxCybersox Posts: 9,085

    margrave said:

    Use Blender instead.

    or iClone.  Or just about any other 3D program that lets you port in DAZ products, really. DAZ is great for still images, and while they've made some progress as of late, the animation tools are still woefully behind where everyone else is.      

  • wolf359wolf359 Posts: 3,837
    edited August 2021

    learn the art of actual filmmaking.
    Particularly Cinematic shot framing and editing.

    Most beginning 3D animators frame everything in  wide
    head to toe shots to show off thier Characters clothing/ouftits
    or scene sets/props..this is a mistake

    And study the work of this man:

     

    He has nothing to do with 3D programs or VFX but his editing advice will 
    make you a better filmmaker no matter what programs you are using.  

    Post edited by wolf359 on
  • Catherine3678abCatherine3678ab Posts: 8,401

    There are several plugins to assist with animations in Daz Studio. Takes time to learn how-to. There are people using Daz Studio for animations. {no I don't have a list}. There is a thread in the forums that animators have been making good use of, might want to check there for some ideas to.

    Another idea some have is to render the background image as a still, then hide all that and render the characters on their own. Again, glueing all together in dedicated movie making programs that can make use of several tracks/layers. Watch the shadows though if trying this method ;-) 

  • IvyIvy Posts: 7,165
    edited August 2021

    SasquatchIsCool said:

    I'm thinking about all the ways you can approach moving making in DAZ.  Is there anything  you'd share with us?  Anything you'd like to see?   Anything you are trying to figure out?  

    Or

    Have you made anything you can share with us or do you just use DAZ for still renders?  

    I have made tons of animated films https://www.youtube.com/c/IvySummers some good one some not so much

    As for tips I have to many to list and some tips I might give  would be removed for forum violations. But i have this, that may help https://www.daz3d.com/daz-studio--getting-started-with-animation

    click t play, best viewed in 1080HDD

     

    Post edited by Ivy on
  • eric suscheric susch Posts: 133

    I have a few short things I've animated in DAZ Studio on TikTok.

    https://www.tiktok.com/@ericsusch

  • SasquatchIsCoolSasquatchIsCool Posts: 251

    eric susch said:

    I have a few short things I've animated in DAZ Studio on TikTok.

    https://www.tiktok.com/@ericsusch

    Those TikToks are cool.  What are you using to render and how?  They are so big.

  • SasquatchIsCoolSasquatchIsCool Posts: 251

    wolf359 said:

    learn the art of actual filmmaking.
    Particularly Cinematic shot framing and editing.

    Most beginning 3D animators frame everything in  wide
    head to toe shots to show off thier Characters clothing/ouftits
    or scene sets/props..this is a mistake

    And study the work of this man:

     

    He has nothing to do with 3D programs or VFX but his editing advice will 
    make you a better filmmaker no matter what programs you are using.  

    I've been following your work and tutorials for some. time. :)  Can't wait to see where you go.   :)  Keep it up.  

  • mindsongmindsong Posts: 1,715

    Cybersox said:

    margrave said:

    Use Blender instead.

    or iClone.  Or just about any other 3D program that lets you port in DAZ products, really. DAZ is great for still images, and while they've made some progress as of late, the animation tools are still woefully behind where everyone else is.      

    +++

    listen. seriously.

    --ms

Sign In or Register to comment.