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I am unable to find the content library tab in 4.8
Has it been replaced?
The list of tabs has been shortened a lot :O
As far as I understand it, the Iray preview is not required to do an Iray render (fortunately since trying to use the preview brings my system to its knees). Obviously, if you can use the preview it will help with composition but it isn't essential to the process.
If you can run 64 bit DAZ Studio, you can use the Iray render engine. If you want the most performance out of it then NVIDIA cards (we recommend a minimum of 4GB of Video RAM on the card) will increase your performance significantly. And it scales, the more hardware you throw at it, the better it performs, but even if you get no hardware you get the same great renders.
Specs etc are coming. And just remember, if you do not meet requirements for the card, it will render on the CPU But, you will get the features and quality of Iray - the render will be exactly the same - on just CPU.....and it is about the same speed as 3Delight if it were utilizing UberEnvironment, raytracing, etc....
I have a pair of 2GB GTX660s with monitors attached and a pair of 4GB GTX980s. At the moment, I'm rendering a fairly large scene using CPU and the 2 980s and it's kicking butt. I'm all but positive the 2gb would be too little for this scene. It looks like OpenGL is running off the 660s, so I guess Windows runs OpenGL based on which card has a monitor attached? Moving around the scene is easy. In photoreal nvidia mode, it is a bit slow... but gee. I never even dreamed of being about to rotate a render like this in nearly realtime and photoreal. Awesome job Nvidia and DAZ!
In the default layout (or at least, the layout that loads for me) it is docked in the same group as Smart Content. Try reloading your layout if you can't see it (remember that beta and production will have separate layouts).
Look at the Advanced tab of Render Settings (with Iray set as the engine) - you can turn your GPU(s) and CPU on and off. It's not that impressed with my 1GB card - it managed a naked G2F, but failed with a slightly more complex scene, but I cans till run in CPU-only mode (which is of course slower).
...thank you. Guess no point in installing as I cannot afford a beefier Nvidia GPU than what I already have.
Looking forward to seeing the first renders from people using it :D
If you are missing or want any additional tabs, just look under Window->Panes. After you click on one, you can drag it over to dock it as a tab.
Trying to set up a scene right now! : ) With Lilith
If your computer runs 64 bit DS it will run Iray. We do recommend a minimum of 4GB of Video ram on an NVIDIA card (or more than one card) to take best advantage of its capabilities, but you get the same renders with or without graphics cards.
In fact one member of my team has run the entire test period with an Intel HD graphics chip on his i7 processor to test this render engine.
...thank you. Guess no point in installing as I cannot afford a beefier Nvidia GPU than what I already have.
You will get the exact same final results with CPU - just not the same speed. :) I used it at work for awhile with just a Nvidia 260 and used the CPU. Still love it. :) At home I have a 770, but only 2GB. So, I will eventually want to upgrade, but again, trying it out here now - I am enjoying the results very much. :)
Kat
There are a few here Jaki http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/50021/P330/#777440
In the default layout (or at least, the layout that loads for me) it is docked in the same group as Smart Content. Try reloading your layout if you can't see it (remember that beta and production will have separate layouts).
This is my view, I really feel lost lol
Can you point out as to where I should be looking?
I usually just right click and add it so other methods are unknown by me ><</p>
There are a few here Jaki http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/50021/P330/#777440
Thanks Chohole! :D
If you can run 64 bit DAZ Studio, you can use the Iray render engine. If you want the most performance out of it then NVIDIA cards (we recommend a minimum of 4GB of Video RAM on the card) will increase your performance significantly. And it scales, the more hardware you throw at it, the better it performs, but even if you get no hardware you get the same great renders.
...well that's 340$ which I don't have (GTX970). According to Richard, he could barely render a single naked Vicky with 1GB of VRAM.
I tend to do some very involved scenes.
If you are missing or want any additional tabs, just look under Window->Panes. After you click on one, you can drag it over to dock it as a tab.
I looked but no content tab :(
This is my view, I really feel lost lol
Can you point out as to where I should be looking?
I usually just right click and add it so other methods are unknown by me ><</div>
It looks as if you have rearranged the interface - by default, wity that layout, you'd have Smart Content there and the Content Library reduced to a tab on the right side of the viewport. You may want to reload the layout - Window>Workspace>Select Layout....
...well that's 340$ which I don't have (GTX970). According to Richard, he could barely render a single naked Vicky with 1GB of VRAM.
I tend to do some very involved scenes.
My GPU could barely render a single naked G2f - turning the GPU off and just using CPU I was able to do a quick render of a scene with a dressed G2F in the Ruins of Ankor Wat.
This is my view, I really feel lost lol
Can you point out as to where I should be looking?
I usually just right click and add it so other methods are unknown by me ><</div>
It looks as if you have rearranged the interface - by default, wity that layout, you'd have Smart Content there and the Content Library reduced to a tab on the right side of the viewport. You may want to reload the layout - Window>Workspace>Select Layout....
Thanks Richard but I already tried that ><<br /> Also, I have not touched anything whatsoever.
This is how the interface looks for me by default...
...thank you. Guess no point in installing as I cannot afford a beefier Nvidia GPU than what I already have.
You will get the exact same final results with CPU - just not the same speed. :) I used it at work for awhile with just a Nvidia 260 and used the CPU. Still love it. :) At home I have a 770, but only 2GB. So, I will eventually want to upgrade, but again, trying it out here now - I am enjoying the results very much. :)
Kat
...how much slower? If it's Luxrender or even UE slow, than I'll stick to Reality/Lux as at least I don't have to keep the scene or even the Daz application open once the scene is sent to Lux.
But just a couple. for you.
The one with the droids is using some of the included car paint shaders, lit with an HDRI..
The one with Little Devil, a little dark, but lit with the candles.
You will get the exact same final results with CPU - just not the same speed. :) I used it at work for awhile with just a Nvidia 260 and used the CPU. Still love it. :) At home I have a 770, but only 2GB. So, I will eventually want to upgrade, but again, trying it out here now - I am enjoying the results very much. :)
Kat
...how much slower? If it's Luxrender or even UE slow, than I'll stick to Reality/Lux as at least I don't have to keep the scene or even the Daz application open once the scene is sent to Lux.
It wasn't that slow, it was a bit slower than the 3Delight rendered version for my Ankor Wat scene (but faster than using some more advanced light settings which were closer to what Iray was doing). I don't think you'd be looking at day-long renders for most things, unless they took that order of time in 3Delight.
You will get the exact same final results with CPU - just not the same speed. :) I used it at work for awhile with just a Nvidia 260 and used the CPU. Still love it. :) At home I have a 770, but only 2GB. So, I will eventually want to upgrade, but again, trying it out here now - I am enjoying the results very much. :)
Kat
...how much slower? If it's Luxrender or even UE slow, than I'll stick to Reality/Lux as at least I don't have to keep the scene or even the Daz application open once the scene is sent to Lux. Depending on your lighting and scene, on average, abouot the same speed as 3Delight. (Note when I say that, I do mean you have to actually light your 3Delight scene, not just use the headlamp.)
...well that's 340$ which I don't have (GTX970). According to Richard, he could barely render a single naked Vicky with 1GB of VRAM.
I tend to do some very involved scenes.GTS 740 with 4GB of RAM is around $100. (Didn't we have that conversation a few months ago?)
So I´m rendering my first Iray picture right now. Is it like luxrender that it will keep rendering forever?
I got my tab just fine... but why is there no content... lol
You will get the exact same final results with CPU - just not the same speed. :) I used it at work for awhile with just a Nvidia 260 and used the CPU. Still love it. :) At home I have a 770, but only 2GB. So, I will eventually want to upgrade, but again, trying it out here now - I am enjoying the results very much. :)
Kat
...how much slower? If it's Luxrender or even UE slow, than I'll stick to Reality/Lux as at least I don't have to keep the scene or even the Daz application open once the scene is sent to Lux. Depending on your lighting and scene, on average, abouot the same speed as 3Delight. (Note when I say that, I do mean you have to actually light your 3Delight scene, not just use the headlamp.)
Correct - comparing to a correctly lit 3delight scene, my stuff rendered about the same or a bit faster. But the result was better. So if you are looking for super fast, it will cost hardware. If you are looking for quality, well, that's why many of us have tried other renderers isn't it? Even the slow ones made us happy because we liked the results. :)
Kat
It will stop at about 95% convergence. While it "can" continue to render, we put dome default stopping points in there. :) They can be adjusted to your personal liking for an image.
Kat
Are your content locations mapped?
Kat