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Getting started with Filament?

Alley RatAlley Rat Posts: 391
in Daz Studio Discussion

Hi all,

What is the best way to get started with Filament? If I create my own FIlament shaders based on the source from GitHub, how do I apply those to a model in DS? Is it better to use 3DL or Iray shaders for Filament renders? I'm using a Pentium Gold 6405U with the Intel HD graphics, and the OpenGL flies, but rendering is out of the question other than viewport/realtime. Thanks in advance for any help.

Cheers!

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  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,206

    if you could create your own shaders from the source it would be a godsend, consider selling them on ShareCG or something too, we all need this because MDL and RSL shaders in Filament quite frranky suck. wink

  • JonnyBravo2010JonnyBravo2010 Posts: 27

    Most of us choose the Iray renderer because of it's superior results and product support from vendors in the Daz Store. Unfortunately Iray requires an investment in hardware to take full advantage of it. One of the biggest hurdles with Filament is creating accurate shadows. For scene preview: Filament is faster and smoother when navigating a scene than Iray and more accurate than OGL. You might want to check out this product---> RSSY 3Delight And Iray To Filament <---in the Daz3d Store. I've learned a lot from it through it's documentation and experimentation.

  • Alley RatAlley Rat Posts: 391

    Thank you, I'll check that product out. I hadn't seen it. I use Iray when I can, and my next laptop purchase will have an nVidia chip for sure. The one I'm on now became my main machine because I can use it for work, retro computing (my original and only purchase reason), research, shopping, etc. pretty much everything but high-CPU/GPU stuff. My previous reply got deleted, so I will clarify. I appreciate that we have Filament. I hope to see it get the same love that Iray and 3Delight have enjoyed in the past. Even if it never escapes its status as an alternate renderer, I dig the video game aesthetic anyway.

  • JonnyBravo2010JonnyBravo2010 Posts: 27

    I'm with you. I also hope to see updates to the Filament Renderer. Iray is a great render engine but a resource hog and Open GL is an outdated technology. I love the fact that Filament can render an HDRI Image in realtime. Especially handy when adjusting sun angle.

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