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Iray Lighting Environment

lou_harperlou_harper Posts: 1,163
in The Commons

https://www.daz3d.com/iray-lighting-environment

I like it. And Predatron has never let me down. I wonder though about practical uses. And is it big enough to be used with UltraScenery?

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  • AllenArtAllenArt Posts: 7,169

    I used to make lighted domes with options like this for Poser and I used them mostly for promos and even lighting for making/setting up props and things. I guess you could use it for portraits.

  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 9,666
    edited December 2022

    I have purchased it, but transaction has hanged and I am waiting for it to be resolved.

    Edit: just got it - will see, if I can post some image ...

     

    Post edited by Artini on
  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 9,666

    Looks nice with UltraScenery - it is well lighted, but just grey blue background.

    Still cannot upload images to the forum, so you need to guess only, how it looks...

     

  • lou_harperlou_harper Posts: 1,163

    Artini said:

    Looks nice with UltraScenery - it is well lighted, but just grey blue background.

    Still cannot upload images to the forum, so you need to guess only, how it looks...

     

    That's what I forgot! Did you render with dome visibility off? I was wondering if it worked like Ghost Lights where the light source is invisible. I guess it wouldn't be.

  • plasma_ringplasma_ring Posts: 1,025
    edited December 2022

    The light source isn't invisible, but you can easily change the color of the dome using the color picker. You can also turn cutout opacity to zero on the walls and stuff and just leave the lights, which from quick experimentation looks like it works really well alongside dimmer, less-dramatic HDRI lighting. 

    Here are some examples with the environment geometry off. I can see myself getting a lot of use out of it just because HDRIs and sun-sky settings can be difficult to supplement with spotlights in larger environments.

    A dim HDRI with and without the environment lights on (I changed the light color slightly, so that's why it's a little purpleish):

    iray lighting environment.png
    3000 x 2854 - 8M
    comparison.png
    3092 x 2000 - 5M
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  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,066

    Anyone know what that blue figure is in the promos?

    Also the product is a very cool idea.

  • lou_harperlou_harper Posts: 1,163

    plasma_ring said:

    The light source isn't invisible, but you can easily change the color of the dome using the color picker. You can also turn cutout opacity to zero on the walls and stuff and just leave the lights, which from quick experimentation looks like it works really well alongside dimmer, less-dramatic HDRI lighting. 

    Here are some examples with the environment geometry off. I can see myself getting a lot of use out of it just because HDRIs and sun-sky settings can be difficult to supplement with spotlights in larger environments.

    A dim HDRI with and without the environment lights on (I changed the light color slightly, so that's why it's a little purpleish):

    So you can render using this with a transparent background? That's awesome. Thank you for doing thest tests.

  • plasma_ringplasma_ring Posts: 1,025

    lou_harper said:

    So you can render using this with a transparent background? That's awesome. Thank you for doing thest tests.

    Yep! All I did was set cutout opacity to zero on all surfaces except the lights. They're all rendered with the dome off. 

    Happy to help! :D I always like checking out what's possible with new stuff. 

  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 9,666

    Great. I still cannot upload any images to the forum :(

     

     

  • paulawp (marahzen)paulawp (marahzen) Posts: 1,447
    edited December 2022

    I see a few familiar faces! Thanks to the comments here, I decided to try this product out. Here's a simple Ultrascenery render with and without the Iray Lighting Environment. This is using the default Iray Lightning Environment (with the non light parts set to have 0 opacity) and a misty and fairly dim Sun-Sky render setting (not a stock USC/USXT one).

    With:

    Without:

    caseywiraylight.jpg
    1300 x 1000 - 912K
    caseywoiraylight.jpg
    1300 x 1000 - 847K
    Post edited by paulawp (marahzen) on
  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 9,666

    Lucky you, I still cannot upload any images to the forum sad

     

  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 9,666
    edited December 2022

    Another trial... Just one of the presets from Iray Lighting Environment and UltraScenery.

    Post edited by Artini on
  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 9,666
    edited December 2022

    Provides nice looking lights to the figures - below is on Casey

    https://www.daz3d.com/casey-hd-for-genesis-9

    Post edited by Artini on
  • memcneil70memcneil70 Posts: 4,272

    McGyver said:

    Anyone know what that blue figure is in the promos?

    Also the product is a very cool idea.

    Could the little guy be a morphed G9? Regardless, he/she is adorable. 

  • paulawp (marahzen)paulawp (marahzen) Posts: 1,447

    memcneil70 said:

    McGyver said:

    Anyone know what that blue figure is in the promos?

    Also the product is a very cool idea.

    Could the little guy be a morphed G9? Regardless, he/she is adorable. 

    Guessing he's Mister Bobble.

    Mister Bobble | Daz 3D 

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