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Iray video tutorials?

FetitoFetito Posts: 481
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Could someone please recommend me Iray video tutorials from n00b to advanced level?

I am not a big fan of the "IRAY: start here" thread, because all the DAZ info is flying around like pieces of a puzzle. Is there a standard manual instead of all the spread info?

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  • BobvanBobvan Posts: 2,652

    As a new iray user coming from Reality. I agree

  • nDelphinDelphi Posts: 1,868
    edited August 2015

    If you have experience with Reality/LuxRender it shouldn't be that hard. I got these done in less than a week after DAZ Studio 4.8 was released:

    http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/844164/#Comment_844164

    Although, aside from Mec4D, and a few others, I really haven't seen great photo-real renders done with iRay.

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  • MorpheonMorpheon Posts: 738
    patrickgobels said:

    Could someone please recommend me Iray video tutorials from n00b to advanced level?

    I am not a big fan of the "IRAY: start here" thread, because all the DAZ info is flying around like pieces of a puzzle. Is there a standard manual instead of all the spread info?

    Sickleyield has put up a number of tutorial videos on her YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/SickleYield/videos). They're well worth watching.

  • FetitoFetito Posts: 481

    <3

  • jaebeajaebea Posts: 454
    edited August 2015

    Well, I hate to say it but I ended up getting Dreamlight's Iray tutorials and I was able to get right to it after watching them.  I now LOVE Iray and don't want to go back to 3delight!

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  • Kevin SandersonKevin Sanderson Posts: 1,643

    Nicely done, jaebea!

  • Kevin SandersonKevin Sanderson Posts: 1,643

    Nicely done, nDelphi!

  • FetitoFetito Posts: 481
    edited August 2015

    I don't really want to buy Dreamlight stuff in order to understand the program that I love. I spent a lot into models and plugins. I dont' want to rely on outsourced tutorials.

    All I want is a usermanual for iRay and not Dreamlight stuff. (I am not talking bad about Dreamlight though). It's just that I want DAZ to update their documentation to be unified instead of having tons of outddates videos all over the website instead of one main source of information.

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  • scottidog2scottidog2 Posts: 319

    jaebea, which Dreamlight's Iray tutorials do you recommend?

  • StrixowlStrixowl Posts: 301

    Tips & Tricks for Iray to get started.

  • tl155180tl155180 Posts: 994
    edited September 2015

    What sort of level are these Dreamlight tutorials aimed at? I've been looking at getting http://www.daz3d.com/super-quick-easy-ds-iray-tricks but I can't decide if its just going to be a load of basic stuff that I already know about Iray, like how to control the sun, or set up a photometric light... I'm more interested in how to take my basic Iray knowledge and take it up a notch to produce promo-quality images.

    Does this tutorial really teach you how to "get beautiful DAZ Studio 4.8 Iray renders" like a pro, or does it just teach you how to get started with all the features?

    I'm concerned I'll spend all that money just to find out that it teaches me nothing new...

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  • jaebeajaebea Posts: 454
    edited September 2015

    I bought the Super Quick & Easy DS Iray Tricks.  I would say that this is really a basic tutorial.  He does go into detail as to what each item in the rendering pane does.  That was very helpful.  And he gave a really helpful tip about the sun dial and being able to move the sun around that I hadn't seen anywhere else.  For me, it was well worth the money.

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  • Cris PalominoCris Palomino Posts: 11,611

    This was the article that got me using the sun dial in Iray:

    http://indigojanson.com/11332/daz-studio-nvidia-iray-3delight-comparison/

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