Face results from Daz

[Christerb]

Hi folks!

I'm all new to the 3d stuff, but when I first saw the results of the Octane render I was stunned. I simply had no idea this was even remotely possible on a home computer.

Here is a render I did directly from a Daz character. I just added HDRI lights, and cooked it for 8 minutes. (PMC)

Original render

Levels adjusted in Photoshop

Same image, just in black&white.

From start to finish, this was only 15 minutes work!

[Tugpsx]

Welcome and good start. There are a lot of DAZ users here so take a look at the forum for hints.

[Christerb]

Thanks! I keep reading all I can find!

I did a new render of a the Olympia character. Straight out of the box, but did some material adjustments to the eyes.

A bit noisy, but its only rendered for 9 minutes.

Let me know what I'm doing right or wrong

[Tugpsx]

Good start. Did you use a reflection map on the eye reflection surface?
Was this done in the standalone or the plugin?

[Christerb]

Eyereflection is rendered from surroundings. I used a hdr from a dark forrest and tweaked the eye settings based on a generous post I found in this forum. Still lots of tweaking to do, but I like it better than a passive map!

I'm just stunned by the simplicity in the workflow. 5 minute setup in daz, export to obj and rendered in the standalone version. No more than 15 minutes work from start to finish.

[Christerb]

Playing around with HDR. Havent quite figured how to tweak the skin setting from the default ones in Daz, so I'd be happy for some help

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