Mind-Blowing Mesh Light Tip For Iray! by SickleYield, journal
Mind-Blowing Mesh Light Tip For Iray!
THIS DOESN'T WORK IN 2022. THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN ALTERED SO THAT EMISSIVES CAN'T BE COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT WITHOUT OTHER STEPS.
Dimension Theory is an expert on all things light and HDRI-related, and I use his products regularly. The other day he said something extremely useful on the forum:
You can actually use mesh lights without them being visible in your scene. Set the cutout opacity to .001, then set the mesh light settings as normal. They will not appear in the scene or in reflections.
This is life-changing info for me, because I use mesh lights a lot; they really look the best on human skin in most circumstances so I consider them
[Tutorial] Lighting and Tone Mapping In Iray by SickleYield, journal
[Tutorial] Lighting and Tone Mapping In Iray
Video is now live at YouTube!
I forgot to mention f-stop on the scene cameras and the exposure value chart on that one, so it may be worth looking at the bottom of this one for that even if you wait to watch the video.
Here is the infographic I used. Special thanks to fuseling (https://www.deviantart.com/fuseling) and Lyoness1 (https://www.deviantart.com/lyoness1) for helping me find online resources.
This tutorial will discuss adding more realism to your lighting by balancing your light and tone mapping settings. It is not identical to the YouTube tutorial, but it will cover the same information.
I. Render Settings, Default HDR Lighting And Tone Mapping
a. Camera And Render Settings
First let me discuss th
[Tutorial] Getting Started With Iray by SickleYield, journal
[Tutorial] Getting Started With Iray
Introduction
Here is the tutorial on YouTube.
Here is a .pdf version.
This is for those of you who are looking at the interface going, "Now what?" This covers how to convert existing shaders and how to set up lighting for your render.
This is a text version that, while different from what I'm saying in the video word by word, contains the same information.
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To use this you need DAZ Studio 4.8 Pro or later.
Part 1: The Environment and Camera Settings
Before we get started, we need to check the environment, camera and render settings.
The Render Settings tab has an Editor and an Advanced section. Advanced is where you check or unc