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jamminwolfie — Linear Light - Creating a Sun Lesson DS4

Published: 2012-01-30 09:55:56 +0000 UTC; Views: 4919; Favourites: 43; Downloads: 348
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Here is a sweet lesson after realizing that linear point lights (only in Daz Studio 4) were limited to only about a block in a neighborhood, and couldn't be used as a sun. This is basically a "cheat" to give us a realistic sun, in which will give us realistic shadow casting direction (if rendering a very large city, you'll notice the shadows will go outward from the center instead of straight).

Here is the render result of this lesson!

Enjoy!

...wolfie
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Comments: 25

foxterrier100 [2013-04-26 20:16:16 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful, straight-forward and extremely useful tutorial. Thanks, mate.

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shaungsimpson [2012-08-29 05:44:48 +0000 UTC]

Great idea! Might use it to parent linear point lights to skydomes that have suns displayed on them! Would save me the trouble of aligning the light and the sun disc ever again!

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jamminwolfie In reply to shaungsimpson [2012-08-29 05:48:53 +0000 UTC]

Thanks buddy!

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Lord-Crios [2012-01-31 13:56:24 +0000 UTC]

Must really start to use DS4

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jamminwolfie In reply to Lord-Crios [2012-01-31 20:35:23 +0000 UTC]

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NeilV [2012-01-30 19:23:42 +0000 UTC]

great tut very nicely done

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jamminwolfie In reply to NeilV [2012-01-31 20:35:11 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much, friend!

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Xandory [2012-01-30 18:11:44 +0000 UTC]

Never thought to try that. Very cool!

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jamminwolfie In reply to Xandory [2012-01-31 20:34:52 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot, friend! Sometimes you gotta think "outside the box" to come up with unique ideas

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Silvinx [2012-01-30 15:55:49 +0000 UTC]

Interesting tutorial, you're a great teacher

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jamminwolfie In reply to Silvinx [2012-01-31 20:34:01 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot, buddy **checks back into the "gullible" school** lol

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IanTP [2012-01-30 15:05:20 +0000 UTC]

He he he, another tutorial for my collection

Daz should be paying you for this sort of quality tut, even I should be able to follow it

Cheers wolfie for another wonderful contribution to the community

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jamminwolfie In reply to IanTP [2012-01-31 20:33:18 +0000 UTC]

lol... well when I explain things to people in open comment or a tut, I auto assume people that aren't advanced in DS will be looking at them too, so I always explain like I'm explaining to a newbie And thanks, friend!

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IanTP In reply to jamminwolfie [2012-02-05 21:00:03 +0000 UTC]

yh, keep doin that

always be newbies

(just catching up on messages)

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NellWilliams [2012-01-30 14:42:23 +0000 UTC]

Yay More "Wolfie's Words of Wisdom"

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jamminwolfie In reply to NellWilliams [2012-01-31 20:31:14 +0000 UTC]

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NellWilliams In reply to jamminwolfie [2012-02-01 13:28:41 +0000 UTC]

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TLCDigitalArt [2012-01-30 14:14:34 +0000 UTC]

Can't wait to read this in more detail and start playing. Take your bows Wolife.... muwah.

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jamminwolfie In reply to TLCDigitalArt [2012-01-31 20:31:01 +0000 UTC]

**bows** lol Have ya read it yet? It's a quite simple concept to grasp

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TLCDigitalArt In reply to jamminwolfie [2012-01-31 20:33:37 +0000 UTC]

Yes I have as a matter of fact and trust me.. I do plan on getting back to attempting linear lights. I do think this was a great tutorial. You da master

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jamminwolfie In reply to TLCDigitalArt [2012-01-31 22:36:34 +0000 UTC]

lol

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Thyranq [2012-01-30 14:03:45 +0000 UTC]

Very nice, Wolfie
Great idea with the Sun-Sphere, too!

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jamminwolfie In reply to Thyranq [2012-01-31 20:30:17 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much, buddy! While I was doing the lesson, I thought, "well hmm, I'm not gonna see where the sun rotates and that's too much time to have to guest where it's going and spot render each time I rotate it." and the idea of something visual came to my head lol.

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SimonJM [2012-01-30 10:36:46 +0000 UTC]

Nice idea, well explained.

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jamminwolfie In reply to SimonJM [2012-01-31 20:27:08 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot, friend!

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