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Kethaera — Intro to Shadows in DAZ Studio
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Published: 2008-12-05 08:12:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 24155; Favourites: 197; Downloads: 1847
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This is intended to be a very basic introduction to using shadows in DAZ Studio. I hope it helps someone.If you find any errors in this, let me know! I'm not perfect, and I'm still learning too!
You may link to, download, share, display, and redistribute this tutorial as long as my copyright signature is not removed or altered nor any other part of the image altered, save for resizing, and you abide by the terms of the CCL.
Re-Edit: Thanks to =kjherstin and her suggestion of TinyURL, I now have a direct link to the lightset used in the tutorial. Find it here [link] (free site registration required). Thanks also to ~Lillyanna-Windmane for reminding me to do the link in the first place.
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where can i download daz i have install manager but i dont know how?
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hi, i wanted to ask if Daz is really free software??
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yes the software is free on the Daz website but for models and clothes you normally either find free on sharecg or Renderosity but you will probably have to buy something sooner or later
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ooh thank you for replying me
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Thanks, this was really helpful for me. Great appreciations for you.
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This information is just what I needed. Thank you very much!
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Thank you for taking the time to make this wonderful tutorial!
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Hey Kethaera,
I want to use your tutorial 
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As a new user of Daz and an art major, seeing the difference in the settings makes a lot more sense to me then just reading it. Thank you for posting this!
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hi, in a week or two I'm about to download the free version so how are you coming along (I'll look in your album); do you have any more advice or tutorials?
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Hi, I try to found a free serial number for DAZ 3. Do you know where I can founded it free version if you know, thanks.
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Shadow softness is the key to using shadow-mapped lighting. Generally I use heavier (lower, 20-30%) shadows on my primary light source & lighter (higher, 60-100%) on the other lights. Generally I don't go below 20% softness with shadow-mapping.
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Thank you so much for making this tutorial. It is great to help people understand more about shading
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This will be erally helpfull when I get DAZ Studio!
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I hope so! DAZ Studio is free, you know.
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I know. I thinking about downloading it. But don't alot of the models and stuff on their website cost money?
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Yeah, but it comes with a few free models, so you can at least try it and see if you like it.
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Check our creative links for freebies too. There are many artist and artists who share free content
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Thanks lot for the tut.
I try as soon as possible to apply to my works cause I need to translate before.
Anyway the link [link] are suspended, so i don't understand if the setting of lights are the default of others one.
Sorry for my bad english
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I don't think the site exists anymore where I got the lights. I can't find it again anyway. I guess I need to redo this then with a lightset anyone can get.
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No site exist but there isn't a freebie section.
Plz if you make one new let me know cause I
want download.
Thanks so much
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I have followed your tutorial. Still I see no shadows within the scene nor in the rendering of the scene. What could be wrong?
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Can you screenshot the settings you used (select the light in the Scene tab, then go to your Parameters tab and screenshot the "shadow" section like what's in the tutorial) and also your render that had no shadows, then upload them into your Scraps and send me a Note with the link? Keep in mind that you won't see shadows in the preview, only in the actual render.
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Thank you, April, for responding. I will upload what you requested shortly and I will note you.
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Just what I was looking for! Thanks for the helpful info!
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I only have one tiny suggestion.
Could you put a link to where those light sets are found?
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If you haven't checked back, I've now got a direct link to the lightset used, thanks to =kjherstin 's suggestion of how to it.
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I had intended to do that, and, in fact, am still attempting to do that. However, the link is not a permanent URL but is php, and is throwing off DA's stupid text editer. As soon as I find a way to get it to properly link, I'll edit it in.
Meanwhile, if anyone has any suggestions on how to link to a URL with a php string that includes one of DA's emoticons, let me know! Regular html is not working, either.
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you can paste in the url into [link] so it transform into something more dA friendly
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Aha! So THAT'S what that tinyurl thing is! Thanks so much, that's a valuable resource!
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Indeed it really does help. I use it on my journals all the time
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