Photorealism for a 3D character can provide a holy grail for some, but if the effect is slightly off, the look of a character can quickly become uncanny and creepy. In this community-based tutorial, we discuss important aspects and resources for your 3D characters in Daz Studio that can help you with photorealism.
Photorealism elements for characters include:
- Skin
- Eyes
- Hair
- Facial expressions
- Lighting
- Aging characters
The tutorial includes presentations from published artist Those Things, who developed the Vellus Horizon shader system, and MellissaGT, who created a workflow for "Making skin pop with the Daz Studio Iray Uber Shader."
Tutorial Product
- Includes MP4 video file with a duration of 1 hour and 33 minutes
- A searchable version of the tutorial with captions
Searchable Tutorial Sample
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What's Included and Features
- Photorealism for Characters
- Total Running Time:
- 1 hour and 34 minutes
- Total Filesize:
- 750 MB
- Chapter List:
- 00:00 Introduction
- 00:02 Peter von Stackelberg: realism for raging characters
- 00:05 Asymmetrical expressions: smiles, frowns - adjusting
- 00:08 Shape Shift product by Zev0 used for aging morph
- 00:11 Paula Prather
- 00:12 Realistic beards for characters.
- 00:14 "old guy" nose
- 00:16 Veins and vascularity
- 00:20 Character generated in their 40s using face transfer and art breeder
- 00:22 Those Things (PA) about developing Vellus Horizon shader system
- 00:24 Getting the light to behave correctly: close up warmth on a face
- 00:26 The more you approach realism - you look for other details to improve
- 00:30 About hairlines
- 00:31 Arthur Dorety on using Poser and the reality plugin
- 00:34 Tugpsx using Vellus Hair on a variety of characters
- 00:36 Realism for fantasy characters
- 00:38 Example of making a realistic character from Face Transfer
- 00:40 Using MellissaGT's skin shader methods
- 00:43 Applying MellissaGT's skin shader as a preset
- 00:47 Bags under the eyes
- 00:51 MellisaGT - how and why she started working on skin shaders
- 00:53 Overcoming "Gumbi" skin from out of the box characters
- 00:55 Tattoos on skin - blending
- 00:56 Celani 8 example. Skin tweaks in spectral rendering
- 00:58 Spectral rendering challenges
- 01:02 Scars on skin: recommendations
- 01:06 The lighting on the Celani character
- 01:10 Karen Williams: fantasy tavern characters
- 01:13 Outdoor scene with HDRI lighting - improvements for skin realism
- 01:17 Bob Keck - natural eyes product
- 01:20 Trevor Hancock
- 01:25 Backlighting in the eyes
- 01:29 DE Laurence character - lighting discussion on portrait.
- 01:33 Close
- Documentation: (.PDF)
- Photorealism for Characters - Resource List
- Photorealism searchable video version with captions link
Install Types:
DazCentral, DIM, Manual Install
