3Delight Render Engine Tutorial Workshop

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When using 3Delight do you struggle with your renders and characters looking just flat without so much sense of depth?

DAZ Studio includes the 3Delight render engine, which is a viable alternative to Iray when used for certain circumstances. This render engine continues to provide some powerful features. You can get impressive artwork using the standard 3DL and shaders, but it does require a deeper understanding of lighting and the shaders.

In this tutorial, Karl Knarr explains the light sources available in 3Delight, tricks for realism and advanced features like shadow controls and targeting light sources for specific surfaces.

This tutorial includes a segment at the end where a few artists in the community share a selection of their 3DL based artwork and tips.

Who is this tutorial for?

DAZ Studio artists wanting to learn the 3DL engine as an alternative choice
Artists or animators who want faster rendering options
Artists who create non photo realistic characters and scenes
DAZ Studio artists who don't have an NVIDIA graphics card.

About the Presenter : Karl Knarr (AKA JonnyRay)

Stonemason's The Walled City is a really interesting set that I've lit using 3DL. It has several light fixtures that work well for showing the valuable tips we will use and can be lit in interesting ways for both night and daytime scenes. : Karl Knarr

While Karl's formal training is in computer programming, he has been learning and sharing tutorials on DAZ Studio since 2014. You can read more about Karl's digital artist journey and his blog https://karl3d.wordpress.com/ here.

What's Included and Features

This Bundle Includes:
- Tutorial Content Details
- Running Time 1 hour 52 minutes
- Main Presentation : Karl Knarr
  - Community 3DL Renders Sharing
  - Karl's background with 3DL
  - Using spotlights with 3DL
  - Intensity
  - Decay
  - Shadows
  - Shadow bias and softness
  - Shadow color
  - Shadow maps
  - Using point lights with 3DL
  - About distant lights
  - Scripted lights, Age of Armour's advanced spotlight, advanced distant light and ambient lights
  - Advanced Ambient light and parameters examined
  - Graphic art cameras for DAZ Studio
  - Practical examples of 3DL lighting in Stonemason's set : The Walled City
  - Overcoming dark shadows
  - Using Skydomes and Skylights with 3DL
  - Mention of Lightdome Pro
  - About bucket sizes and render settings
  - Max ray trace depth
  - Night scenes with skylights
  - Using spotlights for light fixtures in sets
  - Skycar headlights : ambient light settings
  - Uber area light
  - Volumetric effect
  - Community Section
  - Manga shader example
  - Age of Armour's Advanced DAZ Studio Light bundle
  - 3DL renders from Trevor Hancock
- The Basics
  - Light types (point, spot, distant)
  - 3DL lighting parameters (shapes and shadows)
- Lighting an Outdoor Scene
  - Quick Light Dome
  - Faking light bounce
- Outdoors at Night
  - Tweaking the Dome
  - Sunlight to Moonlight
  - Artificial Lights
- Advanced Lighting
  - Emissive Surfaces (fake and real)
  - Tweaking Shadows for Speed
- Practical Case Studies
  - Using Stonemason's set : The Walled City