How to Add Glow to Daz Studio Images Using Photoshop
Adding glow can significantly enhance a Daz Studio image. Glow helps to make our images look more realistic, by softening up our lights and simulating a natural atmosphere. In this tutorial, I describe...
View Article3D-Art Contest Winners ~ November 2016
Super loving Platinum Club month so far. Definitely not good for my DAZ budget, but some great deals and bundles. Wonderful stuff from RDNA at a greatly reduced price, some exciting PC+ new releases,...
View ArticleStep-by-Step Daz Studio Post-Work Tutorial
Post-work in the Daz Studio context simply means the work done after rendering. This could be anything from repainting the entire picture, to simply adding a signature. Because the term is so nebulous,...
View Article3D-Art Contest Winners ~ December 2016
Cannot believe that another year has almost passed! It has been a pretty stressful year for me but I do love the end-of-year holiday season. There are lots of Christmas decorations, both Huskies are...
View ArticleLight Emitting Shaders and Surfaces in Daz Studio Iray
One very interesting and useful shader parameter in Daz Studio Iray is Emission Color. By setting this value to something other than black, we can make any surface in our Iray scene emit light. Light...
View Article3D-Art Contest Winners ~ January 2017
We will start the year with three superb and very popular artists. They are creative, their stores are full of wonderful creations, and their products commonly make it to the most popular list on Daz....
View ArticleHow to Transform Your 3D Art into a Charcoal Sketch
This article and all of the images within were created by the very talented Alex Ledante. Copyright © Alex Ledante. Check out his gallery here. This tutorial is the first in a series designed to...
View Article3D-Art Contest Winners ~ February 2017
Wow! January was sure a landmark month. A lot going on in the World and here. On Daz-land, I was most excited with the release of demon/devil girl Anneka. I like her morph, different looking skin, and...
View ArticleDaz Studio Iray Sunlight Tutorial
One common way to light a Daz Studio Iray scene is by using an Environment Map. We describe how to do this in our Beginner’s Iray tutorial. Using good environment maps can help us realistically light...
View Article3D-Art Contest Winners ~ March 2017
March Madness is here! I was actually a bit disappointed at first. 50% discounts are ok, but not anything too special at Daz. However, last night I was visiting at the Daz Forum and found out about the...
View Article5 Ways to Create ‘Soft Lighting Effects’ in Daz Studio & Photoshop
Softening a computer rendered image can make it look more interesting and realistic. However, softening an image will also cause details to be lost. Therefore, as with most things, we want to strike a...
View Article3D-Art Contest Winners ~ April 2017
Another awesome March Madness Sale at Daz with lots of cool new releases from vendors. What are your personal favorites? Feel free to tell us in the comments section below. My super favorite March...
View Article3D-Art Contest Winners ~ May 2017
I am very excited about Zev’s Skin Builder 3 for Genesis 3 Female(s) that was just released at the end of April. I haven’t had time to really get into it yet, but it looks like there are many superb...
View Article3D-Art Contest Winners ~ June 2017
In May, Orestes Graphics released some awesome HDRIs and environments. I am always on the lookout for cool looking skydomes (Iray HDRIs) so I picked up Orestes Iray HDRI Skydomes Vol 1 – Eventide right...
View ArticlePre and Post-Work Images – Redhead Warrior Woman Fantasy Art
There have been a fair amount of discussion on post-work of Daz Studio or Poser renders. Indeed, one big complication of post-work is that it can encompass a wide range of techniques. Some people go...
View Article3D-Art Contest Winners ~ July 2017
June’s biggest Daz-news is of course the release of Genesis 8 and Victoria 8. I must admit that when I first saw Vicky 8, I was not very impressed. The images of her just didn’t grab me, and I was...
View Article3D-Art Contest Winners ~ August 2017
I am a very big fan of dragons, so the July DAZ highlight for me has got to be Crystal Dragon for the Daz Dragon 3. Super love the skin detail and all those crystal shards coming out of his body. A...
View Article3D-Art Contest Winners ~ September 2017
Yay! Premier Artist Month has started! It is only Day 2, and there are already so many incredible items. Wow! The images from Ignis Serpentus’ Rogue Element Outfit and Rogue Element Arsenal are...
View ArticleBest Fantasy Women Skins, 3D-Art
There have been some great character skins since Victoria 4, through the various Genesis increments, and in our current Daz figure. The good news is that we can use most of these wonderful past skins...
View Article3D-Art Contest Winners ~ October 2017
Whew! It has been a busy September and Premier Artist Month was a lot of fun. Happily, it got extended, so I picked up a few more items today. Definitely many tempting goodies this year, so I went a...
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