Kill the render noise form your Lux scenes
New users of Lux and Reality sometimes find themselves in a situation where an incredible amount of noise is still present in the scene even after thousands of samples have been computed. Something like this might happen: A very noisy scene After waiting even more time for the scene to render things seems to clear up a bit, but not miuch. This is where the sinking feeling in the stomach hits you. Will all scenes be like this? The answer is a resounding “no”! What happened in the scene above is simply a lighting mistake caused by...
read moreGetting started with Reality 2 (video)
Sometimes people ask “how hard is it to get started with Reality?” This video shows you the answer to that question and it reveals that it is actually pretty simple to start rendering with LuxRender and Reality. In fact it can be a lot easier than using the standard Studio renderer.
read moreReality 2.11.2.122 Released
I have a very minor update to Reality but one that can affect you if you use SLG. Build 2.11.2.122 has exactly two changes: Fixed bug in polish value for metal when rendering via SLG. Previously all polish values caused a mirror-like shine. Fixed bug that caused scene gamma value to be 1.8 on Mac OS. It’s now correctly set to 2.2. Included updated scripts to support hiding of body parts when using Genesis. This is a free update. To install this update you can simply restart Studio and Reality will show you the installation...
read moreReality 2 scripts for Genesis
The scripts included in the Add-ons for Reality 2 didn’t handle the hiding of Genesis body parts. Today I release and update to those scripts to handle the Gen 4 and Genesis. Of course the update is only relevant to DAZ Studio 4 users, as Genesis is not compatible with Studio 3. To install the update you need to: Download the zipfile with the new scritps Expand it on disk and then Copy the new .dsa files where the original ones are, overwriting the old versions To locate the original scripts simply right-click on one of them from the...
read moreReality 2.1 has been released
The update to Reality 2, version 2.1.1.108, has been released today. To install this update you simply have to close Studio and restart it. At startup Reality will detect the new version and it will give you a button to use to start the download of the new installer. Upon pressing the “Upgrade…” button your Web browser will be called with the link for the download. Once the file has been downloaded you simply need to re-install Reality with the new installer. Please be sure to quit Studio before doing that. If you use...
read moreReality 2.1 soon to be released
An update to Reality 2, named 2.1, is under test now and will be released via the automatic updater in the next few days. This is a maintenance update that addresses a few bug discovered after Reality 2.0 shipped. Here is the list of upcoming changes: Fixed use of DS4 geo-grafting. This makes it possible to use the V5 genitalia, among other things. Fixed bug about crash when setting a color for the IBL light Fixed bug that prevented ACSEL Share shaders to be triggered when using the intended figure+texture set. Added flag to ACSEL Share to...
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