Fan Item

That cut-out T-shirt worn by Choi Beomgyu of TomorrowxTogether (TxT)

2022 May 23

I got the loose T-shirt by chasfh and painted a transparency map using the templates provided. I changed the shader inputs for the materials to get the look. The cut-out strands don't drape as much as in the original item, but this is close enough. Software: #DazStudioPro and #ClipStudioPaintEX. #TxT #FanArt #Beomgyu #Styling - I want to send kudos to the designer who made this outfit in real life. Please note that the character in this test render does not resemble anyone in real life.

#TxT #FanArt #Beomgyu #Styling

Experimenting with getting MetaHuman inside Unreal Engine 5

June 2022

I installed UE 5 and the Quixel Bridge to get access to MetaHuman.  To cut a long story short, my target was to get a MetaHuman into Omniverse, but sadly, while the technology can do it, the license only permits rendering of MetaHuman inside Unreal Engine 5.  Additionally, I have zero idea of what to do inside UE5, and it appears to me to be more of a rendering and animation solution.  

I also uploaded to my Instagram feed a smartphone camera video of my MetaHuman in default animation.

Experimental use of Daz To Blender 

June 2022

After initial installation merry-go-round, I figured out how the Daz To Blender Bridge works.  I manahed to get a Daz3D character into Blender3D version 3.2 , for Daz Studio Pro.  The hands are distorted, and the figure reverts to its default pose.  The rendering speed is blazingly fast, for Cycles GPU compute - completely out of the ball park speed (thus leaving Daz Studio as well as Poser 12 Cycles rendering, in the dust).

I submitted a tech Support ticket to Daz3D asking hem what I could do aout the distorted hands.

Also, I used a 3rd-party 360 equirectanuglar HDRI and fiddled with the lighting, but I still cannot figure out the cameras in Blender3D, not can I get the figure posed inside Blender.  His pupil is overly reflective.  I don't know how to access his material settings in Blender.

I made computationally light-weight fairy mist mesh

(WIP - will be updating)

2022 August 22

#3D #CG #WIP I used Blender3D to generate two ANT landscapes and edited them to be computationally lightweight fake fairy mist planes.  I used tiling cloud textures from PixaBay which do not need crediting and which are free even for commercial use.  I set up the shader materials for each mist plane.  The next step is for me to parent the planes to a camera so that the mist and fog will always be viewed in the scene.  I am still experimenting.  I may release these as freebies is there is interest.  It could be a lightweight solution to VDBs and NeuralDBs heh heh.  

Once the planes are parented to the shooting camera, and to get variation in the appearance of the mist (perhaps not for animation, though) , I propose the planes be rotated along the shooting axis of the camera view. Each mist plane can be rotated independently from the other.  FAILURE. DOES NOT WORK.  I will try another approach.

Creating a computationally-lightweight fog or mist effect

using generated ANT landscape planes 

2022 August 23

#3D #CG #DazStudioPro

Re: computationally-lightweight mist or fog using generated ANT landscape planes.  ANT is the acronym for Another Noise Tool.  As mentioned in an earlier post within these topic hashtags, I have been trying to set up a workable system using the ANT planes and a virtual camera.  Ideally, the camera should be able to pan and rotate within the 3D scene space, without losing the planes in its field of view.  Also, the camera should not rotate uncontrollably in 360 degrees !  I have tried various configurations and settings.  I don't think it is worth my trying to provide a complete and idiotproof solution (pardon the phrase).  Basically, the setup will allow minimal flexibility in a still render of a scene with lightweight mist or fog effects.  Some manual settings will be required, according to what the user wants to achieve.  I have been mulling whether I should even release the freebie, seeing as some lazybones may complain about it being not completely useful for their use.

I added algorithmically-scattered glowb blobs to the planes

I used a third-party script to add glow blobs to the planes. I also tested with both planes invisible, with front and then with rear plane invisible, respectively.   Having just the rear plane visile doesn't add much to the render, but I may reduce the tiling size of the shader to see if that improves the appearance of the mist.