Welcome to the Caribbean ... romance on a warm evening, when the sea is calm and the water is translucent ... *sigh.* Makes you want to call and book the plane tickets, doesn't it?
It's the water effects that really set off these shots. You might think that sea is a backdrop. Nope. Did it myself. You might also be thinking, "Yeah, that had to be done in Bryce." Nope. "You can't do that in DAZ." Oooooh, yes you can. "Okay, then, it has to be done in the Advanced Studio, the ordinary free version of DAZ won't do it." Oooooh, yes it will.
There's about equal numbers of visitors looking at this blog to see beautiful pictures, and to work out how to make them. I used to do quite a few tutorials, and I confess, lately I haven't had the time. Let's fix that.
Water effects. How to MAKE the ocean right there in DAZ. No props to import, nothing to buy. Just a bunch of settings and effects that are applied in the Surfaces tab. Come back tomorrow, guys, and I'll tell you how to do it. For now ... enjoy the images, because he sure is a beauty.
Jade, 1 October
***Posted by MK because the internet is AWOL. Intermittent crap. Be warned, guys: our connection is going to be in and out for a week or two, as of this point: Telstra (or whatever) is doing a lot of work on the landlines in this area. And as you know, if you've been looking at the "poster notes" on these journal entries in my looooong adventure through the world of CG, 3D and digital, even at the best of times we can find ourselves with dialup speeds in this area. This is why MK has been making many posts for me, since Day One -- Keegan has the fast connection, not me! (This should change in the near future, when the cables or whatever are updated, and they stop working on them. At least, s'wot Telstra promises.) Credit where it's due: this blog would not have been possible without the support of a pal with decent internet. Because ours sucks. We moved into this area about six months before I got into Studio and blogging about it, and I almost quit right there: DAYS to download something from the DAZ store, at one point. Argh. Thank gods for friends when you need 'em!
