Designing 3D Environment Sets for DAZ Studio

What you Will Learn

(Topics will be across two webinar sessions looking at two case studies in-depth)

Modular Design Fundamentals:

• Concepting and initial ideas for a set
• Approaches to designing modular sets, focusing on flexibility and playability.
• Understanding angles, radiuses, and distances for modular design.
• Creating engaging products using minimal components for maximum effect.
• Practical tips for enhancing playability with various modular elements and design features.

Vendor Considerations

• How far should the design of the set go?
• How many props should I end up creating?
• Considering the competition (existing products)
• Tips for using 3rd party tools to populate a set with just a few props

Scene Composition and Lighting:

• Techniques for adding depth to modular designs with multiple levels and features.
• Insights into theater set lighting similarities with DAZ Studio lighting.
• Creative processes around scene setting, interaction, and storytelling through design.

Realism and Functionality in Design:

• Physics and design philosophy behind creating functional modular sets like “Gate 43.”
• Practical considerations influencing the logistics of space station design.
• Strategies for balancing realism and creativity, especially in sci-fi sets.

Organic Elements and Texturing:

• Creating trees and vegetation using specialized Blender tools.
• Technical considerations for incorporating complex organic elements like ivy.
• Advanced texturing processes tailored to both organic landscapes and hard-bodied sci-fi sets.

Technical Modeling and Detailing:

• Balancing realism with polygon count for detailed environmental sets.
• Techniques like instances and ultra scatter to enhance environmental detail.
• Specific design and functionality aspects of set elements such as doors and bridges.
• Considering the end user for their uses of the set.

Blender to DAZ Studio

• Considerations from exporting from Blender into DAZ Studio
• Scaling considerations for characters

Narratives and Commercial Aspects:

• The concept and importance of storytelling in set design for narratives.
• Commercial considerations for DAZ Studio designs, particularly for promo renders.
• Utilization of HDRI and internal lighting to elevate the visual storytelling of sets.
• Promo render considerations and tips learned from both sets : sky domes, lighting and composition

This Webinar series is for you if…

• You’re looking to branch out into modular design but don’t know where to start.
• You want to integrate organic and architectural elements into your 3D art seamlessly.
• You’re aiming to improve the commercial appeal and functionality of your 3D sets.

This is for you if you want to accomplish…

• Building expansive, interactive 3D environments that captivate and tell a story.
• Mastering the balance between high-quality visuals and render efficiency for both landscapes and interiors.

Webinar Ticket Options

Free ticket

• Entry to Part 1 for an introductory session only (30 minutes)
• Excludes searchable recording and any bonus content

Premium ticket

• Entry to all sessions of this series.
• A searchable HD recording of both webinars with optional captions.
• Bonus tutorial set : Lighting Solutions for Indoor and Outdoor sets by Drew Spence.Drew shows you how to set up lights from scratch for both indoor and outdoor environments (3 hours 40 minutes = $45.95 original value)

VIP Ticket

• Entry to both sessions of this series.
• A searchable HD recording of both webinars with optional captions.
• The Gate 43 set (Special TangoAlpha birthday edition!)
• Additional 3D content by TangoAlpha (TBD)
• Bonus tutorial set : Lighting Solutions for Indoor and Outdoor sets by Drew Spence.Drew shows you how to set up lights from scratch for both indoor and outdoor environments (3 hours 40 minutes = $45.95 original value)

About the presenter TangoAlpha

Tim is a DAZ PA living in the UK. He studied electronics way back in the late 70s/early 80s, but the discovery of a lab full of Commodore PETs in college meant that ultimately, he pursued a career in software engineering and programming. He was part of the dev team for several large and small apps for Windows and Mac (and earlier systems), eventually moving into programming specialist ticketing systems.

Tim has been a long-term aviation enthusiast, gaining a Private Pilot Licence in 2005, and has owned almost every release of Microsoft (and formerly SubLogic) Flight Sim. That interest in flight simming led him into scenery creation and an introduction to 3D modelling, with GMax.

Eventually Tim got hold of a copy of Carrara, and making airports for Flight Sim transitioned into making environments for Daz Studio. Currently Tim’s main tools are Blender and Substance Painter. The flying influence is still present, since TangoAlpha is simply Tim’s initials in the aviation phonetic alphabet.

Tim also maintains his interest in old computers and electronics, and in his spare time runs a retro themed YouTube channel – Tim’s Retro Corner.