{"id":256,"date":"2015-02-01T15:42:32","date_gmt":"2015-02-01T04:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greole.com\/blog\/?p=256"},"modified":"2015-02-01T15:42:32","modified_gmt":"2015-02-01T04:42:32","slug":"testing-two-of-xfrogs-plant-models-and-grass-shader-for-daz-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greole.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2015\/02\/01\/testing-two-of-xfrogs-plant-models-and-grass-shader-for-daz-studio\/","title":{"rendered":"Testing two of XFrog’s plant models and Grass Shader for DAZ Studio"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In my last post I mentioned that I was working on a picture of my character Pari Azar. As is normally the case I was experimenting with a few new things. The first two were a couple of plant models from www.xfrog.com<\/a>. One was a Chestnut and the other a Giant Sea Fan. The second thing was a Grass Shader for DAZ Studio that promised a real sense of grass for any of my scenes.<\/p>\n

OK. So here is what XFrog promised that the plants would look like:<\/p>\n

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\"seaweed\"<\/a><\/p>\n

As I commented in my last post on XFrog models, I had to scale them up to DAZ Studio size. I think about 500%. My scene was not a sea one, but I used the fan because I wanted a slightly alien feel. After all, the novel is set on another planet. The scene itself is Pari Azar staring up into the distance where she can see an eagle. She wishes that she were free like it. She is on a garden balcony of a huge old city butte.<\/p>\n

The Grass Shader <\/a>is a tool for adding grass to planes and objects. I must admit that this was my first attempt at trying to figure out the entire shader thing. As I have said before, I am still very much the newbie with DAZ Studio (which is why I recommend this product for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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