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Digiport's In the Woods

frodifrodi Posts: 0
edited December 1969 in The Commons

I have owned digiport's In the Woods and Under the Sea for some years and they worked great in previous DS Versions. However, I cannot get them to work in DS 4.6.
The problem is the backgrounds, they won't load from DAZ Studio>My Library backgrounds, and do not appear in Poser>Studio3. If I load them from Edit>Backdrops they appear very small and don't accept any Light or Shadows. They used to work so beautifully before and I am at a loss to understand why the change in DS 4.6

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  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,583
    edited December 1969

    Aren't they just backdrops? They load fine for me as backdrops, but I don't recall there ever being prop backdrops or accepting shadows.

  • frodifrodi Posts: 0
    edited June 2013

    I cannot remember where they loaded from on the screen from the previous DS versions. But I didn't have to go to edit-backdrops. They certainly accepted the lights and shadows. You are right, Backdrops don't accept shadows, but the odd thing is, if I load them from backdrops they appear as very small pictures, not full screen. They are useless as backdrops, too small and don't work.

    I don't know how to contact digiport.

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  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,583
    edited December 1969

    Can you post a screenshot of the dialog box when you add a backdrop?

  • frodifrodi Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    Here are some shots. Capture 03 is the one that should work, but doesn't. All of these are useless.

    Capture04.PNG
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  • frodifrodi Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    Could not attach these

    Capture04.PNG
    1653 x 959 - 325K
    Capture03.PNG
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    Capture02.PNG
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  • frodifrodi Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    the pictures I attached are of "under the sea", but the same thing happens with "Into the woods".

  • JaderailJaderail Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    Any Backdrop you load will always load to the Aspect ratio of your render settings and what the View port can show at the time.

  • frodifrodi Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    Thanks for that Jade.

  • frodifrodi Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    The whole reason for getting under the sea and into the woods is being able to use the lights and the shadows. And I have used the backdrops before and they worked, but not anymore.

  • jestmartjestmart Posts: 4,449
    edited December 1969

    I found "Into the Woods" but not "Under the Sea" in the store. The description for ItW says they are just backdrop images, not scene stage props, therefore they will not be affected by lighting or except shadows. The backdrop function has changed since early versions of Studio, change the dimension ratio in Render Setting and backdrop image will change accordingly. Its not broken just different and IMO better, now what you see is what you get at render time.

  • DisparateDreamerDisparateDreamer Posts: 2,506
    edited December 1969

    Under the sea: http://www.daz3d.com/under-the-sea

    I never had the backgrounds automatically load, i don't think? i saved them separately to a folder where i keep ALL the backgrounds and load them manually.
    I love both under the sea and Into the woods sets, really great sets.

  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,583
    edited December 1969

    When you have both side panes open your viewport is taller than wide, and the backdrops are wider than tall, so it has to be squeezed into the width available. If you aren't going to have your render be wider, put the backdrop on a plane so it won't get rescaled to the size of the viewport.

  • frodifrodi Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    Thanks for all that info jestart, aliah and mike. I feel much better now about it all.

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