low poly figures and such

JET2003

Just an idea.

 

How about low poly figures with reasonably low resolution textures with minimum material settings AND possibly the low poly cloth, the structures and the props that can go well with these low poly figures? This is to let more people to create 3DCG still image and movie easily even with the less powerful computer environment. Maybe, more simple, novice friendly version of DAZStudio, too.

 

DAZ3D products are getting more beautiful and more realistic, but at the same time, it requires relatively high power PC environment. From time to time, in this forum section, I've seen some people talking about their PC is not durable enough for DAZStudio rendering.

 

Maybe these low poly products might help not only those people but also might be able to attract more of various people for their school projects, business presentation, news report, YouTube channels, and such. These are the people who never thought that they can create 3DCG art/animation/movie by themselves so easily.

 

Well, maybe, there already is such a product somewhere though...

 

FSMCDesigns

There are already options for this with DS. Decimator, which is in the store will reduce the poly count of any object, clothing or figure and then you can save it for future use. For the record, GF8 is only 34K of polys.

For texture reduction there are some free scripts in the freebie forum or the commercial option Scene Optimizer in the store. There is also texture atlas which is in DS that can combine multiple texture sheets into a single sheet.

Daz Studio is already hobbyist software with less resource intensive options than getting into the highend apps such as Maya and Max.. There are plenty of other starter 3D options with less detailed assets and simpler rendering options out there for new users that have way less than adequate PCs.