The Viewport in DAZ Studio is our most used window peering into our created 3D worlds. It allows you to examine, move and work with your scene.

If we spend so much time relying on the Viewport, it makes sense& to want to make the best use of it, learn all of it's facilities, and optimize it to speed up our workflow<.

However, the default settings for the Viewport unfortunately can leave the artist struggling, with the viewport refreshing slower than you would expect, especially for larger scenes.

In this tutorial, Ken Kawashima goes over exactly what you can use Viewports for, the wide variety of settings and optimizing for a better creative experience.

Webinar Content

• Frame your expectations: how to make the best out of the DAZ Studio Viewport.
• Is there a best size for the Viewport?
• What is the DAZ Studio Auxiliary viewport for?
• Hardware acceleration and why it's important to enable it.
• What is the new Filament rendering engine and how to use it?
• Discussion on some of the Display Styles for performance and artistic effects.
• Iray preview optimization: defaults are your enemy and how to speed it up.
• Iray configuration options: what do they mean?
• Can I optimize materials and/or scene objects to help real-time loading?
• A word on hardware. Should I spend mega-bucks just to get a better real time experience?

Tutorial total running time : 2 hours and 47 minutes. Searchable videos with optional captions.

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About the Presenter : Ken Kawashima<

Ken is a programmer, with a background in computer hardware as well as a professional 3D artist, creating content for Daz Studio and Poser.