Literature
Tutorial: Defending the Border
I call my method "Dumb Luck with a Plan."
Everything I do in DAZ Studio involves a lot of trial and error. However, too much T&E can be maddening and send me down a rabbit hole where nothing gets accomplished. That's where the Plan part comes in.
I set off with a basic plan and try to remember it. If I start doing something that is outside the scope of the Plan, then I make a note of it and come back to it later. Experimenting is good... Only experimenting is bad.
For "Defending the Border" a few things dumb lucked themselves together.
The easiest way to explain my method is to break it up into three stages. You don't have to use all three stages, but you should try to use each stage in its entirety. For example, some things lead into things, and some things are just good practice.
The steps are:
Scene Composition
Render Settings
Post Processing
And off we go...
1. Scene Composition
This is the area where you most want to have a Plan. You want to set off with a concept in