Question Best scene to show off models?

[baldee]

Is there a scene that is good for showing off models? Maybe some plugins that enhance the models and lighting? Thanks in advance.

 

[Clownmug]

Yeah, lots of idle animation scenes that are good for that. For enhancement you can use a color tone CUA and a plugin like Post Processing or PostMagic, though a lot of scenes may already have them.

Scenes - Idle for creators / Model Lab 3.0

A minimalist space/scene where you can create and visualize your models. I have chosen to set the license PC so this scene does not get reuploaded with useless modifications. It was designed to be minimalistic and performance friendly. Load...

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Scenes - Free Idle Mocap for Creators

You may use this resource to make videos of any kind - for free or for paid releases provided credit is given somewhere in the video. The mocap should not be included in any released scenes - free or paid. Includes hand and finger tracking...

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Scenes - Cute Idles for MonoLight

Our very first Patron, MonoLight, requested some custom-made idle animations. We created them based on pictures he provided to us. There are 4 mocaps, and transition animations for each one. We also included camera-tracking gaze controls, and a...

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Scenes - Cute Sitting Idles

She sits on a bench, looking cute and sexy! Motion capture, face capture, and finger tracking all performed by a real woman. Shout-out to LolWhattfBBQ who requested this scene a few months ago! Credits: AcidBubble, YameteOuji...

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There are also dance scenes and mmd stages like the one below with lots of control of lighting effects.

Scenes - Sexy Kpop Dances - 72 songs

NOTICE: There might be an issue with downloading PluginIdea.HPVL.6 dependency from in-game hub. If you see errors, please download it manually from the dependencies tab. and place in VaM/AddonPackages folder Dance animations for sexy Kpop...

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[CheekiBreeki]

To add some more scenes: Pretty much every environment from Damarmau is great for this.

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Shameless self-promo, I made some scenes for showcasing looks too

Scenes - Showcase Photography Scenes - Sunset Forest, Cyberpunk Room

This is a collection of well-lit beautiful environments that can be used to showcase looks or photography. Just 2 environments for now, but I'll keep updating the collection with new environments. No look is included to keep dependencies minimal...

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Scenes - Black Hole environment: Apocalyptic Relaxation

Do you want environments that don't suck? Too bad!!!😈 This one sucks really hard, because it's set near a black hole! The environment has a relaxing platform with sofas and glowing trees, surrounded by flowing water, with your colorful home...

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Looks - Elven Sisters - Vianne and Candice

Looks for cute Elven sisters. They are remixes of the excellent Vianne and Candice by Damarmau. I've reimagined them as elven sisters who went on to take new roles. Vianne, the elder sister, became a forest fairy. Candice, the naughty younger...

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For plugins, as mentioned above, CUA Colortone asset and PostMagic with LUT presets are great starting points to make the lighting less flat. Finding the best combo of PostMagic settings and LUT can be tricky, so start with PostMagic presets from scenes you like and start tweaking them.
On top of that you can use Light Options to get sharper and more accurate shadows, plus HPVL to get atmospheric fog lights.

Another idea is to look at how other creators showcase their looks and take inspiration

 

[baldee]

TY sir

 

[baldee]

I will try those ty...I've noticed that models look very different depending on what scene they are in...some scenes they look terrible while in others they look incredible.

To add some more scenes: Pretty much every environment from Damarmau is great for this.

Free

hub.virtamate.com

Shameless self-promo, I made some scenes for showcasing looks too

Scenes - Showcase Photography Scenes - Sunset Forest, Cyberpunk Room

This is a collection of well-lit beautiful environments that can be used to showcase looks or photography. Just 2 environments for now, but I'll keep updating the collection with new environments. No look is included to keep dependencies minimal...

hub.virtamate.com

Scenes - Black Hole environment: Apocalyptic Relaxation

Do you want environments that don't suck? Too bad!!!😈 This one sucks really hard, because it's set near a black hole! The environment has a relaxing platform with sofas and glowing trees, surrounded by flowing water, with your colorful home...

hub.virtamate.com

Looks - Elven Sisters - Vianne and Candice

Looks for cute Elven sisters. They are remixes of the excellent Vianne and Candice by Damarmau. I've reimagined them as elven sisters who went on to take new roles. Vianne, the elder sister, became a forest fairy. Candice, the naughty younger...

hub.virtamate.com

For plugins, as mentioned above, CUA Colortone asset and PostMagic with LUT presets are great starting points to make the lighting less flat. Finding the best combo of PostMagic settings and LUT can be tricky, so start with PostMagic presets from scenes you like and start tweaking them.
On top of that you can use Light Options to get sharper and more accurate shadows, plus HPVL to get atmospheric fog lights.

Another idea is to look at how other creators showcase their looks and ta

 

[Stars&Garters]

I will try those ty...I've noticed that models look very different depending on what scene they are in...some scenes they look terrible while in others they look incredible.

The "Scene Lighting" tab right here can help a lot with that particular issue. Particularly for cartoony models, you might want to crank up the Global Illum Diffuse Intensity, but you could also adjust the Unity Ambient Light Color chroma-slider if you don't mind affecting the entire scene. Changing the "Global Illum Sky" option can also wildly alter how VAM's GI system lights everything in the scene, so it might be wise to start with that and then tinker from there.

Obviously the actual individual lighting atoms also make a huge difference but this tab right here will generally help with accommodating all model types & texture sets, regardless of the scene's atom setup.

Other good resources to customize the visuals are PostProcessing by moyashi, and PostMagic by MacGruber, but these can sometimes introduce other issues to your scene, some fixable (depending on your familiarity with the tools/bugs) and some not.

 

[baldee]

The "Scene Lighting" tab right here can help a lot with that particular issue. Particularly for cartoony models, you might want to crank up the Global Illum Diffuse Intensity, but you could also adjust the Unity Ambient Light Color chroma-slider if you don't mind affecting the entire scene. Changing the "Global Illum Sky" option can also wildly alter how VAM's GI system lights everything in the scene, so it might be wise to start with that and then tinker from there.

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Obviously the actual individual lighting atoms also make a huge difference but this tab right here will generally help with accommodating all model types & texture sets, regardless of the scene's atom setup.

Other good resources to customize the visuals are PostProcessing by moyashi, and PostMagic by MacGruber, but these can sometimes introduce other issues to your scene, some fixable (depending on your familiarity with the tools/bugs) and some not.

I'll play around with this and see what I can come up with...lots of knobs and dials lol...thanks for your input...I appreciate it

 

[CheekiBreeki]

I will try those ty...I've noticed that models look very different depending on what scene they are in...some scenes they look terrible while in others they look incredible.

Yeah, could just be lighting setup is different across scenes. Another setting affecting your overall lighting is Pixel Lights Count in Performance tab. Most complex lighting scenes have 4+ lights, so make sure this value is set to 6. Else VaM just disables some lights and scene ends up looking flat and weird without shadows.