Welcome to RealGels
===================

RealGels is a series of lights with attached gels that are designed to work
with the Reality plug-in for DAZ Studio. RealGels are made to help you create
dramatic lighting in minutes. A gel, in photography, is a semi-transparent
film that is placed in front of a light to change the effect of that light on
the scene.

RealGels are made to combine the effect of photographic gels and cutouts
(gobos) to give you an extreme level of sophistication with the least amount
of work.

RealGels Volume 1 include ten different patterns. Some have colors, others are
meant to be used with colored lights. Take a look at the sample scenes to see
examples of usage with different tints of light.

RealGels are the easiest way of adding this kind of light to your Reality
scene. Simply add the light from StudioÕs Content tab, positioning it to your
liking, and call Reality for a beautiful render. In many situations a single
light is all that you need and it will render quickly. With RealGels you can
move the gel closer or further away from the light to adjust the effect of the
gel on your scene, the amount of blurriness of the patterns, and the rotation
or angle of the gel. You can do all this independently from the light
position.

Installation
============

Documentation\
Renderosity_License.txt
RealGels_Readme.txt 


Follow these steps for installing RealGels on your computer so that they are
available inside DAZ Studio:

	*	Unzip the RealGels_vol_1.zip archive in any location on disk. This operation will create a 
	  subfolder called "RealGels".
	*	Launch DAZ Studio
	*	For Studio 4:
		-	Macintosh users: select the DAZStudio/Preferences menu.
		-	Windows users: select the Edit/Preferences menu.
		-	Click on the "Content Library" tab.
		-	Click on the "Content Directory ManagerÉ" button.
		-	Select the "DAZ Studio format" branch in the right pane.
		-	Click on the "Add" menu.
		-	A window will open to allow select the location to add. Select the
		  directory called "RealGels" created by the expansion of the zip file.a

		-	Click on the "Accept" button.
	
		-	The RealGels are now found in the "Content Manager" tab of DAZ Studio.
			Look under "DAZ Studio Formats". At the bottom of the list there
			should be an entry titled "RealGels".

	*	For Studio 3:

		-	Macintosh users: select the DAZStudio/Preferences menu.
		-	Windows users: select the Edit/Preferences menu.
		-	Click on the "Directories" tab.
		-	From the top drop-down list confirm that you have selected "DAZ Studio Formats (Native)" . 
		  This is the default choice.
		-	Click on the "AddÉ" menu.
		-	A window will open to allow select the location to add. Select the directory called 
		  "RealGels" 
		  created by the expansion of the zip file.
		-	Click on the "Accept" button.

		-	The RealGels are now found in the "Content Manager" tab of DAZ Studio. The exact location of 
		  the product depends on how your Content Manager has been configured. If you have it set to 
		  "View Folders as list" or "View folders as tree" the gels will be in a RealGels folder, 
		  somewhere in the list. The list of folders is not sorted. If you selected one of the choices 
		  to view the "Categories" you will need to 			select the "Search for content" option before
		  the RealGels will be visible. Once Studio finishes scanning for the new content the RealGels 	
		  will be visible under the "Unassigned" folder.

Using the RealGels
==================

Many great scenes can be created with just one RealGel. From the folder
containing the gels double click on one of the them to add it to your scene.
The gel is a combination of a studio spotlight with a glass pane parented to
it. The glass pane has a texture applied. To see the texture you need to turn
off the Studio Preview Lights. This is done by selecting the "Preview Lights"
menu under the "Window" menu (DS4) or the "View" menu (DS3). To adjust the
position of the light select the spot and then use the usual Studio controls
to position it.

If you want to change the texture for the glass pane use this procedure:

	*	In the 3D viewport select the glass pane of the gel.
	*	In the Surfaces tab of Studio select the Glass_Gel material
	*	Double click on any of the "Switch to É" items in the "Gel mats" subfolder

The grayscale gels are meant to be used with colored lights. You can leave
them as grayscale images at first and then use the RGB color picker in Lux to
experiment with the hue of color that you want for the associated spot light.
Once you have found the right RGB value copy that value in the Reality light
editor.

Have fun!

RealGels: The power of dramatic lighting at your fingertips!

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