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The answer to the problems of Web 2.0 is thought to be the third era of the Internet, namely the Decentralized Internet, based on (among others) blockchain technology. The critics of Web 2.0 claim it is a spoiled version of early Internet promises: freedom from surveillance, online safety (even through anonymity)-in a nutshell, more control and power for the user. Then came the rise of Internet platforms, in what is now deemed to be Web 2.0. e-mail) and a shift from physical to digital marketplaces (e.g. I'm not always successful with everything I've mentioned, but I always keep them in mind.Rewind to the early 1990s: an infant World Wide Web recently created by Tim Berners-Lee was starting to redefine the way people were connected globally. But the rock is part of the background and it's dark. She's sitting on a rock, bird chewing on her hair. Here's an image I showed in a thread in the old forum a while back. If anyone has more ideas and wants to share experiences with using backgrounds please join in. These are just a few things I've thought of and it's really not that bad. In iRay same deal except you can no longer actually SEE your background while you're working (as I remember, I rarely touch iRay any more) so some of above is inoperable. Background only, and scene only with transparency.

*I do post-processing in Photoshop but DAZ has made it a bit more difficult since 4.7 when they changed how backgrounds are handled in Studio (I assume in preparation for the then unannounced coming of iRay.) First in 3Delight if you render with a background you no longer get an alpha channel. Balance your placed objects with the objects in the background. Or place the head of your figure in front of a lighter part of a sky for contrast. Say the tree on the left has a branch which carries your eye way over to the right, be sure you have something on the right that carries the eye back into the picture. In certain types of images when you're thinking of composition remember the objects in the image are part of it too. If there is water in front in place of ground, good luck. If I can't get it to work, I toss the grass or whatever and find something else. Often I go to surfaces and change the diffuse color from white to gently tint the foliage. You can counteract by adding your own foliage in front-but be careful to match the color scheme. That makes anyone standing there look pasted on. Some images, like the one above, have grass and flowers completely covering the bottom.

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I used to use pwCatch but it doesn't catch AO so now I use the shadowcatcher included with the HDR Pro sets by Dimension Theory.

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If you're lucky you may find backgrounds that are fairly 'open' on the bottom and in 'front' but when you add a full figure standing there you'll usually need a shadow catcher. I'd rather they allow you to do it yourself. Maybe this works for some users but I think some artists are wedded to only offering a 'complete' picture, ie, if composition dictates there should be something in a certain spot, they put something there. But if you are doing more of a scene, be careful of backgrounds where the artist has placed objects near the front (bottom) because they dictate scale and leave you little room to work with. Many backgrounds are designed for promos and those are great for portrait type renders. Color is very important so I prefer backgrounds that have coherent color and try to match the tone with other added foliage etc.* Some have a moon facing you and those can be hard to work with but backlighting is always appealing.

Many are fairly neutral and don't really cause problems for what I do. Your taste and type of image you do dictates what parameters would be useful and what problems you might run into or ignore when using a background image. It can get tricky though and I usually try out several before I decide. I use backgrounds a lot and love to add extra foliage and stuff. I believe this one is by Adamantine Graphics over at Rendo. I added more foliage and flowers, flipped, and changed colors somewhat. Excellent composition with a great storybook feel to it! The tunneling effect fading into brightness not only provides a nice depth queue, but it also frames the characters against an un-complicating background nicely. Very finished/polished looking image, Spit.

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