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I just stumbled upon this!
Email send ^^
And indeed, I got the mail in my Gmail spam folder!

That was what I realised happened lol, I waited for 10 mins for it to arrive... And low and behold, Gmail put it in spam haha

DaremoK3 - 09 November 2012 02:10 AM

Gone:

Thank you very much. I think I remember that being said, but forgot when I was working. I kept trying the "house", and "target" buttons at the top of screen thinking those were what was mentioned as the solution. I will seek out the "update surfaces" button at the bottom.

Regarding the maps, yes, I know the differences, and I am using the one (1024 grey PNG) saved by Garibaldi. But, you clued me into something I did not think of checking. Perhaps they ended up 24 bit color instead of 8 bit grey. I will check, make any necessary changes, and try again. Thanks again for your help. Much appreciated.


MangeyDesigner:

That's how I created my base density map. Via V4's default 1024 "purple bikini" with hair diffuse map. It is kind of a pain to load (as noted by fivecat), but due to her testing, and insight I was able to get it to load.

The trick is to NOT create a new color map before you import a color map, and you don't actually select an image (at first). You select the folder containing the image you would like to import, and then Garibaldi allows you to select an image, and will give you a drop down selection box where you can select color, and name your map. I hope this helps...

*EDITS: For general stoopidity...

Thanks for that I worked out what I was doing wrong :D

Are we supposed to have a serial for this? My email didn't give me one and Daz is asking for it.

Haven't gotten a serial, the plugin works without.

Ah, thanks man... I wasn't sure and thought I better ask

Yes no serial needed at this stage.

I finally got a hairline I am happier with and I worked out how to do colour maps which is just as well cos this hairline is created with a second hair node and the colour matches perfectly using a colour map.

I still think my take on hair styles is a little dated but I am getting there lol

I need to take the advice given and use a photo reference for my next attempt!

MangeyDesigner - 09 November 2012 07:23 AM

Yes no serial needed at this stage.

I finally got a hairline I am happier with and I worked out how to do colour maps which is just as well cos this hairline is created with a second hair node and the colour matches perfectly using a colour map.

I still think my take on hair styles is a little dated but I am getting there lol

I need to take the advice given and use a photo reference for my next attempt!

That looks really good!

Wow thats awesome man! This is all so cool, content creation in regards to hair has reached a whole new level

MangeyDesigner - 09 November 2012 07:23 AM

I still think my take on hair styles is a little dated but I am getting there lol

Looks like 80's bangs, lol. Much better than anything I've managed.

Did anyone try rendering it using Reality 2.5 to LuxRender yet? What was the outcome?

KibbyCabbit - 09 November 2012 10:20 AM

Did anyone try rendering it using Reality 2.5 to LuxRender yet? What was the outcome?

The hair curves are 3delight only. You would have to save hairs as mesh to export, like fibermesh from zbrush.

Not being into "what the current style is" but rather "what I like", I think it's really nice!!

DaremoK3 - 08 November 2012 11:21 PM

I look forward to some documentation, and tutorials to help out those of us struggling with this great plug-in.

Hopefully soon... They've been more things to fix than expected which has been the priority.
I've been thinking about getting down to some documentation a lot recently... This thread is expanding it's becoming harder to read every post that has some random bit of info for new comers.

DaremoK3 - 08 November 2012 11:21 PM

1. Can you make an allowance for the hair cutting tool to make straight cuts via key modifiers (CTRL, SHIFT, etc.)?

I need to add geometry ocullusion to the cut tool (stop curves being cut out of view behind figures geometry)... When I get round to this I might have a look into this if I can think of a really quick/easy solution...

DaremoK3 - 08 November 2012 11:21 PM

2. Within the scope of #1 above, will there be different view planes usable in the plug-in (front, side, top, etc.) including change in perspective/orthographic, and orbit banking?

Originally there was going to be orthographic views options... There is a camera menu above the top left of the viewport, as time has progressed this seems to dropping down to the bottom of the todo list. Due to how some features work in in garibaldi it's not quite as trivial as changing the openGL view setup. I thinking it is unlikely to get into version 1 now.

MangeyDesigner - 09 November 2012 01:29 AM

How do you import colour maps? When I am in the Paint window and select Import I get no options and the colour map I imported came in as grey and not coloured.

After selecting the directory of containing the maps you wish to import you should see a dialog box where you can specify a garibaldi texture name and type (grey/colour) using a drop down menu.