Kimberly

I thought gohst bones can not be assigend face groups,
but they can apply weight map, so I can freely move the part
witch weight mapped by ghost bone.
but it is wrong?

1. I make new ghost bone eg test_ghost.

2. I did not change any gruoups. keep groups,
(face groups, node gruoups, and surface gropus)

so no poligon is assigned by the ghost bone.

3 I applyed (eg x rotation) weight map to the new ghost bone,

I check it by parameter tab, yes now weight mapped surface
can rotate with gohst bone.

4 but when I rotate another node,(which had been apply weight map
for x rotation)

the x rotate weight map had gone away and cleared off,
so I can not rotate the poligon by the node.

I understand if I apply weight map for some node which assigend face groups,
they remove weight map of the poligon which had been assigned another node.

and each rotation weight mapped covered all the figure surface , and each poligon
weight mapped by one node. that means I can rotate each poligon by only one node(bone)
(though poligons move with paretende node rotation too)

my qutesiton 1
gohst bone is same? if I weight mapped for gohst bone, another node weight map
uhas cleared? if it is turue, how to and for what purpose use gohst bone?

and if i want to make another move which is not ristricted other node movements
for the clothing ( which fit to the figure) I can only make morphs for them?
and morph is the only way to move the poligons of clothing free? (when clothing fit to the figure)

Now that it seems that Optitex dynamic clothing sims can be used in Carrara, I grabbed a few freebies to see whether it was worth purchasing some content, but I'm having a big problem getting it installed in Studio 4.5 Pro.

I've looked at the official Optitex video on installing and have done it as well as I can figure out, bearing in mind that the Studio content no longer resides in Program Files, as it did when the video was made, but in My Document/My Library.

I get the thumbnail of the item showing in Studio, but when loading get an "A files or files are missing" error.

What has me puzzled is that the clothing comes in a zip file, which contains a folder 'BodiceShirt" inside that, there is another zip file named "content", as well as a thumbnail, template and licence. According to the video, the second zi file must be unzipped to the Daz content folder. There is no content folder, so I've tried unzipping it to My Library; that creates a content folder, containing Runtime, data, People files. Inside People, Victoria 4, inside that Dynamic Clothing, then finally inside that BodiceShirt.daz, Materials, BodiceShirt.daz.png and Thumbs.db.

So, what files are missing?

Of course, when unzipping the inner zip file, the files that come with it - the thumbnail, template and licence get left behind.

I'd really appreciate some guidance in this :-)

Also, can someone tell me what other surprises I may expect as I explore the newest version of DAZ.

edit
using the demo version of http://www.facegen.com/exporterDemo.htm
http://www.relativitybook.com/CoolStuff/faces.html

DAZ version DAZStudio_4.5.0.114_win64.exe

Any help would be appreciated.....

Janet Weber

I downloaded the recent 4.5 pro version as i thought but it comes up as ver 4,0,3,47win -32 bit exe ?

in the downloads available it is shown as 4.5 as are all the Goz.bridge to PS etc but when checking

in the Help menu About Daz it is shown as Ver 4.0.3.47.....is this as it should be?

Or have I lost the plot!!

Thanks

I would like to know if its possible to export rain,snow,ect Fx as a img sequence. just the Fx of rain . Thank you. If its possible how would
I go about doing it also. Thank you.

Attached a screen shot so you could see. Demonika outfit on a Genesis base.

Cheers,

Dreamlocks

It looks pixelly. The only way to get it to look fully render like it is in the picture, is to Render the entire animation.

But i dont want to render it.

Cause I just want to do my animations in preview mode render.

Why did DAZ not make OpenGL to act like it acted in Poser 6. IN Poser 6 you would import a picture/or a render picture as a Backdrop and
it would look full quality. So you would be able to render a Preview mode animatioin with the background picture looking full quality.

But in DAZ you import a picture as a Backdrop and it looks Pixelated and not full quality.

And there's no way around it.

Cause also if you try to render your animation with Background transparency so that you can put together your Full render picture/render along with your animation USING Finalcut et c......To get transparency in your image series character animation( characters and no background)..the only way you can get transparency is to render FULL 3DDelight mode.

This is something that DAZ messed up because in prior versions of daz( Version 2 ), you could render in Prieview mode and it would have transparency. Now you can only get transparency if you do full 3D delight renders.

Anyways, some of us want to do quick animations and not do full renders,
so this is not fair that we can't have easy transparency

I"m Macos X, DAZ STudio 3

This release candidate is available to all customers and will run either without a serial number (although you will be asked to enter one each time you run DAZ Studio), or with your current DAZ Studio serial number. Installing 4.5 will uninstall 4.0, and we recommend installing only one of either 4.0.x or 4.5.x on the same machine.

The purpose of this build is to provide early access to the new features available in DAZ Studio 4.5. This is a release candidate, which means we are looking for prompt feedback about significant issues that may still exist in this build as we approach full release. To help our test and development teams, please focus issue reports on items that are significant workflow blocks, crashes, or other major issues rather than new feature requests, UI changes, or desired workflow changes.

New in DAZ Studio 4.5:
1. Full implementation of the DSON file format. This enables full scene save in a lightweight scene file (DUF format). These scene files can be loaded and used by anyone who has installed the products used in the scene. If one or more of the products is not found upon loading the scene, a warning dialog will indicate which files are needed.
2. Selective item save/load. Save only selected items in a scene, then drop them into another scene using lightweight preset files.
3. Viewport speed dramatically increased. For many viewport interactions, speed will be 2-5x faster than DAZ Studio 4.0.
4. DSON file save includes the ability to load and use most Poser files as if they were native DSF files. DUF scenes that contain items in Poser format are also sharable (i.e. only contain references to the needed Poser files).
5. Property Settings now consolidates more information about each property into a single interface (e.g. presentation editor).
6. FBX Import FBX files can now be round-tripped through DAZ Studio, including rigged and animated items in the scene.
7. The Darkside style is now included as part of the base installation package.
8. No serial number is required to run either the 32-bit or 64-bit versions of DAZ Studio Standard
9. Shader Mixer has significantly improved workflow and documentation.
10. New "Ready to Render" scenes have been added as part of the content that installs with 4.5. Loading these is a great way to start tweaking and playing with some cool scenes.
11. A number of Lesson Strips have been added. These are quick lessons about DAZ Studio basics. There are also instruction on how to create your own Lesson Strips on the DAZ Documentation Center.

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I can load this shirt fine in Daz Studio 3 Advanced. I tried saving it as a scene and then merging, but it's still invisible. I am confused as to how this is possible, and how I can fix it... Any help would be greatly appreciated! :-) -Cathy

I just downloaded and installed Daz Studio 4.5 Pro 64-bit. i checked the plug-in and saw 6 of them failed. I expected GenX to fail, so I was surprised when it did. But is the other 5 failed Plug-in a known issue ?

I have an idea concerning using the Geometry Shell to create a fake outline around everything, similar to how outlines are done in older videogames.

Supersuit Arms
Supersuit BackHead
Supersuit Feet
Supersuit Legs
Supersuit Torso Front

and am trying to make some kids halloween outfits. But I can't figure out where to put each jpg texture in the surface section.

I assume I put the arms in each arm placement 1,2,3 and 4? Same with the feet and legs? Correct?

Where I get messed up is the Supersuit BackHead, I have no clue where to put that.

Any advice is welcome.
Thanks
Kimberly

I turned a simple plane with the shader mixer into an area light. That works. The plane emits light. But I still see the plane itself in the rendered image. Turn off the option "visible in Renderer" turn also off the light.
How can I make the plane invisible but still have the light?
Thanks for your help.

Thanks, DAZ!

Picture is this:
I use Studio 4.0.3 Pro. Prolly overkill for my use but - hey - it was free and there was no sign attached saying "Do not use if you don't know what all those three-letter do hickeys actually do!", allright ?
So - I'm using DS for posing, lighting, rendering and in certain cases, exporting figures out as OBJ's. That's it.

The concerns I have about DS 4.5 can most probably be answered with simple Yes or No's. That's really all I need and complex, techie answers won't serve any purpose. I don't know what the fregg you'r talking about anyways ...
I'm just using DS and it is supposed to be user friendly, no ?
K' - here goes:

*DS 4.5 will overwrite the previous 4.0.3 and make it and plugins like Reality 2.2 dissapear ?

*If not, do I have to delete the 4.0.3 in it's entirety, install the 4,5 and start all over again with installing back all the content I now have installed ?

*Will all the previously released morph packs - like Muscle Morphs, Characters, V5, M5 and so forth - for Genesis work with the new Genesis Starter Essentials 1.3 ?

*Will V4 and M4 still be valid for use in DS 4.5 ?

Thanks !

DS4 to download it
Then I have to search though somewhere else to see if any plugins that we own are updated.

I mean this is just crazy - at least at other stores we get an email when files are updated. The thought of working through all the purchases I have made here is just not amusing.

Why can't our downloads be reset automatically when updates are made?

Can anyone tell me which plugins have been updated?

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Now I've installed DAZ on another computer and I'd like to have the same categories there.
But I really don't wanna do all the work again.

Is there any chance to export my categories/structure to the other computer?
I couldn't find any command...