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Lighter Skin Shade Needed

tristanthorne1997 — Mon, 01 Jan 2018 03:00:10 +0000

I just bought an FWSA G3F character, and she's rendering with a little more of a tan than I want using the out of the box MATS. Can someone remind me the easiest way (for a Noob) to simply make her skin less tanned (more pale)?

Happy New Year!

lighting problem !

beignetpomme — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 14:54:18 +0000

Hello i'm a beginner in Daz3D !

I have created a scene and i think i deleted the default lighting of Daz (you know when there is this little shadow on the ground that means there is a light on the right side of your character)

i deleted it and i've added my own light (a few spot lights) and when i render i don't know i don't like what i see it's too contrasty it's like there is no environment lighting at all and the only lights are those spots, i think it's what make this problem but i am not sure exactly myself what's wrong.

i would like to start everything from zero but i don't want to loose the pose of my character, the camera view (i have set a camera) and the objects i have put in the scene, is there a way to make everything back to 0 without loosing all of those stuffs ?

when i go to render setting and i choose "default" i doesn't come back as it was before i think, when i do a render i have a kind of blue light (possibly a sky light i don't know) i didn't have that at the beggining i think.

thank you for your help !

Anyone know how to alter G3 supersuit?

sonofbatman777 — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 16:50:17 +0000

I am new to this whole deal, and I just want to know how I can go in and change the colors of the G3M supersuit. I've tried going into the color tab, but it keeps the dark grey color as the base and applies the new color over it. I.E.: When I try to make it a vibrant red, it comes out a burgundy/crimson. Any tips?

Cannot load "Gothic Housemaid A4/V4" into my sence

nicokwk923 — Sat, 30 Dec 2017 01:27:41 +0000

I bought "Gothic Housemaid A4/V4" and want to load it into my scene. I load and select Victoria 4.2 then click the clothes content icon in content library, but no clothes was loaded in the scene. Please help me to solve the problem. Thank you.

I have another question, why i can't find the Housemaid clothes in the smart content. is it normal? ( i can find other clothes in the smart content)

mats won't apply to hair and plugins

martinejardin_e8b0fa1e20 — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 01:14:22 +0000

I have my figure all set up, I apply hair. But none of the 'material mats' will apply to the hair. I select the hair and click the material again, but no change. The same happens with clothing. The colors do not change. What am I doing wrong?

I can't figure out spot light

ilseturnbull — Sat, 30 Dec 2017 18:27:56 +0000

I'm following along with the light tutorial - http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/software/dazstudio/4/userguide/lighting/videos/lighting_editor/start

. I loaded in a G3 figure, and put some clothes on him, posed him.

I'm in the lights - editor - The first light seemed to work - distant light. Then we were to turn off the distant light and add in a spot light. I did that. The spot light does nothing that I can see. I've tried moving it around but i can't find any light.

I got point light to work, and linear point light. It's the spot light that I can't figure out at all.

About face morphs for a new model

Max_theHitman — Sat, 30 Dec 2017 17:45:24 +0000

Good day everyone,

I am a totally newbie to this DAZ-3d and I am just begining to learn the tricks. So I need some help. I am REALLY enjoying working

with DAZ and it is giving me alot of joy to use.

Once I figure out all the tricks on how to use DAZ-4.10, I can start creating new models and giving them to you - and then see what you guys can do with them.

I am in this adventure for the FUN and good times and not to sell the models I will be creating.

I have 2 questions.

In these past 2 weeks I have been making a new Marilyn Monroe model (face + body) using the G3F and doing another for the G8F base model.

So far, they are not bad, but they still need more sculpting in the face for more realism.

I am using these 2 morphs builders...

https://www.daz3d.com/200-plus-head-and-face-morphs-for-genesis-8-female-s
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https://www.daz3d.com/rarestone-s-face-morphs-collection-for-genesis-8-female
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...because I discovered that having 2 of these programs I can better sculpt a better face with more details , instead of just using one.

Even tho they are both exceptional and wonderful to use, one program has features that the other is missing, specially for the nose

amd eyebrows, so using both

adds more to my resources in sculpting a more detailed face. I want to create a detailed realistic face and not a simple quickie.

I know there was a "SAV_Marina" model already created for the Victoria 4 model, and it is very nice, but I want to take things a

little forward another step and start using the newer Genesis-8 female base figure. Afterall, DAZ is moving forward in its evolution,

and I think more new models should be created for the G8F with as much face feature realism as possible.

My first question is , when posting these new models for everyone , does everyone also need to have these 2 morphs builder programs installed in

in their DAZ-3d (?) for them to have the same face and body morphs be seen?

or will the DAZ program automaticly recognize the facial morph changes to the base figure and add these changes?

-- if they need these 2 morph builders installed already, it may become a bummer for some people to not use them because it may cost alot.

What is everyone else using in their DAZ as the basic face morph builder?

My second questions pertains to saving up these morphs better.

I have read alot of post already and seen Youtube videos, but I am still confused, with everyone having a diferent way to save

the face + body features morphs.

What is the correct way to save both new face+ new body morphs together ?

I know these may seem like silly questions, but I am still learning.

Posing Assistance Please

poorman_65 — Sun, 24 Dec 2017 19:29:01 +0000

I struggle with trying to pose characters particularly when the pose requires movement of the hip. For example, I have one pose where the character is kneeling and the hips are leaning to one side. As part of my animation I want to shift the hips to the other side without moving the shins and the shins maintaining contact with the floor.

I have tried messing around with the Rotation Tool and Pinning the shins but no matter what I do the positioning gets messed up. Typically this includes the character rotating through the floor. If there were only minor movements on the floor surface it would probably look ok but I end up having to completely reposition the character.

I have similar problems when I have a standing character and simply want to bend the knees.

Can someone please help me with this situation and also could you point me at some tutorials that will help with real world posing (as opposed to the very simplistic stuff that I am finding that simply repositions upper body parts)?

Transparency not working on image series renders

MaxHancock — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 00:17:16 +0000

When I render my scene as a single image it renders with transparency, but when I render the animation as an image series, none of the images have transparency. I'm rendering on the PC version of DAZ Studio, v4.9.

genesis 3 male pose error

yanchanghh — Sat, 30 Dec 2017 09:41:55 +0000

when apply some pose!!!

can avoid this？

Thanks ！

'Growing up' - how to apply shaping?

nocforweb_9420025c24 — Sat, 30 Dec 2017 03:12:19 +0000

Silly question, I'm sure, but not finding it in the store page, forum for 'growing up', or 'select a lesson', and not sure of proper way to figure this out..

So I bought 'growing up for genesis' ( https://www.daz3d.com/growing-up-for-genesis )

I create a figure - tried both genesis 8 female and genesis 3 female

I make sure the root node is selected (I also tried select-all and selecting the hip)

I go to shaping->apply and pick a shape (like 10 years old which should show a more drastic effect if its working)

I double click that

Nothing happens

I look through 'parameters'->'actor' for anything that would apply that shape.. not seeing anything

How does one apply one of these purchased shapes? Where would one normally go to figure that out without bugging people on the forums? (tried youtube, tried store page, not sure where these instructions are normally stored)

Okay, stupid question. Where's Render Settings?

mtucker57_9a563a67fb — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 22:38:44 +0000

Hi,

So I’m a newbie with a really, Really, REALLY stupid question (sorry).

I’m trying to learn how to render. I know that I’m supposed to be able to go somewhere in Daz3D (Render Settings?) and see a page where I can adjust a slider for the quality of the render from one to four. It even has nifty turtle and hare icons to make the whole business even more idiot-proof.

But, when I hit "render settings," I get a complicated control panel that lacks all of those features.

I have attached a file showing "what I expected" as opposed to "what I got."

Any idea what I'm doing wrong? And any pointers to how I might fix it?

Thanks hugely in advance.

cheers
mjt

Newbie friendly bundle for free (V4.2 and M4 included)

maikdecker — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 22:29:55 +0000

In case someone has missed it: right now there is a bundle called Dark Ops ready to Render available for free in the DAZ shop.

Included are Victoria 4.2, Michael 4 and lots of usefull stuff.

I hope it's okay to post this here, as I think it's fitting for the "New Users" forum, as they would benefit most from getting this bundle, I guess

Preload vs. Ready To Render vs. Pre-Set Render Settings

tristanthorne1997 — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 16:16:26 +0000

Can someone please explain the difference? For example, many of i3's scenes have a Preload thumbnail and a Ready To Render thumbnail. Other's have Camera Preset.

Genesis 8 vs 2... [Solved regarding breasts]

thomask_1 — Sun, 24 Dec 2017 23:11:48 +0000

So, while I've had the software for a while (a decade? hell I have a daz 2 license on my account I think) I seldom played around with it due to time and $$. That said, I've slowly built up assets, and even got myself a 3 month membership to start.

So here is my question. I've been messing around with Genesis 2, but I'd like to use Genesis 8 (female), only any time I use it I can't seem to find a 'breast' setting for shaping/sizeing. The Chest just makes it look lopsided.

Am I looking in the wrong place or does G8 REQUIRE an addon purchase? (I figured I'd ask now as I'm seeing all sorts of christmas holday specials on the morphing stuff)

Thanks in advance!

Can't get real eyebrows to work. Got it to work!

RitaCeleste — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 16:39:31 +0000

Says there are duplicate files, then it Fails to access the eyebrow node. I get an ugly bar across the fourhead. I am trying to be a good sport but I kinda am annoyed I can't figure this one out today. I uninstalled, deleted the package and reinstalled it, still it no work. I reinstalled genesis starter essentials and it works now. Go figure.

Recommended books on related theory?

david_g_kinney — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 14:37:53 +0000

I am not a 3D graphic artist by trade or practice (I am a software developer, but please don’t hold that against me). I have, however, become totally obsessed with DAZ Studio; to the point that I sit at work thinking about what I’m going to do in the Studio when I get home. Having said, that, I have no formal or informal training in this art form. Can anyone recommend a good foundation book? I see things like texture, morph, SSS, and really have no idea as to the theory behind these things. Even things like lighting, natural posing, etc.

So, if anyone can recommend some good texts that will give me the foundation I really should have to progress, I would greatly appreciate it!

thanks

David

How do I make a morph a product for sharing?

Illidanstorm — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 13:44:10 +0000

Hello,

I have a G3F head morph as an obj. Actually its the whole G3F figure but just the head is changed. Now I want to give this morph to a friend. I made the morph in Zbrush, I can just dial it because I used the GOZ plugin but I don't know how I can make a product out of it.

When I try to use the Morph loader pro to morph the obj to G3F it says Geometry does not match, failed to create morph.

uninstall daz

dannagiusy64 — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 22:41:34 +0000

I messed up with the folders. If I uninstall daz and reinstall it, can I reload all the elements? do I lose anything?

Compatible figures and required products. How restrictive are these?

pjlightning — Fri, 01 Dec 2017 13:36:11 +0000

OK, Hi. New user here.
I'm trying to gather the bits I need to construct figures for my Indie Fantasy novel. (Two albinos in black cloaks with swords, two dark skinned warrior types in armour with swords (or in roman style clothing plus swords would do.), 1 man and 1 woman of each.

I am finding it very frustrating that I find things that would look good but the product page says (for example) 'compatible figures' Victoria 4/Michael 4. It may also say something like 'required products' xyz body morphs and facial morphs. Sometimes it may say something like 'required product' Michael 4.
So, the question. If it says compatible with Victoria 4, does that mean that it will not work on Genesis 3? Or will that thing in the Daz window that you can use to make something fit (sorry, I can't remember what it actually says and I'm not able to run the program right now to find out) be able to adjust it to Genesis 3?

I assume that when it says required products then it actually will not work at all without those products. Is that right?
Thank you.

Saving Character Presets With Hair

tristanthorne1997 — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 18:46:28 +0000

When I save a Character Preset with a particular hair and then reload it later, the figure is always bald. What's the best way to save a character with the hair attached?

Characters (Actors) are snapping to a smaller scale when applying preset poses

tristanthorne1997 — Tue, 26 Dec 2017 23:50:54 +0000

Well this is a new one for me....When I apply a preset pose to a character, the scale of the character shrinks to either 70% or 55%. Each time I change poses, I have to adjust the scale of the Actor back to 100%. Any idea what is causing this? This just started happening today.

How Do I Zero Out a Light Preset?

tristanthorne1997 — Tue, 26 Dec 2017 22:17:49 +0000

If I load a scene that was previously saved with a light preset (for example, one of FWSA's Soft Light Probes), how do I remove that lighting effect and go back to no effect at all so I can experiment with another light preset? It seems like applying different presets seems to stack them rather than replace one with another.

Apply visual style shaders?

thatbumzzz_788e56ddf1 — Mon, 28 May 2012 07:36:31 +0000

How do I apply visual style shaders? Id like to apply them to genesis or H4 A4. I tried drag and drop and when I went to render it was stuck on optimizing for 2 hours. I also tried to double click, but then it said I had to select something in the scene. I selected genesis, but then the visual shaders were no longer an option.

[SOLVED} it won't work I got everything but how come its still said "could not find file"?

khung90s — Sat, 28 Oct 2017 02:31:49 +0000

i got it

How do I get Genesis characters of other races?

Sadnic — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 22:58:55 +0000

How do I get Genesis characters of other races, that can also be customized through body or face morphs?

Having trouble getting past the Elvish Storm Tutorial

Fennario3D — Tue, 26 Dec 2017 02:53:53 +0000

I'm a brand new user to Daz3d and have never done anything like this before. I am trying to complete the Elvish Storm interactive tutorial but I can't seem to get the scene to render. It has been rendering in iRay for 18 minutes and counting and is still at zero percent. I do have an image in the other window though. At the time of writing this 22 minutes has elapsed and now its at 4%. Is it normal for it to render this slow? Will it take hours to render every scene? I just bought a brand new computer (my ten year old laptop couldnt handle the program) so I could pursue this hobby, and with 16 gig ram and a 1 terabyte hardrive I had hoped this one would be able to crank out renders so I can practice and see the fruits of my labor.

I have a lot to learn and if anybody can help me that would be amazing.

How to convert to .DUF format

miladyderyni_173d399f47 — Mon, 25 Dec 2017 22:35:49 +0000

I am considering getting the M4 for Genesis 2 Male and V4 for Genesis 2 Female products that are in the Previous Generation for 75% Off part of the Holiday Sale. But the store page for both says, "Genesis 2 [Fe]Male can only use presets saved in the DUF format, so presets saved in other formats must be converted to DUF and saved before applying to Genesis 2." How do you this? Inside DS 4.X?

DUF files in Studio Pro 4.10

jrumballrogers — Mon, 25 Dec 2017 12:47:23 +0000

Hi all, bit of a newbie question here but doing my head in.

I recently downloaded Studio Pro 4.10 (for a Mac) and I also got a new character set (poses/textures) which I loaded into the appropriate folders in the My Library but I cannot seem to find them in the software anywhere.

They all come as .duf files so the crux of my question I guess is can Studio 4.10 read a .duf? Did a search on here but I've seen conflicting answers.

Character skin textures & M4/V4 to G2

BradCarsten — Sat, 11 Apr 2015 10:02:50 +0000

Hi everyone.

I bought Evie for Genesis 2 female and cant believe the difference it makes to add a good skin texture to the model.
Now I'm trying to do the same things for genesis 2 males and have a few questions.

1) There don't seem to be all that many males model/textures for genesis 2 males, (excl. Michael 6 based) and the ones that there are aren't really the look I'm going for. Is it possible to morph one of those shapes (change the shape of the face) and still keep the texture in tact?

2) can you buy high def textures on their own, ( I haven't seen any) or do you have to buy the whole George/john/harry figure bundles with their morphs and skin textures?

3) I like some of the Michael 4 characters, and I love the fact that you can get them for a steal on the current weekend specials, but everything I own so far is genesis 2 based including the clothes, so I don't really want to start collecting everything again for M4. I have since discovered the following tools, but don't really understand which is the best tool to use in order to use the M4 based figures and textures on Genesis 2, if that's even possible, (baring in mind that all I want is the guys face shape and texture. I'll use the genesis 2 poses and clothes etc after that.)

3.1- https://www.daz3d.com/v4-and-m4-shapes-for-genesis

3.2 - http://www.daz3d.com/new-releases/victoria-4-for-genesis-2-female

3.3 - http://www.daz3d.com/genesis-generation-x2

And Do I need the original Michael 4 base to get these to work, or can I just buy the character I want and use him.

Thanks