So, when I use universal tools on my viewport (or any tools that uses XYZ axis), I will end up lagging on my vieport, everthing lags very bad, I almost can't move around the scene, even when it's empty

But when I use Scene navigator, or Node Selector Tool, it didn't lags at all and I easily move around as I like, even doing translate and transforms.

I didn't change anything on the setting, I just opened it this morning and it's just stuck like that, and I never experienced something like this before

So, did anyone know what happened? I tried digging through forum and I can't came up with anything :(

Thank you so much in advance 

None of thern have any colour...

help!?

A “Growing Up” bundle for G3 is on sale for a little over $10, but that’s only part of it.

Real problem might be hair (one hair resource might cost more than the morph pack!) and finding believable clothes-- hoodies, jackets, ski caps, boots, etc.  Things can add up when you’re on a budget. 

Which leads me to “Millennium Dogs Bundle" which is on sale for $17.95

So for those of you who have been around for a while-- apt to get a better price on it?  Discovered by accident that people seemed to like "Millennium Cat" -- that’s where I got the idea to include family pets in the action.

Suggestions welcome. : )

--Bruce

Best regards, Andrew.

SHEESH!!

On Nov. 7th, picked up “Monique 7 Starter Pack.”

Today, got an e-mail saying that “Monique 8” is on sale for little more than I paid for the version 7 starter!  Bonus: if PC+ members buy the version 8 and bundle with two or more add-ons, they get “Monique 7” free.

This is hardly motivation to buy older releases IMO.  

I bought Darius 7 a while back as well.  I’m out of luck if/when they get around to releasing a “Darius 8” if greater than 30 days?

Have contacted sales, but not sure how it would work in a case like this.  Store credit for version 7.  Delete it.  Buy version 8.  Download & install both 8 and  'free' version 7 again?  Sounds kind of crazy, but understand why they need to keep track of orders & products. 

Bottom line:

Does this kind of thing happen often?  I mean why would anyone buy an older release when they're free with a new one?

So how do most of you get your characters? 

Put another way:

For the money, better off investing in a set of body, face & aging morphs rather than seperate characters? 

1. I am using clothes designed for the model I am using. V4 or M4 (I am not trying to make it work on G3/G8)

2. Everything works fine as long as I am not using a morph

3. injecting morphs, even if you set the setting the same on the model and the clothes, does not work.

4. I loaded fresh, put a model on the page, with morphs. I loaded clothes, made all the chages including injecting morphs (fitting, conforming etc) and then last, attempted to morph the model. I did try this in many combinations as well.

Thanks.

I am just trying to set up my scene so that I can produce different panels for a comic. I know I could just render and then crop the output, but I wondered if there was a smarter way to do it?

My initial thought was to populate the scene with various cameras and then change their settings to render, for example 1:1, 2:3 and 16:9. But, after adding and renaming the cameras it became obvious that the proportions are set in the render settings. 

Is there a way to create a Render Preset (and include it in my Scripts menu) to change the output easily between the ratios?

Thanks in advance!

Wasn't quite satisfied with my scenes-- something just wasn't quite right about them, but couldn't put my finger on it.

Then I got a mail from DAZ featuring a texture/shader product.  Image is attached.  It features a bunch of towels in a laundry basket.

That's what's missing.  Clutter & trash!  A mechanic might have a shop rag in his pocket, teenager might have dirty clothes, junk food wrappers on floor, etc.

So how did they make the towels fold into a laundry basket in attached promo?

I've tried the d-form tool with limited success, but haven't experimented with (d-force?) cloth physics yet.

Bottom line: how would you make things like a crumpled "McDonald's" bag or just everyday things that might be left lying around?  About the best I've been able to do is "smush" a soda can or water bottle.  ; )

Thanks

--Bruce 

Thanks!

I managed to kinda tackle the content, the surface tab and now I'm stuck on lightin.

For some reason, the lights I add to the scene are incredibly weak. I'm rendering in Iray and they barely manage to illuminate the basic scene even at 100%. I already had to remove the walls around the scene because I thought there was some hidden blocking going on, but it just stays barely visible. 

What am I doing wrong here?

Or, is this a scriptable element?

Just thought I'd ask, it's such a handy feature for things that -optionally- depend on one or more presets, much easier than scrubbing through several directory trees to locate items and presets etc. that go together, a scrollbar would be perfect, especially considering the Scripts menu is a user-facing feature.

This discussion: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/210021/new-clothing-still-looks-like-stiff-tubes/p1 has me wondering if I'm better off buying content for older figures, since it's cheaper and there's a lot more of it, or taking a leap of faith and buying the newer, more expensive content on the grounds that it's supposedly better and will continue to improve in quantity and quality over time.

I'm also wondering, since I'm practically starting from scratch, is if there is a certain core group of content I should focus on first? Like, it seems to me that packages or bundles that offer the ability to customize figures (head and body morphs) would be a sound investment that I could get a lot of mileage from. If it matters, I'm primarily interested in fantasy themes with the occasional toon thrown in.

Thanks for any helpful advice you may have.

Why every model of G8M I have, some G8F and some location seems to have an heavy glow all around? How can I remove this effect?
Renders looks like when I take a picture with my smartphone with the lens all dirty!

It's a light thing or - as I suspect - a shader thing? I think I have to change something in the skin surface, but I don't understand what...

P.S. why, with regular hdri light and default settings the face is different from the body?

I tried to search for this but have had no luck. Thanks

I saw this hair model is on sale, but it says :

Supported Genesis 3 Male Shapes and Morphs:

• Michael 7
• Leo 7
• Guy 7
• Lee 7

My male character is not on that list but its Genesis 3 Male model, does that mean it will fit or not?

Thanks in advance!

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Any help would be appreciated

I truly fear to use a product from a diferent artist, I have too many products purchased, mostly from this two artists, but I want to be aware if I'm introducing into the game a diferent artist, or just uninstall them.

I want to write a book (yeah, like everyone else) and I want to add some illustrations that put together using Daz3D.  It doesnt seem like I should have the rights to sell these pictures, or a book with these pictures in them, as I didn't make the figures in them.  I almost feel like it would be the same thing as cutting apart pictures from Captain America comic books, glueing them together to make a new scene, then trying to sell that as The Adventures of General USA... 

Anyway, I'm not trying to invest a lot of time and money only to get sued at the end of the day.

Now on the flip side if the coin, if you can't do this, what are people using this stuff for?  Once you made a nice screen saver, unless you can circulate these pics, I don't really see the use...

Enlighten me please!

(Even after closing Timeline/Animate and reopening, the pane starts playing the previous animation attempt.)

I did find a 'Clear Selected Items' tab, but when I used it, the scene changed. (have read the Timeline/Animate 2 material, but I seem to be missing something.)

How can I clear (erase) previous animation attempts, so I can start fresh (with the scene), and try again?