I want to be able to save character presets so they include the hair and fibremesh eyebrows as part of the character preset? Is that possible?

I'm a very long user of Vue (eon software) landscaping program. Plants and terrains are infinitely better to what is available in Daz3d (or poser) and the instancing system is really great, even though the renderer is awfully slow and aging.

I'm trying to import genesis figures as "obj" files.

The material conversion from Iray to vue is still a mystery to me :

Color, Transparency, Reflection and Bump maps are relatively simple ; but, I'm trying out to understand what are equivalents to :

Displacement : Normal map ???

Highlight : specularity ??

Alpha (what's the difference with transparency ?)

Scattering : Sub surface scattering ???

And I think there are differences linked to scale : kilometers for vue and inches for Daz3d

Could somebody try to explain these points or give me a link to a tutorial ?

Many thanks in advance

I start DAZStudio but it doesnt apear but I check on TaskMgr and it is listed as running (no error messages).

I set it to high priority but no effect.

The only solution is to reboot the machine (NOT a real solution)

My system has plenty of capacity to run this app:

  Two Zeons (16 cores)

  32gig ram

  Win64bit

I saved the file but where do I send it? BTW...why havent they fixed this in the latest release?

Given this where do I send the Zip file for help?

Thanks.

2017-06-24 22:31:55.775 File loaded in 5 min 43.4 sec.
2017-06-24 22:31:58.251 WARNING: libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
2017-06-24 22:31:58.511 Could not resolve : "/People/Genesis 3 Female/Characters/Angel - Wings/amber/amber 6.0.duf"
2017-06-24 22:31:58.511 Could not resolve : "/People/Genesis 3 Female/Characters/Angel - Wings/amber/amber April Day.duf"
2017-06-24 22:31:58.511 Could not resolve : "/People/Genesis 3 Female/Characters/Angel - Wings/amber/amber 4.0.duf"
2017-06-24 22:31:58.518 Could not resolve : "/People/Genesis 3 Female/Characters/Angel - Wings/amber/amber 3.0.duf"
2017-06-24 22:31:58.518 Could not resolve : "/People/Genesis 3 Female/Characters/Angel - Wings/amber/amber 5.0.duf"

It's saving this scene right here into my character presets.... O_o

It's not the same scene, its a fresh scene, not even the same character, not the same skin set. It's not related to this scene in any way...

What I did was to pose the character with his feet placed as if climbing the stairs, and save that as a pose preset. Then I mirrored the pose and saved it as a second pose preset. Finally, I added a non-essential character to my scene and made keyframes of her gliding to and up the stairs, in order to gauge where the minotaur should be at any time. I found the points she glided to where he should look like the poses I saved, and in each of those frames I positioned the minotaur and applied the proper preset. Now all the remains is to tweak the tweening! It sounds so simple...

So here's my problem: When the character gets to each of those frames I made, the pose he is in is exactly the pose I want. I don't want interpolation to mess with it as I make tweaks to frames before or after it. Right now it seems every frame messes with every other frame as I go in to correct foot slide and placement. It's like trying to mold Jell-O using one finger: every press here changes something there.

Is there any way to make a keyframe that applies to all a character's parameters at once, whether they have been edited or not? That's what I really need on these poses, keyframes for all parameters on all bones, so that if I have frames A, B, and C, I can lock down everything in frame B to keep interpolation from screwing it up as I tweak A or C.

I just built this machine last winter so I'm sure it isn't the computer causing the delay. I've tried removing the wings and other items, but nothing seems to make a difference. There's a long pause for nothing and then the render finishes relatively quickly. I'm stumped.

The log file seems to tell me nothing...

2017-06-28 12:36:57.910 Compiled C:/Users/karlk/AppData/Roaming/DAZ 3D/Studio4/temp/shaders/brickyard/{407f8e5c-3a9b-4708-b5e5-799ff1fe7c1d}/shader_Displacement.sdl...
2017-06-28 12:36:57.915 stdin: in function shader_Displacement
stdin:447: WARNING: 'calculatenormal' function may have unexpected results since 'Pbp' in parameter number 1 is defined in a varying condition
stdin:460: WARNING: 'calculatenormal' function may have unexpected results since 'Pbp' in parameter number 1 is defined in a varying condition
2017-06-28 12:36:57.944 Compiled C:/Users/karlk/AppData/Roaming/DAZ 3D/Studio4/temp/shaders/brickyard/{407f8e5c-3a9b-4708-b5e5-799ff1fe7c1d}/shader_Displacement.sdl...
2017-06-28 12:36:57.949 stdin: in function shader_Displacement
stdin:447: WARNING: 'calculatenormal' function may have unexpected results since 'Pbp' in parameter number 1 is defined in a varying condition
stdin:460: WARNING: 'calculatenormal' function may have unexpected results since 'Pbp' in parameter number 1 is defined in a varying condition
2017-06-28 12:36:57.949 Compiled C:/Users/karlk/AppData/Roaming/DAZ 3D/Studio4/temp/shaders/brickyard/{407f8e5c-3a9b-4708-b5e5-799ff1fe7c1d}/shader_Displacement.sdl...
2017-06-28 12:36:57.953 stdin: in function shader_Displacement
stdin:447: WARNING: 'calculatenormal' function may have unexpected results since 'Pbp' in parameter number 1 is defined in a varying condition
stdin:460: WARNING: 'calculatenormal' function may have unexpected results since 'Pbp' in parameter number 1 is defined in a varying condition
2017-06-28 12:36:58.016 Compiled C:/Users/karlk/AppData/Roaming/DAZ 3D/Studio4/temp/shaders/brickyard/{407f8e5c-3a9b-4708-b5e5-799ff1fe7c1d}/shader_Surface.sdl...
2017-06-28 12:36:58.166 Compiled C:/Users/karlk/AppData/Roaming/DAZ 3D/Studio4/temp/shaders/brickyard/{407f8e5c-3a9b-4708-b5e5-799ff1fe7c1d}/shader_Surface.sdl...
2017-06-28 12:36:58.218 Compiled C:/Users/karlk/AppData/Roaming/DAZ 3D/Studio4/temp/shaders/brickyard/{407f8e5c-3a9b-4708-b5e5-799ff1fe7c1d}/shader_Surface.sdl...
2017-06-28 12:36:58.219 Rendering Image
2017-06-28 12:37:00.390 Compiled C:/Users/karlk/AppData/Roaming/DAZ 3D/Studio4/temp/shaders/brickyard/{407f8e5c-3a9b-4708-b5e5-799ff1fe7c1d}/shader_Surface.sdl...
2017-06-28 12:37:00.400 Compiled C:/Users/karlk/AppData/Roaming/DAZ 3D/Studio4/temp/shaders/brickyard/{407f8e5c-3a9b-4708-b5e5-799ff1fe7c1d}/shader_Surface.sdl...
2017-06-28 12:37:00.410 Compiled C:/Users/karlk/AppData/Roaming/DAZ 3D/Studio4/temp/shaders/brickyard/{ad366761-1194-44c7-808e-abfbc54c7c58}/shader_Surface.sdl...
2017-06-28 12:40:39.485 WARNING: cloud\dzcloudtasknotifier.cpp(178): recv failed errno=10054
2017-06-28 12:46:27.941 WARNING: cloud\dzcloudtasknotifier.cpp(178): peer performed orderly shutdown errno=0
2017-06-28 12:52:16.601 Saved image: C:\Users\karlk\AppData\Roaming\DAZ 3D\Studio4\temp\render\r.png
2017-06-28 12:52:16.602 Finished Rendering
2017-06-28 12:52:16.634 Total Rendering Time: 15 minutes 18.96 seconds

1. I load a vendor figure.

2. I use morphs on the vendor figure. Call these “Morph Set A”.

3. I want more changes. So I export and change the figure in an external sculpter (Blender).

4. The difference between “Morph Set A” and this new shape I made in Blender I will call “Morph Set B”.

5. I import the new shape back into DS as a morph.

6. I apply the new morph to the figure.

7. The morph slider over-effects the figure, applying both “Morph Set A” and “Morph Set B”, meaning I get the effect of “Morph Set A” re-applied to the figure that already has “Morph Set A” applied to it.

QUESTION:

So. How do I get my custom morph to apply only “Morph Set B” to my figure that already has “Morph Set A” applied to it?

I watched a YouTube tutorial video a few days ago (before I discovered this problem) where someone mentioned a setting called “Deltas Only” having something to do with making morphs for previously morphed figures. I have since then lost that video.

I spotted that in the log:

2017-06-28 19:40:07.923 Iray INFO - module:category(IRAY:RENDER): &nbsp; 1.0 &nbsp; IRAY &nbsp; rend info : Rendering...<br /> 2017-06-28 19:40:07.936 Iray VERBOSE - module:category(IRAY:RENDER): &nbsp; 1.5 &nbsp; IRAY &nbsp; rend progr: CUDA device 0 (GeForce GTX 970): Processing scene...<br /> 2017-06-28 19:40:07.938 WARNING: /src/pluginsource/DzIrayRender/dzneuraymgr.cpp(307): Iray ERROR - module:category(IRAY:RENDER): &nbsp; 1.7 &nbsp; IRAY &nbsp; rend error: OptiX Prime error (Device rtpModelUpdate TL): Unknown error (Function &quot;RTPresult _rtpModelUpdate(RTPmodel, unsigned int)&quot; caught exception: Encountered a CUDA error: cudaMalloc(&amp;ptr, size) returned (2): out of memory, [15466617])<br /> 2017-06-28 19:40:07.938 WARNING: /src/pluginsource/DzIrayRender/dzneuraymgr.cpp(307): Iray ERROR - module:category(IRAY:RENDER): &nbsp; 1.5 &nbsp; IRAY &nbsp; rend error: CUDA device 0 (GeForce GTX 970): Scene setup failed<br /> 2017-06-28 19:40:07.942 WARNING: /src/pluginsource/DzIrayRender/dzneuraymgr.cpp(307): Iray ERROR - module:category(IRAY:RENDER): &nbsp; 1.5 &nbsp; IRAY &nbsp; rend error: CUDA device 0 (GeForce GTX 970): Device failed while rendering<br /> 2017-06-28 19:40:07.942 WARNING: /src/pluginsource/DzIrayRender/dzneuraymgr.cpp(307): Iray WARNING - module:category(IRAY:RENDER): &nbsp; 1.5 &nbsp; IRAY &nbsp; rend warn : All available GPUs failed.<br /> 2017-06-28 19:40:07.942 Iray INFO - module:category(IRAY:RENDER): &nbsp; 1.5 &nbsp; IRAY &nbsp; rend info : Falling back to CPU rendering.<br /> 2017-06-28 19:40:07.942 WARNING: /src/pluginsource/DzIrayRender/dzneuraymgr.cpp(307): Iray ERROR - module:category(IRAY:RENDER): &nbsp; 1.5 &nbsp; IRAY &nbsp; rend error: All workers failed: aborting render<br /> 2017-06-28 19:40:08.387 Iray INFO - module:category(IRAY:RENDER): &nbsp; 1.0 &nbsp; IRAY &nbsp; rend info : Received update to 00300 iterations after 2647.862s.<br /> 2017-06-28 19:40:08.446 WARNING: /src/pluginsource/DzIrayRender/dzneuraymgr.cpp(307): Iray ERROR - module:category(IRAY:RENDER): &nbsp; 1.0 &nbsp; IRAY &nbsp; rend error: Scheduler was aborted for restart and needs to be restarted<br /> 2017-06-28 19:40:08.450 Iray INFO - module:category(IRAY:RENDER): &nbsp; 1.0 &nbsp; IRAY &nbsp; rend info : CPU: using 16 cores for rendering<br /> 2017-06-28 19:40:08.450 Iray INFO - module:category(IRAY:RENDER): &nbsp; 1.0 &nbsp; IRAY &nbsp; rend info : Rendering with 1 device(s):<br /> 2017-06-28 19:40:08.450 Iray INFO - module:category(IRAY:RENDER): &nbsp; 1.0 &nbsp; IRAY &nbsp; rend info : &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;CPU<br /> 2017-06-28 19:40:08.450 Iray INFO - module:category(IRAY:RENDER): &nbsp; 1.0 &nbsp; IRAY &nbsp; rend info : Rendering...

What does it means and is there a way to solve that  ?

Thx.

I tried rotating each individual bone after using "Adjust rigging to shape", but is takes a long time and the result is not that good

Is is possible to do this within Daz or any other tools/software?

Thanks

see the first sentence and then look at the bottom. The Ok button is clearly grayed out.
scrolling up and down does not make any difference. 

my previous experience in the bug tracker and later zen has given me a distinct overall feeling that these systems provide me with no confidence of getting bugs fixed, therefore I am reporting this here.

I have searched around for settings to change that but have found nothing. 

Using DS 4.8

I am an avid user but not very experienced in all the settings. I use Daz 4.9 Iray on default settings and usually change my F-stop to F8 or 9,  my ratio to 1:1 or custom, and render at 2000x2000 pixel dimensions and above. I use the "sun and sky " mode to get some tonality and shadows on image. Render quality is on 3 and adjust my exposure mainly to brighten up images. I have even tried adjusting light quality from default setting of 512 to 1000 and that doesnt seem to do anything either. Unfortunately my renders never look very sharp.

PS: One more question if possible. Why is it when I go to the lights setting and add a light then go to adjust brightness and width and height etc...nothing happens? It all looks as before.

Is there a more in depth manual that can explain all the functions available in daz that I can read?

Thanks, Grace.

It also has a unique name. So thats not it.

I have do a straitjacket in 3Ds max, fit perfectly but.... the THUMBS!!!
I can't remove this bastard finger from AUTO FIT.

I have tried to hidden... but don't work well..

This is actual result... but I hate it...
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The fingers Hidden
sta.sh/01dqa4r5jhtz

And... one thing that make me crazy, when I click on slide to change parameter, I can seen all PERFECTLY!!!
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What can I do???
I hope you know a solution

Thanks in advance

Nanà

Before I describe the problem, let me note that I already uninstalled the minotaur, deleted the package, then redownloaded and reinstalled it, just to make sure there was no corruption in the original install process.

I'm using DS 4.9.3.166 Pro 64-bit edition.

Here are my steps to recreate the issue:

1. Open DS and find and double-click on the Triskele Falls 01 HDRI. 
2. Double-click on Minotaur 06 HD. 
3. Change to Iray Preview and zoom in to look at his right pectoral.

As you can see in the Minotaur 01 image, shadows reveal hard edges instead of smooth curves on his body, and there is an area on the pec where textures don't "stick." It appears as if some part of another, unsubdivided model is sticking out through his body, but there are no other objects in my scene. My first screenshot shows an Iray preview, so I've included Minotaur 02 so you can see the problem appears in an actual render, as well.

Loading a new texture doesn't help. In Minotaur 03, you can see I've applied the Asterion texture, but the buggy area is still there.

What does help is to change the figure's subdivision level. In Minotaur 04, I reduced it to 0. (The figure preset defaults to 1.) The messed up area now appears to be just a stretch mark, and it accepts textures. However, the skin shows more hard angles.

The problem area also mostly goes away if you increase the subdivision level to 2. The buggy part reduces to one triangle-shaped notch that's barely noticeable. This is shown in Minotaur 05, but here I had to add an extra spotlight to brighten the shadows enough for us to see that the texture is applied.

What boggles me is that the default subdivision level of 1 works just fine if I start DS and load the minotaur by itself or when I use other HDRIs. If the HDRI is Triskele Falls 03 (see Minotaur 06), this area of the skin looks different: instead of looking like naked, untextured faces, it looks like a patch of skin copied from somewhere else. But if the HDRI is Triskele Falls 05 (see Minotaur 07), the skin looks perfect.

I included Minotaur 08 to show that switching back to Triskele Falls 01 causes the buggy area to reappear.

Finally, I used the Surfaces pane to switch to the Iray Uber Shader for all surfaces on the Minotaur model and added Minotaur 09 and Minotaur 10 to demonstrate that using all Iray shaders doesn't help.

How is it that an HDRI preset's render settings can mess up the UV textures on a model???

I downloaded a 3rd party hair style and I am having trouble importing it to DAz studio. I'll preface this by saying I am a beginner with Daz studio. I am using Daz 4.9.  The hairstyle I downloaded is a zipped file, when unzipped it countain a single folder called 'Runtime', with several subfolders. I belive this has to be installed manually? (Copy the files manually to some Daz directory)  Does anyone  know the correct Daz directory to copy it to?
AND do I copy the Runtime folder in its entirety into the DAz directory? Or do I open each subfolder under Runtime, and then copy every individual file somewhere into the Daz directory? If you could point me to a tutorial i would apprect it.

Thanks!

Otherwise the shader is awesome. We have so much more control over the skin now and blemishes/pores dont fade if the SSS is high.