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What's this outfit?

ALLIEKATBLUE — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 18:50:01 +0000

Hey, can anybody identify the outfit in this promo?

http://www.daz3d.com/mandy-hd-for-genesis-2-female

question about digial touch models

chris_settlemoir — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 12:02:06 +0000

is it me or is dt going for a asian/sultry dark vibe, not that its bad at all i love it, but i was going to buy the new one dt put out in the dialy sale and was jw

My Issue with Daz Hair

Angel — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 07:51:40 +0000

Here's my issue. Everything looks like 12th century dutchess hair on the night of a grand festival to celibrate the king of Neverlands' wedding ... Or a Red Carpet broadway hair style for hollywood Nominees...

There is a reason why the Leyton Hair was so pupular... Because its feasable, believable hair that you can acutally see someone having that style of hair.

Sometimes trying to be overly glamorous makes things look very off, and unrealistic. Sometimes, less is more. Some of the hairs I get have so much volume to them trying too hard to be glamorous that it dang near doubles the size of the head and makes the proportions look weird because with the hair, from behind her head looks enormous.

George HD

thistledownsname — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 06:15:44 +0000

Well, that's different! I'd say he's fit for a king. Might even have some parts lined up for him already.

New design of DAZ site

Ati — Mon, 11 Jul 2016 18:50:16 +0000

First feedback: the new design of the site is EXTREMELY slow.

[solved] store troubles??? (Stan just lost it's 30% discount)

glaseye — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 21:42:29 +0000

As said in the title, I put the Stan, together with some other items in the basket, still with it's discount applied... and now the discount on the Stan is gone (and of course that item is also needed for some extra discount, so tossing it out will cost even more.... )

Anyone else having this....???

Mythical Pixie confusion

sapat — Sat, 09 Jul 2016 16:45:46 +0000

I am wondering how a product can say it's for the G3M, but then in the description it says "This product uses the Base Female UV Maps". How can the G3M use the female maps and why would you even do that instead of using the base male UV maps?

Anyone? Was it a typo? Did they mean to write Base Male and wrote Base Female by mistake?

http://www.daz3d.com/mythical-pixie-for-genesis-3-male

Project EYEray: Lookin' Good!

fastbike1 — Wed, 22 Jun 2016 23:04:35 +0000

Not much buzz about Project EYEray, so I thought I post a crop from a recent render.

I stopped the render at 72% convergence, Quality 2. This is Willow from Mihrelle with Project EYEray eyes. Definitely some of the best I have seen. Lot's of options.

Reality question

zoophilian — Mon, 11 Jul 2016 19:32:59 +0000

Hello everyone.

So ive started trying to use Reality, It renders for me, alot faster than Daz / Iray, But with Iray i can make beautiful things, with glass and mirrors and shiney metals. But when i make a scene indaz, send it over to reality for rendering, Half the fancy textures and shadors i used to make a scene perfect in DAZ, dont seem to translate and get a simple white matte / textureless appearence or are just blank (Lookin at you mirror shader). How can I tell Reality to use the shaders and textures i already selected in DAZ?

Male Toon Hair

spearcarrier — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 18:48:36 +0000

Okay I know that there's a bigger market for female products over male in the 3D environments. But (whines) I really need male toon hair.

I'm currently specifically looking for a toon version of this: http://www.daz3d.com/nikkou-hair-for-hiro-5

Sometimes with hair I can change the opacity maps and get some decent toon looking hair for what I'm doing. But this one not so much. I've scoured and looked and only found smatterings of toon type hair. I really like the round look for the hair like with Jazlyn.

Anybody got any ideas?

Headshop 10 still only 2048x2048 resolution.

nicstt — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 08:12:01 +0000

http://www.daz3d.com/headshop-10-win

Seriously, why only 2048x2048 resolution?

What modeling software has been used to create most products in the store?

spaltoz — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 13:40:17 +0000

Hi Everyone,

I've been longing to be a PA in Daz3D store and learning on how to model a prop or a character. It is amazing on how they made all the products in the store and they all look great by just looking at the sales pages. Right now, I['m using Hexagon 2.5 and Blender 2.77a. Will these two softwares are sufficient enough for me to create props or characters that are good enough to be accepted into the Daz3D store? Thank you all for your help in advance.

Reggie

what is that hair???

amirage.art_78255a08fa — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 04:40:23 +0000

does anyone know what the product name of the hair used in the natsuko for aiko 7 is called? i have been going insane for 3 days trying to figure it out.

Anyone tried DZFire's The Torch and Construction Kit?

AnotherUserName — Sat, 09 Jul 2016 17:37:12 +0000

I'm really considering this product. Has anybody tried it yet to see how fast (or slow) they render?

Thanks.

bundle installer files vs. installers of products within bundle

sriesch — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 04:04:16 +0000

When there is a bundle that has installers, are the installers supposed to supplement or replace the installers of the products within the bundle? Or does it depend?

(I use manual install, not DIM.)

Not counting single products with "bundle" in the name, I originally thought bundles were usually empty wrappers for the products they contain, but I've just realized that is incorrect.

I tried comparing the files of the top level of the bundle to the files of the two products within it for one bundle (the dragonbraid bundle), and it seems like there is overlap but probably I should delete the individual product installers and install the bundle instead?

But then I looked at the "Michael 4 Pro Bundle", and it looks like consists of another bundle plus an additional "Michael 4 Pro Bundle Extra Poses" installer that maybe isn't in any of the sub products?

Maybe I'm looking for a pattern that doesn't exist, and I just have to figure out on a case-by-case basis which installers are overlap and which aren't?

How do you uninstall things installed via Connect?

TZORG — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 22:47:19 +0000

I just recently installed the newest DS and have been messing with the content I've been accumulating over the last year. But I think I messed up. It looks like Connect doesn't tell DIM what got installed. So as nice as it is to install stuff right within DS, it seems like it's probably more important to have a good listing of what is installed and what isn't (in DIM). But how can I even undo my Connect installs?

Or am I totally misunderstanding the situation?

Thanks.

Updates for products installed using Connect available only through DIM

Sensual Art — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 19:17:45 +0000

DIM displays that there are updates available for a few installed products which have been installed through Connect. But when I login to connect and browse those products in Products section of the Content Library, there are no updates visible even though I try to manually update their metadata. Even the product documentation page does not list any updates for the products.

For example, right now I am seeing updates for FWSA Quinn, Livia, Iray memory assistant among others in DIM but Connect doesn't show any updates for these.

What kind of updates are these? Do we need to check for updates in DIM even though the products were installed through Connect?

A question about hidden objects and shaders in iray.

AnotherUserName — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 17:48:39 +0000

Hi Folks,

Basically I was wondering, when an object is hidden in a render, is rendering speed impacted by the shader that that object has? Should I make sure that all of my hidden objects have Uber applied to them or does it matter at all?

What's this outfit (Jade Tiger Hair)

ALLIEKATBLUE — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 13:17:13 +0000

Can anybody identify the outfit in the Jade Tiger Hair for Genesis 3 Female main promo? I believe the necklace is from the Jade Tiger clothing, but where is that litle bikini number with the mesh and gold and the shoes and armlet from? Thanks

Outfit in "urban model poses" promos?

jakiblue — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 13:46:57 +0000

http://www.daz3d.com/urban-model-poses-for-genesis-3-female-s

I know I've seen it, but I can't for the life of me track it down.

Octane? Advice?

evilded777 — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 13:26:07 +0000

Just gotta say, first, the forum search stinks to high heaven. When are we going to do something about that? I'm trying to find threads about Octane and the majority of the returns are people whining, ahem, I mean voicing their displeasure, about the preponderence of Iray only content. (if you can't take a joke, its best to just ignore my threads; the sarcasm can be heavy at times, and I occaisionly lack grace; but its never intended to be mean-spirited)

ANYWAY.

I don't know why I went and downloaded Octane last night, but I did. The demo is challenging. With the ridiculously large overlay and what I am only assume is disabling of features...I'm struggling to effectively evaluate. Didn't help that it crashed on me while I was trying to poke at the materials.

First question for any users out there: Lights... I couldn't tell if my lights were coming over or not, if that was just the demo or what that was about. Am I limited to the environment lighting? And is the full plugin not quite so restrictive with the environment?

Second: any information on the materials that is a little less opaque than the official documentation?

Third: what good resources have you found?

I appreciate any input. This is a pretty big purchase...

Little help

D.Robinson — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 02:24:29 +0000

I must have done something i dont know how to correct. For some reason starting today when i try to load props they come in laying down IE wrong rotation and translation. Don't know how to fix it.

Daniel

Mid-Summer March Madness V4 discount not working properly

mtl1 — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 07:21:32 +0000

Not sure if this is intended or not, but the V4 item discount does not work with a single item. It must be *two* featured MM items before the $2.50 triggers...

I only caught this after I purchased my items, so I'll send a note to CS in the AM for my order... I wanted to bring this to peoples' attention before I go to bed :)

anyone need a texture artist?

Taria Lorehand — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 16:28:17 +0000

I've seen some really awesome clothing items in the store lately especially from Rhiannon, I'm in love with the clothing items. But I can't afford to buy anything new right now due to not having a job at the moment. So if anyone is willing to share the product with me, I will do some textures for it since I do need the cash and practice. I did have items here but they are gone now. Not sure why, it could be because the item I had done the textures for are no longer here. Which would make sence and be understandable. It has been a few years.

I have done a lot of textures in the past and stopped for a while due to family issues (mother passed away), marrage issues (divorce), moving issues (moved back to Texas),computer crash issues (Stupied computer lost everything) and recently graduating from culinary collage (not an issue, a happy and exciting day for me). But those issues are done and I'm free to do other things.

So if you are interested, please let me know.

Thanks

Lt. Synergy outfit for Aiko 7 question

jakiblue — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 03:44:06 +0000

http://www.daz3d.com/lieutenant-synergy-outfit-for-genesis-3-female-s

can the cape/tails be removed or made invisible successfully on the outfit?

Genesis Evolution from 1 to 3

a-sennov — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 08:58:38 +0000

Played a bit with Genesis 3 base. Interesting stuff:

Genesis 1:
19296 vertices, 18872 polygons, 26 material groups, 73 bones (including root)
Genesis 2:
21556 vertices, 21098 polygons, 28 material groups, 81 bones
Genesis 3:
17418 vertices, 17000 polygons, 17 material groups, 173 bones

Interesting that Gen3 has lost polys where Gen2 has got them compared to Gen1 - (that's the power of marketing :) ).

Generally Gen3 has cleaner mesh loops and it's better from animation standpoint (my primary concern). It has facial bones so we'll be less dependent on morphs and can DIY expressions how we like them.

Lost polys mean less details (ribs area, pelvis, knees), so I thinks we'll see more HD morphs to compensate this loss. (Or geografts? THAT could be funny.)

Joints have correction JCMs by default (the ones in shoulders resembles Ideal beauty) what AFAIR Gen1 and 2 didn't have.

So, what is the conclusion: we're heading to gamedev! This rig is almost perfect as base for game character - you'll have to REMOVE unneeded bones instead of adding them and I bet even default 'general' weightmap will work fine when exported to FBX :) And less material zones means less draw calls by default.

It came too early! I have an animation project to finish but I cannot hold myself from trying to play with Gen3 in UE4 and I know what will happen then - my very soul will be lost :)

Waiting for G3M.

Bundles

BorgBoy7 — Mon, 11 Jul 2016 17:00:42 +0000

An issue with buying bundles has accured several times now and I was wondering if anyone else has had this happen.

For example, I just bought the new aiko 7 pro bundle. The product list all the product within the bundle including any other

bundle within it as well. Now when I go back to the store all individual the product that are in the bundle are no longer showing

because they are bought. My problem is that the aiko starter bundle is showing up on my screen in the store as not bought even

though I bought a bundle with that bundle in it. Is this a new trend or just a oversight that is just not getting caught?

Questions, comments?

School Girl Bundle for Genesis 3 Female(s)

BorgBoy7 — Mon, 11 Jul 2016 16:36:36 +0000

I own the previous renditions of both of the products in this bundle, why should I buy them again?

Better yet, why should I buy them again at full price whithout the 30% off for new products?

Does anyone own the previous versions and the new ones? If you do can you tell me what differences there

are besides the obvious ones (ie: like it's made for the Genesis 3 female).

"Disable Transform" (DS) vs "Bend" (Poser)

ironcheese — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 15:35:00 +0000

Hi all,
I have been using Poser until G2M/G2F came out.
One interesting feature of Poser was the "Bend" checkbox in the Properties Tab of each limb of a figure: if disabled, it would give a sharp bent between the related limb and the attached one when such limb was rotated.
This was particularly useful when dealing with clothes that had har parts (spaulders / shoulder pads) that would not look right if followed the shoulder / arm bends of the figure they were conformed to, while the rest of the clothing would keep following the character and its movements.
I could not find anything like that in DS, except for something called "Disable Transform", for which I could not find any documentation and that does not seem to do anything when disabled.

Anbody willing to shed some light on this?
Thanks in advance. Cheers

Transfer Morphs from Genesis 3 to Genesis 2

faisan — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 07:03:24 +0000

It's incredible, but I'm asking for if there is a way to trasfer Morphs from Genesis 3 to Genesis 2. Yes, I didn't get wrong. I want to transfer from Genesis 3 to Genesis 2. The reason is I work in Poser, and Genesis 3 has a lot of issues working in Poser, because it isn't compatible with Poser. I didn't have problems working with Genesis 1 and 2 in Poser, but Genesis 3 is impossible to work (it isn't exported correctly, the viseme map doesn't work, animations don't work, etc.) So I decided to work in Genesis 1 and 2, especially 2 for Genesis 3 morphs, but I'd like to know if there is a way to transfer them. I know there are methods to transfer morphs from Genesis 2 to Genesis 3, but I want from Genesis 3 to Genesis 2.

So, can you help me guys?