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Does measure metrics work with V7?

nickalaman — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 17:49:54 +0000

I looked at the prestes, and it mentions genesis, genesis 2, but no mention of genesis 3?

Thanks,

Free Daz Originals?

Salem2007 — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 23:16:35 +0000

I saw this in my messages today, but I'm confused. It reads "Free Daz Originals" but it's actaully a 4$ off coupon. Am I missing something? I couldn't find another thread about this, so maybe it's just a goof.

Just installed LAMH (Look at my Hair) but found no human preset

iSeeThis — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 13:18:08 +0000

I've read the user manual and it says there are human presets with LAMH. But after I tried to find them in lookatmyhairAM folder, I found nothing. Do I miss anything? Thank you!

No Buzz cut!!!

sydgreen — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 21:58:11 +0000

Awe man the buzz cut for gen 2 and 3 was on sale this morning but I was rushed to get to work and when I get home it wasn't. Wish I'd went a head and picked it up this morning.

Smoothing and IRAY

FSMCDesigns — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 17:15:14 +0000

A problem popped up and I am hoping there is an easy fix. I rely heavily on the smoothing modifier and collision. In the past week what is shown with smoothing/collision in the peview window isn't rendering in the final IRAY image. It's as if all of the smoothing/collision parameters are absent with the final render. Anyone heard of this and if so is there a fix? BTW I am still using 4.8

Base shader / subsurface error

Sylvan — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 07:49:00 +0000

This morning I suddenly get this error whenever I load something in my scene. I changed nothing and this didn't occur yesterday. I re-installed my ubershaders and whatever else I could find to no avail. I've never seen this kind of error before and I am unable to point to a folder what is usually the case with this kind of errors. How to solve this? Thanks for your time in advance!

Are there Genesis3 UVs for use with Genesis1?

Jonstark — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 04:32:24 +0000

I'm not into Genesis3 (to be honest I didn't really buy in much even for Genesis2) but since I saw the new GenX2 update is out that would theoretically allow me to take a Genesis3 character and put a very similar, nearly identical, face/body shape for that Genesis3 character onto a Genesis1 figure, but suddenly I wondered if there are Genesis3 UVs for use on Genesis1. I know there are Genesis2 UVs for use on Genesis1 already, but didn't think I had seen anywhere in the store yet that has Genesis3 UVs for use on Genesis1, and seems like that would be a necessary component to take a Genesis3 character skin and match it up onto a Genesis1 figure with the (Genesis3) character shape.

Carrara 8.5 Pro Fast Grab!

RCDeschene — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 23:29:36 +0000

Granted 85$ is still a bit pricey for the average customer. But then again, pro versions of such apps usually isn't for the "average customer", anyway... ;)

Riot Girl won't download

Rod Wise Driggo — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 23:12:14 +0000

Anybody else bought Riot Girl for G3F ans has problems installing through DIM? I only get "download has failed"-errors. Other products bought download and istall fine.

Running in High Heels

ScarletX1969 — Wed, 22 Jun 2016 18:46:07 +0000

Here's a question that I'm sure a lot of you will have fun with. I like the latest product from Val3DArt but it got me wondering...I see so many fantasy/fighting fantasy outfits with high heels and I realize that its a particular look but...has any of you ever really ran and leaped around in high heels...let along fight in them?

Costume practicality is almost always thrown out the window when doing this stuff...but I'm just curious. The only dude I knew that could run (and maybe even play basketball) in some high heels was the late Prince.

lol

ironman13 Not-So Fast Grab Sale

xyer0 — Sun, 26 Jun 2016 21:23:09 +0000

If you purchase one item from We All Have Our Secrets new products with one item from Summer Vacation new products and one item from ironman13 Gold new products, then you get a total discount of over 73% off ironman13's store. This is ridiculously great! If I weren't out of money it'd be even better.

EDITED FOR NEW SALE

What's next after creating new surfaces with Geometry Editor

barbult — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 05:27:58 +0000

I created some new surfaces with the geometry editor to separate the neck and sleeves of a shirt that was all one surface. Now what do I do to save those new surfaces so I can use them another time after reloading the shirt? Do I have to save the shirt as a new support asset, or is there a better way to save the new surfaces?

AMD FX-8320 vs 6th gen i7: Cores vs speed/power?

mmitchell_houston — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 17:10:38 +0000

It's a little frustrating to find specific info here in the forums. I am reasonably sure this has been broached before, but I can't find anything of use on this topic.

As indicated in the title, I'm looking to build a new computer. I was holding out for the nVidia 1070 and 1080 cards, but, frankly, I've already waited 6 months and the new cards don't even work with Iray. So, enough is enough. I'm going to build a box based on the older, tried-and-true technology. Which, of course, brings up the processor. I had pretty-much decided to go with a 6th gen i7, but while searching for pre-built systems, I came across the AMD FX-8320.

This made me pause. The AMD has 8 cores, whereas the Intel has 4 (yeah, I know there's an 8-Core i7 out there, but out of my price range -- unless someone has a good source for them?). Would extra cores provide a boost for rendering Open GL with Daz, or with Poser's Comic Book Mode (which is basically a render of the display/draw mode)? Or are my first instincts right to go with the new i7 platform?

All geek to me....

Wonderland — Wed, 25 May 2016 10:21:32 +0000

God, I remember when creating this kind of 3D art was almost like playing with Barbies in the computer. You posed, shaped, added, skin, makeup, hair, clothes, rendered. A very girly hobby/art really. Now, you have to deal with things that pros in animation studios are being paid a lot of money to learn... And they just specialize in ONE thing--either texturing, modeling, etc... It seems that now we, as artists/hobbyists have to learn high level geek stuff that Pixar employees are doing practically.... Like what does this even mean? "To begin using a Light Portal, you must first enable the Caustic Sampler property in the Optimization group found in either the Render Settings or Draw Settings panes. Then add a Spotlight or a Point Light to your scene. A Light Portal property appears under the Light > Area group when the Photometric Mode is enabled and the Light Geometry property is set to Rectangle in the Parameters pane. Enabling this Light Portal property causes the light to be seen by the Iray renderer as a light portal instead of as a light."

i just want to create art and make pretty girls. Help!

Poser problem

cclesue — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 23:06:11 +0000

I'm sure this has come up before but my search didn't help. I'm running both Poser 11 (latest version) and Pro 2012. Both have the same problem and I'm convinced it has something to do with the preferences. Problem is I can't find them for either app. I've refer the SM articles but they aren't where they say they should be. Perhaps if I knew the exact title for this files I could do a search but as of now i am at loss. . . ideas?

Rune & Ivan 7

RCDeschene — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 07:57:17 +0000

Huh... Interesting... I thought Gia was our resident warrior princess... o.o

Maybe she's older? Gia's mother, maybe?

Unable to create renders overs 1000 x 1000 pixels

dylan_borg_d673e29d8d — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 20:14:25 +0000

DAZ 4 crashes when I attempt to create a render that is larger than 1000 x 1000 pixels.

I am not sure why this is happening.

Eyebrow movement morphs

aaráribel caađo — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 21:51:38 +0000

Some women have very expressive eyebrows—they move a lot and you can see the muscle structure in the brow. Wrinkles happen. the inner edges come out. Is there a morph or morphs that allow anything like Emelia Clarke expressiveness?

I'm looking for these shoes!

Quietrob — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 08:10:40 +0000

I know the outfit and the character but I can't find the shoes! I want both! Can anyone identify these shoes?

IRay Compositing?

marble — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 08:04:48 +0000

I'm very new to IRay, having only recently bought a GPU capable of rendering a scene in a reasonable time (I'm getting old, time is precious). It is already clear to me that the 4GB VRAM I have is not enough. For example, I created a scene with the Northern Terrace Street, a G3F and a G2M (clothed) and it dropped back to CPU. I tried reducing the texture sizes of the NTS from 4096x4096 to 2048x2048 but no luck - still too big for my VRAM.

So I wondered whether there was a way I could render the street scene and the people separately (using canvases) and then composite them in Gimp. I've looked for tutorials but they all describe LPE and rendering lights separately which is wonderful but not what I'm looking for. Does anyone know of a tutorial somewhere that I could follow? I'm guessing that shadows might be a problem, among other considerations.

What's this outfit...

Daywalker Designs — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 13:00:28 +0000

In the Kiaria for Mei Lin 7 main promo?

Apollo Maximus questions

Sphinx Magoo — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 00:55:27 +0000

I recently rediscovered my Apollo Maximus files, so I was playing around with them in DS. Questions ensued...

1) Is there a way to transfer poses from M4 or the Genesis figures to Apollo? Poses are kind of limited for Apollo and I have some giant pose libraries that would help.

2) Is there a way to transfer clothes from M4 or Genesis to Apollo? Clothing's kind of limited for Apollo, etc., etc., etc.

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!

Atmospheric Perspective / Haze, how?

JeremyD — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 19:56:00 +0000

How does one go about achieving this effect in their landscapes, where things go hazy in the distance?

Shadows with opengl

Ruphuss — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 05:50:10 +0000

dear mr and mrs daz

as an animator i love to make quick renders with opengl

is it possible to have a version with shadow casting enabled ?

would enhance it so much

nsfw Star! question

Ikyoto — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 14:44:55 +0000

Are there any anotomically correct textures for her?

Hi-Key Studio iray.... damn!

Rod Wise Driggo — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 22:42:06 +0000

So I opend the shop this morning (european post-brexit time that is) only to find the new Hi-Key Studio iray discounted by 62% for some 8$. Was still there some hours later so I thought well, why not only to find it back to $17 in the afternoon when I was ready to purchase. Among all the Meehh-Deals (45% for vendors with added 10% for new release purchase) this was obviously to good to be true. Well, summer sale will come sooner or later.

Great Scott Marty!!

shadowhawk1 — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 06:53:57 +0000

Is it just me or does the new Mountain Valley set look like it was lifted from the Hill Valley set from Back to the Future. The only thing it is missing is a Delorian racing down the street.

http://www.daz3d.com/mountain-valley ;

Question about SLI

mmitchell_houston — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 16:38:55 +0000

Thinking of building a new i7 computer and setting up SLI to run dual EVGA GeForce GTX 960 Super Clocked ACX 2.0 4GB GDDR5 128 Bit Graphic Card (04G-P4-3962-KR) cards (I've got one, so I would buy another).

I understand the basics of SLI, but since most of the info out there focuses on gaming (which does not apply to me at all -- I don't play video games on my computer), I've got a few specic questions that relate to Iray.

Can one card be set up to run my dual monitors and the other dedicated entirely to Iray processing?
I don't want to dump the 960 card, but will two of them provide the better performance than a 970? (I think the 980s are out of my price range).
Is anyone else using a similar configuration? Does the second card provide a significant boost to rendering speed?

Help with Iray Interior Scenes using Mesh Lights

tring01 — Tue, 14 Jun 2016 00:41:01 +0000

I've been doing renders for a web comic recently using IRay. The results for exterior scenes using Sun Sky lighting only are very nice and render in a reasonable amount of time. My problems come with interior renders.

I tried using three point photometric light setups and just could not find a way to handle the harsh, obvious shadows without way too much time consuming fiddling. I switched to mesh lights. I generally use just a single 1 meter emissive sphere. Produces a really nice render and lets me get setups done in minutes. I still have one problem.

I can't seem to get a handle on how good is good enough when using mesh lights. I find the convergence percentage a good indicator of quality for sun sky lit renders, but interior mesh light renders never get above 1% to 5% convergence. The renders LOOK fine to me but I keep waiting for that convergence percentage to come up to something reasonable. It just never budges, no matter how good the render looks to my eye.

Can anyone suggest a render setting tweak that will give me a more useful measure of render quality for these interior mesh lit scenes?

What happened to MRL Eden's price?

CypherFOX — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 19:52:04 +0000

Greetings,

It seems to have lost its intro discount.

-- Morgan