Olympia 7 is listed as a requirement for P3D Adele.  Is Olympia required to obtain the face and body used in the promos?  Thank you

Mine just spontaneously cracked lengthwise through the torso, just one side of center. The two sides of the split were warped, so no way to glue it back together. If it had been a wood carving or musical instrument, I'd have suspected humidity, but not in a resin/filler composite material. I'm guessing poorly cured resin, creating a heck of a lot of stress. I've seen this in composite materials before.

Does anyone know what house printed these, so I'll know who to aviod in the future?

Thanks!

now it gives me a message that is been showing on the attached image...

i have turned antivirus and firewall off...any idea what is the problem? thanks in advance...

(The video looks better than the thumb. Don't know why the thumb looks so ghastly... If anyone can tell me how to stop the forum from distorting the thumbnail I would really appreciate it!)

Just a little sample of what you can do to promote your artwork on youtube.

I used windows movie maker to do a simple slideshow and FL studio to make the music.

Hope you like :)

I am surprised that DAZ 3D does not offer RENDER FARM Services to

their customers (for a price of course).

It could be added to the DAZ 3D software...cloud is already there. got scene the way you want it, did a couple of partial

sample renders, now you want it done, hit a button, your end does a quick cost estimate, member

chooses any options, price agreed...push button, your render farm pulls the info,,,does the render

While we work on other things.

You do the work we pay you.

What do you think?

I like spotlights because they lighten whole figure better than a distant but what I do not like when using a spot as sun is the positioning issue of this light, would be much easier to have a spotlight what can be placed at zero ground (x,y,z) like a distant but have the effects like a spot so a combination of a distant and a spot would be cool, a "distant spotlight".

working on childrens book needing english garden  and vegitable garden environment.

thanks

If I apply one of these textures to anything, and try to render I crash, if I remove them from the scene I'm fine.

In this case I applyed one of these surfaces to a plane, that was it, nothing else.

My wife and I just got a puppy. Shes an eight week old miniature Schnauzer, very cute, very loving and very stubborn. Since training (potty and otherwise) is monopolizing most of our time, I usually cant get away to the computer to render anything as the pup has to be watched constantly. I can however take a couple minutes to browse the forums or play a game on the laptop for a few minutes when the pup is having her down time.

Now I dont have windows 8 pro to network between the pc and the laptop. Im not even sure I could because the laptop is win7 (im not positive how it works or if that would even matter). I do stream my games through steam and I got to thinking that since you can link non steam games (and software) to the steam launcher (unsupported), maybe you can link daz to steam and stream daz. I cant render on my laptop alone, it can barely handle 3dlight otherwise I would just do that.

Has anyone tried this?

Because that thread focuses on what can be done with the assets available now I split this up to a 2nd thread because it points at areas out of the reach of the customers.

To give the DAZ3D community a true leap in quality there could be a character generation with

Higher base model resolution

Have a quick look at

http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc-top-row-gallery.php

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To paint and model fine details you may want a resolution of at least 1'000'000 vertices.

To go even further with HD geometry you may want to work in some areas with 50'000'000 or more vertices.

So how do you go from a model with 100'000 vertices to a model with 1'000'000 and more?

Subdivision levels:

When you add subdivisions each polygon on a model gets split into more vertices.

The original basic subdivision stays exactly the same.

But now at the higher subdivision levels you can sculpt and paint details.

Instead of having the whole model at an insane high vertices point some modeling applications allow you to add more vertices in just one area.

Example:

http://pixologic.com/zclassroom/lesson/hd-geometry

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How do you bring the details back to DAZ Studio?

Currently for those with a modeling application there are four options to create high detail and bring it back to a DAZ3D figure each with their own advantages and disadvantages:

- Export / import model at higher subdivision level

If your system can handle it you can just export an .obj with a vertices count at 1'000'000 or even up to 25'000'000.

The advantage is that you can create details that can not be captured by maps or morphs.

You can alter the original mesh in any way you want.

Example:

Very high detail Hair, spikes and other curved forms that are not just sticking out in the normal direction of the model but end up in spirals or other more complex forms.

- Displacement maps

The advantage of displacement maps is that you can have the model at the base resolution and then apply displacement maps that capture all the detail.

You can alter the higher subdivision levels in any way you want

The downside of displacement maps is that unfortunately many GPU render engines do not handle them that well currently especially on lower resolution models.

- Morphs

The advantage of morphs is that you can dial in the details at different levels.

The downside of morphs is that you cannot alter the original subdivision levels.

This means all the details you add need to be created by moving the vertices around to other positions.

You can create some spiral shaped forms that you cannot create with displacement maps.

- HD morphs

The idea of HD morphs is to add details on a higher subdivision level.

This has the same limitation as normal morphs in so far that you can only move around vertices.

But because you can sculpt at a higher resolution around 1'000'000 vertices you can create some finer details.

The use of a tool to transfer HD morphs back to DAZ Studio is currently limited to official DAZ3D partners.

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One type of figure with one base resolution is not able to fulfill the needs of different user groups

To summarize in a very simplified form

If you want to create more realistic images you need higher resolution models that are able to capture all the details.

Only if the actual original base geometry of the model has more vertices you can create all the details you want without being limited in one way or the other.

From that point of view a base figure created for high detail sculpting should have a vertices count of around 800'000 to 1'000'000.

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Updated / Edited to be more precise:

I removed a link to a 3rd party blog comparing different generations of Victoria and their vertices count because of user input that those numbers may not be accurate.

When you compare base and high resolution levels of Victoria 4, Genesis, Genesis 2, Genesis 3 you will notice that they stayed pretty much around the same level of vertices. In fact the from Genesis Generation 2 to Generation 3 the vertices count was actually lowered instead of raised.

When I tested this myself I found that G3F has a base resolution of 17'418 vertices and a high resolution of 68'744.

What is called "Base Resolution" in DAZ Studio is called subdivision level 1 in Zbrush.

What is called "High Resolution" in DAZ Studio is called subdivision level 2 in Zbrush.

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To me it seems in the past the goal was always to provide models that could in theory also be used for games.

The vertices count may have been low to make sure old systems can handle it.

It seems that DAZ3D now has a side company specialized for low resolution game models:

https://www.morph3d.com/

Maybe now that the needs of the game developers are covered  is there not also room to provide a more higher resolution model optimized for high detail sculpting?

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3 different product lines of character models?

Maybe there would actually be room for 3 different types of character models by DAZ3D?

- Genesis for the average users

- Morph3D for game creators who need quality at lower resolutions that is optimized for real time rendering

- A UHD figure Generation for users who like to use DAZ3D characters and sculpt at very high resolution details

The underlying idea would be that at least clothing could be shared by all 3 product lines but character textures and morphs would be unique.

Hope they know.

How do I put Windows on a new hard drive when I have no os disc?    

"If someone has an issue of me using other's models - which is rather common - please comment and I'll delete it all (as done). Seemed obvious to me I couldn't make all that stuff. All on whim and didn't really want to lean on other's work. But we feel the vibes, as always. DAZ models are purchased with license to use as one wishes. I do wonder if others who do same get deluged with negative, judgmental vibes for doing so."

I figured this would happen eventually. I'd like to know what others get when they post vids with others' models. 

I would be grateful for information on things like;

I have a Mac with AMD Radeon R9 M290X 2048 MB gpu, is this compatible with Reality ?

Does Reality automatically convert Iray / 3Delight setting acurately ?

Does the lighting work the same as Iray ?

Is Reality faster than Iray ?

Is Reality reliable and easy to use ?

If you are a Reality user, why do you use it instead of Iray ?

Thanks

After Tobor's tip, I tried shutting off Tone Mapping and ... wow. End up with either flat white or wildly weird lighting effects. (Is that normal and massagable?)

I then tried turning off burn by components and burn highlights and crush blacks. Now I'm seeing lots of speckling and convergence stuck at 0.00%.

Advice?

Wondering if it can be used without the sand?

I can imagine many uses for it.

A newer texture would also be fantastic so it could be used as an up-and-running facility.

Thanks.

R

When it was released several months ago or so I was hearing good and bad things about it. Anyone have any opinions on it?

Thanks