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Office Wear for Genesis 3 Female(s)

RCDeschene — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 10:55:24 +0000

Now THAT is acceptable office wear! IH Kang's stuff is always so practical, and seeing Sarsa on this product only makes it better! :)

how come Michael7 needs dim, Vickie7 doesn't?

Mistara — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 16:59:18 +0000

how come Mich7 needs dim but Vick7 doesn't?

**Genesis 3 Male Starter Essentials must be installed through Daz Install Manager (DIM) to use Michael 7 in Daz Studio. To find the Genesis 3 Starter Essentials search for SKU:21630 in DIM and click to install

doesn't seem fair.

is daz studio prolighting worth it

chris_settlemoir — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 20:31:07 +0000

can anyone give me any pros and cons on it im thinking about getting it but unsure

Dynamic Poses?

JOdel — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 07:59:23 +0000

Okay, I see that we've got another gown in the store with a slew of dynamic morphs tied to specific pose sets. As well as wind morphs which I suspect aren't tied to any specific poses.

They look very good. But while I managed to find a couple of the pose packs that the morphs seem to be tied to, a store search doesn't bring up 'Fashion Model Pose Pack' at all. I would have expected to find it in one of the G3F base pro packages, but it doesn't come up in relation to any of the seven Pro packs so far.

Since this is looking like an ongoing new method of simulating dynamics from conforming clothing in Studio, could we have links to the related pose packs with these outfits in the future?

Need to vent...

Linwelly — Sat, 26 Dec 2015 16:54:56 +0000

What I would like to tell the responsible person who designed the windows 10 add popup, I would like to tell them that they should please shoot themselfes in the knee, repeatedly... I was rendering that looong thing and I knew it would take a while so I started the render in late afternoon yesterday, and my computer was jolly rendering. In the evening I took a look and it was at 91%, so still a way to go but as there was the night ahead I let it run and hoped for a finished or almost finished render in the morning. Instead I had that stupid (/%%&(%$ popup sitting there asking me to finally update to $§%%$§' windows 10 which I will not do in the remaining lifetime of this computer and my render was still sitting at 92% the computer blocked for any other sensible action until the popup is clicked away. And of some strange reason it would not return to seriously working on the render. But as I'm a very civilised person and I don't even know to find the responsible for that &$§&%§ popup, I'm just venting here on you guys and tell you that I &%$/&%$/§ hate everything about &%$&$§& windows 10 and that from now on I will have to pull th plug for renders of that kind..

Thanks for the place to do so!

Victoria 4 textures on Genesis 3 Female (G3F)???

GRFK DSGN Unlimited — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 03:00:59 +0000

I have some V4 textures that I would love to use on G3F. Is there any way to transfer V4's uvs to G3F? I thought I saw a way to do it Studio thru some "save as" feature, but I'm clueless as to how to get the process to work. I've done searches on the site andd only come up with info that's dated back in June of this year. Nothing since. I have seen the tutorial that involves Studio and Blender and I'd really rather not "convert" the textures. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

g2f and g3f

chris_settlemoir — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 19:47:26 +0000

will g3f be around for the long haul do you think? or do you think that g4 will come out this year ect? what do you guys feel will happen to g1-2 and older gen worth of stuff?Also what do you think the proper amount of ram would be needed to run daz at the best so it doesnt hang up due to memory shortage

Out of curiosity- Computer or Mobile device for forums?

McGyver — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 01:32:18 +0000

Over the past year I have turned to using my iPad for forums, tutorials and even purchases... For me it makes more sense and I can step away from the computer for the lighter stuff like reading and writing.

What do you tend to use more for forum visits... Desktop/laptop or mobile/tablet?

If you use a tablet or mobile device, do you find it convenient or missing something?

Any way to modify morphs

Oso3D — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 16:06:31 +0000

Is there a way to modify a morph so that it affects certain parts of the body less than it does normally?

I'm thinking of, for example, the Ghastly Dog. I like what it does to most of the body, but I'd rather retain more of default face and top of the head, and hands.

Raw Energy Effects - Does it work with iRay?

XpiderMan — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 21:24:20 +0000

Greetings, quick question, does the Raw Energy Effects works when rendered with iRay? I would like to buy it, but not sure about it's compatibility with it.

Thanks in advanced.

Thank you Oskarsson and Luthbel (and others)

erik leeman — Tue, 06 Oct 2015 14:44:40 +0000

Finally found time to try out some of the stuff I bought in the ongoing sale, and I really need to shout 'thank you' for the great G2M-garments these guys have created recently!

IH Kang and Aave Nainen should be mentioned too of course, thank you for the wonderful contemporary, every-day clothing you've made for G2M.

Cheers!

Erik

Post dates prior to 2016 limited to month?

McGyver — Sun, 03 Jan 2016 20:42:02 +0000

Am I imagining or didn't the forums used to list the day as well as the month a post was made?... Now, prior to January 1, 2016, only the month and year shows up... No more "December 18, 2015"... Just "December 2015"... I just went back to try and find something and noticed that. Is it a new bug or is there some reason for that?

What Character Was Used for "Cloud Hair" Promos?

aristarh1970 — Sat, 26 Dec 2015 07:00:28 +0000

Hi everybody.

I have a question about the character that is used for the promo pictures for the "Cloud Hair": http://www.daz3d.com/catalog/product/view/id/8743

Does anybody know what character it is?

Thanks!

Rendering Machine

joshgarth22_f85d653be8 — Sun, 03 Jan 2016 21:43:25 +0000

Hey all! Long time Daz user, but my laptop is getting slow as hell for rendering and I'm just fed up with it. I'm wanting to dive into actually creating my own content and using new programs such as ZBrush and other modeling softwares. In addition, I am getting back into gaming as well and so with some cash I got for Christmas, some gift cards, and a bit of my own scratch I've come up with the following set-up and I'm wondering if this will be a good machine to render in, create in, and game in.

I've done a bunch of research and this I think is the best thing that's within my budget, but I'll ask the experts before purchasing.

Thanks in advance!

Josh

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($249.36 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($62.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($66.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 4GB Video Card ($239.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Thermaltake Core V21 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $779.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-03 16:43 EST-0500

Effective Texturing 3D items for DAZ Studio in ZBrush - how to?

wargis — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 04:25:19 +0000

Hello to all! I have a question about Zbrush way of texturing various items, especially clothing, to generate accurate displacement and normal maps. For a start I attempted to make a custom texture for Mall Girl Shorts for Genesis and the main base texture was painted in Photoshop. Looks like this (Texture converted to Polypaint)

Then I wanted to add colored 3d stitches onto pockets,belt loops and other places, using free IMM Stitch brushes, and then add decorative elements like embroidery via Spotlight. But when I attempted to colorize this stitch brush via Gradient and Switch Color panels, I get nothing for stitches, they remain uncolored, and when I want to paint stitches over the surface of the subdivided mesh, I need to Freeze Subdivs and then all Polypaint texture disappears (becomes blurry). Is it possible to colorize stitches in, say, brown and then export diffuse, displacement and normal maps, joining this base primary texture and colored or displaced stitch lines? I don't want to change the initial geometry of the mesh, I just want to get the Displacement Map, precisely corresponding to the diffuse one.
The same concerns decorative elements like pockets and embroidery, which can be added via Spotlight - how to save all this elements together with the primary texture on all maps? I have seen so many beautiful items (especially in Mec4d store), obviously textured in Zbrush and I feel it's rather simple but I don't know the right workflow. Can I export the Diffuse texture as PSD to keep all its elements on separate layers and the displacement texture as a whole? Which options are better for exporting textures from Zbrush?

The Holiday Sale...

cdemerit — Sun, 03 Jan 2016 06:41:42 +0000

Well, It's now over, and I'm beyond disappointed... I did not find much redeeming about it, and my months purchases reflect that. It is also the first month in 9 months that I did not use my PA coupon, simply because I found nothing to use it on.... I was originally going to go point by point about why I felt it was a failure, but after thinking about it for a couple days, I realize that most of the things on my list were legitimate business decisions by Daz, and while I might not be happy with them, there was really no reason to Whine about them....

However, There is one issue that I saw a lot of, but will continue to be an issue if left unchecked. Daz, you really must address the issue of improperly working sales scripts. No matter how simple or complex you make the sale, IT MUST WORK THE FIRST TIME EVERY TIME. If your webprovider (magneto) can't handle your scripts, you need to simplify them or find another provider... I put 1 item into my cart, and got 3 different prices for the item, In the cart, before I gave up and canceled my purchase. I'm not talking midnight Daz time, but Noon time the next day. While many bugs/issues such as the forum login bug and the lack of a real forum seach are issues, I can ignore them, but where my Credit Card/ Bank account/ Money are concerned, I cannot tolerate problems. This was a major issue for me last month, combined the "Customer Service" not being able to "find" my transaction history when I asked for a refund, and wanting me to send them my bank statement?!?! AS IF! If these issues can upset someone with a $150 a month Daz Addiction to the point of only spending $7.00 for the month (and had I actually gotten the refund I asked for it would have been $3.00).

All I know is I'm now questioning the quality of the company, and re-evaluating my plans for future purchases. Buggy sales reflect very poorly on your company.

Please restore my wishlist!

john2477 — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 00:05:00 +0000

With the new year my carefully selected wish list has disappeared. I have had many problems with DAZ over the years but this is the last straw. Anybody else have this problem? Lets hear from you!

Stickied Links and Useful Resource Threads- One Link?

Novica — Sun, 03 Jan 2016 22:23:23 +0000

I'll premise this by saying I hate the stickied lists at the top that have grown and grown in size and that I have to scroll past every time I visit that part of the forums. In my opinion, several should be part of the general overall site setup.

People who buy from DAZ shouldn't have to go to the forums to discover payment methods. More importantly, when you go to checkout, the payment options are there- so why do we have a sticky? That may have been valid when a new payment method was added, but now? It's been there for years. That belongs in the footer on the site, not a sticky in the forum that we scroll past hundreds or thousands of times. And seriously- "NEW!" As of SEPTEMBER 2012????? How to use a method other than store credit? Again, that would be in the footer with payment methods. Not a sticky. So get rid of two right there.You can disagree with me, but we've heard repeatedly/ the argument that MOST buyers don't visit the forums, so don't stick information like payment methods IN the forums.

And the sticky that has "Useful Resource Threads" has one post. Work in progress? Make that three that aren't necessary. Get some links for that one, then put it back.

Holiday Punch Sale is over. Get rid of the sticky, put it down into the regular links. That makes four.

Eva 7 is not new anymore, it's been September since the release. She doesn't need to be stickied, she should be regular thread like the other figures. The thread barely gets any chat, not even as much as most regular threads. That makes five IMO.

And what an improved viewing experience that would be for thousands of forum members.

Stonemason appreciation thread

Dimeolas — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 00:17:39 +0000

For everyone who wanted to do another pic for the contest or was having way too much fun getting ideas, feel free to post pics here using Stonemason`s products.
Enjoy

model gens and their names need help clearing up

dmjuggalo — Sat, 02 Jan 2016 09:33:35 +0000

Ok I was wondering if someone could clear up a question I had about the different versions of the genesis base models. What would I need to look for when buying stuff if I just use the base models for Genesis, Genesis 2 and Genesis 3 models. I have only purchased 2 characters but for the most part I only use the base models with my own morphs dialed in. I always see tons of stuff for Named models like Victoria, Michael, Bethany, Olympia and such. So what would just the base models be called. I see G4 G5 G6 and G7 alot. But what gen are those? Thanks for any help posted ;)

My (LAMH) animal models coming with Poser Hair!

Alessandro Mastronardi — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 23:06:12 +0000

For the folks interested, I was finally able to write a custom code routine that would convert LAMH fur information to Poser Dynamic Hair.
There are only a few brief steps that I have to do manually, but I am now able to convert and produce addons for all my animal models so that they work natively in Poser too!

And of course new ones will come in double format...

Here is the American Bison for Poser (I must admit I am NOT very acquainted anymore with Poser, so I'm still trying to sort out best render and lighting settings), but I'm very happy with the results.
Attached also an image of the Hair Room.
Being native Poser hair, users will of course be able to style them further and change whatever setting they want.
More to come...

Cargo Plane Question.

Charlie Judge — Sat, 02 Jan 2016 17:17:02 +0000

Will the Cargo Plane (http://www.daz3d.com/douglas-cargo-plane) work in 3Dl or is it IRAY only?

Also wondering how long the 75% off promo pricing will be available. Yeh, I know, only DAZ knows, but just wondering, anyway.

Iray - 2GB VRAM - Could it work?

Tiddly — Sun, 03 Jan 2016 00:44:10 +0000

I need iray to render the following scene:

V7 male and V7 feamle with skin textures and non fancy clothes. No hair (I can do it in post). 3 lights and dome.

I don't know how much video ram this takes up, so I ask could 2GB work and how could I tell the total VRAM size of my scene?

Saving pose presets

Designem — Sat, 02 Jan 2016 14:57:15 +0000

I'm trying to save pose presets for the DAZ horse 2 tail. I go through the usual pose saving procedure but what ends up is that the tail will move but the hair still sticks straight out and doesn't follow the tail. What is the fix for this, please!

...and how do I search in these discussion forums, it used to be easy. I don't see a search box anymore.

x593

Looking for this hair set?

gibrril_fa945a6cee — Sun, 03 Jan 2016 11:32:53 +0000

Hi all,

I'm lloking for the name of this hair-set: A vendor called 3D-Age uses it a lot in his pictures, but I'm having a hard time pinning it down.

I've attached a picture. I'm pretty sure it's a V4 hair set.

Thanks a lot,

Genesis 3 "Glowing" in viewport

Bomber — Fri, 01 Jan 2016 00:52:20 +0000

Is it possible to turn down the skin/texture settings so that Genesis 3 isn't "glowing" ambiently? I am used to the older models like V4/M4 and if you turned down glossiness/specular/ambient on those it made them stop seeming so "bright" but it doesn't seem to work that way with Genesis. Sorry for not using any more accurate terms but hopefully someone knows what I'm talking about.

Outer Space HDRI for Iray Renders?

alexhcowley — Sat, 02 Jan 2016 13:43:06 +0000

I have an idea for a series of renders set on an orbiting spacecraft using this set:

https://www.daz3d.com/the-captain-s-ready-room

Does anyone have any suggestions for an appropriate HDRI that I can use as the background? I vaguely remember seeing such a product recently but I've been unable to track it down.

Cheers,

Alex.

Supernatural Poses for G3F and Arabella 7 with freebie! [commercial]

Tako Yakida — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 03:34:07 +0000

http://www.daz3d.com/supernatural-poses-for-genesis-3-female-and-arabella-7
(See below post for freebie!)

Whether its sleeping on the ceiling, alien abduction, angry spirits out for revenge or a powerful sorceress commanding the elements, this set of highly detailed poses has you covered.
25 DUF poses for Genesis 3 Female and 25 DUF poses for Arabella 7

13 Flying/floating Poses
1 Laying Pose
3 Running Poses
3 Crouching Poses
1 Standing Pose
4 Wall Crawl Poses

A few samples:

http://www.daz3d.com/supernatural-poses-for-genesis-3-female-and-arabella-7

know this morph/skin?

Myds — Sat, 02 Jan 2016 11:52:54 +0000

I've been asked to recreate an image by an artist who is no longer with us, and in deference to that artist's original choices, I'd liek to get it as exact as possible. I've managed to figure out that the hair is probably the Forest Princess Hair. http://www.daz3d.com/forest-princess-hair with some added hairsticks, but does anyone have a clue what the morph, skin, or makeup is? I would imagine the clue is the white makeup around the eyes--it's done differently than it usually is in these characters. I've tried going through all the characters on the DAZ and Rendo sites, and still haven't pinpointed it. I'm not asking for anyone to go do research, but connoseur may remember the morph/skin/makeup from 4-5 years ago or so. I'm guessing we're looking at a V4 or Genesis. Sorry the image isn't large, it's the resolution I had to work with.

Hair for Selma for Genesis 3 Female(s)???

retiretomaui — Sat, 02 Jan 2016 20:33:52 +0000

This pretty gal: http://www.daz3d.com/selma-for-genesis-3-female-s

Does anyone know which hair she's wearing? I must admit ot being taken with her current look.

Thank you!