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Are Hiro and Keiko a complement?

pc2014 — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 11:24:14 +0000

I see that Keiko is 6 and Hiro is 5. I'm really liking the anime style of Keiko, but I'm not sure there's a complemental male for her. Does Hiro have a complement? Is it Hitomi? Anyone have a list of models which go together. I take it Darius and Monique are a pair. Who is are pairs? Thanks!

This weeks freebies ... ALL BETTER :) thank you!

Llola Lane — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 14:39:03 +0000

Not sure if it's just me... but this weeks freebie items are NOT free :(

http://www.daz3d.com/freebies

Say You're Stuck on a 3D Rendering Island (bear with me)

404nicg — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 00:01:39 +0000

And from that point forward you can only use figures from one generation for your renders:

G4 (V4/M4) , G5(genesis), or G6 (genesis 2 male/genesis 2 female)

Which generation do you stick with and why?

Fast Grab Broken

Jason Galterio — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 12:02:12 +0000

Fast Grab items appear to be broken. Banner is still advertising 70% off, but the items listed don't have any discounts. Not even the normal FG discount.

Minotaur 6 hooves on G2F

cwichura — Sun, 08 Mar 2015 10:20:07 +0000

In light of Dione launching in the store today, I am wondering about Minotaur 6's hooves on G2F. I assume they are a geograft (though the product readme wiki is currently borked and timing out when I am trying to look up the file lists for Minotaur 6 and Dione). Are they fully cross-compatabile with G2F? (E.g., I know going the other way, stuff will attach but morphs/joints/something gets broken.) Do they use the Creature Creator geoshell technique to blend into the legs? The Dione product says it includes a morph for the hooves, but is this just to adjust them in shape for the character style? Or more to make them work properly on G2F?

Anyone that has these that can post their experiences with the hooves on G2F?

Thanks

expression sets with no thumbnails >.

Mistara — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 13:56:41 +0000

i'm not buying any more of those. can't sit there all day blindly trying every slider

seriously? how can i go by smile1, smile 2

might as well dial it manually.
or slide it rather

AM's Bear Cubs

Kalypso — Sun, 08 Mar 2015 14:19:40 +0000

I was delighted to see they come with a Poser Core installer but unfortunately there are no images showing them in Poser, only with the LAMH plugin. So, has any Poser user got them and can you post a render? I would greatly appreciate it :)

Are there any 70's style mens' clothes for Genesis 1?

Boorsman — Sun, 08 Mar 2015 19:42:09 +0000

Are there any mens' clothing from the 70's anywhere? I use Genesis1 and don't have the funds for Genesis 2. If there are some for M4, That would work too. I'm looking for mainly button up shirts and leisure suits. I already have the Jeanz for genesis that have the bell bottom morph, so I'm good there, and some shoes that were worn in the 70's.

How to contact PA Jepe?

jasonk — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 09:39:36 +0000

Anyone know how to contact the PA Jepe?

Argh, why are the forum search tools in here so awful/non-existant? :P I get better search facilities when I setup a free forum.

what is the Resolution for GenX?

assmonkey — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 19:31:30 +0000

Yeah, as the titles

I see something called Resolution, and it's default is at 10...just not sure what it does...or what's it for

Should not Valea's department be included in MM? And Raiya's?

cecilia.robinson — Sun, 08 Mar 2015 08:52:46 +0000

Today they both have new releases published, but their catalogues do not discount.

Can SomeBody Explain What Exactly a Shader Does Like You Were Talking To a 5 Year Old?

404nicg — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 15:44:15 +0000

Again, a slow 5 year old lol.

Also, there's a difference between surface shaders and light shaders?

Thanks

Looking for a log/ broken tree suitable to use as a seat for two characters in a forest

thenotoriousjed — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 11:17:56 +0000

I wrote a story a couple years back called "What if you met Bigfoot and turns out he is a really great guy". I'm thinking of rewriting it and using in a short story collection book. I wanted a picture of bigfoot sitting on a log with a human for the story and at the time couldn't figure a way to do it since I can't draw a bit. After discovering Daz I feel it is now a possibility.

I need a log suitable to be used as a seat for both characters that can be used commercially if needed. Anyone know of one or can create one. I don't think it would be difficult to create but I haven't tried the modeling aspect myself just yet.

The picture attached was done just for fun and gives a sense of the two characters, but the scene is not right. I want to set it in a dense forest background. Any help or info appreciated.

Timeline Keyframe Bug

Constance1 — Sun, 21 Dec 2014 14:31:50 +0000

Is there a way around or a script to counteract the following bug:
1. Create\New Primitive\ Cone.
2. Click on the cone.
3. Click on Pose\Animate.
4. Everything is defaulted to 0; click on frame 0, then Create a Keyframe.
5. Click on frame 5.
6. Click Create a Keyframe. Note that YTranslate is 0 for frames 0 to 5 as it should be. (This is what is intended).
7. Click on frame 10.
8. Set YTranslate to 100.
9. Note that frame 4 has YTRanslate of -6.40, not 0. Frame 3 has YTranslate of -7.20, not 0. Frame 2 has YTRanslate of -4.8. Frame 1 has YTranslate of -0.8. All of this is wrong. (It is as if the setting for frame 10 "spills past" frame 5 all the way back to 0, even though you don't want it to do so).
10. If you delete the keyframe at 10, the YTranslate for frames 1-4 returns to 0.

The only way I have found to make frames 1-4 have a YTranslate of 0 after setting it to 100 at frame 10 is to literally click "Create a Keyframe" at frame 4 BEFORE setting frame 10 to 100.

This bug is quite widespread, not limited to cones and YTranslate. (I just put a very simple example here to demonstrate). You can get it with motions of body parts (e.g. rotate a neck), and can see it "spill over" in that changes to e.g. YTranslate can affect settings of e.g XTranslate as well.

"Rendered in DAZ Studio" and "Genesis 2" graphics?

Xameva — Sun, 08 Mar 2015 14:34:36 +0000

Hey - just a quick question,

Where can I find the graphics "Rendered in DAZ Studio" and "Genesis 2" to put on my renders?

I've attached what I'm talking about. I need the .pngs I can put on my own images.

Thanks for your help!

SLI disabled!

Harkonnen1969 — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 21:07:00 +0000

Hi! I have just installed a second graphics card on my Asus P9X79 WS Motherboard which runs on win 8.1 but the sli is disabled! I get the impression that it is disabled by default but seem to be having a problem finding how to enable it!

Has anyone managed to enable sli in win 8.1 and if so can you post a link to a page or youtube video on how to do this!

I'm very eager to try rendering with reality using two graphics cards!

Luxus Skin Settings

Slosh — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 13:30:18 +0000

Edit: Added this link to ShareCG where my scene file is there for download to follow along with this thread. Previously, only Freak 5 owners could use the file, but I have updated it with Genesis Male instead so anyone can come to play!

Luxus Skin Settings by Slosh

As promised a few days ago in other threads, here are the exact skin settings I used for the image shown below.

In my scene, I enclosed Freak in a primitive cube and used the 2 area light preset that came with Luxus. For each light I changed the strength in the surfaces tab. Area Light 1 was changed to 70%, Area light 2 was changed to 50%

To apply the settings, first choose all of the head, torso and limb materials in Surfaces Pane, and convert them to LuxRender material: Glossy Translucent with Volume and Copy Studio Settings.

Then apply the attached settings to each material zone. Use the texture maps associated with each area.
A: is the head, torso, limbs texture. I used Andrei for F5 by Morris.
B: is the specular map
C: is the bump map
X: is also the specular map, but this section is not activated so you don't need to put a map in here, nor do you need to set the color. I had it set during my tests, but ended up not needing it. When I turned on "One Sided", this section became inactive. I just forgot to delete the map.

For rendering, I used Renderer:Sample with Sampler:LowDiscrepancy. This was a tip from czexarna to help reduce the sparkle effect you get with SSS and volumes. Cut my render time from 32 hours to only 1 hour. Let it render longer than 1 hour of course and it will get even better, but the image below was after just one hour.

In LuxRender, I used the Linear tone mapping settings. For Film ISO: 200, Shutter: 1/2, f-stop: 5.6. I also used Color Space: Adobe RGB 98 and the Preset Daylight. Gamma + Film Response was set to Advantix 200.

Hopefully, I have covered everything here. I posted a different render in the Luxus Discussion thread, which has slightly more realistic settings on David 5, since he is not an oiled up bodybuilder. I will be working on an in-depth tutorial for that image, explaining the various settings and what you can expect from each.

Enjoy! Post your renders in this thread. I would love to see what you come up with using these settings, tweaked to your liking or just as is.

Brian, aka Slosh

is there any character set with hair for the G2F geograft?

Mistara — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 12:03:39 +0000

i haven't been paying attention to textures for the female geograft.
Monique has nice hair, but i don't see texture to apply to the geograft?

is there anything for Vickie 6 and friends in all the march madness stuff today?

thanks :)

[RESOLVED] Bikini worn in "Capsces Madame Mojo Monique 6" promos

Morpheon — Sun, 08 Mar 2015 10:53:59 +0000

Can anyone identify the bikini shown in the promos for "Capsces Madame Mojo Monique 6" (http://www.daz3d.com/capsces-madame-mojo-monique-6), please? Thanks...

I burnt my Pizza STUPID THREAD VIIII

kyoto kid — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 00:48:58 +0000

Old Stupid is Here http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/27228/

...FF is being stupid. At times it just freezes up on me when loading requiring having to kill the process in Task Manager after which I have to reboot the system (and wait).

So I go to their website, get on their support page try to enter my ticket and suddenly am hit with a password error. OK it's been a while and I don't remember the password. So I do a password reset request, reset the password, go to sign in again only to get another a mismatch error that now locks me out of my account because of too many attempts. Total pain in the arse.

Next I decide to set up a new account with a different username and password (so I don't have to wait two to three days) using my Comcast email as a contact point. Cool, I'm finally in.

...but like a bad infomercial, "wait there's more".

I enter my ticket only to get a message that I need to confirm my email. So I go to my Comcast account and *surprise!* no email is there in the inbox to confirm my identity. So after writing up all the details I find I just wasted my time.

I'd expect this kind of response from Microsquish, but Mozilla?

Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!

The worst part, in all the messing around I overcooked and slightly burnt my pizza.

DAZ Web

Daniel Barnett — Sun, 08 Mar 2015 09:59:34 +0000

Where is the best place to submit a suggestion for the functions of the web site? I'd like to see the Cart & Wish list have a checkbox that we can select to have multiple items moved to or delete from the list of products instead of waiting for each item to delete. I hope this makes sense!!
dbb

Sturk's Zodiac Heroes?

evilded777 — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 10:35:13 +0000

Anyone remember Zodiac? I know I own the textures, the originals and the upgraded set with the tunic boot textures. But for the life of me I can not find the backup of the install file (new computer).

Anyone remember what this file was called? Its not in my product library, because I think Doug gave away the upgrade to people who already owned the original sets.

If someone out there knows what the file was called, maybe I can find it in my archives.

TIA!

50% off DOs- How's That Work In Featured Stores- and 50% and 10% on 51% Items?

Novica — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 05:28:24 +0000

If you were an early buyer of Darius and Monique, today you get and EXTRA 50% off Daz Originals, including PC club items. (No new releases, gift cards, memberships.)

So how does this work with the DO's that are in the featured stores? Which aren't working correctly unless my math is bad. Because if I get 2 new items I get 50% off, then another 10% for buying both bundles- and with only that, Miwa Anime Hair for Genesis 2 Female(s) is already 30% off because it is a DO in one of the featured stores- so instead of 19.95 it starts out at 13.97- that goes to 6.99 with the first 50% off (being a featured store) and then it is NOT giving me the additional 10% for being a 2 bundle owner. But let's continue anyway.

So it's showing 6.98. Then I get 10% which would be 69 or 70 cents (let's do 70 to make it simple) that would be 6.28.
Am I supposed to get another 50% off with the special offer today of the 6.28, or where was that "if it's a DO get 50% off" supposed to kick in regarding things in the featured stores?

Because I'm supposed to get 50% off everything (in the featured stores) except the new releases anyway, if I buy 2 new releases. Do the DO's get another 50% after the other two discounts? (50% if buy 2 things, 10% both bundles owner.)

Arrrrgh.

Fabulous New Ideas in "Old" Movies

Subtropic Pixel — Sun, 08 Mar 2015 01:30:33 +0000

1989's original Batman movie with Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson. I have had it for ages on DVD, but now that I have Amazon Prime, I actually watched it, because it's so EASY to watch a streaming movie.

And this was also the first time I saw it in HD. It has given me a new appreciation for the work done in this 26-year-old movie, and I think it was the best of all of them, including the more recent ones, which basically could have happened in Indianapolis, Columbus, Pittsburgh, or Philadelphia, but certainly not in Gotham! Nothing bad about those cities, but they're not Gotham City, and in this old movie, it "felt" like Gotham!

And though it's in the "action" genre, the action didn't meet today's beginning-to-end action movies, but because of the other production qualities, it was and still is a great film. And really, everything else was so top-notch. The writing, dialog, and acting was better back then I think, the costuming was awesome (people wore hats in that film!), and the sets; oh my, the sets! The "Museum" scene, Vicki Vale's brightly-lit apartment, the contrast of the starkly minimal cave, even the newsroom and exterior scenes of an Art Decoesque Gotham City! I loved seeing bold statue or laid-brick load-bearing beams, wide stairways, tiled hallways, high cathedral ceilings, detailed moulding around doorways and such. There were virtually no "mere" architectural elements such as simple columns or entryways, and it gave me so many new reference ideas for 3D work.

Just watching that movie filled with its great many wonderful details really fed my inner muse in so many ways, and I highly recommend it for anybody who may be struggling for visual ideas. And Kim Basinger was beautiful in it to boot! :wow:

So what movie have you seen recently that fed your artist's muse?

ISO: Low Poly "Parking Lot" Vehicles

Melissa Conway — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 18:39:47 +0000

Seems like there are a lot of scifi, old-timey, and fancy race car type vehicles in the store, but not many contemporary run-of-the-mill cars and trucks like you might find parked at the mall. Anyone know where to find a set of low poly contemporary vehicles? tx

Can a mesh be made less dense? - SOLVED! THANK YOU KATTEY!!!!!

MJ007 — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 14:58:23 +0000

I had a custom hair made for me for a commercial project. I love the quality of the hair, but the mesh for the hair is SUPER dense and is very heavy load on my system. Whats even worse, the likelihood of this hair being used in multiple instances at the same time is VERY likely.

Is there anything that could be done to reduce the density of the mesh? To give you an idea, one hair is about 25% more dense than V4 (no hair). Or am I out of luck and have to redesign the hair fromthe ground up to be less complex in density?

-MJ

Google Warehouse to 3Dxchange to DAZ Studio

Melissa Conway — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 14:50:02 +0000

It's been some time since I used 3Dxchange, but I originally purchased it to import .obj files into Studio - which, if memory serves, USED to work. Now the files import with the mesh/textures all wonky and I can't figure out how to fix it.

Has anyone done this successfully lately?

Thanks!

How to disable autofollow on a follower?

Soto — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 16:08:32 +0000

Is there a way to prevent a whole item from autofollow morphs?I know how to turn off autofollow of individual morphs once they where loaded, but how to prevent them all from doing it since the beggining?

Or is this something I should work with rigidity maps?

Thanks.

Converting A3/V3 to G2F

WF3D — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 17:55:08 +0000

There are several characters either already in my Runtime or which I want to get which are based on V3/A3 - most notably the Thorna/Sarsa characters. The main issue is that I want to be able to leverage the V4 and G2F props/clothes/hair/etc. I already have, which comprises the vast majority of my Runtime.

I know that I can convert the A3/V3 character morphs with GenX2 and its various add-ons, but is there a way to also convert the A3/V3 character textures (skin primarily - eyes, nails, etc. would be nice as well)? Definitely open to options!

V4 Eye Textures on Genesis2 Female?

Fauvist — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 16:07:12 +0000

I just want to use the V4 eye texture, not the rest of the V4 textures. How do I do this? Can I just apply the texture to the Genesis2 Female eyeball? Or do I have to do something else?
Thanks!