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How to avoid Geograft seams showing?

3DthiSS3DthiSS Posts: 146
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been using the legacy uv's for GF 3 and have a problem with the geograft seams showing....this example is the V5 Valerie skin but this happens with the V4 and GF 2 textures as well....I really like the idea of using the older textures on the GF 3 figures and am hoping to solve this issue....any ideas?

thanx

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  • zaz777zaz777 Posts: 115

    It might just be UV settings on the surface.  Make sure all the UV Sets are the same on all the skin surfaces on both G3F and the geografts.

    The problem could also be bump map, normal map or displacement settings.  Double check those as well.  Make sure the all have the appropriate maps and the same settings.

  • RodrijRodrij Posts: 158

    Sometimes a difference in normal and Bump Maps can cause that issue. Try turning those off to see if that is the cause.

  • 3DthiSS3DthiSS Posts: 146
    edited November 2016

    thanks for the replies

    have trippled checked the uv settings and have made sure the settings in Reality are the exact same for the geografts and the GF 3 ....have tried turning off bump as well and the seams are still showing.

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  • ChangelingChickChangelingChick Posts: 3,379

    Also check displacement. 

  • 3DthiSS3DthiSS Posts: 146

    the textures I've been using don't employ displacement.

  • zaz777zaz777 Posts: 115

    Could be a Reality issue then.  I don't have that.

    One thing that I know affected AoA's shader and also some LuxRender materials, via Luxus in my case, was the displacement settings, even if you don't have displacement maps.  Make sure the min and max on displacement are set to zero, even if you don't have a map.

    As I said, I don't have Reality.  If it isn't something mentioned here, Reality *might* be having an issue with those Geografts.

  • 3anson3anson Posts: 314

    also check the gamma settings on your greyscale data maps( image editor in Daz Studio). all your greyscale maps should be set to 0.00 gamma( Normal maps should be set to '1.00 Gamma' ( huge thanks to a great person 'Elliandra'  for that little tip, she saved me from going bald over seam issues on a product, lol! )

  • Cayman StudiosCayman Studios Posts: 1,141

    I believe earlier versions of Reality had problems with geografts, but apparently from version 4.0.7.61 these have been fixed.  I only have an older version of Reality so I could reproduce the issue, but I cannot myself confirm the effectiveness of the fix. However, 3dLux has posted an image using the geografts in Reality 4.1.

  • nicsttnicstt Posts: 11,715
    edited November 2016

    Are all images the same size? I've had occasional issues when they are not. I mean the diffuse is 4096 for example, and bump might be 3000.

    Also go into surfaces, and open the image editor; Image Gamma is often the cause of issues. You need to compare it will all the other slots; they should all be the same - usually what the image below shows, but make sure if you find different.

    The image you post suggests it's other than something like Gamma though.

     

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  • gederixgederix Posts: 390

    You might want to ask this over at the reality forums, Paolo is usually pretty quick to answer but theres also a community there that is generally quite helpful. http://preta3d.com/forums/index.php

     

  • TKATKA Posts: 27
    3anson said:

    also check the gamma settings on your greyscale data maps( image editor in Daz Studio). all your greyscale maps should be set to 0.00 gamma( Normal maps should be set to '1.00 Gamma' ( huge thanks to a great person 'Elliandra'  for that little tip, she saved me from going bald over seam issues on a product, lol! )

    This fixed my seams issue. Thank you (and many thanks to Elliandra too)!

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