converting textures between male and female

SheerANONYMOUS

Somewhat related to a post I made yesterday; is it possible to convert a male texture for use on a female character? In this case, specifically Gen 3.

vwrangler

You can use some male textures on female, and vice versa, with this product: https://www.daz3d.com/genesis-3-uv-swap-male-and-female-base

The texure you start with has to use Base Male or Base Female UV for this to work. If you try to work with any of the Daz-produced main figures -- Victoria, Michael, Ivan, Lucian, Elijah, Mika, Olympia, Gia, etc. -- it will not work.

So, for example, with this character -- https://www.daz3d.com/drako-for-ivan-7 -- in the "Whats Included and Features" section, it says, "This product uses the Genesis 3 Base Male UV maps." That statement, or something very close to it, is what you need to look for. It should explicitly say something about "Base Male" or "Base Female" UV maps. (For reasons that surpasseth all understanding, a lot of them seem to say, "This product uses the Genesis 3 Base Male Female UV maps." That also works, but it should really say either Male or Female, not both.)

This character -- https://www.daz3d.com/gianni-7 -- would NOT work for what you want, without sending him through a map transfer (a process that is too detailed to get into). In his "Whats Included" section, it notes that Gianni uses the "Gianni 7 custom UV set", which is just different enough from Base Male to cause problems.

Hope this helps.

SheerANONYMOUS

Yes, that was very helpful. Thank you.