Cyborg Shader Decals

jjoyner

I bought Cyborg Shaders (https://www.daz3d.com/cyborg-shaders) last year and it comes with “4 bonus pages of PNG Decals to add that extra layer of realism.” Would one use the decals by copying desired ones from the PNG file and then pasting them in place in a paint program or in image editing software?  Importing one of the image files as a new layer?  Something else?  Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks.

nemesis10

I would use an iray decal:

https://youtu.be/4fROdn_DMr8?si=-KvM84vgM2IW8AME

or

https://youtu.be/Ldo30VWY7bY?si=wDKIMMC86fXB-nmv

or

https://youtu.be/g19co195gsM?si=t5ftZaMIXeTyrCLf

and https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/75203/wtut-decal-will-s-iray-decal-tutorial/p1

jjoyner

nemesis10 said:

I would use an iray decal:

https://youtu.be/4fROdn_DMr8?si=-KvM84vgM2IW8AME

or

https://youtu.be/Ldo30VWY7bY?si=wDKIMMC86fXB-nmv

or

https://youtu.be/g19co195gsM?si=t5ftZaMIXeTyrCLf

and https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/75203/wtut-decal-will-s-iray-decal-tutorial/p1

Thanks for the links but I had already watched them months/years ago.  I specifically want to know how to use the  Cyborg Shaders PNG Decals, though.

nemesis10

They are somewhat generic so there isn't a set way to use them.

jjoyner

nemesis10 said:

They are somewhat generic so there isn't a set way to use them.

Thanks. 

Quasar

They look like they are supposed to be used with an Iray Decal Node in Studio. That's what I would assume. They can be projected onto any surface of any object they are parented to. For me, I would prefer that over messing with texture maps and having to save new copies of them.

jjoyner

Quasar said:

They look like they are supposed to be used with an Iray Decal Node in Studio. That's what I would assume. They can be projected onto any surface of any object they are parented to. For me, I would prefer that over messing with texture maps and having to save new copies of them.

Thanks much for your tip that I need to use an Iray Decal Node.  With that info, I rewatched Jay Versluis’s video, How to use Iray Decal Nodes in DAZ Studio.  I extracted one of the PNG decals that comes with Cyborg Shaders, created a PNG file of it and was able to project it onto a primitive.  Now, I need to be able to create a mask for the decal.  Jay demonstrated how to do that in Photoshop; I just need to figure out how to do that in Paintshop Pro or GIMP.

jjoyner

With a lot of trial-and error failures, I finally figured out how to make a mask in GIMP and in PaintShop Pro.