Infinite Insanity - There's ALWAYS Another Sale! (Daily Sale Talk)

nicstt

L'Adair said:

lx said:

What's with the "release 3 expression packs on the same day" thing they do with every character lately? Do they want the vendors to face off in an almighty deathmatch?

p.s. name your expressions please I want to delete all the "01 02" dials I have from prior purchases.

The knitting shaders are super cute though.

A wild guess? They didn't have enough products for Sunny when they released her. Yesterday's sale included all the products in the bundles. I've never seen that before. Usually there are a number of other items—textures for bundled clothes, of course, but other items as well—that are released the same day, and the items in the bundles have to be part of the bundle to get promo pricing, (discounts better than the regular new release discounts.)

I actually thought they were responding to those of us who complained the items in the bundles didn't get the sale pricing, until I saw today's sale and the redundancy of three expression packs. Of course, it's still a wild guess. DAZ has so many products to QA and get ready for this sale, it could just be the way things came out, based on the other stuff in the pipeline.

I really do hope DAZ looks at the Mega Fast Grab tomorrow, when they get into the office, and fix whatever went wrong. (I'm sure something went wrong!) The last time MFG had a limited number of items they were all very nice characters. I didn't need any, so I didn't look that close, but I think they were newer than Gen4.

I agree. The knitting shaders are cute. Love what they did with the CamBot! I like the heels, even though I have no need for them. But the dress is wonderful. I must buy it to show support for the non-skimpwear clothing.

I believe it's this month's non-skimp-wear release. :)

L'Adair

nicstt said:

L'Adair said:

lx said:

What's with the "release 3 expression packs on the same day" thing they do with every character lately? Do they want the vendors to face off in an almighty deathmatch?

p.s. name your expressions please I want to delete all the "01 02" dials I have from prior purchases.

The knitting shaders are super cute though.

A wild guess? They didn't have enough products for Sunny when they released her. Yesterday's sale included all the products in the bundles. I've never seen that before. Usually there are a number of other items—textures for bundled clothes, of course, but other items as well—that are released the same day, and the items in the bundles have to be part of the bundle to get promo pricing, (discounts better than the regular new release discounts.)

I actually thought they were responding to those of us who complained the items in the bundles didn't get the sale pricing, until I saw today's sale and the redundancy of three expression packs. Of course, it's still a wild guess. DAZ has so many products to QA and get ready for this sale, it could just be the way things came out, based on the other stuff in the pipeline.

I really do hope DAZ looks at the Mega Fast Grab tomorrow, when they get into the office, and fix whatever went wrong. (I'm sure something went wrong!) The last time MFG had a limited number of items they were all very nice characters. I didn't need any, so I didn't look that close, but I think they were newer than Gen4.

I agree. The knitting shaders are cute. Love what they did with the CamBot! I like the heels, even though I have no need for them. But the dress is wonderful. I must buy it to show support for the non-skimpwear clothing.

I believe it's this month's non-skimp-wear release. :)

LOL... You may be right about that.

mtl1

Havos said:

mtl1 said:

lx said:

divamakeup said:

mtl1 said:

I'm kind of teetering on Sunny 7. There's nothing explicitly *special* about the figure and the skin textures aren't appealing to me. For reference, I have Vic 7, Karen 7, Arabella 7, Olympia 7, Aiko 7, and Star 7. I suppose she'll fit the petite look, but size usually doesn't show up as a significant factor in my renders.

divamakeup said:

mtl1 said:

Weird. I randomly happened onto this: The PA Sharktooth is actually on sale as a featured PA, as he/she put out the Tween Julie expressions product... but the PA isn't actually listed as a featured PA on the sale page.

 

divamakeup said:

mtl1 said:

Hm. I'm not sure whether to go through with my purchase. It's not a large one by any means, but I don't *need* any of it. 

I didn't buy anything. I REALLY wanted the Gen 3 Iconic Shapes for Genesis and being able to get that for $10 sounded "ok" -not great but ok. But then I realized that I was only getting it to be able to wear V3 and A3 clothes on the newer figures -and since I don't use Genesis 1 I'd have to use the clone to get the A3 and V3 clothes to G1, then autofit it to G2F, then autofit it to G3F ...and that sounds like a pain in the bottom to me (not to mention you'd probably be getting a lot of distortion of the clothes by the time it gets autofited three times. lol So I decided to pass on the sale since that's the only thing I really wanted.

I'm hoping there is a similar product (a V3 and A3 clone) for either G2F or G3F. 

From my own experiences, exporting as OBJ and re-importing it actually fits MUCH better than those iconic shapes. :) So you saved money!!

Whao! Ok, what now? Is there a tutorial on that?

I feel like I should get a leg up on posting my tutorials, but I have so many side projects on the go... :)

I'd love a tutorial on that! (for what it's worth - which probably isn't much. lol) :)

Export > Wavefront / OBJ

Then I believe you want settings something like this: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/uploads/FileUpload/de/11e176e19ed8534169b4847c5c4666.jpg

Load figure you want, Import > pick your file, then with it selected go to Edit > Transfer Utility. Tell it to copy FROM the figure you've loaded, TO the clothing object you imported.

Might need to readd textures and things.

There might be a better way someone can be bothered doing but there's my 2 minute tutorial~

I actually find that I don't need to import using the transfer utility :) I'll try to upload a document to here and elsewhere something by the end of this week; I have a bunch of marking coming up so I want to get that out of the way first.

edit: As a side note, are we ever going to get some of the rarer PAs on sale? I haven't seen Billy-T or Uzilite yet.

PAs that do not release any new items during the PA sale will only go on sale during the handful (1-2) of days when all PAs are on sale. These sometimes occur at the center of the sale, and again at the end, but nothing is guaranteed. I believe Billy-T has not released anything new (at this store) for many years, so is likely to be one of the PAs that are only on sale during the everything on sale period.

I believe they had at least 4-5 days total on last year's PA sale with all the PAs, two of which coincided with the middle of the sale I think. I could be wrong though, because last year had multiple sales with all PAs... even March Madness IIRC?

Havos

mtl1 said:

Havos said:

mtl1 said:

lx said:

divamakeup said:

mtl1 said:

I'm kind of teetering on Sunny 7. There's nothing explicitly *special* about the figure and the skin textures aren't appealing to me. For reference, I have Vic 7, Karen 7, Arabella 7, Olympia 7, Aiko 7, and Star 7. I suppose she'll fit the petite look, but size usually doesn't show up as a significant factor in my renders.

divamakeup said:

mtl1 said:

Weird. I randomly happened onto this: The PA Sharktooth is actually on sale as a featured PA, as he/she put out the Tween Julie expressions product... but the PA isn't actually listed as a featured PA on the sale page.

 

divamakeup said:

mtl1 said:

Hm. I'm not sure whether to go through with my purchase. It's not a large one by any means, but I don't *need* any of it. 

I didn't buy anything. I REALLY wanted the Gen 3 Iconic Shapes for Genesis and being able to get that for $10 sounded "ok" -not great but ok. But then I realized that I was only getting it to be able to wear V3 and A3 clothes on the newer figures -and since I don't use Genesis 1 I'd have to use the clone to get the A3 and V3 clothes to G1, then autofit it to G2F, then autofit it to G3F ...and that sounds like a pain in the bottom to me (not to mention you'd probably be getting a lot of distortion of the clothes by the time it gets autofited three times. lol So I decided to pass on the sale since that's the only thing I really wanted.

I'm hoping there is a similar product (a V3 and A3 clone) for either G2F or G3F. 

From my own experiences, exporting as OBJ and re-importing it actually fits MUCH better than those iconic shapes. :) So you saved money!!

Whao! Ok, what now? Is there a tutorial on that?

I feel like I should get a leg up on posting my tutorials, but I have so many side projects on the go... :)

I'd love a tutorial on that! (for what it's worth - which probably isn't much. lol) :)

Export > Wavefront / OBJ

Then I believe you want settings something like this: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/uploads/FileUpload/de/11e176e19ed8534169b4847c5c4666.jpg

Load figure you want, Import > pick your file, then with it selected go to Edit > Transfer Utility. Tell it to copy FROM the figure you've loaded, TO the clothing object you imported.

Might need to readd textures and things.

There might be a better way someone can be bothered doing but there's my 2 minute tutorial~

I actually find that I don't need to import using the transfer utility :) I'll try to upload a document to here and elsewhere something by the end of this week; I have a bunch of marking coming up so I want to get that out of the way first.

edit: As a side note, are we ever going to get some of the rarer PAs on sale? I haven't seen Billy-T or Uzilite yet.

PAs that do not release any new items during the PA sale will only go on sale during the handful (1-2) of days when all PAs are on sale. These sometimes occur at the center of the sale, and again at the end, but nothing is guaranteed. I believe Billy-T has not released anything new (at this store) for many years, so is likely to be one of the PAs that are only on sale during the everything on sale period.

I believe they had at least 4-5 days total on last year's PA sale with all the PAs, two of which coincided with the middle of the sale I think. I could be wrong though, because last year had multiple sales with all PAs... even March Madness IIRC?

Indeed, March Madness, PA Sale, and Black Friday are the only times when the whole site regularly goes on sale, but I am sure there are a few adhoc days scattered through the year when it also happens.

fixmypcmike

pds said:

 

Fixmypcmike said:

pds said:

Most content has more than one file associated with it (geometry, textures, lights, cameras, materials, etc.). Does moving a single file create a problem? Ideally, I think I'd prefer to recategorize my content based on product so everything "stays together", but then if I want something dual-categorized, what happens then? I know how to put a single item into multiple categories, but does doing that break the paradigm of categorizing the product as a whole?

No problem, since the actual files aren't moved.  You can dual-categorize -- for example, if an outfit includes weapons I categorize it as part of the outfit and also in my weapons category.  Each item belongs to a Product, but a Product doesn't have to be all in the same category.

But if I want to keep everything neatly together, I'm guessing I should recategorize the whole product folder. For example, with a G3F character, if I just recategorize the "actor" rather than the whole product, I'm guessing that would leave her materials in the default category, which would mean hunting them down again. In your example of an outfit that includes weapons, when you add the weapons to both your outfit category and your weapons category, do you categorize the prop itself along with its mats in both places? Or put another way, I'm guessing you could recategorize the whole product to your outfits category and then additionally categorize the weapons prop (and associated mats?) to your weapons category?

Sorry, just trying to be sure I understand how this all works.

What I do is the whole outfit in one category (with subcategories for props and materials), and just the props (and materials for the props) in the weapons category.  I like to make sure everything is categorized, but it doesn't have to be -- I seldom use nail colors and makeup, so in past iterations I didn't categorize them with the figure but in a separate seldom-used category.

donovancolbert

Fixmypcmike said:

pds said:

 

What I do is the whole outfit in one category (with subcategories for props and materials), and just the props (and materials for the props) in the weapons category.  I like to make sure everything is categorized, but it doesn't have to be -- I seldom use nail colors and makeup, so in past iterations I didn't categorize them with the figure but in a separate seldom-used category.

There is nothing preventing you from adding a folder to multiple different categories.

​I have props like Weapons categorized under the clothes they belong to, which are categorized with the character the outfit belongs to... for example...

​"M4\Urban Warrior\Urban Warrior Sword"...

And then I'll categorize it under a Props favorites, too.

"Props\Weapons\Urban Warrior Sword".

​That is the beauty of this... you can categorize multiple different ways if you want, or just one way... the folders all remain in the same place - you're just adding pointers to them in ways that work logically for you.

​That way, if a prop belongs to something, like an outfit, that belongs to a particular character, you can have it there...

​But if it will also work fine with other characters and situations, you can have it categorized there too, so you don't "miss" it when you're looking for, "I need a sword for my G3 Male character for this render..."

donovancolbert

pds said:

donovancolbert said:

 

Thanks! I would love to know what you find out, or if you don't mind pointing me to the thread, I'll keep tabs on it too!

 

http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/990669/#Comment_990669

Is the thread, Diva pointed me to it.


​I think the file you make would be re-imported using this advice:

You can port them, regardless of OS, just use "Content DB Maintenance > Re-Import Metadata".  Your User Data shows up at the top of the list of metadata you can import (it's saved in a plain-text file in the Runtime:Support folder of your first DS-format content folder, just like the metadata that comes in a product zip).  It even works if your content folder is in a different drive or path, as the plain-text files you get by Exporting User Data has relative paths.

Posted ​by FixMyPcMike, above 

​Trying it out now.

 

donovancolbert

PDS...

​Just reimported all meta-data per the instructions provided above by FixMyPCMike... it worked.

​You have to export your user data to a file, UserData_1.dsx which will be stored in your default support directory (instructions on where to locate this are in the linked thread above.)

​Then copy it to your target machine, into the directory that holds your support directory there. Then follow the instructions to reimport metadata, and make sure user metadata is selected, then let it run.

3Diva

pds said:

divamakeup said:

pds said:

divamakeup said:

Wonderland said:

divamakeup said:

Wonderland said:

After creating your categories comes the FUN PART - going through your "My Library" and "Poser Formats" and all your folders and seeing what all you have and organizing it into your categories. :) To organize single items you can right click the item's icon and choose "Categorize" and put a check mark by the folder or sub-folder that you want to put it in. To categorize an entire folder's content just right click the folder and choose "Create a Category from >> Selected Folder & Sub-Folders". 

So, I'm woefully behind on getting my content better organized, partly because I didn't know how I wanted it categorized early on, and more recently because with the amount of content I now have, I didn't want to screw things up by doing it incorrectly and breaking something.

I've taken the approach you described and set up a folder hierarchy that works for me, but before I go all gangbusters on my content I'd like to ask a few clarifying questions, if I may:

Does categorizing my content the way you describe actually move it on disk, or does this method just change file paths/pointers?

Most content has more than one file associated with it (geometry, textures, lights, cameras, materials, etc.). Does moving a single file create a problem? Ideally, I think I'd prefer to recategorize my content based on product so everything "stays together", but then if I want something dual-categorized, what happens then? I know how to put a single item into multiple categories, but does doing that break the paradigm of categorizing the product as a whole?

Can I back up my custom categories (if so, how)?

Can I port my custom categories to my different computers so I don't have to recreate them? If so, does it matter if the different computers are running different operating systems (Win7 and Mac OS X)?

Hmmm I might be too much of a newbie to answer these - but I'll answer to the best of my ability. If anyone else has any better or more accurate information, please feel free to jump in. :) I feel weird giving advice when I'm so new to Daz - but I'll do my best! 

"Does categorizing my content the way you describe actually move it on disk"

I'm pretty sure it doesn't change where the files are (I've checked several of the ones I have categorized and it seams to keep them in the same place in the files), it only gives you another place to find them in your library (pretty much just copies the icon and puts the copy in a place you find more helpful - like creating a shortcut, I believe). 

"Does moving a single file create a problem?"

Categorizing a single file/icon doesn't create any issues - at least it never has for me, and I've categorized nearly all of my content - purchased and freebies. 

"if I want something dual-categorized, what happens then?"

Nothing, you just have an additional place to find it. For instance, I have a product file that contains both weapons and poses, that file I've categorized in both my "props >> weapons" category as well as my "poses >> G3F poses" category. 

"Can I back up my custom categories (if so, how)?"

I'm not sure but I THINK that backing up your User Data will save your custom categories (again, I'm not positive as I've not tested it). 

"Can I port my custom categories to my different computers so I don't have to recreate them?"

I don't know, I'm too much of a newbie to know the answer. I'm sorry. :) I've only been working with Daz Studio for about 5-6 months so I still have a lot to learn. :)

 

 

Thank you for taking the time to respond to my questions! I suspected some of these answers would be the case, but I thought it would be better to verify before blindly stumbling ahead and screwing things up, lol. I've only been at this a few months longer than you and am impressed by how rapidly you have assimiliated so many subtleties of working in Daz. won't be long before I could see you becoming a PA. :-)

You're welcome! I'm glad I could help. :)

And becoming a PA would be AMAZING! lol :D

pds

Fixmypcmike said:

pds said:

 

Fixmypcmike said:

pds said:

Most content has more than one file associated with it (geometry, textures, lights, cameras, materials, etc.). Does moving a single file create a problem? Ideally, I think I'd prefer to recategorize my content based on product so everything "stays together", but then if I want something dual-categorized, what happens then? I know how to put a single item into multiple categories, but does doing that break the paradigm of categorizing the product as a whole?

No problem, since the actual files aren't moved.  You can dual-categorize -- for example, if an outfit includes weapons I categorize it as part of the outfit and also in my weapons category.  Each item belongs to a Product, but a Product doesn't have to be all in the same category.

But if I want to keep everything neatly together, I'm guessing I should recategorize the whole product folder. For example, with a G3F character, if I just recategorize the "actor" rather than the whole product, I'm guessing that would leave her materials in the default category, which would mean hunting them down again. In your example of an outfit that includes weapons, when you add the weapons to both your outfit category and your weapons category, do you categorize the prop itself along with its mats in both places? Or put another way, I'm guessing you could recategorize the whole product to your outfits category and then additionally categorize the weapons prop (and associated mats?) to your weapons category?

Sorry, just trying to be sure I understand how this all works.

What I do is the whole outfit in one category (with subcategories for props and materials), and just the props (and materials for the props) in the weapons category.  I like to make sure everything is categorized, but it doesn't have to be -- I seldom use nail colors and makeup, so in past iterations I didn't categorize them with the figure but in a separate seldom-used category.

That's what I need. Thanks!

pds

donovancolbert said:

PDS...

​Just reimported all meta-data per the instructions provided above by FixMyPCMike... it worked.

​You have to export your user data to a file, UserData_1.dsx which will be stored in your default support directory (instructions on where to locate this are in the linked thread above.)

​Then copy it to your target machine, into the directory that holds your support directory there. Then follow the instructions to reimport metadata, and make sure user metadata is selected, then let it run.

Thanks for confirming this. I'm much more enthusiastic about categorizing everything now that I can set it up in a way that makes sense to me and I can export to my other computers. I appreciate all the effort you went through!

donovancolbert

I owe it all to Diva. I had seen a tutorial on doing this, but something about the way she explained using it here made it all click - and I decided it was long overdue. After 3 days, I'd say I have about 70% of my content categorized using her method. The stuff that isn't categorized is mostly smart content, G2 and G3 stuff that I'm not in as big of a hurry. In the meantime, I feel like I'll be far more likely to use a lot of the older stuff with no meta data and that when I do, I'll spend more time rendering and less searching around in the Poser content section trying to find where everything is...

"So, the hair is a figure and the material is a pose? Or is the hair a pose and the material is a a material? The hair is named "hairname", but all the materials are simply named "01-brown", "02-Blonde" and the thumbnail just shows strands of hair, not the hairstyle? Awesome!

​Nope... now I have a category for the hair, and the mats are right below it... or the clothes... or heck, the character...

 

 

3Diva

donovancolbert said:

I owe it all to Diva. I had seen a tutorial on doing this, but something about the way she explained using it here made it all click - and I decided it was long overdue. After 3 days, I'd say I have about 70% of my content categorized using her method. The stuff that isn't categorized is mostly smart content, G2 and G3 stuff that I'm not in as big of a hurry. In the meantime, I feel like I'll be far more likely to use a lot of the older stuff with no meta data and that when I do, I'll spend more time rendering and less searching around in the Poser content section trying to find where everything is...

"So, the hair is a figure and the material is a pose? Or is the hair a pose and the material is a a material? The hair is named "hairname", but all the materials are simply named "01-brown", "02-Blonde" and the thumbnail just shows strands of hair, not the hairstyle? Awesome!

​Nope... now I have a category for the hair, and the mats are right below it... or the clothes... or heck, the character...

 

 

ROFL! You made me choke on my popcorn! lol

donovancolbert

Heh. Seriously... I've seen people try to justify how it is that way because of legacy Poser support issues. There may have been a reason why it worked that way at some point in the past on Poser - but certainly it is something that could be automated in providing a better solution in DAZ Studio, today. But... until that happens - this is better than the default solution... which is like an easter egg hunt trying to match content and materials to supported models. ;)

mtl1

Havos said:

mtl1 said:

Havos said:

mtl1 said:

lx said:

divamakeup said:

mtl1 said:

I'm kind of teetering on Sunny 7. There's nothing explicitly *special* about the figure and the skin textures aren't appealing to me. For reference, I have Vic 7, Karen 7, Arabella 7, Olympia 7, Aiko 7, and Star 7. I suppose she'll fit the petite look, but size usually doesn't show up as a significant factor in my renders.

divamakeup said:

mtl1 said:

Weird. I randomly happened onto this: The PA Sharktooth is actually on sale as a featured PA, as he/she put out the Tween Julie expressions product... but the PA isn't actually listed as a featured PA on the sale page.

 

divamakeup said:

mtl1 said:

Hm. I'm not sure whether to go through with my purchase. It's not a large one by any means, but I don't *need* any of it. 

I didn't buy anything. I REALLY wanted the Gen 3 Iconic Shapes for Genesis and being able to get that for $10 sounded "ok" -not great but ok. But then I realized that I was only getting it to be able to wear V3 and A3 clothes on the newer figures -and since I don't use Genesis 1 I'd have to use the clone to get the A3 and V3 clothes to G1, then autofit it to G2F, then autofit it to G3F ...and that sounds like a pain in the bottom to me (not to mention you'd probably be getting a lot of distortion of the clothes by the time it gets autofited three times. lol So I decided to pass on the sale since that's the only thing I really wanted.

I'm hoping there is a similar product (a V3 and A3 clone) for either G2F or G3F. 

From my own experiences, exporting as OBJ and re-importing it actually fits MUCH better than those iconic shapes. :) So you saved money!!

Whao! Ok, what now? Is there a tutorial on that?

I feel like I should get a leg up on posting my tutorials, but I have so many side projects on the go... :)

I'd love a tutorial on that! (for what it's worth - which probably isn't much. lol) :)

Export > Wavefront / OBJ

Then I believe you want settings something like this: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/uploads/FileUpload/de/11e176e19ed8534169b4847c5c4666.jpg

Load figure you want, Import > pick your file, then with it selected go to Edit > Transfer Utility. Tell it to copy FROM the figure you've loaded, TO the clothing object you imported.

Might need to readd textures and things.

There might be a better way someone can be bothered doing but there's my 2 minute tutorial~

I actually find that I don't need to import using the transfer utility :) I'll try to upload a document to here and elsewhere something by the end of this week; I have a bunch of marking coming up so I want to get that out of the way first.

edit: As a side note, are we ever going to get some of the rarer PAs on sale? I haven't seen Billy-T or Uzilite yet.

PAs that do not release any new items during the PA sale will only go on sale during the handful (1-2) of days when all PAs are on sale. These sometimes occur at the center of the sale, and again at the end, but nothing is guaranteed. I believe Billy-T has not released anything new (at this store) for many years, so is likely to be one of the PAs that are only on sale during the everything on sale period.

I believe they had at least 4-5 days total on last year's PA sale with all the PAs, two of which coincided with the middle of the sale I think. I could be wrong though, because last year had multiple sales with all PAs... even March Madness IIRC?

Indeed, March Madness, PA Sale, and Black Friday are the only times when the whole site regularly goes on sale, but I am sure there are a few adhoc days scattered through the year when it also happens.

OH I forgot about the blink sales last year, when they went "PAs from (Letter) to (Another Letter)" :D

Kerya

Uthgard said:

 

Edit: Kerya, is there a way to have the pillows not deflate without having the complete Dynamic Control plugin? I remember when I finally got to try the product and I was sorely disappointed, it seemed like it was completely useless without something that wasn't listed as a requirement.

 

Unfortunately no - I got that plugin during a sale and like the added options for DS dynamic clothes it gives me.

But it is listed as a requirement: Required Products: Dynamic Clothing Control

thistledownsname

Hmm.  It seems the theme for the 15th is... 58 pairs of shoes.

Uthgard

Oh? Well, that is embarrassing, now what will I do with all that surplus of righteous indignation? Time to get into politics, I guess.

Anyway, thank you for your confirmation, now to see if I can figure VWD's settings for simulating volumes.

Kerya

The pillows are nice ...

 

Uthgard

*Sigh* Yes. Yes, they are...

pds

donovancolbert said:

I owe it all to Diva. I had seen a tutorial on doing this, but something about the way she explained using it here made it all click - and I decided it was long overdue. After 3 days, I'd say I have about 70% of my content categorized using her method. The stuff that isn't categorized is mostly smart content, G2 and G3 stuff that I'm not in as big of a hurry. In the meantime, I feel like I'll be far more likely to use a lot of the older stuff with no meta data and that when I do, I'll spend more time rendering and less searching around in the Poser content section trying to find where everything is...

"So, the hair is a figure and the material is a pose? Or is the hair a pose and the material is a a material? The hair is named "hairname", but all the materials are simply named "01-brown", "02-Blonde" and the thumbnail just shows strands of hair, not the hairstyle? Awesome!

​Nope... now I have a category for the hair, and the mats are right below it... or the clothes... or heck, the character...

Agreed. I don't know why it was confusing to me before, but as soon as Diva described her method, the lightbulb went on. Like some others here, I have been creating a separate hierarchy of the product promo images so I could keep track visually of what I have, but then I would end up wasting a lot of time rooting around in Daz trying to locate stuff, particularly items that follow the Poser hierarchy.  Now, I'm recategorizing using the same hierarchy as my visual structure so I'll be able to easily browse my entire content library and seamlessly locate and use the corresponding products in Daz. Very much looking forward to this, though I feel the weight of the collective eye-rolling of the veterans here, lol. 

Charlie Judge

Well, it looks like it might be a 'Night Out' from buiying for me; but at least I am really happy to see some nice shaders for our Poser friends who sometimes feel left out.

donovancolbert

Very much looking forward to this, though I feel the weight of the collective eye-rolling of the veterans here, lol. 

Let 'em roll. Doesn't matter what the hobby is... everyone starts out knowing nothing except that they're interested and knowing more, and some veterans seem to exist just to make noobs feel awkward and disincluded. I don't see a lot of that here though, to be honest. Everyone seems very helpful. I've had ONE person give me a terse, "RTFM, you moron," kind of answer. Everyone else has been very patient with my silly questions. :)

nicstt

L'Adair said:

nicstt said:

L'Adair said:

lx said:

What's with the "release 3 expression packs on the same day" thing they do with every character lately? Do they want the vendors to face off in an almighty deathmatch?

p.s. name your expressions please I want to delete all the "01 02" dials I have from prior purchases.

The knitting shaders are super cute though.

A wild guess? They didn't have enough products for Sunny when they released her. Yesterday's sale included all the products in the bundles. I've never seen that before. Usually there are a number of other items—textures for bundled clothes, of course, but other items as well—that are released the same day, and the items in the bundles have to be part of the bundle to get promo pricing, (discounts better than the regular new release discounts.)

I actually thought they were responding to those of us who complained the items in the bundles didn't get the sale pricing, until I saw today's sale and the redundancy of three expression packs. Of course, it's still a wild guess. DAZ has so many products to QA and get ready for this sale, it could just be the way things came out, based on the other stuff in the pipeline.

I really do hope DAZ looks at the Mega Fast Grab tomorrow, when they get into the office, and fix whatever went wrong. (I'm sure something went wrong!) The last time MFG had a limited number of items they were all very nice characters. I didn't need any, so I didn't look that close, but I think they were newer than Gen4.

I agree. The knitting shaders are cute. Love what they did with the CamBot! I like the heels, even though I have no need for them. But the dress is wonderful. I must buy it to show support for the non-skimpwear clothing.

I believe it's this month's non-skimp-wear release. :)

LOL... You may be right about that.

http://www.daz3d.com/i13-steakhouse-server-outfit-for-the-genesis-3-female-s

... and this would be another.

pds

donovancolbert said:

Very much looking forward to this, though I feel the weight of the collective eye-rolling of the veterans here, lol. 

Let 'em roll. Doesn't matter what the hobby is... everyone starts out knowing nothing except that they're interested and knowing more, and some veterans seem to exist just to make noobs feel awkward and disincluded. I don't see a lot of that here though, to be honest. Everyone seems very helpful. I've had ONE person give me a terse, "RTFM, you moron," kind of answer. Everyone else has been very patient with my silly questions. :)

Oh, I meant that more in the humorous vein...everyone I've interacted with in the forums and PMs has been quite friendly and patient with all my n00b questions. Frankly, I'd LOVE to RTFM...if there were one. I would pay good money for a definitive guide that not only explained what all the various bells and whistles did, but how and why you'd want to adjust them to achieve particular results.

Anyway, as far as this PA sale goes, it's been a bit sedate, but I'm hoping that will change soon with some of the teased "coming soon" products like LAMH 2.0 and earth and ocean products by PA_ThePhilosopher, maybe Lilith7, Monique7, and I know that Mec4D has been working on some stuff, but no idea when those will be out.

In today's sale, DT's Ana looks lovely, but it sure seems as though there's little to differentiate her from many of the PA's other characters (not really a bash on DT as many PAs have an identifiable look to their characters). I swear I think the most recent half dozen characters share 1-2 skins based on the promos. Does anyone have any of the recent characters who can comment on this? I'd hate to pick up several through the sale and discover identical skins with little else to differentiate the character shapes. If I'm going to add a couple, I'd like them to offer something unique.

Renomista

pds said:

donovancolbert said:

 

Anyway, as far as this PA sale goes, it's been a bit sedate, but I'm hoping that will change soon with some of the teased "coming soon" products like LAMH 2.0 and earth and ocean products by PA_ThePhilosopher, maybe Lilith7, Monique7, and I know that Mec4D has been working on some stuff, but no idea when those will be out.

In today's sale, DT's Ana looks lovely, but it sure seems as though there's little to differentiate her from many of the PA's other characters (not really a bash on DT as many PAs have an identifiable look to their characters). I swear I think the most recent half dozen characters share 1-2 skins based on the promos. Does anyone have any of the recent characters who can comment on this? I'd hate to pick up several through the sale and discover identical skins with little else to differentiate the character shapes. If I'm going to add a couple, I'd like them to offer something unique.

I agree that Digital Touch's character are very similar way beyond "artist style". I actually like them but I allready have 5 of them, so I m skipping them now...

Regarding Missing PAs: I Yesterday realized that I urgently need one of Simon WM's products, so I hope he is going to be festured soon or at least his backlog in one of the catchup sales.

Direwrath

thistledownsname said:

Hmm.  It seems the theme for the 15th is... 58 pairs of shoes.

Oh boy, saving money today I guess....

lx_2807502

AprilYSH, you're so great~ hair for both females and ..males?! And such pretty, nicely organised product lists, and ... yeah there really wasn't much point to this post other than to admire April's consistent hairing.

Also, that i13 pose collection actually has me really interested with its themes and pose naming and things. While i13 makes many amazing things and I have bought many of them, that one stuck out particularly to me as being more than another random adjective supermodel collection. 

3Diva

lx said:

AprilYSH, you're so great~ hair for both females and ..males?! And such pretty, nicely organised product lists, and ... yeah there really wasn't much point to this post other than to admire April's consistent hairing.

Also, that i13 pose collection actually has me really interested with its themes and pose naming and things. While i13 makes many amazing things and I have bought many of them, that one stuck out particularly to me as being more than another random adjective supermodel collection. 

Yeah, both AprilYSH and i13 are awesome PAs! I have a pose set by i13 that is by far my favorite set. And I've been a real admirer of AprilYSH's products since discovering her hair! :)

pds

lx said:

 

Also, that i13 pose collection actually has me really interested with its themes and pose naming and things. While i13 makes many amazing things and I have bought many of them, that one stuck out particularly to me as being more than another random adjective supermodel collection. 

I'm with you on that. I know that many people have been asking for more day-to-day style poses, and i13 has certainly done a brilliant job stepping in to fill that void, but for me, I really appreciate the dramatic, high energy poses like her new Fierce Fantasy poses. Just seeing them immediately conjures up stories in my mind and gives me creative inspiration. It's like working with a talented model during a photo shoot; oftentimes, a pose and/or facial expression can trigger a flood of new ideas. 

And speaking of facial expressions, the Xtreme Expressions pack today looks great for some fierce renders and I'm hoping the added morphs can be used with other expression packs to eliminate that Botox look caused by the limitations in facial posing available to us lay-people, lol.