Project idea and figuring out what I need

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• Canary3d Posts: 2,004

  September 2013 edited December 1969

  Hi, just saw this - my advice for starting is to dig around your runtime (I see you've been here a long time, so if you're like me your runtime is probably full of odd stuff you don't remember getting!) for some rideable animals, and do a few scenes where you just toss a person onto an animal and render to see if it "feels" right. If you don't have Tawhak, it's probably worth picking up: http://www.daz3d.com/tawhak - it's an oldie but goodie, a dinosaur with a saddle. Nerd has an ostrich in the store, I think, and Mil Horse 1 was given away free a lot of times. Poser 4 had a bunch of animals, too, and the storybook dragon in the store has a smooth back, good for riding.

  Anyway I think if you do a couple of low-effort renders to get a feel for things, then you will find the core images you want to build and you can start with those. From that point I'd start building the environment/village/farm around those key riders & animals, and start sticking cameras into the different places you want to show.
• Subtropic Pixel Posts: 2,378

  September 2013 edited December 1969

  Thank you so much for taking the time to reply!

  I was starting to worry that this wasn't going anywhere and yet it's the most important topic to me at this point.

  I have a horse and I've been considering Millennium Dragon 2.0 plus some stuff to go along with that. I'll have a look at Storybook dragon; thanks for the tip!

  I'm also rummaging around in the store because I saw the V4 and V4 Pro bundle freebie sales. I could so jump on that with not too much trouble because I have very few scenes and accessories anyway.

  But there's always a wrinkle, isn't there? Yep, I see there's also the V4 pro suite which also includes Elite and a lifetime's worth of clothing. Simple math tells me that the PC price for the pro suite is cheaper than getting V4 Pro bundle for free and then adding even just Elite and some clothes. Precisely the same thing is true for M4 Pro "Free" (with 3 PA purchases) and then having to add Elite, muscles, clothes, etc when I could save money and just buy M4 Pro Suite and be done.

  And of course I know exactly what will happen if I buy either V4 Pro Suite or M4 Pro Suite. The very next day, they will each go free with the purchase of 5 PA items (which I could SO easily do)...LOL. No matter what I do, I suspect it's gonna cost a pretty penny!
• Chohole Posts: 33,604

  September 2013 edited December 1969

  The Pro Suites were put together precisely for those people who were new to Daz 3D and hadn't yet purchased a lot of content.

  I cannot see them going on sale as an offer of the sort you postulate, but that is just my opinion, and not an official answer at all.

  And welcome to the world of frightened, overworked,Credit Cards hiding, screaming, in obscure dusty closets. :coolgrin:
• Subtropic Pixel Posts: 2,378

  September 2013 edited December 1969

  LOL, my credit card mostly just used electronically. Physical use is primarily being swiped at gas stations and grocery stores, those filthy filthy scanners!

  Thank you for the tip about the Suites. I will probably just use a monthly coupon and get them separately over time. And one never knows; Christmas is coming up. Come on, DAZ!

  And it looks like neither Victoria 6 nor her sisters Gia 6 and Girl 6 have a "Suite" yet, only Pro Bundles there. But some of the stuff within each of those have compatibility with each other and even downward to Genesis and Gen4.

  These prices...they're like paper towels and toilet paper at the grocery store. You really have to get out a calculator and do actual math to figure out if a "deal" really is so, or if a better deal can be had by doing nothing (waiting) or by going for a non-deal that has more value in it anyway.

  And I would say that I've figured out that it's never worth it to just jump on something, even if you think a sale may be ending.
• Jaderail Posts: 0

  September 2013 edited December 1969

  BIG TIP: As I do large Projects that take many days, months, and now one maybe a year, the Story concept needs FINISHED before you start. If that is not solid before you begin you will find yourself changing things as you go. Well you think that's okay It gets better the more I do. Not really, when you go back and look at the start a month in and then go, OMG it does not match the stuff I just did at all you will understand the need for a solid base from the first render on.
• SGCBearcub Posts: 243

  September 2013 edited September 2013

  The Horse 2 Pro Bundle is on sale 70% off in Fast Grab right now. And Muscleman has some Horse 2 and Genesis poses at 50% off today as part of the PA sale.

  Poses

  Horse 2 pro bundle

  Post edited by SGCBearcub on September 2013
• Subtropic Pixel Posts: 2,378

  September 2013 edited December 1969

  Jaderail said:

  BIG TIP: As I do large Projects that take many days, months, and now one maybe a year, the Story concept needs FINISHED before you start. If that is not solid before you begin you will find yourself changing things as you go. Well you think that's okay It gets better the more I do. Not really, when you go back and look at the start a month in and then go, OMG it does not match the stuff I just did at all you will understand the need for a solid base from the first render on.

  What you're basically saying is that any project needs some sort of project management, and big projects maybe more so because having to redo major portions of them can cost a power of magnitude more time, labor, and rendering time to make changes so that the project doesn't end up being disjointed like a bad Hollywood B-movie, right?

  Even voice actors might need to be called in for re-recording, or the music might need to be reconfigured or remixed with the added dialog to match the new scenes. If you're using motion-capture, then that talent might need to be recalled for additional recording.

  Yes I see what you mean about how poor planning can get very expensive.
• jaxprog Posts: 312

  September 2013 edited December 1969

  Canary3d said:

  Hi, just saw this - my advice for starting is to dig around your runtime (I see you've been here a long time, so if you're like me your runtime is probably full of odd stuff you don't remember getting!) for some rideable animals, and do a few scenes where you just toss a person onto an animal and render to see if it "feels" right. If you don't have Tawhak, it's probably worth picking up: http://www.daz3d.com/tawhak - it's an oldie but goodie, a dinosaur with a saddle. Nerd has an ostrich in the store, I think, and Mil Horse 1 was given away free a lot of times. Poser 4 had a bunch of animals, too, and the storybook dragon in the store has a smooth back, good for riding.

  Anyway I think if you do a couple of low-effort renders to get a feel for things, then you will find the core images you want to build and you can start with those. From that point I'd start building the environment/village/farm around those key riders & animals, and start sticking cameras into the different places you want to show.

  I recently purchased Tawhak and really like him. I am working on a scene where Barliecorn is riding him. However I am not too keen on the saddle design and I am thinking of creating a new saddle for him in zBrush. Tawhak is very very cool and unique animal mount.