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  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 10,284

    Thanks again, @V3Digitimes

    You provided a lot of interesting tips and solutions.

     

  • V3DigitimesV3Digitimes Posts: 3,365
    edited July 3

    DisabledAmericanVeteran said:

    V3Digitimes said:

    DisabledAmericanVeteran said:

    Wow! V3Digitimes, you outdid yourself once again!

    Looking forward to purchasing this - will surely save me much time - as I normally just create a primative and shoot & peck to fit my own jpg onto it.
    Also, know that I am thumb 2 on your great tutorial/intro video on youtube.
    Thank you

    @DisabledAmericanVeteran Wow — thank you so much! I know that “shoot & peck” method all too well… and it’s exactly what I was hoping to spare people from ;) Really glad this might save you some time — and thank you for the YouTube thumbs-up too, that means a lot! Can’t wait to see what you’ll create with it.

    Already in my cart. gonna check out when I see my direct deposit in my bank account. Thank you Very much V3Digitimes!

    @DisabledAmericanVeteran Aw, thank you — that truly means a lot! ;) Hope it lands in your library soon and brings some ease (and fun) to your workflow. Really grateful for your support — and that smile is mutual :)

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  • V3DigitimesV3Digitimes Posts: 3,365

    Artini said:

    Thanks again, @V3Digitimes

    You provided a lot of interesting tips and solutions.

     

    @ArtiniThank you! I’m really glad the tips were useful — always happy when something clicks for someone ;) Appreciate you taking the time to say so!
  • DoctorJellybeanDoctorJellybean Posts: 9,585

    I'm working on a scene, and I have a couple of suggestions for the next update (should it be updated):

    1. Add an Iray Preview option, so that one can see what it looks like in Iray.
    2. Make the write scripts non-modal, so that one can still access the main app to e.g. rotate, etc the signs.

     

  • V3DigitimesV3Digitimes Posts: 3,365
    edited July 8

    DoctorJellybean said:

    I'm working on a scene, and I have a couple of suggestions for the next update (should it be updated):

    1. Add an Iray Preview option, so that one can see what it looks like in Iray.
    2. Make the write scripts non-modal, so that one can still access the main app to e.g. rotate, etc the signs.

     

    Thanks for the feedback.

    1/ The Iray preview option is pretty easy to include, it is just one button or a dropdown menu to switch previews. In case of an upate, this can easily be added.

    2/Unless Daz has changed its policy very recently, only modal dialogs are allowed in Daz Studio scripts. Non-modal dialogs are explicitly forbidden because they can cause instability.

    This is also why you have your "saved preferred options" two buttons : set up the text, and if you realise you forgot to frame the panel, simply copy the text you wanted to write, click the two "set preferred" button, close the interface, place or frame your panel. When you reopen the interface, everything is remembered, except your text itself that you just have to paste.

    edit (08/07/25) : OK, I tested the implementation of the "viewport switcher" this afternoon. Works fine (not tested 2025 yet but should remain ok the way I scripted it). I don't really know where to place it, so it ended up at the top of "configuration". I'm not super happy with this location, but I have no better idea...

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  • SilverGirlSilverGirl Posts: 2,752

    This is amazing! Probably a non-standard use, but I've wanted to create graphic novels for a while now, and I've been looking for an easy way to do it that doesn't use word bubbles. Super rough test render below, and this solved the problem entirely! (I can think of a hundred other times I'll use it too, but this is the biggest sticking place I've had, so the current biggest triumph.) I don't often buy things new, due to budget constraints, but this was entirely worth it.

    Request: Could you add an oval to a future update? And maybe a rectangle with the corners lopped off?

    Regardless, thank you again so much for creating this. I was gushing about it to a (non-artsy) friend, who mentioned they haven't heard me that happy and excited in a long time. That's all you. :)

     

  • V3DigitimesV3Digitimes Posts: 3,365

    @SilverGirl
    Wow — thank you so much for this message!
    I love hearing about creative uses I hadn’t anticipated — and yours is just brilliant. Using it for graphic novels without speech bubbles? That’s such a clever twist, and your test render already sets the tone beautifully. Honestly, it’s exactly the kind of off-label inspiration that makes creating tools like this so rewarding.

    I’ve noted your requests for an oval and a rounded rectangle — both are totally doable and will be added to the update list! I may either include them in a future update as part of the bonus content, or — if I end up building more custom shapes (like Route 66 signs, STOP panels, wood panels, super-rounded rectangles with different roundness levels and aspect ratios — needed to keep clean UVs — oval panels, all with matching borders and layouts) — I might turn that into a small separate pack.

    By the way, would you like me to contact you if I move forward with that? If you're up for beta testing (just to check if everything works smoothly on your end), you'd not only get early access, but also get to keep the full version permanently — including the final DIM/zip installer, of course.

    And really — thank you for this message. Knowing that this little tool made you that happy, that it sparked enough excitement to share it with someone close… that means a lot.

  • SilverGirlSilverGirl Posts: 2,752

    V3Digitimes said:

    @SilverGirl
    Wow — thank you so much for this message!
    I love hearing about creative uses I hadn’t anticipated — and yours is just brilliant. Using it for graphic novels without speech bubbles? That’s such a clever twist, and your test render already sets the tone beautifully. Honestly, it’s exactly the kind of off-label inspiration that makes creating tools like this so rewarding.

    I’ve noted your requests for an oval and a rounded rectangle — both are totally doable and will be added to the update list! I may either include them in a future update as part of the bonus content, or — if I end up building more custom shapes (like Route 66 signs, STOP panels, wood panels, super-rounded rectangles with different roundness levels and aspect ratios — needed to keep clean UVs — oval panels, all with matching borders and layouts) — I might turn that into a small separate pack.

    By the way, would you like me to contact you if I move forward with that? If you're up for beta testing (just to check if everything works smoothly on your end), you'd not only get early access, but also get to keep the full version permanently — including the final DIM/zip installer, of course.

    And really — thank you for this message. Knowing that this little tool made you that happy, that it sparked enough excitement to share it with someone close… that means a lot.

    Please count me in for beta testing! I'd be more than happy to help the process, however works best for you to go forward. 

    Also as a side note, thank you so much for not only creating an intuitive tool, but also for such clear documentation. I was so excited I dove into playing with this at the end of a VERY long day, and even though my brain was pretty fried, I had no trouble navigating this at all. Usually my eyes glaze over and my brain bluescreens on me, and I have to put things aside to try again later. I was prepared to take that hit, and instead got the satisfaction of seeing my people finally get to have their voices.

    One other question - currently there's a way to change the bold/italics of the whole section of text. Would it be possible to make it so it's possible to apply those styles to only part of the text? If not, it's understandable and completely cool. I'm still more than happy. But I figured it was worth asking, as I'm not tech-savvy enough to know if that's a difficullt coding change or a simple one. (It all looks difficult to me LOL)

  • DoctorJellybeanDoctorJellybean Posts: 9,585
    edited July 8

    SilverGirl said:

    V3Digitimes said:

    @SilverGirl
    Wow — thank you so much for this message!
    I love hearing about creative uses I hadn’t anticipated — and yours is just brilliant. Using it for graphic novels without speech bubbles? That’s such a clever twist, and your test render already sets the tone beautifully. Honestly, it’s exactly the kind of off-label inspiration that makes creating tools like this so rewarding.

    I’ve noted your requests for an oval and a rounded rectangle — both are totally doable and will be added to the update list! I may either include them in a future update as part of the bonus content, or — if I end up building more custom shapes (like Route 66 signs, STOP panels, wood panels, super-rounded rectangles with different roundness levels and aspect ratios — needed to keep clean UVs — oval panels, all with matching borders and layouts) — I might turn that into a small separate pack.

    By the way, would you like me to contact you if I move forward with that? If you're up for beta testing (just to check if everything works smoothly on your end), you'd not only get early access, but also get to keep the full version permanently — including the final DIM/zip installer, of course.

    And really — thank you for this message. Knowing that this little tool made you that happy, that it sparked enough excitement to share it with someone close… that means a lot.

    Please count me in for beta testing! I'd be more than happy to help the process, however works best for you to go forward. 

    Also as a side note, thank you so much for not only creating an intuitive tool, but also for such clear documentation. I was so excited I dove into playing with this at the end of a VERY long day, and even though my brain was pretty fried, I had no trouble navigating this at all. Usually my eyes glaze over and my brain bluescreens on me, and I have to put things aside to try again later. I was prepared to take that hit, and instead got the satisfaction of seeing my people finally get to have their voices.

    One other question - currently there's a way to change the bold/italics of the whole section of text. Would it be possible to make it so it's possible to apply those styles to only part of the text? If not, it's understandable and completely cool. I'm still more than happy. But I figured it was worth asking, as I'm not tech-savvy enough to know if that's a difficullt coding change or a simple one. (It all looks difficult to me LOL)

    You can do that now, but it involves multiple usage of the write script. This is how I do it:

    1. Load the panel\sign, etc, and run a Write script.
    2. Enter the text, e.g. Welcome To
    3. Click Save as Image and Apply, and close the script.
    4. Load the script again.
    5. Enter the text you want in bold\italics, etc, e.g. France. You can even use a different font.
    6. Click Save as Image and Apply, and close the script.

    The attached image shows France in italics and a different font.

    An option to clear the text box with one click would be nice.

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  • SilverGirlSilverGirl Posts: 2,752

    DoctorJellybean said:

    SilverGirl said:

    V3Digitimes said:

    @SilverGirl
    Wow — thank you so much for this message!
    I love hearing about creative uses I hadn’t anticipated — and yours is just brilliant. Using it for graphic novels without speech bubbles? That’s such a clever twist, and your test render already sets the tone beautifully. Honestly, it’s exactly the kind of off-label inspiration that makes creating tools like this so rewarding.

    I’ve noted your requests for an oval and a rounded rectangle — both are totally doable and will be added to the update list! I may either include them in a future update as part of the bonus content, or — if I end up building more custom shapes (like Route 66 signs, STOP panels, wood panels, super-rounded rectangles with different roundness levels and aspect ratios — needed to keep clean UVs — oval panels, all with matching borders and layouts) — I might turn that into a small separate pack.

    By the way, would you like me to contact you if I move forward with that? If you're up for beta testing (just to check if everything works smoothly on your end), you'd not only get early access, but also get to keep the full version permanently — including the final DIM/zip installer, of course.

    And really — thank you for this message. Knowing that this little tool made you that happy, that it sparked enough excitement to share it with someone close… that means a lot.

    Please count me in for beta testing! I'd be more than happy to help the process, however works best for you to go forward. 

    Also as a side note, thank you so much for not only creating an intuitive tool, but also for such clear documentation. I was so excited I dove into playing with this at the end of a VERY long day, and even though my brain was pretty fried, I had no trouble navigating this at all. Usually my eyes glaze over and my brain bluescreens on me, and I have to put things aside to try again later. I was prepared to take that hit, and instead got the satisfaction of seeing my people finally get to have their voices.

    One other question - currently there's a way to change the bold/italics of the whole section of text. Would it be possible to make it so it's possible to apply those styles to only part of the text? If not, it's understandable and completely cool. I'm still more than happy. But I figured it was worth asking, as I'm not tech-savvy enough to know if that's a difficullt coding change or a simple one. (It all looks difficult to me LOL)

    You can do that now, but it involves multiple usage of the write script. This is how I do it:

    1. Load the panel\sign, etc, and run a Write script.
    2. Enter the text, e.g. Welcome To
    3. Click Save as Image and Apply, and close the script.
    4. Load the script again.
    5. Enter the text you want in bold\italics, etc, e.g. France. You can even use a different font.
    6. Click Save as Image and Apply, and close the script.

    The attached image shows France in italics and a different font.

    An option to clear the text box with one click would be nice.

    I had considered something like that as a concept, but that method would get tricky with spacing when wanting to italicize or bold one word in a sentence, rather than sections on different lines. 

  • V3DigitimesV3Digitimes Posts: 3,365

    @DoctorJellybean : yes, that is the answer I would have given for this question as a first approach. There are others. Thanks for your answer !

    @SilverGirl : I'll contact you when I work on this ;) Thanks. For your question, you have indeed the method proposed, but you have another one, more "resilient to mistakes".

    - Create a panel with the beginning of your text, until you reach the 'italic' part.

    - load the zBonus free writing panel, and write your "words" in italic (hide the little helper prop saying your panel is around me) using the second script (opacity). Place this panel so that "your sentence goes on" (this panel is text and only text, nothing else is visible)

    - load a new  zBonus free writing pane to end your sentence, or end it on the original panel as you prefer.

  • SilverGirlSilverGirl Posts: 2,752

    V3Digitimes said:

    @DoctorJellybean : yes, that is the answer I would have given for this question as a first approach. There are others. Thanks for your answer !

    @SilverGirl : I'll contact you when I work on this ;) Thanks. For your question, you have indeed the method proposed, but you have another one, more "resilient to mistakes".

    - Create a panel with the beginning of your text, until you reach the 'italic' part.

    - load the zBonus free writing panel, and write your "words" in italic (hide the little helper prop saying your panel is around me) using the second script (opacity). Place this panel so that "your sentence goes on" (this panel is text and only text, nothing else is visible)

    - load a new  zBonus free writing pane to end your sentence, or end it on the original panel as you prefer.

    Cool! Thank you for your response! I will definitely give that a whirl. 

  • V3DigitimesV3Digitimes Posts: 3,365

    SilverGirl said:

    V3Digitimes said:

    @DoctorJellybean : yes, that is the answer I would have given for this question as a first approach. There are others. Thanks for your answer !

    @SilverGirl : I'll contact you when I work on this ;) Thanks. For your question, you have indeed the method proposed, but you have another one, more "resilient to mistakes".

    - Create a panel with the beginning of your text, until you reach the 'italic' part.

    - load the zBonus free writing panel, and write your "words" in italic (hide the little helper prop saying your panel is around me) using the second script (opacity). Place this panel so that "your sentence goes on" (this panel is text and only text, nothing else is visible)

    - load a new  zBonus free writing pane to end your sentence, or end it on the original panel as you prefer.

    Cool! Thank you for your response! I will definitely give that a whirl. 

    Perfect! whenever you have time to try, feel free to let me know if it works the way it's supposed to ;)
  • DoctorJellybeanDoctorJellybean Posts: 9,585
    edited July 13

    Somewhere in Wales

    Apart from the big sign, there are also 3 on the workshop building, as well as one on the jeep parked by the building.

    Perhaps, if the separate pack is a possibility, to have a specific car lettering mat, etc.

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  • V3DigitimesV3Digitimes Posts: 3,365

    @DoctorJellybean : thanks so much for sharing ! I had noticed all of them... Except the one on the Jeep ;)
    Yes, if there is an additional pack, I guess I'll open a list so that people can add what they want, such as car lettering mats and so on...

    Thanks for the remark XD!
    PS : I Guess DJB stands for Doctor Jelly Bean :)
     

  • SilverGirlSilverGirl Posts: 2,752

    V3Digitimes said:

    SilverGirl said:

    V3Digitimes said:

    @DoctorJellybean : yes, that is the answer I would have given for this question as a first approach. There are others. Thanks for your answer !

    @SilverGirl : I'll contact you when I work on this ;) Thanks. For your question, you have indeed the method proposed, but you have another one, more "resilient to mistakes".

    - Create a panel with the beginning of your text, until you reach the 'italic' part.

    - load the zBonus free writing panel, and write your "words" in italic (hide the little helper prop saying your panel is around me) using the second script (opacity). Place this panel so that "your sentence goes on" (this panel is text and only text, nothing else is visible)

    - load a new  zBonus free writing pane to end your sentence, or end it on the original panel as you prefer.

    Cool! Thank you for your response! I will definitely give that a whirl. 

    Perfect! whenever you have time to try, feel free to let me know if it works the way it's supposed to ;)

    I had an excuse to try it today, and it does indeed work!

    It's a little fussy trying to get things lined up right, so for a line of text with an italicized word in the middle, it actually works best to have that line as three separate bonus panels, (beginning chunk on 1st, italic on 2nd, ending chunk on 3rd), parent them together, and then arrange the group of them in whatever position is desired. If the box has multiple lines, it might make sense to do the top and/or bottom lines in a bonus box as well.

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