Can't change hair color

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• felis Posts: 6,147

  January 3

  I don't have the hair.

  What does the log say, if you try to apply a material Help > Troubleshooting > View Log?

  You should be able to apply a shader (in reality shader preset), by having the object selected in the scene tab, and the surface(s) in the Surface tab, given the shader match.
• jmucchiello Posts: 957

  January 3 edited January 3

  Are you trying to use the shaders that come with the product or external shaders? This is from the product in Content Library.

  

  

  

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• crosswind Posts: 9,743

  January 4

  omvendt said:

  Hi, anyone else have this product

  https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-strand-based-fe-shawl-long-hair-for-genesis-9

  I can't change the hair color. I have checked that I am using G9 for hair and actor. The product has both materials and shaders, which I think is unusual. Mostly, it is just materials that you double click on, isn't it?

  Hope you can help    (O:

  The material presets that come with the product are just used for changing non-color settings. You have to use Shader Presets within this product. Go to Surfaces pane, select all hair Surfaces, dbl-click a Shader Preset to apply the colors.
• jmucchiello Posts: 957

  January 4 edited January 4

  crosswind said:

  omvendt said:

  Hi, anyone else have this product

  https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-strand-based-fe-shawl-long-hair-for-genesis-9

  I can't change the hair color. I have checked that I am using G9 for hair and actor. The product has both materials and shaders, which I think is unusual. Mostly, it is just materials that you double click on, isn't it?

  Hope you can help    (O:

  The material presets that come with the product are just used for changing non-color settings. You have to use Shader Presets within this product. Go to Surfaces pane, select all hair Surfaces, dbl-click a Shader Preset to apply the colors.

  EDIT: the presets are also in content library. I used #48 "blue" in my post above:

   

  

  

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  Post edited by jmucchiello on January 4
• memcneil70 Posts: 5,665

  January 4

  I have been finding that I have to use the Spot Render camera to verify if my hair/makeup I thought I applied actually took. And yes, I have been known to forget to select my surfaces if I have been working in Materials and switched to Shaders. It is one of those smack my forehead into my keybord moments. 
• crosswind Posts: 9,743

  January 4 edited January 4

  jmucchiello said:

  crosswind said:

  omvendt said:

  Hi, anyone else have this product

  https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-strand-based-fe-shawl-long-hair-for-genesis-9

  I can't change the hair color. I have checked that I am using G9 for hair and actor. The product has both materials and shaders, which I think is unusual. Mostly, it is just materials that you double click on, isn't it?

  Hope you can help    (O:

  The material presets that come with the product are just used for changing non-color settings. You have to use Shader Presets within this product. Go to Surfaces pane, select all hair Surfaces, dbl-click a Shader Preset to apply the colors.

  EDIT: the presets are also in content library. I used #48 "blue" in my post above:

   

  Yes, correct !

  In Surfaces pane, with hair surfaces selected, apply those presets that are marked as Shader in the upper-right corner of the thumbnails.

  

  

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  Post edited by crosswind on January 4
• omvendt Posts: 145

  January 5

  I feel dumb and happy that so many of you were willing to help. 
  (O:

  It worked as advertized. Not sure why FE would make hair that works this way when all the other hair I have ever used (admittedly not for long) works in a simple click-and-you-are-done way