thankyou DAZ for the Easter gifts

begun.empty_0u · April 5

Ah, nice work! My guess is the "Shop Egg-tastic" link is to the wrong set of products.

ANGELREAPER1972 · April 5

this is the items I have to choose from all except two I own

Elor · April 5

The correct link is the following, in case you're not seeing an update version of the sale page:

https://www.daz3d.com/power-flower

Alley Rat · April 5

Aye. Thank you, DAZ! I picked up the Fantasy Street, which looks fun to play with in Filament.

3DSaga · April 5

3DIO said:

Well if it helps, I can confirm that using the code FLOWERS at this link:
https://www.daz3d.com/power-flower

Allowed me to get this fine-looking set for free:
https://www.daz3d.com/xi-fantasy-street

Yes, that works for me as well. I'm looking forward to playing with that street scene!

miladyderyni_173d399f47 · April 5

Yes, thanks Daz. This was the great weekend I think most of us were hoping for.

I got a whole bunch more fllowers & plants (all but the really old ones) this morning, plus some interior & exterior sets, including the Fantasy Streets, and https://www.daz3d.com/bend-of-the-river, which I've had wishlisted for a while. Over the whole weekend, the early deal got me not just Moaimir & Ferro but the balloon dog poses, the Sea Queen outfit, https://www.daz3d.com/llamaghini-gallopngo, and https://www.daz3d.com/halfway-up-the-mountain. So my Nefarious Plot to get the 2 RawArt characters turned out even better than planned!

The Outlet/QG freebies were also a great idea. I only missed one, last night, because Friends are a higher priority.

Torquinox · April 5

This has been a most enjoyable example of Daz generosity, and I can only say thanks for all the treasure!

WendyLuvsCatz · April 5

MY-EASTER I grabbed https://www.daz3d.com/merlin-81

joanna · April 5

I got Mega Demos. Love Joe Quick's stuff.

WendyLuvsCatz · April 6

Torquinox said:

This has been a most enjoyable example of Daz generosity, and I can only say thanks for all the treasure!

I just saw your comment in the limited time freebiesthread which is exactly why I started this thread

DAZ is doing a run of limited freebies I, and I am sure others, want to discuss unhindered

my idea was we share what we scored and drew it to more people's attention who may have missed it otherwise

maybe if I get around to it, I might even render my stash and share as can others

cosmosm · April 6

WendyLuvsCatz said:

my idea was we share what we scored and drew it to more people's attention who may have missed it otherwise

maybe if I get around to it, I might even render my stash and share as can others

A good idea. I snagged the harebells https://www.daz3d.com/heathland-wildflowers--harebells (and Lahr poses last time this batch was up). Very nice of them to give out so many freebies (and as a relative newbie I appreciate seeing some of these come around twice).

FJM1977 · April 6

WendyLuvsCatz · April 6

cosmosm said:

WendyLuvsCatz said:

my idea was we share what we scored and drew it to more people's attention who may have missed it otherwise

maybe if I get around to it, I might even render my stash and share as can others

A good idea. I snagged the harebells https://www.daz3d.com/heathland-wildflowers--harebells (and Lahr poses last time this batch was up). Very nice of them to give out so many freebies (and as a relative newbie I appreciate seeing some of these come around twice).

so did I

was about to post it

this will double as my post saying so

PhthaloBlue · April 6

Thanks very much for all the Easter freeebies!

Gordig · April 6

Pretty unimpressive selection for me.

edit: and the coupon doesn't even work.

Elor · April 6

For the next 10 minutes, it should be a Quick Grab for free with the coupon EASTER-DAY

The selection you're speaking about was the wrong one for the coupon FLOWERS (I think) and the correct one was posted later:

https://www.daz3d.com/power-flower

nonesuch00 · April 6

3DIO said:

Well if it helps, I can confirm that using the code FLOWERS at this link:
https://www.daz3d.com/power-flower

Allowed me to get this fine-looking set for free:
https://www.daz3d.com/xi-fantasy-street

Thanks for the heads up, I got so many FLOWERS free with a NEW purchase.

ANGELREAPER1972 · April 6

are the freebies over? don't see anything/code words listed

Elor · April 6

ANGELREAPER1972 said:

are the freebies over? don't see anything/code words listed

It's over: it was an offer running during the week-end.

Torquinox · April 7

WendyLuvsCatz said:

I just saw your comment in the limited time freebiesthread which is exactly why I started this thread

DAZ is doing a run of limited freebies I, and I am sure others, want to discuss unhindered

my idea was we share what we scored and drew it to more people's attention who may have missed it otherwise

maybe if I get around to it, I might even render my stash and share as can others

I think it's good you started this thread. I'm sorry. I'm sort of reluctant to share exactly what I buy in forum threads. I do it sometimes but not often. I feel funny about it because I frequently choose the sort of stuff people sometimes complain about. The complaints may be fair, but I like the stuff well enough to get it. Sometimes when I don't get it, I'm annoyed that I didn't and I usually end up getting it later. So there's that. It would be great if we shared renders. I'm especially terrible about doing that. I'll keep your intentions in mind for next time, or even add something here even though the fun is over.

WendyLuvsCatz · April 7

sadly it doesn't look like I will be getting around to doing any renders

the intention was there but just too many real life distractions

vrba79 · April 7

It was a nice treat.

richardandtracy · April 8

I must admit I feel somewhat overwhelmed with freebies to try. And the download size of some of them, one was over 600Mb (dForce HD Wet and Dry Classic Dress for Genesis 8 Female(s)). My PC, due to location in the house, is in a wi-fi dead spot and I can't run a cable to it either, so my tablet acts as an intermediary. It's not a new one, and has little free space, so I have to download one at a time, transfer to the PC and download the next when the downloads are that size. What happened to 38.5Mb for a complete base character including high res maps..(V3 - Character 26Mb, Maps 12.5Mb)?

Regards,

Richard

Torquinox · April 8

@richardandtracy Vendors these days frequently use png format for everything, pbr textures include a lot more files, the files are at higher resolution. It's annoying and converting the files to .jpg is not that easy since you then have to resave all the texture and asset .dufs to call the .jpgs. As you surely know, it's the inefficiency that creeps in as hard drives get bigger and memory caches get bigger, processors more capable, etc. I am frequently stunned by the surprisingly small download size of g2 assets compared to what we have now.

richardandtracy · April 8

Yeah, I know, I was grumbling into my {non-existent} beard. I've had a freebie arched bridge come up with a download size bigger than V3 (at 60Mb), and it wasn't even rigged, so I'm at fault too. But every now & again it hits me.

Regards,

Richard

FJM1977 · April 8

Torquinox said:

@richardandtracy Vendors these days frequently use png format for everything, pbr textures include a lot more files, the files are at higher resolution. It's annoying and converting the files to .jpg is not that easy since you then have to resave all the texture and asset .dufs to call the .jpgs. As you surely know, it's the inefficiency that creeps in as hard drives get bigger and memory caches get bigger, processors more capable, etc. I am frequently stunned by the surprisingly small download size of g2 assets compared to what we have now.

The problem JPG's is you can get some nasty compression artifacts, if you are not careful with settings.

Torquinox · April 8

FJM1977 said:

The problem JPG's is you can get some nasty compression artifacts, if you are not careful with settings.

True, but I think many folks here know how to properly prepare a .jpg for use. Yes, that seems quite likely.

Torquinox · April 8

richardandtracy said:

Yeah, I know, I was grumbling into my {non-existent} beard. I've had a freebie arched bridge come up with a download size bigger than V3 (at 60Mb), and it wasn't even rigged, so I'm at fault too. But every now & again it hits me.

Regards,

Richard

I'm starting to think you need to actually grow that beard.

FJM1977 · April 8

Torquinox said:

FJM1977 said:

The problem JPG's is you can get some nasty compression artifacts, if you are not careful with settings.

True, but I think many folks here know how to properly prepare a .jpg for use. Yes, that seems quite likely.

Unfortunately some PA's have had trouble with it: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/9436446#Comment_9436446 (I hope I haven't been coming across as a passive aggressive jerk lately)

Torquinox · April 9

FJM1977 said:
Unfortunately some PA's have had trouble with it: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/9436446#Comment_9436446 (I hope I haven't been coming across as a passive aggressive jerk lately)

Ah, well... There's that! Yes, there are a shocking number of products out there where the jpgs have artifacts. I wouldn't convert normal maps for reasons discussed in that thread and because of color shift. (No, I don't think that. )

You know, it takes a lot of compression to produce artifacts like that! But pngs are carrying an extra 8 bits on every pixel for transparency. It adds up when you've got a lot of large texture maps that don't need built-in transparency. One thing I found is, a smaller image with less compression can look better and handle better than a larger image with more compression.And, of course, the image takes up memory in RAM based on its pixel dimensions, regardless of compression. So, we're really talking about a balance between download size and storage on the drive with space in RAM and how the assets look at render time. I personally find it hard to justify a gigabyte of storage space for a set of textured pillows, and I've got pillows in my library that take up that much space! Anyway, I think we're wandering pretty far off topic here. Sorry.

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