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Melody & Micah face blendshapes

nuave7nuave7 Posts: 2
in Technical Help (nuts n bolts)
Does anyone know an easy way to export face blendshapes for Melody and Micah characters? They don't seem to export at all, with either blender bridge or with standard exporting. Is it not possible?

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  • crosswindcrosswind Posts: 9,770

    You want to export FACS properties of the characters ~

    If so, no matter you export the figure with Daz to Blender bridge or FBX format, you can choose the properties with Export Morphs or Export Rules option before exporting~~

    Check the screenshots down below ~~ 1st one is for the case of using Daz to Blender bridge.  2nd one is for the case of using FBX format.

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  • nuave7nuave7 Posts: 2

    I meant the original Aiko 3 Melody and Micah, the CDI version. This...
    https://www.daz3d.com/melody-and-micah-bundle

    The body blends export normally using DazToBlender bridge. 

    It seems to be a legacy model so it's been giving me tons of problems. 
    The furthest I've gotten is using Diffeomorphic, I can see it has Custom Properties, but it says they are baked. 

    The face blends show up in Daz under Parameters/CDI Morphs, is it possible to export these custom parameters? 

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  • crosswindcrosswind Posts: 9,770

    Oh, got it ~ Unfortunately I don't have any A3 products but you should be able to make it work.

    Poser format characters are pretty different from Genesis figures, their facial expression properties are under head node. You have to clone the properties from head node to root node. I take Victoria 4 as an example (Aiko 3 should be the very same...)
    1) Select character's head node. Swith to Edit Mode in Parameters pane. Ctrl + A to select all facial morphs. Right-click menu > Property Cloner (screenshot 1)
    2) Check and Accept (screenshot 2) Now if you select the root node of V4 / A3, you should be able to find the facial properties.

    Now export the morphs with Daz to Blender bridge in the same way I showed in above post. (screenshot 3). They'll work in Blender. (screenshot 4) 

     

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  • nuave7nuave7 Posts: 2

    Oh my god, it worked. You saved my project. Thank you so much! 

  • crosswindcrosswind Posts: 9,770

    Great ! You're welcome.

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