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  • Alessandro MastronardiAlessandro Mastronardi Posts: 2,650
    luci45 said:

    I was very happy to read about the fiberhair export for Iray that I bought LAMH yesterday when it was on sale. I am very happy so far just doing a couple of experiments. The Sasquatch moustach area looks weird so something went wrong there. The warthog fur came out great. I just converted to default Iray shaders on these, except the fiberhair on the Sasquatch is Unshaven.   

    I never used the LAMH player much in the past because renders were just so slow in 3Delight. I have a good GPU so rendering in Iray is much faster. 

    Making things looks like fun too so I will try that also.

    I love the fuzzy creatures! 

    Great results Lucy, congratulations!

  • ewcarman6169598ewcarman6169598 Posts: 180
    Alessandro_AM said:

    ewcarman here is my run with the black wolf and iray. Take a look at how I've setup the materials for both wolf body parts and the fur: I've played with the interactive display until I was satisfied with the blend between the body material (wolf skin) and the fur. I'm also including the light setup that I used:

    http://www.alessandromastronardi.com/test/blackWolfIray.zip

    Just a note that I exported the hair increasing the root thickness to 600, but TBH it's a negligible change.
    27 minutes render time (GPU only, Geforce GTX 970 4GB), 1500 iterations.
    With some more patience one could perhaps do some better shading on the nose (which is too shiny), and maybe some better shading on the fur too, so that it looks less uniform.

    I finally had a chance to play with this again yesterday. Unfortunately, I couldn't open the duf files you attached - some sort of error. But I did some more experiments and I believe that I've figured out (in a rudementary sense) what is going on. I see better now what you mean above and I've gotten better results with the black wolf. I still need a little more work on it, but I think I'm going in the right direction. 

    I've been playing with the other wolves and they use the same fur pattern (obviously) but because of the color variations, any material mismatch between the base wolf and fur isn't obvious and even enhances the effect. I've got a good looking black-gray wolf going now.

    I also got the full version of LAMH and have started playing with that. Much smoother to use the Fiber hair than that obj export. That alone is worth the price of admission.

    Thank you for your help. I think I'm heading in the right direction.

  • IceDragonArtIceDragonArt Posts: 12,727
    ewcarman said:
    Ice Dragon Art said:

    Woot!  55% off today.  So excited to start using the full version!

    I snagged that too. So much to learn... (Stupid 9-5 job.... wink)

    You and me both!  I just remind myself that 9-5 job helps pay for my Daz addiction lol. 

  • swordkensiaswordkensia Posts: 348

    Is it possible to have LAMH Full Installed on more that one machine.. I have LAMH Full on one of my work stations(but LAMH is not very stable on it), so I would Like to install it fresh on my new one. Is there anything special I would have to do to get the fresh install authorised on the new machine.

    Cheers,

    S.K.

     

  • Alessandro MastronardiAlessandro Mastronardi Posts: 2,650
    swordkensia said:

    Is it possible to have LAMH Full Installed on more that one machine.. I have LAMH Full on one of my work stations(but LAMH is not very stable on it), so I would Like to install it fresh on my new one. Is there anything special I would have to do to get the fresh install authorised on the new machine.

    Cheers,

    S.K.

    S.K. contact me at [email protected] and I will provide you the activation data for the new machine. Cheers.

     

     

     

  • swordkensiaswordkensia Posts: 348
    Alessandro_AM said:
    swordkensia said:

    Is it possible to have LAMH Full Installed on more that one machine.. I have LAMH Full on one of my work stations(but LAMH is not very stable on it), so I would Like to install it fresh on my new one. Is there anything special I would have to do to get the fresh install authorised on the new machine.

    Cheers,

    S.K.

    S.K. contact me at [email protected] and I will provide you the activation data for the new machine. Cheers.

     

     

     

    Thank you sir,  Will be in touch later.

    S.K.

  • RedzRedz Posts: 1,459

    Hi Alessandro. I've finally been playing with the fibrehair export and am trying to make a fairly simple hair preset for G3M. I've managed to paint density maps on the face and ears, but for some reason can't seem to paint onto the torso of G3M. Is there a tutorial somewhere on this? I assume I'm doing, or not doing, something simple. Thanks :) 

  • Alessandro MastronardiAlessandro Mastronardi Posts: 2,650
    edited November 2015
    Redz said:

    Hi Alessandro. I've finally been playing with the fibrehair export and am trying to make a fairly simple hair preset for G3M. I've managed to paint density maps on the face and ears, but for some reason can't seem to paint onto the torso of G3M. Is there a tutorial somewhere on this? I assume I'm doing, or not doing, something simple. Thanks :) 

    Hi Redz, that's not anything wrong on your end but rather an issue that we are still investigating. I think it has to do with the way UV mapped were designed on the G3 series. I can't make any promises as to when a new LAMH update will be available for download, but there are already some issues collected and addressed in the current WIP version, and we'll try to find a fix also for this one.

    One thing you might want to do, if you have a 3D painting application, is to actually paint and export density maps with that, and later use those in LAMH, from the material setup window.

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  • RedzRedz Posts: 1,459
    Alessandro_AM said:
    Redz said:

    Hi Alessandro. I've finally been playing with the fibrehair export and am trying to make a fairly simple hair preset for G3M. I've managed to paint density maps on the face and ears, but for some reason can't seem to paint onto the torso of G3M. Is there a tutorial somewhere on this? I assume I'm doing, or not doing, something simple. Thanks :) 

    Hi Redz, that's not anything wrong on your end but rather an issue that we are still investigating. I think it has to do with the way UV mapped were designed on the G3 series. I can't make any promises as to when a new LAMH update will be available for download, but there are already some issues collected and addressed in the current WIP version, and we'll try to find a fix also for this one.

    One thing you might want to do, if you have a 3D painting application, is to actually paint and export density maps in that, and later use those in LAMH.

    Ah, thanks so much for letting me know. That'll save me pulling my own hair out lol.

    I'll give pre-painted maps a go :) 

  • Alessandro MastronardiAlessandro Mastronardi Posts: 2,650
    Redz said:
    Alessandro_AM said:
    Redz said:

    Hi Alessandro. I've finally been playing with the fibrehair export and am trying to make a fairly simple hair preset for G3M. I've managed to paint density maps on the face and ears, but for some reason can't seem to paint onto the torso of G3M. Is there a tutorial somewhere on this? I assume I'm doing, or not doing, something simple. Thanks :) 

    Hi Redz, that's not anything wrong on your end but rather an issue that we are still investigating. I think it has to do with the way UV mapped were designed on the G3 series. I can't make any promises as to when a new LAMH update will be available for download, but there are already some issues collected and addressed in the current WIP version, and we'll try to find a fix also for this one.

    One thing you might want to do, if you have a 3D painting application, is to actually paint and export density maps in that, and later use those in LAMH.

    Ah, thanks so much for letting me know. That'll save me pulling my own hair out lol.

    I'll give pre-painted maps a go :) 

    If you need any help with that le me know. You basically need to produce a white/red map; white is 0 density (no hair), red is full density, and of course one can intermediate values to set density properly. When done, you can load such texture directly in the surface channel (in this case the torso). see the attached images, where I loaded a custom density map which in the 2nd image shows on the torso.

     

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  • RedzRedz Posts: 1,459

    I managed to load a red and white map (after a couple of crashes) but unfortunately it doesn't seem to have any effect on the hair density :( will try again tomorrow. Thanks for your help 

  • jepegraphicsjepegraphics Posts: 889

    Only wanted to mention that I was finally able to use the White Tiger with Fiberhair export in Iray - well, with a few crashes and DAZ Studio refusing saving the final scene. Other than that the result is stunning IMO, in some parts even photoreal. :) Full image is in my DeviantArt gallery.

    I hope that LAMH will be further improved. :)

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  • RogerbeeRogerbee Posts: 4,460

    Looks great,

    I'm sure Kendall will ensure that the new LAMH will be a good one.

    CHEERS!

  • Alessandro MastronardiAlessandro Mastronardi Posts: 2,650
    edited November 2015
    jepegraphics said:

    Only wanted to mention that I was finally able to use the White Tiger with Fiberhair export in Iray - well, with a few crashes and DAZ Studio refusing saving the final scene. Other than that the result is stunning IMO, in some parts even photoreal. :) Full image is in my DeviantArt gallery.

    I hope that LAMH will be further improved. :)

    Excellent detail on the tiger. We are working on it, making lot of changes and keeping an eye especially to stability that on plugins it's often hard to achieve, especially when the host application is due to unexpected and massive changes.

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  • Kendall SearsKendall Sears Posts: 2,995

    Certain parts of the G3 models are "problematic".  The parts that most people use work though.  I'm fairly close to a fix for G3 textures.  It is possible to output the density maps from LAMH, take them into GIMP or Photoshop and then work on the maps.  It is the color intensities that matter.  Only RED and WHITE.  A red containing Green and Blue will not help.  I usually do my custom maps in grayscale and then colorize to Red/White.

    Kendall

    Redz said:

    Hi Alessandro. I've finally been playing with the fibrehair export and am trying to make a fairly simple hair preset for G3M. I've managed to paint density maps on the face and ears, but for some reason can't seem to paint onto the torso of G3M. Is there a tutorial somewhere on this? I assume I'm doing, or not doing, something simple. Thanks :) 

     

  • IceDragonArtIceDragonArt Posts: 12,727

    Okay got it loaded but I keep getting an error message saying a file folder hasn't been found and I need to make one to register?

     

  • RAMWolffRAMWolff Posts: 10,343
    jepegraphics said:

    Only wanted to mention that I was finally able to use the White Tiger with Fiberhair export in Iray - well, with a few crashes and DAZ Studio refusing saving the final scene. Other than that the result is stunning IMO, in some parts even photoreal. :) Full image is in my DeviantArt gallery.

    I hope that LAMH will be further improved. :)

    Is that the DAZ Big Cat or one of Alex's models?  In any case...... EXCELLENT Jens.  WOW! 

  • IceDragonArtIceDragonArt Posts: 12,727
    jepegraphics said:

    Only wanted to mention that I was finally able to use the White Tiger with Fiberhair export in Iray - well, with a few crashes and DAZ Studio refusing saving the final scene. Other than that the result is stunning IMO, in some parts even photoreal. :) Full image is in my DeviantArt gallery.

    I hope that LAMH will be further improved. :)

    This is fantastic

  • IceDragonArtIceDragonArt Posts: 12,727

    Fantastic customer service as well thanks so much for the help!

  • Kendall SearsKendall Sears Posts: 2,995
    jepegraphics said:

    Only wanted to mention that I was finally able to use the White Tiger with Fiberhair export in Iray - well, with a few crashes and DAZ Studio refusing saving the final scene. Other than that the result is stunning IMO, in some parts even photoreal. :) Full image is in my DeviantArt gallery.

    I hope that LAMH will be further improved. :)

    You can count on improvements.

    Kendall

  • IceDragonArtIceDragonArt Posts: 12,727

    Can I load this on two machines?  I use my laptop and my pc to work in daz and would like to be able switch back and forth as necessary.

     

  • FusionLAFusionLA Posts: 249
    Kendall Sears said:
    jepegraphics said:

    Only wanted to mention that I was finally able to use the White Tiger with Fiberhair export in Iray - well, with a few crashes and DAZ Studio refusing saving the final scene. Other than that the result is stunning IMO, in some parts even photoreal. :) Full image is in my DeviantArt gallery.

    I hope that LAMH will be further improved. :)

    You can count on improvements.

    Kendall

    What is the latest version of the full version of LAMH?

    The last beta version I seen, and the LAMH website seem to not been updated in awhile.

    Thanks

     

  • jepegraphicsjepegraphics Posts: 889
    RAMWolff said:
    jepegraphics said:

     

    Is that the DAZ Big Cat or one of Alex's models?  In any case...... EXCELLENT Jens.  WOW! 

    http://www.daz3d.com/white-tiger-for-daz-big-cat-2 :) Thank you Richard, kitty indeed rendered impressive, with only default sun btw. 

  • jepegraphicsjepegraphics Posts: 889
    Ice Dragon Art said:
    jepegraphics said:

     

    This is fantastic

    Thank you so much Sonja. You should take a look in my DeviantArt gallery for the full render, some eye candy for the women in it! ;) 

    http://jepegraphics.deviantart.com/

  • Alessandro MastronardiAlessandro Mastronardi Posts: 2,650
    Ice Dragon Art said:

    Can I load this on two machines?  I use my laptop and my pc to work in daz and would like to be able switch back and forth as necessary.

     

    Sonja we've been emailing, send me the activation data for your second computer and I will give you the activation key. Cheers

  • Alessandro MastronardiAlessandro Mastronardi Posts: 2,650
    FusionLA said:
    Kendall Sears said:
    jepegraphics said:

    Only wanted to mention that I was finally able to use the White Tiger with Fiberhair export in Iray - well, with a few crashes and DAZ Studio refusing saving the final scene. Other than that the result is stunning IMO, in some parts even photoreal. :) Full image is in my DeviantArt gallery.

    I hope that LAMH will be further improved. :)

    You can count on improvements.

    Kendall

    What is the latest version of the full version of LAMH?

    The last beta version I seen, and the LAMH website seem to not been updated in awhile.

    Thanks

    Latest version is the one currently in store, i.e. 1.5.15 for Windows, 1.5.01 for OSX. There haven't been other beta releases after that, but development has indeed continued.

     

  • IceDragonArtIceDragonArt Posts: 12,727
    Alessandro_AM said:
    Ice Dragon Art said:

    Can I load this on two machines?  I use my laptop and my pc to work in daz and would like to be able switch back and forth as necessary.

     

    Sonja we've been emailing, send me the activation data for your second computer and I will give you the activation key. Cheers

    Thanks Alessandro! I will do that on my lunch break.  I take the laptop back and forth so I can work on stuff during my breaks.  and I am very fortunate in that my boss doesn't care if I do other stuff as long as the work is done at the end of the day.

  • IceDragonArtIceDragonArt Posts: 12,727
    jepegraphics said:
    Ice Dragon Art said:
    jepegraphics said:

     

    This is fantastic

    Thank you so much Sonja. You should take a look in my DeviantArt gallery for the full render, some eye candy for the women in it! ;) 

    http://jepegraphics.deviantart.com/

    Went over and had a look. Great gallery.  I added you to my watch list.  Lookign forward to seeing more of your art.

  • jepegraphicsjepegraphics Posts: 889
    Ice Dragon Art said:
    jepegraphics said:
    Ice Dragon Art said:
    jepegraphics said:

     

    Went over and had a look. Great gallery.  I added you to my watch list.  Lookign forward to seeing more of your art.

    Thank you! heart

  • FusionLAFusionLA Posts: 249
    Alessandro_AM said:
    FusionLA said:
    Kendall Sears said:
    jepegraphics said:

    Only wanted to mention that I was finally able to use the White Tiger with Fiberhair export in Iray - well, with a few crashes and DAZ Studio refusing saving the final scene. Other than that the result is stunning IMO, in some parts even photoreal. :) Full image is in my DeviantArt gallery.

    I hope that LAMH will be further improved. :)

    You can count on improvements.

    Kendall

    What is the latest version of the full version of LAMH?

    The last beta version I seen, and the LAMH website seem to not been updated in awhile.

    Thanks

    Latest version is the one currently in store, i.e. 1.5.15 for Windows, 1.5.01 for OSX. There haven't been other beta releases after that, but development has indeed continued.

     

    I actually installed the Mac beta for 1.5.15, because I couldn't get the tab panel to open in Daz Studio 4.8 or 4.9.
    Is the 1.5.01 the one I should be using?
    Thanks.

     

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