IG Iray Essentials
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Could someone tell me what these products do and how to use them? I have them all except Arabella but I'm not sure how to use them and on what characters to use them on. For instance do you only use the IG Iray Essentials for Bethany on characters based on her? Can you use the material for V7 on Bethany and Eva and Karen or only on V7 characters? Can Arabella's material be used only on G3F or also on V7? Thanks
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They were designed to be an improvement over the default iray materials that come with each character but they still use the same base texture maps that came with them (except the SSS maps). To load them up you can either use one of the character presets I included. That will load you up the fully figure with my settings applied or you can apply one of the full material sets to your figure. Whichever way works best for you. You can use them interchangably, the only issue with that is that the UV maps are different and some details, esspecially on the face, might not line up perfectly when used on a different body shape.
Great, so I apply the IG textures after I apply the character's textures (do I use ctrl-click) or will it actually change the character shaders like eye color and makeup. Also if I use the character presets say V7 do I now apply the morphs for, say FWSA Hannah and then apply her skin eye and lip options? BTW love the Iray essential for Victoria 6 & Michael 6 really great for transforming those characters to iray
Yes, if you want to use the IG Iray essentials shader settings with other character's texture maps, you can do the ctrl+click and ignore maps. You will want to set up and skin textures or make up options first. Shape morphs you can do at any time. If you don't want to use IG Iray Essentials with other characters, just apply the materials from the materials folder, and it will call upon the base figure's default texture maps and UV, as long as you have the base figure installed. The Genesis 3 versions are going to work the same as the Victoria 6 and Michael 6 versions.
All of the Genesis 3 female figures can take textures from other Genesis 3 female(s). You can use the textures on any shape. The only issues that might occur is if you use a texture made for a really different shape, for example, Arabella and Bethany are at opposite ends of the size chart. There may be stretching or distortions, and there may not be. This sounds like a case of click the buttons and see what happens. Your copy of Daz Studio is not going to blow up, I promise.
Let us know how it goes.
Lovely, I did it and the textures look beautiful, the perfect solution for adding something extra. Love this product because I don't need to know all the technicalities of iray settings all it takes is a click. Thanks so much
There is one other trick you could try. You can quickly apply the settings from one IG Iray Essentials set while still using the textures from another set. Each character has it's own unique 'flavor' to it. Part of that is in the texture set itself but it's also partly in their settings. To do this apply the base IG Iray Essentials set you want to use and then ctrl-click on another IG Iray Essentials material set. That will give you the textures from the 1st set with the setting from the second. There is one more thing you need to do to get it to work right. The UV set you are using has changed to the 2nd characters. To change that back select all of the characters surfaces and change the UV set back to the original characters (the UV set entry is down near the bottom of the Uber Iray shader).
Thanks I've trying all sorts of combination and getting beautiful results. Just picked up the freebie for Aiko. I just love this product it makes iray finally fun
Especially if it blows up.
I'm interested in buying the set made for Victoria 6, but am looking for shine/gloss adjustments. Does the iRay Essentials for V6/G2 have any gloss adjustments and are there any samples that of them that I can look at? I am also wondering if the G3 Version could be used on G2 if I control-right click?
I'm glad you are having fun with them
Sorry, I didn't include presets to adjust the glossiness of the skin but it is something that can be very easily adjusted for.
Yup, Aiko is one of my favourite, if not favourite skins; some nice nuances from your shader are very welcome. Looking forward to finally getting the same sort of texture for G3.
Thank you so much.
While I had a pretty nice skin shader of my own tinkering, your Essentials filled some significant gaps and also did stuff I hadn't considered (namely, I was mostly ignoring Eye Reflection, which was a mistake, and the thin coat... interesting)