Thanks.  Today I thought, hey why not use morph targets on buildings, something else to explore...

DS5 will not overwrite DS4. So you can presumably still use GenX with DS4, then use the resulting morph files with DS5.

Here's my try:
Genesis 8 Female
XF Jane for Genesis 8 Female(s) (Head Morph)
Mousso Blue (Texture and Body Morph)
Mousso Medea (Eyebrows)
RareStone's Face Morphs Collection for Genesis 8 Female (Cranium Width Morph)
Genesis 8 Female Head Morphs (Other Morphs)
Click N Render IBL Set (Lighting)

Settings:
MSO Blue Body 92.5%
Eyes Angled Inner -100%
Eyes Iris Size 21.7%
Lip Top Peak 77.6%
Lip Upper Size -37.3
Lip Width Upper -11.8
Lips Thin 54.5
Philtrum Angle -23%
Philtrum Width 35.7%
XF Jane Head 100%
RS Cranium Width (Fullhead) 74%
Brow Inner Up-Down  -67.1
Eyelids Lower Up-Down 31.1%
Eyes Closed 11.6%

Makeup
Blue MU13NB.jpg
Iris
Blue G8Eyes04.jpg with Base Color set to 0.37 0.36.0.30
Lighting
C1-IBL-05

I do not own the hair and sweatshirt, so I used Mega Updo Hair and the BigSweatrZ

Hylas said:

... the answer is no

Perhaps Zevo or Riversoft will make a product like that once DS5 comes out, which might disable GenX.

Thanks for the reply, but I hope GenX doesn't get disabled because that is the main way I transfer my shape morphs...

lulamfada said:

It depends on what you're trying to copy from one character to another. If you're talking about morphs, they should automatically install on both the 8 and 8.1 bases

If the morphs are made for G8.1, they will not 'automatically install' to G8 because G8 will not see or load them.

They can be made to work on G8, but that requires moving the morphs to G8 morph folders and maybe some manual editing of the code inside the morphfiles.

Kainjy said:

@Silvhe
Ti conviene farlo manualmente... l'altro modo che conosco consiste nell'esportare l'M3 già in posa e creare un morph del tuo G8 (uno per ogni posa !!!) per cui ci perderesti moltissimo tempo.

 

Segnalo questi script che magari potrebbero essere utili (si fermano a V4/M4 !) : https://sharecg.com/v/76667/view/8/Script/Updated-Daz-Studio-Posing-Scripts-now-for-G3F

 

Quegli script non servono a nulla, putroppo.

Per trasferire vecchie pose si può fare il "salto generazionale" nel caso di set complessi. In pratica applichi la posa alla generazione successiva, fino ad arrivare alla figura che ti serve. Devi comunque fare molti ritocchi ma le cosa davvero importanti vengono trasferite senza troppi problemi.

Shape splitter is easy to use if you read the PDF. But if you just load the script and start pushing buttons, it will be an uphill battle. You can isolate any part of any morph, as far as I know. For what you want, you could use the region method to isolate the eyes part of the lara morph and generate a dial for just that. Then split the lara eye morph into two using the plane method that shape splitter offers. Alternatively, and more easily, just use the plane method to split the generic eye size morph (from the daz standard morphs) into two so that the new dial only affects half the face. Easy peasy.

Thank you both so much for the help w this, it means a lot to me!  The first advice sounds a bit difficult and above my skill level, so study the morph in notepad. The second sounds difficult too, but perhaps I can try that. How do I export just that eye morph to obj? won't it be the entire G8.1 base?If it's possible to write the instructions more detalied it would be great . I work so hard on my art, it's my biggest passion in life, and what I was born to do, but I can't do anything about the eye bug, the scale issue and the posing issue. To pose the eyes individually is so incredibly difficult. Different values on the eyes. What is normal and what is an eye dissorder?  no matter how good I do that posing, I still have the different eye size . I am not skilled enough in ph shop to resize one of the eyes, she would end up looking like an alien lol. 

Yes, the Deco or Kururu or similar would emulate this type of dance-software figure quite accurately, with some small re-shaping. I think there are even morph 'shapes' for these that will turn a G8 into these figures, but I could be wrong. There are also various packs of anime type eyes like that.

In theory, you can export an 8.1 character at base resolution and re-import it as a morph for G8, then reapply the materials (with some manual cleanup for the differing material zones).

Never tried it, though.

@Silvhe
Ti conviene farlo manualmente... l'altro modo che conosco consiste nell'esportare l'M3 già in posa e creare un morph del tuo G8 (uno per ogni posa !!!) per cui ci perderesti moltissimo tempo.

 

Segnalo questi script che magari potrebbero essere utili (si fermano a V4/M4 !) : https://sharecg.com/v/76667/view/8/Script/Updated-Daz-Studio-Posing-Scripts-now-for-G3F

 

I love all the surreal and artistic effects everyone is using!!  Buny, Dio, Mschack, Namtar, Stezza...hope I got everyone!  Enjoyed your videal, Wendy! and Vyusur's and Dart's helpful comments on the threads. I read them all!

Headwax, that cone with particles is amazing! You have given me an idea for such a thing as well. And I can use it for my prehistoric scenes as well... thank you so much for the demo. Much appreciated.  I have so much to do before me operation Monday evening, that I don't know if I can get another WIP done before end of next week. But will try later today. I sould have vision enough to work on it and get in before the 2nd Sept deadline.

I am using TangoAlpha's Watering Hole which has a great waterfall, but it creates a memory hungry scene and am trying to decimate the waterfall object as it's loads separately in ZBrush as the Carrara decimator seems to just hang. . I think I will have to pose my Welsh girl and do a render pass to place her in that scene.  Luckily I have a no-morph 'dummy' to place around in different positions to test things out with a render. 

OK, back to the 'drawing board' here. Wish I could send some rain to you Misty!

 Silene

The tail is a geograft, the morph is actually for G8M (so it works for G8M and G8.1M), but the skin is strictly G8.1M. No geoshells.

The skin works with or without the tail (no weird gaps).

 

hi.

trying to figure out the level of effort to get him into carrara, if possible.

if he's morph i'm willing to  give it a try.  thanks.

https://www.daz3d.com/oso-newt-for-genesis-81-male

 

New morph added, cartoon face.

Kainjy said:

Oggi ho fatto alcune prove su un morph anime scolpito da 0...

Ho 3 render: il 1° e il 2° sono più vicini ad un ipotetico personaggio reale.. il 3° invece ho esagerato ed esasperato mento e occhi (aggiungendo anche l'arcata delle sopracciglia che però toglierò perchè fa ombra e non mi piace per nulla)

Che ne pensate ? Suggerimenti ?
PS ho usato il profilo di Lady Oscar... trovate le reference qui: http://www.oasidelleanime.com/minisiti/oscar/schizzi/index.htm 

Il design funziona male dal vero... le action figure infatti hanno una faccia diversa: https://www.google.com/search?q=lady%20oscar%20action%20figure&tbm=isch&tbs=isz:l&hl=it&sa=X&ved=0CAIQpwVqFwoTCPiJpaqJwPICFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD&biw=1343&bih=635

Mi butto sullo stile delle figures (tappo narici, faccia appiattita, ecc..) ?

Concordo: se si vuole stare sullo stile anime "hard core", tenendo i modelli realistici il risultato viene male. Sì, probabilmente seguire l'esempio delle figures (nello specifico Lady Oscar, la statua con la rosa secondo me è la migliore - infatti sta anche nella mia vetrina insieme a draghi e Devilman ^__^) è la soluzione migliore. Per dire, queste

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=black+butler+figure&t=ffab&atb=v277-1&ia=images&iax=images

o queste

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=haikiyuu+figures&t=ffab&atb=v277-1&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images

danno un'idea di come si può rendere bene un personaggio anime in tre dimensioni [notare: sto parlando più dei personaggi adulti che dei chibi]

 

 

Quasar said:

I'm glad it worked reasonably well for you. I wasn't quite sure how it would go, to be honest. I moved a directory from one hard drive to another the other day and all my smart content vanished. Fortunately, DS was able to fix it for me by download it all again, but it makes you panic a bit when things like that happen. I'm really glad my advice didn't break anything. 

Thank you and Ruthven again for giving great advice on how to proceed with the content replication on the M1 MacBook Air.  I looked at as much info as I could gather before performing the duplication.  Except for my missing custom saved scenes, secene presets, etc. in Smart Content all looks to be working and available in DAZ Studio 4.15.0.25/.26.  It's easy,though a little less convenient, to get to my saved files using the regular Content Library pane.  So not much of a concern there.  Would still like to figure out what I missed in that regard during the transfer.  That's a question for another day! LOL.

Lee

Oggi ho fatto alcune prove su un morph anime scolpito da 0...

Ho 3 render: il 1° e il 2° sono più vicini ad un ipotetico personaggio reale.. il 3° invece ho esagerato ed esasperato mento e occhi (aggiungendo anche l'arcata delle sopracciglia che però toglierò perchè fa ombra e non mi piace per nulla)

Che ne pensate ? Suggerimenti ?
PS ho usato il profilo di Lady Oscar... trovate le reference qui: http://www.oasidelleanime.com/minisiti/oscar/schizzi/index.htm 

Il design funziona male dal vero... le action figure infatti hanno una faccia diversa: https://www.google.com/search?q=lady%20oscar%20action%20figure&tbm=isch&tbs=isz:l&hl=it&sa=X&ved=0CAIQpwVqFwoTCPiJpaqJwPICFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD&biw=1343&bih=635

Mi butto sullo stile delle figures (tappo narici, faccia appiattita, ecc..) ?

Ruthven said:

Imago said:

Ruthven said:

E comunque: producete maschietti, grazie, che altrimenti su chi faccio mettere le mani alle figliole delle mie storie?! [@Silvhe alza gli occhi al cielo: "Eccola che ricomincia!"]

Maschietti ce ne sono tanti, basta poi adattarli. Anche perchè di uomini ce ne sono solo tre tipi: Imberbe, quarantenne disoccupato e "spaco-botilia". Devi andare giù pesante di morph aggiuntivi per avere qualcosa di diverso.

Comunque, se usi quel fracassone di G3/8 su ShareCG c'è un morph specifico per trasformare la testa in "anime", molto di nicchia ma può avere un valore. Io ce l'ho ma non lo uso perchè veramente troppo specifico ma magari va bene a te. Il link non lo ricordo ma basta cercare "anime head" e salta fuori.

Dipende se includi nello "spaco-botilia" anche la categoria 20-30enni carini, onestamente ce ne sono anche di quelli. 

Il morph anime ce l'ho, comunque quando posso sto ancora su Genesis 2 per la mesh più dettagliata; poi per realizzare tutte le immagini che vorrei ci vorrebbero le giornate di tipo 72 ore… e considerando che mi sto rimettendo a scrivere, mi sa che un sacco di bei figlioli resteranno nel platonico regno delle idee ancora per un bel po'… *sospira*

No, quelli sono gli "imberbi", gli Spaco-Botilia son quelli alti tre metri, con muscoli in posto dove dovrebbero essercene e con un set di espressioni alla Eastwood, col cappello e senza. 

FSMCDesigns said:

If you are talking about the red streaks on both sides, I doubt any morph will fix that since it is a texture issue more than anything. You are correct than most hair assets will be modeled the same way. You could try editing the texture, but chances are the same area on the texture sheet effects both sides the same since that is usually how it's UVMapped.

maybe try a deformer or meshgrabber (in the store) to move that area of the hair a bit to make it less noticable or just use a uniform texture.

Then again im looking at it more and more and im thinking you can get that effect with an actual curler.  Maybe i'll let let it go.