Just found this in a post from a few years back.....

How to activate the plugin

This plugin does NOT require a separate installer to be downloaded and run separately. The plugin itself is included in the installation of Daz Studio, but it is not activated until you enter a valid serial number. To do this, go to the "Help" menu in the main menu bar of Daz Studio and select the "About Installed Plugins…" action. Next, find the entry for "Face Transfer" and paste or type in your serial code* into the Serial Number field. Finally, click on the "Accept" button to finish the registration process. You will need to close Daz Studio and reopen it before you can start using the the plugin.

*Your serial code will be listed in the "Serial Numbers" section of your www.daz3d.com account.

Yes, Face Transfer For Daz Studio is the one. I have had a look and I cannot see or remember how to enter the serial number.... but mine may look different because I have entered it already, someone else will hopefully know......

SnowSultan said:

If someone has the time, could you post some examples of the scaling and other morph options of Soto's new afro? Thanks.

edit: Also, does Jada have a no-makeup face option with no eyebrows as well?

Jada 8.1 uses the Makeup channel in the 8.1 PBR setup. There's only a face with a brow or no brow. Then you add the Makeup via the Makeup channel on top of that face.

If someone has the time, could you post some examples of the scaling and other morph options of Soto's new afro? Thanks.

edit: Also, does Jada have a no-makeup face option with no eyebrows as well?

Daz_Jessica said:

watchdog79 said:

Alright, I am now absolutely certain Daz had some sort of a hickup with the codes.

I got an orange banner and no e-mail. I sent a support ticket, and below are the Gift Card values for the codes the support sent me as the ones I had not redeemed, after, you know, "double and triple checking them", which now seems quite hillarious a method of checking to me. Lo and behold my mighty riches:

$0.04
$0.28
$0.07
$0.05
$0.12
$0.55
$0.24
$0.16
$0.62
$0.42
$0.10
$0.34
$0.28
$0.47

How did I even manage to buy Gift Cards for these fractions of a dollar value in the first place?

You didn't, you likely used almost all of a gift card on purchases (and didn't transfer to store credit) and had a small left over balance. 

I always redeem my Gift Cards after purchase and use store credit. I didn't even know another option existed until you told me now.

@Ismiz You're very welcome! He's not Kimo 7 (I wish we'd gotten a proper Kimo 8 as well), but I do like Ashan 8 and he mixes attractively with many other base characters, so he's great to have.

I think one of the morphs in Alt Valentino 8 may have been sorta-kinda supposed to give a Kimo vibe. Kimo 7 (right) also transfers very well to G8M with Zev0's XTransfer (left). It's not perfect, but it's one of the closest I've seen. Obviously it's not the same as a whole new morph and texture, but if you really like Kimo 7 it's very easy to bring him to 8/8.1 and spruce him up with all the new HD morphs that are available, FACS, etc. I would recommend Ashan 8 and Darius 8's HD morphs to replace the Kimo 7 one.

riverman63 said:

I got puzzled by this when I purchased it. Have you entered the serial number? Face Transfer is already installed so you do not need to install anything extra, you just need to enter the number to unlock the full version. Look under My Serial Number on My Account for it.

The serial number? Hmm...I think that might be my issue, right here. I didn't enter any serial number, as far as I can tell.  Hmm...After checking, I have several serial numbers, there. I had never looked into this tab. Although it refers to "face transfer" not "face transfer unlimited". Is that the correct one anyway? 

And where/how do I enter this serial number? 

Thank you for the tip. 

I applied the suggested changes and made several of my own, also made a better quality GIF (that gloss on the hair has got to go!).  The face "pose" is my attempt to mimic the pose from the STNG season 1 episode 21 "The Arsenal of Freedom".  I'm not sure about the legality of posting the original image, but it is easily found by a Google image search.

Again, please provide your feedback.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but since this morph was made from purchased face morphs not specifically marketed as "merchant reasource" it is unshareable?  Is there a legal workaround?

Face Transfer saves it inside the Scene Subset it makes.

chweintr said:

Some of the code has been updated for R23 -  for instance, the DRAWFLAGS_NO_REDUCTION  has been removed and they tried to change floats for integers, but the script still does not run.

I still can't get files to transfer.  OIn the C4D side it says 'nothing to import'. On the DAZ side when trying to run the script, the screen flashes but does not go through the prep process. Any thoughts?

For me it still functions fine (But not perfectly) if I run it on  Poser files,  but anything using the new DAZ files it'll do what you're experiencing.  

Morphing Python  (Poser .cr2 file)   Export works fine!
The Constrictor  (DAZ 'DUF' file)   <Nothing happens>

I ran through and checked a dozen figures each.  Every Poser file exports fine - albeit with every joint's alignment being borked -  and every DUF file refuses to even initiate the script.    Honestly, I've taken to just exporting figures via FBX when possible and then tweaking them myself, but  I might look into the Blender one if the joint alignment problem's not present there though, since I hear most of the development effort in the Bridges is funneled into that one (Not hard to see why, Blender's free after all).

watchdog79 said:

Alright, I am now absolutely certain Daz had some sort of a hickup with the codes.

I got an orange banner and no e-mail. I sent a support ticket, and below are the Gift Card values for the codes the support sent me as the ones I had not redeemed, after, you know, "double and triple checking them", which now seems quite hillarious a method of checking to me. Lo and behold my mighty riches:

$0.04
$0.28
$0.07
$0.05
$0.12
$0.55
$0.24
$0.16
$0.62
$0.42
$0.10
$0.34
$0.28
$0.47

How did I even manage to buy Gift Cards for these fractions of a dollar value in the first place?

You didn't, you likely used almost all of a gift card on purchases (and didn't transfer to store credit) and had a small left over balance. 

vozolgant said:

j cade said:

Some things don't work the same, or do the same thing but differently 

 

All the building blocks for expressions were created anew and some things overlap 

 

For instance genesis 8 and 8.1 both have mouth smile and mouth smile open morphs - but these morphs look completely different because the 8.1 version was built from scratch with no relation to the 8.0 version

 

Having 2 smile morphs 2 smile open 2 eyes closed 2 brows up etc etc etc seems kind of messy no?

I see. Hmm. When I dial Mouth Smile 2, I still get a mouth smile, but which morph is it using? 8 or 8.1? Or is it actually using both morphs at the same time, in which you get a double smile strength effect? Anyone know?

Strangely, I'm not getting 2 mouth smile open.

This is explained in the update section of the first post in this thread: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/477386/how-to-get-genesis-8-expressions-working-on-genesis-8-1/p1

j cade said:

Some things don't work the same, or do the same thing but differently 

 

All the building blocks for expressions were created anew and some things overlap 

 

For instance genesis 8 and 8.1 both have mouth smile and mouth smile open morphs - but these morphs look completely different because the 8.1 version was built from scratch with no relation to the 8.0 version

 

Having 2 smile morphs 2 smile open 2 eyes closed 2 brows up etc etc etc seems kind of messy no?

I see. Hmm. When I dial Mouth Smile 2, I still get a mouth smile, but which morph is it using? 8 or 8.1? Or is it actually using both morphs at the same time, in which you get a double smile strength effect? Anyone know?

Strangely, I'm not getting 2 mouth smile open morphs.

EDIT: looks like this post addresses the two morph same name issue: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/477386/how-to-get-genesis-8-expressions-working-on-genesis-8-1/p1 - the two morphs with the same name can be separated, read that thread, it explains how.

More practical way:

- You install Unreal Engine 4

- You download for free Quixel Megascans PBR materials from Epic store - there are a lot of them (159 packages at the moment)

 https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/profile/Quixel+Megascans

- Using https://www.daz3d.com/daz-to-unreal-bridge you transfer any Genesis 3 or 8 based characters you like

 and play with them in UE4

cridgit said:

Can you elaborate what you want to do with the file? There may be an easier way.

Locate them or edit them in an editor. You have to click your way through the folder hirachy tree if you know where to find it, when you're lucky.
It would be just better if you had a right click on the morph dial, the option to brwse to folder in order to find the refering .../data/*.dsf file.

Change subd to 3 or 4, apply hd morph through shaping tab, and if you have the ability, remove normal from texture.

knowllang said:

For anyone who doesn't want to scroll through all the pages on that thread. Delete these two folders:

• "...\Data\DAZ 3D\Genesis 8\Female 8_1\Morphs\Daz 3D\Base Pose Head\"
• "...\Data\DAZ 3D\Genesis 8\Female 8_1\Morphs\Daz 3D\Expressions\"

These are dummy morphs preventing Genesis 8.1 from using Genesis 8 expressions.

And the same with the male folders 

"...\Data\DAZ 3D\Genesis 8\Male 8_1\Morphs\Daz 3D\Base Pose Head\"
"...\Data\DAZ 3D\Genesis 8\Male 8_1\Morphs\Daz 3D\Expressions\"

Make sure you are deleting the folders from G8.1 morph folders and not from G8 morph folders.

The folders will be added back everytime you reinstall or update Genesis 8 Starter Essentials.

Some are seeing bogeymen everywhere, but if you look at what's inside the files and have any understanding about how the morph files work, you see there is no danger. and if you want to put them back for any reason, just reinstall the Starter Essentials.

Marshian said:

Hi lilweep. Thanks for responding. Oh sure- Just want it to lay flat, not bend. Think of flat armor plates. I could create a texture but I'm looking for more dimension, like super clunky chunky plates. Like Some giant built it quickly and doesn't care how heavy it is 

 

lilweep said:

wouldnt that involve morphing the shape to get it to "wrap around" rather than just being on a tangent with the surface?

I dont think ultrascatter claims to be able to morph shapes.

Would it be easier to just use a texture of riveted metal sheets?

Something like this?

Click on image for full size.

Mystiarra said:

i been playing with the troop carrier since 2009
2009-10-30  
best 1.99 i ever spent

it has an open windows morph 

added a tube light to the interior.  scifi-ish eshaust cylinders
next need to make glowy amunition for the gunners. and a very,very lo rez pilot

I love that ship!

I also love using either of the LoRez 14MU Workers as LoRez pilots.

They animate well! So I make a generic pilot animation that's really long, doing different things throughout the timeline, then make an NLA clip that I can add to any LoRez Lorenzzo/Loretta based figure, and slide the clip around for each, so they're all doing different things - works Great!

With all the huge amount of .../data/... files, it would be nice, to have the option to browse directly to the referring .../data/... file from the parameter tab.
It has now become a true PITA to search the whole .../data/... folder, in order to find one particular morph file.