It appears my dreams have shrunk a bit recently.. Had hoped to be able to do an image with a couple of sprinters taking off on the athletics track, but that didn't quite work out due to re-modelling of parts of the track taking longer than I'd hoped - I ended up having to do programming to add features to my modeller to make the modelling easier. So, here is my little offering.

Golden Tan on Golden Sands

Balmy days are here (well, until Thursday..!) and it's now legal in England to take a day out on the beach, so what could be better to do than pop to the beach & do some socially distanced sunbathing while doing a little people watching?

Bracelets
Jewelry Set by Leilana
https://www.renderosity.com/rr/mod/freestuff/jewelry-set/78314

Towel
Ildanach
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/206316/free-beach-towel-updated-with-morphs-and-materials/p1

Suntan Lotion Bottle (not sure if it counts, as it wasn't available all month)
richardandtracy
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/483081/suntan-lotion-bottle/p1

Pose
bbarbs Just Reclining Pose 03 (modified)
https://www.renderosity.com/rr/mod/freestuff/genesis-8-female-just-reclining-pose-03/86900

Hair
zoro_d Candy Braids Hair.
https://www.renderosity.com/rr/mod/freestuff/candy-braids-hair-for-genesis-8-female-s-/88062

Bikini
mostdigitalcreations
https://www.most-digital-creations.com/g8f_bikini_2.htm

Leather Shaders for Bikini.
Car related shaders by Tom2099. Dark Red leather shaders used.
https://www.deviantart.com/tom2099/art/Iray-car-related-shader-presets-megapack-539622361
 

Flip-Flops
iceboy FlipFlops for M4
https://www.renderosity.com/rr/mod/freestuff/flip-flops/62168

Handbag
Wilmap's Handbag for any figure
https://www.wilmapsdigitalcreations.co.uk/view_product.php?id=183

Water Bottle
mostdigitalcreations
https://www.renderosity.com/rr/mod/freestuff/water-bottle-prop/58597

Mobile Phone
Smartphone Prop by Foxclaw
https://www.renderosity.com/rr/mod/freestuff/smartphone-prop/87343

HDRI background
HDRIHaven Spiaggia del Mondello
https://hdrihaven.com/hdri/?c=outdoor&h=spiaggia_di_mondello
I tried HDRIHaven Secluded Beach ( https://hdrihaven.com/hdri/?c=outdoor&h=secluded_beach ) but the photo was taken in the wrong place in the end.

Paid For Items
Custom Character Morph by TritiumCG
Lightness modified CB Guillia texture.
Mousso Romina Fibremesh Eyebrows.

No count Items
G8F Base.

Chain bracelets. They are freebies, but I can't remember where they came from. Maybe DA but simply can't find them again. I do know I didn't pay for them.

IRay DAZ Uber clear glass shader used on water bottle plastic. Original Poser shader looked like white polythene in DS. DS Uber Shader used on FlipFlops & diffuse colour turned pink-ish from cowpat brown. 

Possibly Suntan Lotion as it wasn't available all month.

I think every item needs free registration prior to download. There was zero post work, as post work is the best way I know for me to wreck an image.

Regards,

Richard.

certaintree38 said:

Okay! I finally got to work on this, and here is the result. One of the hairs looks messed up, and I didn't let it finish rendering, but I think you get the point. The original Camile is on the left. The transferred (G8) Camile is on the right. It looks like you lose a bit of detail in the transfer because the original is HD. But otherwise, I'd say she looks good. 

 

Richard Haseltine said:

MeneerWolfman said:

Richard Haseltine said:

That sounds right, assuming you resaved the assets. Have you tried the subset/wearables options? Persistent links between objects are tricky - one option is using post load data item scripts http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/software/dazstudio/4/referenceguide/scripting/api_reference/samples/start#post-load_data_items

How would it work if I did the wearables options?

Based on the link that you sent me for scripts, I'm assuming the one I would want to try is the "Post-Load View Proxy Link Properties" one? Since the properties do show up correctly in the morph's dsf file. And would I want this post load run to happen after I load the geograft since the g8m figure would see the controller on the geograft at that point?

You'd need both figure and graft loaded. You don't need a proxy - you have two objects already - you just need to create the ERC link.

So which script in the link you pointed me to should I be looking at?

Okay! I finally got to work on this, and here is the result. One of the hairs looks messed up, and I didn't let it finish rendering, but I think you get the point. The original Camile is on the left. The transferred (G8) Camile is on the right. It looks like you lose a bit of detail in the transfer because the original is HD. But otherwise, I'd say she looks good. 

I have one of those nvME M.2 drives mentioned above but it is 1TB and not my system disk (my C: system drive is an older type SSD). I use the M.2 drive to store my DAZ library (at least the DIM folders - the old Poser style folders are still in a Legacy Library on my HDD). However, I did not see a marked difference when I switched my DIM content to the M.2 drive. I have to say that my load times are quite good compared to some numbers I've seen mentioned on this forum - a base G8F loads in under 10 seconds and any character not much longer.

Still, I only have around 25 G8 characters wheras other people have hundreds so I'm sure that is the main reason my load times are quite low. I tend to buy characters for the skins, not the shapes. So I have several morph packs to make it possible to dial-in the shape I want.

No, morphs work only on the base cage mesh (PAs have a tool or tools for handling HD morphs that isn't avaialble for the rest of us, or for creating content for any purpose but sale through Daz). The only way to use the higher detail is by baking to a displacement (or normal) map to be applied on top of the base morph, which can be tricky in itself as ZBrush doesn't understand UDIMs (unless that was added just recently).

MeneerWolfman said:

Richard Haseltine said:

That sounds right, assuming you resaved the assets. Have you tried the subset/wearables options? Persistent links between objects are tricky - one option is using post load data item scripts http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/software/dazstudio/4/referenceguide/scripting/api_reference/samples/start#post-load_data_items

How would it work if I did the wearables options?

Based on the link that you sent me for scripts, I'm assuming the one I would want to try is the "Post-Load View Proxy Link Properties" one? Since the properties do show up correctly in the morph's dsf file. And would I want this post load run to happen after I load the geograft since the g8m figure would see the controller on the geograft at that point?

You'd need both figure and graft loaded. You don't need a proxy - you have two objects already - you just need to create the ERC link.

When I transfer G8 model to ZBrush its polygons look way too big.

If I use DynaMesh then I can't save my morph in Daz Studio (it says geometry was changed).

But if I increase SDiv level everything seems to be ok and I even can save it. But then I found that morph doesn't work unless it was in SDiv level 1.

So my question if there is some way to work in ZBrus with high resolution and get that morph saved?

This is the first chance I've had to explore the new materials on the Genesis 8.1 upgrade. I can't say I'm all that impressed. I did however buy a couple of PA figures that use the new materials for the 8.1 figures, and those I like.

Here's a side by side comparison of what I've done so far. The morph is a mix I did so no specific characters. The lighting is the same in both images. I did change the clothing as well as the materials for the second image because I wasn't happy with the outfit I'd picked for the first image with Genesis 8.1. Post processing is exactly the same for both images. Overall, I love the skin done by Marcius. I have two other 8.1 female figures and I have Micheal 8.1, so I'll be rendering those soon.

Genesis 8.1 Base Skin

MR Layla Skin by Marcius

Hi please visit the official  Reallusion youtube Channel for instruction on how to 
to use the Daz genesis "transformer "tool to import/convert genesis figures & clothing into CC3.

Posting direct links here is not permitted as Iclone/CC3 COMPETES directly with the
Commercial Daz genesis eco system

With all due respect to the person who posted the videos about Data transfer /re rigging in Blender

I do Not reccomend this for people who already own the Full CC3 pipeline software.

You can build a library of ready to use, Daz converted, clothing & hairs/skins in CC3
and dress and export the figures from CC3 to Blender instantly with free Pipeline Addon (by victor soupday)
to auto setup materials in Blender.

Just to be clear, my pipeline is based on using ANIMATIONS from iclone on the FBX exports to Blender.

For those doing stills/portaits in Blender with Genesis 8 figures I reccomend
using the free Diffeo plugin and exporting from Daz studio to blender.

If indeed you need to use a CC3 chracter in Blender then use the aforementioned free addon.

Richard Haseltine said:

That sounds right, assuming you resaved the assets. Have you tried the subset/wearables options? Persistent links between objects are tricky - one option is using post load data item scripts http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/software/dazstudio/4/referenceguide/scripting/api_reference/samples/start#post-load_data_items

How would it work if I did the wearables options?

Based on the link that you sent me for scripts, I'm assuming the one I would want to try is the "Post-Load View Proxy Link Properties" one? Since the properties do show up correctly in the morph's dsf file. And would I want this post load run to happen after I load the geograft since the g8m figure would see the controller on the geograft at that point?

MimicMolly said:

You can just use Latonya's body and not her head. No one is really going to know, especially when you mix shapes. (My own body is similar to both Latonya and Bethany, and I ain't their ethnicity, so I've used them as bases without the head, a lot of times.) Lyoness also has Boom Chica HD morphs. https://www.daz3d.com/boom-chica-morphs-hd-for-genesis-8-female The Voluptuous morph from the DAZ Body Morphs works too.

That is actualy a good idea and i allready own boom chica. That i didn't think of that. I can use latonya's body and a boom chica head. 

thanks

Do you have a quick tutorial about how to do the one click clothing conversion from Daz to CC3 rig? And once converted to FBX - would you use the data transfer modifier mentioned above to conform them in Blender? Would love to build a library in blender of covered Daz clothes I can swap out on CC3 to Blender imported characters. 
 

wolf359 said:

If you have the full version of CC3 pipeline you can import and convert any Daz clothing to the CC3 Avatar with one click before FBX export to Blender (Pre genesis 8.1 only)

This will be an order of magnitude easier that re-riggin Daz clothing to a CC3 Avatar in Blender 

Those Anilip 2  facial animations are based on the phoneme morphs of the Daz figures.
using them directly on a CC3 Character is a non starter.

A CC3 Character imported ,Via the Blender CC3 pipeline tool or Standard FBX, will 
bring in its own Iclone/CC3  native shape keys for facial animation.(see pic)

However the best way to create a facial animation for a CC3 Avatar is in Iclone
which has a newly updated facial animation system, far superior to Anilip 2 or any Daz mimic system.

This facial animation will import to Blender as animated Shapekeys in an FBX export  from CC3 pipeline. 

Richard Haseltine said:

I don't think there is a global reset. What issues are you having?

Several Issues:

1. Many of my models and downloads not installed and have lost their photos.

2. My window panes are no longer set to anything reasonable (all one sided).

3. I cannot transfer to Unreal.

4. I think I have fouled my data links.

Thanks for your help!

Richard Haseltine said:

I'm not sure how easily theis can be amde to work, but is the ERC link saving with the morph on Genesis 8 male or with the morph on the GeoGraft? I'm pretty sure the former wouldn't work as the graft, and so the target of the ERC, would not be loaded when the link was being prepared. You may need to save a Scene Subset or Wearables Preset to get any chnace of its working, especially if the saving is already correct.

I've been saving it with the morph on the g8m. I tried going to the geograft's controller morph, setting the the g8m morph as a subcomponent, and set the "set save with" to "controller" but that does not seem to do anything :/ Unless I'm doing that wrong.

I'm not sure how easily theis can be amde to work, but is the ERC link saving with the morph on Genesis 8 male or with the morph on the GeoGraft? I'm pretty sure the former wouldn't work as the graft, and so the target of the ERC, would not be loaded when the link was being prepared. You may need to save a Scene Subset or Wearables Preset to get any chnace of its working, especially if the saving is already correct.

pjzanca said:

wouldn't you need to save the G8 dial as a morph asset, and redistribute that file along with your geograph? assuming you want to share this out?

e: if you're importing the morph, it will be present on the current figure you imported it on, but it won't be present on any other copies of the figure you load, it sounds like you need to save a morph asset including your new dials

I saved all the morphs, both the ones for the geograft and the one for g8. The morph itself shows up when I load a fresh g8m. The issue is that the morph is losing the "controller stage 1" setting I had saved it with that references the morph on the geograft that is controlling it.

When I open the dsf file for the morph, I see it correctly referenced in the dsf file, it's just losing the controller variable when it's loaded in Daz

You can just use Latonya's body and not her head. No one is really going to know, especially when you mix shapes. (My own body is similar to both Latonya and Bethany, and I ain't their ethnicity, so I've used them as bases without the head, a lot of times.) Lyoness also has Boom Chica HD morphs. https://www.daz3d.com/boom-chica-morphs-hd-for-genesis-8-female The Voluptuous morph from the DAZ Body Morphs works too.

Well, I hope this works.   I loved the theme for this contest, so I had to enter something!

Here is my idea of chasing a Golden Dream… enjoy!

Catch Me If You Can....

Used:

G8F

https://www.renderosity.com/rr/mod/freestuff/ella-for-g8f/77903 Ella by Cherubit (morph)

https://www.renderosity.com/rr/mod/freestuff/makayla-for-g8f/84012  Makayla by Felldude (texture only)

https://www.most-digital-creations.com/g8f_open_shirt.htm Open shirt (with Dforce modifier added)

https://www.most-digital-creations.com/g8f_tankini.php  Tankini (top)

https://www.most-digital-creations.com/g8f_denim_shorts.htm Denim shorts 

https://sharecg.com/v/97167/browse/21/DAZ-Studio/Bobbi-Hair-G8F Bobbi Hair

https://www.renderosity.com/rr/mod/freestuff/pairadimes-lie-tan-lines-for-g8f-basic-wear/86129 PairADimes Tan Lines

https://sharecg.com/v/75399/browse/21/DAZ-Studio/Mostly-Universal-Hair-Shader-Bright-Colors Mostly Universal hair shader - Bright Colors

G8M

https://www.renderosity.com/rr/mod/freestuff/wkd3d-g8m-face-01/87669 Face01

https://sharecg.com/v/97276/view/21/DAZ-Studio/G8M-Walther-2.0  Walther 2.0 (texture)

https://sharecg.com/v/92380/gallery/21/DAZ-Studio/Celebrity-Look-Alike-02 RE5 Chris (hair)

Scene:

https://sharecg.com/v/50722/browse/11/Poser/BEACH-HOUSE Beach House (Life guard station)

https://sharecg.com/v/97113/browse/21/DAZ-Studio/Tropical-Beach Tropical Beach

https://hdrihaven.com/hdri/?c=sunrise-sunset&h=the_sky_is_on_fire Sky HDRI

No purchased items

Rendered in multiple stages and postworked in Paintshop Pro to combine into final image, add noise, add signature.

@acdum1857 Well jcms do work with diffeo, you have to load them and eventually transfer them though, as explained in the docs. The new 1.6 version also gets a easy import that does it for you.