Hi, not sure i understand the issue. what do you mean by "transfer" and what "column"? If you could post a screenshot, that would be helpful

hello everyone 

im brand new to daz 3d and trying to transfer some dinosaur models onto daz 3d but on daz 3d its only showing part of a column and i cant get it to extend fully out 

if anyone can help that would be great 

thank you 

@Snowsultan

Benniewoodell makes a very important point.
It is fine to Mix two different eco-systems to get the best of both
as long as you are willing to learn & accept what can be taken from one program to the other 
and what has to be left behind.(powerpose etc)

I animate nearly everything on a character in Iclone(Face and body)
and export as FBX from from CC3
I do make any necessary adjustments to my Characters motion after import to Blender
and pin the feet when needed 

I can completely replace an animation already in blender by exporting a different
FBX from iclone/CC3 and simply switching to the new motion in the Blender action editor
and mix multiple motion with Blender nonlinear motion clip system

We now have a new free add-on for Blender, that sets up materials for CC3 figures just like diffeo does for Daz studio/genesis
.
It even converts Iclone cloth physics to Blender cloth physics and duplicates iclone
built in studio lighting in blender by copying and using the HDRs from Iclone.

So no.. you dont have to completely abandon one eco system for another
However I strongly advise against  using more than two.

If you are not too averse to multi-application workflows pick one of the Daz content
transfer methods like Diffeo and get started.
 

I've done a real quick test with her head morph dialed down to 80%, it's much more natural I think, and still pretty unique. Here's the result, render very much unfinished obviously (am on the laptop atm).

I'm having trouble with the hair though, it's pretty but it doesn't let me render another color than the standard dark brown it comes with. I can change the color alright, and the preview window (textured preview) shows the new one, but Iray preview and Iray render give me the dark brown again. Is anybody experiencing the same thing? I've checked the surfaces, they all sport the new texture. Kind of strange ...

Ascania said:

tsroemi said:

Yeah, I will have to dial her down a bit in general too, pity there are no separate morphs for body and head at least. Would be a little more convenient. Still, I think one can work out the 'cartoonishness' one way or other.

Uh... there is a separate morph dial for the head. You have to dial in the level of the head morph after dialing the whole character but it is possible.

Thanks, I wasn't aware of that because I didn't see the head morph listed on the promo page - that's great!

tsroemi said:

Yeah, I will have to dial her down a bit in general too, pity there are no separate morphs for body and head at least. Would be a little more convenient. Still, I think one can work out the 'cartoonishness' one way or other.

Uh... there is a separate morph dial for the head. You have to dial in the level of the head morph after dialing the whole character but it is possible.

@Ascania I tried some of my mouth morphs from RareStone, but no effect. Possibly because they are for G8F and I need a morph pack for G8.1F to make a change to a G8.1F in her head?

Curious that Daz hasn't come out with basic sets for the new heads yet. Or did I miss them? 

I know that head accessories for an outfit that was designed for G8.1F was assigned to G8F, so the earrings won't load on G8.1F and autofit has fits. And the materials are throwing errors for them. 

memcneil70 said:

I feel that Judy Love has been lost in this discussion a bit. I spent working on renders of her and want to post a few. I think she is adorable. I only would like the facial expressions to be with sliders too. 

 

Thanks for the renders, I actually went and got her after seeing them. I thought the morph was a bit drastic at first, but she seems really much fun to render, and I absolutely adore the hair! So a first for me today, have gotten myself not only one, but two brand-new items (the other being the wonderful  Yesteryear Nightdress), never done that before. But I think the bundle of hair and character is worth it. And the fact that the 15% off today works with giftcards too helped a little ...

Matt_Castle said:

Rod Wise Driggo said:

Well if so then why shall those 8.1 morphs not work on 8 if the morphs work the other way round.

Because G8.1 is set up to load morphs from the G8.0 library, but G8.0 is not set up to load morphs from the G8.1 library.

It wouldn't be especially difficult to make it work if you really wanted, but it does not do it by default.

I can see two ways to get G8 to see G8.1 morphs.

1. Copy or move the morphs manually to G8 morph folders, copying may not be a good idea with DS 4.15 as G8.1 would see the morphs twice afterwards, may also require some manual editing to fix the paths.
2. They have introduced a new folder with the G8.1 "...\Data\DAZ 3D\Genesis 8\Female 8_1\Add-ons\Daz 3D\Base\", which contains a file "DazAddonPath.dsf".
Inside this file they are telling DS 4.15 which folders to read to add the G8 morphs to the figure.
If you added the same folder stucture to G8 and made G8 it's own "DazAddonPath.dsf" which told G8 to read the G8.1 morph folders, you could get G8 to read G8.1 morphs but I have not tried this (yet)

Leana said:

Ascania said:

Sevrin said:

Ascania said:

Sevrin said:

Rod Wise Driggo said:

Have bought the character and generally like it but I get annoyed with that G8F G8.1F handling. Shouldn't her morph dials be available on G8F as well - cannot find them there? So I just threw a texture from a G8F on the 8.1 figure which looked good. But woul generally like to work with a 8.0 base for the moment.

G8 morphs work on G8.1.  G8.1 morphs do not work on G8.  This is not news. 

I'm feeling stupid right now. How do I apply my G8 characters to G8.1?

Load base G8.1, select it, and then apply G8 shaping to it, and then the materials.  DS will do all the necessary conversion.

When I do that nothing happens.

Which version of DS do you use? G8.1 loads G8 morphs automatically only in 4.15.x

Ah, that might be the issue then. I didn't bother updating yet.

Rod Wise Driggo said:

Sevrin said:

Rod Wise Driggo said:

Have bought the character and generally like it but I get annoyed with that G8F G8.1F handling. Shouldn't her morph dials be available on G8F as well - cannot find them there? So I just threw a texture from a G8F on the 8.1 figure which looked good. But woul generally like to work with a 8.0 base for the moment.

G8 morphs work on G8.1.  G8.1 morphs do not work on G8.  This is not news. 

Well it was news to me more or less. I was aware that 8.1 has new surfaces but it was always said that the mesh itself did not change. Well if so then why shall those 8.1 morphs not work on 8 if the morphs work the other way round. I just think that the transition could have been done way better with some projection morphs (to easily apply an 8.1 clothing on 8) and some other morph handling. So far I like the 8 shaders more and do not frequently use 8.1.

That's because Daz is terrible at introducing and communicating about features, sales, you name it.

Rod Wise Driggo said:

Sevrin said:

Rod Wise Driggo said:

Have bought the character and generally like it but I get annoyed with that G8F G8.1F handling. Shouldn't her morph dials be available on G8F as well - cannot find them there? So I just threw a texture from a G8F on the 8.1 figure which looked good. But woul generally like to work with a 8.0 base for the moment.

G8 morphs work on G8.1.  G8.1 morphs do not work on G8.  This is not news. 

Well it was news to me more or less. I was aware that 8.1 has new surfaces but it was always said that the mesh itself did not change. Well if so then why shall those 8.1 morphs not work on 8 if the morphs work the other way round. I just think that the transition could have been done way better with some projection morphs (to easily apply an 8.1 clothing on 8) and some other morph handling. So far I like the 8 shaders more and do not frequently use 8.1.

The mesh didn’t change. However each of the figures has its own subfolder in “data” folder. In DS 4.15.x G8.1 loads automatically morphs from both the G8 and G8.1 data folders, so G8 morph work with G8.1. But G8 only loads them from the G8 folder. Morphs made specifically for G8.1 are located in G8.1 data folder so they don’t work with G8.

Ascania said:

Sevrin said:

Ascania said:

Sevrin said:

Rod Wise Driggo said:

Have bought the character and generally like it but I get annoyed with that G8F G8.1F handling. Shouldn't her morph dials be available on G8F as well - cannot find them there? So I just threw a texture from a G8F on the 8.1 figure which looked good. But woul generally like to work with a 8.0 base for the moment.

G8 morphs work on G8.1.  G8.1 morphs do not work on G8.  This is not news. 

I'm feeling stupid right now. How do I apply my G8 characters to G8.1?

Load base G8.1, select it, and then apply G8 shaping to it, and then the materials.  DS will do all the necessary conversion.

When I do that nothing happens.

Which version of DS do you use? G8.1 loads G8 morphs automatically only in 4.15.x

Sevrin said:

Rod Wise Driggo said:

Have bought the character and generally like it but I get annoyed with that G8F G8.1F handling. Shouldn't her morph dials be available on G8F as well - cannot find them there? So I just threw a texture from a G8F on the 8.1 figure which looked good. But woul generally like to work with a 8.0 base for the moment.

G8 morphs work on G8.1.  G8.1 morphs do not work on G8.  This is not news. 

Well it was news to me more or less. I was aware that 8.1 has new surfaces but it was always said that the mesh itself did not change. Well if so then why shall those 8.1 morphs not work on 8 if the morphs work the other way round. I just think that the transition could have been done way better with some projection morphs (to easily apply an 8.1 clothing on 8) and some other morph handling. So far I like the 8 shaders more and do not frequently use 8.1.

Sevrin said:

Ascania said:

Sevrin said:

Rod Wise Driggo said:

Have bought the character and generally like it but I get annoyed with that G8F G8.1F handling. Shouldn't her morph dials be available on G8F as well - cannot find them there? So I just threw a texture from a G8F on the 8.1 figure which looked good. But woul generally like to work with a 8.0 base for the moment.

G8 morphs work on G8.1.  G8.1 morphs do not work on G8.  This is not news. 

I'm feeling stupid right now. How do I apply my G8 characters to G8.1?

Load base G8.1, select it, and then apply G8 shaping to it, and then the materials.  DS will do all the necessary conversion.

When I do that nothing happens.

 

Ascania said:

Sevrin said:

Rod Wise Driggo said:

Have bought the character and generally like it but I get annoyed with that G8F G8.1F handling. Shouldn't her morph dials be available on G8F as well - cannot find them there? So I just threw a texture from a G8F on the 8.1 figure which looked good. But woul generally like to work with a 8.0 base for the moment.

G8 morphs work on G8.1.  G8.1 morphs do not work on G8.  This is not news. 

I'm feeling stupid right now. How do I apply my G8 characters to G8.1?

Load base G8.1, select it, and then apply G8 shaping to it, and then the materials.  DS will do all the necessary conversion.

Sevrin said:

Rod Wise Driggo said:

Have bought the character and generally like it but I get annoyed with that G8F G8.1F handling. Shouldn't her morph dials be available on G8F as well - cannot find them there? So I just threw a texture from a G8F on the 8.1 figure which looked good. But woul generally like to work with a 8.0 base for the moment.

G8 morphs work on G8.1.  G8.1 morphs do not work on G8.  This is not news. 

I'm feeling stupid right now. How do I apply my G8 characters to G8.1?

Rod Wise Driggo said:

Have bought the character and generally like it but I get annoyed with that G8F G8.1F handling. Shouldn't her morph dials be available on G8F as well - cannot find them there? So I just threw a texture from a G8F on the 8.1 figure which looked good. But woul generally like to work with a 8.0 base for the moment.

G8 morphs work on G8.1.  G8.1 morphs do not work on G8.  This is not news. 

Say I have genesis 3 figure loaded and I morph the legs longer in length. The figure’s feet remain planted while the figure raises. Is there a way to have the figure’s pelvis remain in the same place and have the feet move down as the legs grow longer instead?

Have bought the character and generally like it but I get annoyed with that G8F G8.1F handling. Shouldn't her morph dials be available on G8F as well - cannot find them there? So I just threw a texture from a G8F on the 8.1 figure which looked good. But woul generally like to work with a 8.0 base for the moment.