Of the bunch of videos I was wading through today, some of these may be of interest, one is over 5 hours long!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVmI2kS22Zs  good introd which includes for animating :-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4H_Y4QHvYs  removing a morph {something several folk have been wanting to know about}

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYsDNbX4Mek  Complete Course, D/S Beginner to Advanced

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNXQH5YQjSM  Fun with Nulls [great tip for animating walks]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFsOHY9ohMg  Using the pin tools.

A fun test! Posable, HD, Genesis 8, with dynamic clothes and hair (the braid needs some work but the scalp line is pretty close to perfect imo)

 

I set up the materials in Eevee (although I didn't stray too far from the defaults, honestly), applied a pose, set up the hair and clothes for dynamics (clothes were much easier as this is only the second time I/ve ever experimented with dynamic hair), ran the sims and rendered. the final eevee render took all of 12 seconds,

 

 

I figured I should test how she looked in cycles too, so I switched the engine changed 1 material  (the hair) and nothing else

hit render and 16 minutes later

 

now if this were a proper final render I'd tweak the cycles settings more, but the fact that I can do most of my setup in eevee with quick feedback and the default material conversions being a very good base + diffeo making it easier to copy skin material  settings without effecting the maps, means my setup time for a cycles render is starting to approach that of iray for me

 

 

Now that's impressive. Much better than I have yet managed in either Eevee or Cycles but I need to get my lighting right, I think. I'm finding the skin is rendering much lighter in Blender than in IRay so my next task is to figure out if I can change all of the skin maps in one go or whether I need to tweak each surface (legs, arms, face, etc.) in turn. I'm still in the very early stages of experimenting though and have mainly spent my time watching tutorials rather than doing much myself.

By the way, by HD do you mean DAZ Studio HD or something else? If DAZ, how in Blender?

Daz studio hd!

Its limited to the base shape,  so no HD expressions but its actually pretty simple: you just use multiresolution and shrinkwrapping

 

export out using the export to blender with HD script This will export out static hd meshes a long with the usual base meshes (this will take a while as you're exporting out very heavy meshes)

 

frplace the subd modifier on your rigged base res mesh with a mutires modifier + shrinkwrap modifier

in the subd modifier subdivide until whatever resolution you want probably 2-3 and have it set to that in the viewport

set the target for the shrinkwrap as the high resolution mesh + create a vertex group that excludes the eyes, sockets and mouth (potentially fingernails depending on the morph) as they're likely to get shrinkwrap to the wrong mesh

apply the shrinkwrap modifier. it will get baked into the multires modifier which now stores that data

Now the HD mesh is stored in the multiresolution modifier

This is a tiny bit of detail loss, but over all it does pretty well - I'm pretty sure I have another method that would be even closer - transfer everything perfectly including teeth but it would also be more involved and require messing with vertex order, and Im not sure hd teeth are really woth the hassle (im still going to try though)

So, that helps with getting the lashes to follow posing. I can close the lids and the lashes will track.

However, the shaping gets even more messed up than before. The curve of the lashes still doesn't match the shape of the lids and still has gaps or worse gaps.

Here's the full method of what I'm doing that seems to work best so far. But any suggested tweaks to this so I can get the job done would be appreciated.

1. rigging > convert prop to figure
2. parent figure part to figure main
3. transfer utility > source = gen lash / target = custom lash, checked closest vertex first (no visible effect), checked content type = follower/att/head/face/eyelash which seems to help with posing

But I'm all out of ideas from here.

 

I have the V4 Skins converter to Genesis 2 by Draagonstorm but is there a converter to convert to Genesis 3?  If not is there a best practice to convert materials to Genesis 3 for v4?

I just got bit by this. I had been following this thread and reminded myself to check really thoroughly the next time I import an obj to use the transfer utility and sure enough, two flipped faces. No big deal, but seriously... broken obj import?

Um.  Thank you?  Your post is somewhat lacking in actual words, but I choose to beleive you're trying to be helpful, so thank you for the impulse.

Dzeng's store had already been linked.  I didn't know about the Disciple3D set, but that's fairly clearly exactly not what I'm looking for.  It's the same type of movement as the Jeanz set: morphs that let one simulate taking one's trousers off.  What I was looking for was a morph that let one simulate only undoing the fly, without undoing the button - as if one were stepping up to a urinal, or behind a tree, and preparing to to pump ship.

From the looks of the images, the Aeon Soul set, which I also didn't know about, is the same.

The3dwizard was kind enough to attempt to implement my request for Jeanz, but alas the mesh's origins as women's pants meant their attempt was unsuccessful - the zipper doesn't come down far enough.  (This is true of actual women's jeans as well; there was one time when I had to borrow a pear from my then-wife, and I discovered I couldn't get my tackle out without taking the pants off.  And not because they were too small, we were almost exactly the same size and she didn't wear hip-huggers.)

As for the links to the dForce tutorial and the clothes converter, I'm not sure what you're suggesting there, but on the face of it they seem entirely irrelevant.

Still, I'd more-or-less forgotten about Dzeng.  And while at the time I made this post I wasn't willing to blow 15$ (after conversion - I'm Canadian) on experimenting (especially as based onthe promos those pants also don't have the kind of morph I need), right now they're on sale, so it's a good moment to be reminded of them.

I'm not sure about the morph, but the skin looks like one of Mousso's textures.

How many people actually use the HD dials on a figure? Learning always has value, but will it translate to improved sales? I think your brand is a good balance of realism and fantasy with the textures and the shapes. I don't know how much a big, bold, deeply grooved/pitted HD morph will improve on that?

It's rare that I ever use the HD dial on a figure, if only to save some overhead at render time.
Of course, others prefer the HD/"surface of the moon" look on the skin.
It's why I wonder who actually uses the HD and who avoids using it.

(I'm just a big fan of the HD dial being separate from the main dial. That way, the HD is very much optional/up to the choice of every user.)

I use them all the time. 3 subdivided minimum for me for renders. Usually render at 4. I don't necessarily like them baked into the default character dial, and prefer them as a separate dial to adjust as needed or use on a different character model to tweak it. But good hd morphs make the difference, especially on male characters.

Thanks for the morphs, i really like the Alia Janine morph. I'd love to see more of the same age group - but excellant and your sharing is brilliant.

 

Your welcome and thank you. What you get is pretty much solely up to those who commission me, and I get a very diverse set of orders. The good news is that there's probably at least a couple of morphs for everyone among the collection, and you never know who's gonna be next. :)

Kargath is a darker skinned figure. I really like his face. He lacks HD which I think you really need for these larger muscled figures. Fortunately, you can add Scar's HD if you purchase it. His skin has a nice tone, and I like his face. He too has Maxx's nipples. 

HD Details are on my list of things to learn this year for sure! Not sure if it makes enough of a difference, but all our morphs are sculpted on HD3.

How many people actually use the HD dials on a figure? Learning always has value, but will it translate to improved sales? I think your brand is a good balance of realism and fantasy with the textures and the shapes. I don't know how much a big, bold, deeply grooved/pitted HD morph will improve on that?

It's rare that I ever use the HD dial on a figure, if only to save some overhead at render time.
Of course, others prefer the HD/"surface of the moon" look on the skin.
It's why I wonder who actually uses the HD and who avoids using it.

(I'm just a big fan of the HD dial being separate from the main dial. That way, the HD is very much optional/up to the choice of every user.)

Here is Taquan morph with the Leroy Texture.

Thanks for the morphs, i really like the Alia Janine morph. I'd love to see more of the same age group - but excellant and your sharing is brilliant.

 

I just bought a perpetual licence for MD as I just loved it during the trial period.

I drape studio items in all three programs (yes it was me who said they're just tools).

You can load props in MD as avatars and have a simple scale change (say on a chair) to catch the skirt/top/etc.

The posted image (with the clothes a WIP - collar and cuffs to do). I had two obj an A-Pose and the Pose I wanted; loading them as morph targets is really simple.

I did export the A pose and other pose(s) from Studio, but now do from Blender; sometimes clothes wouldn't align up when exporting from Studio. Genesis 3 female Ry-Jeane (default female) textures on G8 with Aiko 3 Head and partial body; the skin materials are my own. The hair is Kool Blythe hair converted in blender to strands; I'm using a beta of Diffemorphic as the Hair conversion has been fixed. It can take some time to convert.

You are clearly several steps ahead of me in general and I'm many steps behind you when it comes to Blender. The past few days going through tutorials has given me a better idea of what I would like to do in DAZ Studio and what I can use Blender for and, right now (though this will probably change as I get more experienced with Blender), I'm thinking I should concentrate on rendering in Blender, scene building and posing in DAZ Studio and cloth simulation in MD. I've tried different methods of export/import and it looks like the DAZ Importer (Diffeomorphic) is the tool of choice for scene transfer to Blender. Then OBJ (static figures/objects) and MDD (animations) going from DAZ Studio to Marvelous Designer. I am under the impression that Alembic is the way to get avatars from Blender to Marvelous Designer but I'm not sure whether that's only for animations.

 

Have you tried fitting the eyelashes to the G8F eyelashes instead of G8F herself? That may yield better results.

Edited: Sorry, wrong terminology. I mean, use the G8F eyelashes in the transfer utility on your eyelashes.

3D Art Freebie Challenge June 2020 "A Day At..."

 

I actually planned to skip a month or two but... In June 2017 I made "A Day At The Spa" and "A Day At The Beach" and so I had to think of something else, about a week ago this idea popped up in my brain and finaly I decided to give it a go... (I have been eager for a long time to make a living room that didn't look like a showroom.)

 

Thank you very much DollyGirl for keeping it going!

[Best watched at full size for details.]

"A Day At... Large. Another day at home..."

 

Starring: Linda

The tale:

It was just an ordinary day, Linda just got herself a fresh cup of coffee and placed it on the table and wanted to continue reading her book, when suddenly the doorbell rang. She hardly received any visitors and therefore expected no one and she wondered who it could be ...

Soundtrack:

Logic - Ordinary Day ft. Hailee Steinfeld (©2018)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTUEPwGG5Xw

 

COUNTABLE FREEBIES: (Alphabetic order)

#01! 20-Page Poseable Book by Jim Farris (Xaa)
https://www.sharecg.com/v/66786/gallery/11/Poser/20-Page-Poseable-Book  **

#02! 3 cute Textures for YashiroAmamiya's Cute Underware by BBarbs
https://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/3-cute-textures-for-yashiroamamiyas-cute-underware/85431  **

#03! Blazer Uniform Set for G8F by yomiuri
https://sharecg.com/v/94694/browse/21/DAZ-Studio/Blazer-Uniform-Set-for-G8F  **

#04! Bonsai Stand by 3Zi
http://sanzisannzi.blog83.fc2.com/blog-category-6-12.html  (Scroll down to '3Zi_BonsaiStand.zipDownload')

#05! Books by CGAxis
https://free.cgaxis.com/product/3d-books-free/  *1

#06! Bubbling's Navel Piercing by Fabiana
https://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/bubblings-navel-piercing/69231  **

#07! Denim Shorts for G8F by AdamThwaites (Most-Digital-Creations)
https://www.most-digital-creations.com/g8f_denim_shorts.htm

#08! dForceCuteUnderwareSet01 by yashiro_amamiya
https://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/dforcecuteunderwareset01/85411  **

#09! Eyeglass Case by Fisty
https://www.sharecg.com/v/79852/gallery/21/DAZ-Studio/Eyeglass-Case-DAZ-Studio-4.5+  **

#10! Eyes Dilate for Genesis 8 Female by felldude
https://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/eyes-dilate-for-genesis-8-female/82869  **

#11! Frame DIN-A by klausdbg
https://www.sharecg.com/v/66868/gallery/5/3D-Model/Frame-DIN-A  **

#12! Free 3D Models Set 2017 by CGAxis
https://cgaxis.com/product/free-3d-models-set-2017/
[Books Set used]

#13! Furniture Set 4 - Bookcase & Books by Wilmap's Digital Creations
https://www.wilmapsdigitalcreations.co.uk/view_product.php?id=214  **
[Book6 used, retextured]

#14! iPhone X by klausdbg
https://www.sharecg.com/v/89747/gallery/5/3D-Model/iPhone-X  **

#15! Iray car related shader presets 'megapack' by Tom2099
https://www.deviantart.com/tom2099/art/Iray-car-related-shader-presets-megapack-539622361

#16! Iray Jewelry Shaders by AllenArt
https://sharecg.com/v/95893/gallery/21/DAZ-Studio/Iray-Jewelry-Shaders  **

#17! Iris Amicitia Outfit (Genesis 3) by SaintsGringo
https://www.deviantart.com/saintsgringo/art/FREEBIE-Iris-Amicitia-Outfit-Genesis-3-789681699  **
[Hair used, also check out the other outfit!]

#18! Kristen Stewart - Head and Body Morphs for G8F by TritiumCG
https://www.deviantart.com/tritiumcg/art/Kristen-Stewart-Head-and-Body-Morphs-for-G8F-841957993  **

#19! Lace Choker for G8F by Lexbaird
https://sharecg.com/v/95856/browse/21/DAZ-Studio/Lace-Choker-for-G8F  **

#20! Large Asian-style Lamps by AllenArt
https://sharecg.com/v/95938/gallery/21/DAZ-Studio/Large-Asian-style-lamps  **

#21! Lights for Daz Studio w/ Iray by DrBoots
https://www.deviantart.com/drboots/art/Freebie-Lights-for-Daz-Studio-w-Iray-579993105

#22! Linda - Character for G3F with texture maps by Edelzwicker
https://www.sharecg.com/v/89731/related/21/DAZ-Studio/Linda-Character-for-G3F-with-texture-maps  **

#23! LouderPhones by insane_machine
https://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/louderphones/64153  **

#24! Media Remotes by TruForm
https://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/media-remotes/74431  **

#25! Mic Cable by MDP
https://sites.google.com/site/mdp6gdl/  (item 11)

#26! My personal tableware sets by cabcab
https://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/my-personal-tableware-sets/84851  **
[Coffee Mug and Coaster used]

#27! Orchid Flower in Hexagonal Pot by CGAxis
https://free.cgaxis.com/product/3d-orchid-flower-in-hexagonal-pot/  *1

#28! Post-It by apcgraficos
https://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/post-it/76560  **

#29! Rectangular Wooden Coffee Table by CGAxis
https://free.cgaxis.com/product/rectangular-wooden-coffee-table/  *1

#30! RGB HDRi Soft Lights for Daz Studio - Iray by VAlzheimer  *1
https://gumroad.com/valzheimer  (4th item)

#31! Rusty junk set 2 by DryJack
https://sharecg.com/v/53408/gallery/21/DAZ-Studio/Rusty-junk-set-2  **
[Storage rack used]

#32! Shiny Wood Tiles Free PBR Texture by CGAxis
https://free.cgaxis.com/product/shiny-wood-tiles-free-pbr-texture/  *1

#33! Simple Glasses for Genesis 8 Male/Female by GEOmetalics
https://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/simple-glasses-for-genesis-8-male-female/85459  **

#34! Small Plant in Round Pot by CGAxis
https://free.cgaxis.com/product/3d-small-plant-round-pot/  **

#35! Speakers by Digi-Dotz
http://www.digi-dotz.com/index.php/free-poses/props/243-speakers-prop-for-daz-studio

#36! Switch, Cord, Rotary, V1 by Luqu
https://www.deviantart.com/luqu/art/Switch-Cord-Rotary-V1-776211983  **

#37! SY 200 Morphs for Genesis 8 Head and Body by SickleYield
https://sharecg.com/v/91888/view/21/DAZ-Studio/SY-200-Morphs-for-Genesis-8-Head-and-Body  **

#38! The Last Of Us - Ellie Head Morph for G8F by TritiumCG
https://www.deviantart.com/tritiumcg/art/The-Last-Of-Us-Ellie-Head-Morph-for-G8F-828813864  **

NO-COUNT ITEMS:

---  Couch and Coffee Table Props by Arryn  Onnel (The Holiday Loyalty Sale 2019 Free Item)
---  Nose Ring 01 for G2F, G3F and/or G8F by AllenArt

PURCHASED/PAID FOR ITEMS: none    100%   Freebies

 

*1     E-mail address required
**     Registration required
#x!   Countable Items (Bold ones are used by me for the first time I think.)
---     No longer available freebies
++    Free with DAZ Studio (or the Essentials)
$x.   Purchased/Paid For Item

Rendered with DAZ Studio 4.10.0.123 (nVidia Iray)

Other free software used: GIMP v2.10.18 and Irfanview 4.54

Postwork: used the AltaLux Image Enhancement Filter (Effect) by Stefano Tommesani that comes with Irfanview and some filters (oa) that come with GIMP.

 

"A Day At... Large. Another day at home..."

 

I created a folder to place the morphs in; I created a shortcut back to the data folder. I then went through and moved all character folders that had morphs that I don't use too much. I moved all those into this new folder. If I need a character I add a new folder with the top level folder name and move that character folder back to the data folder. The character .duf files and texture files will still be in their orginal location. So if you load a character that morph file has been moved it is just going to give you an error. You can work with the generic G8 figure and save the scene. Then move the morphs back into the data folder. Restart the program and when the scene reloads the character morphs will be there. You can't really mess it up unless you delete the morph files. Just keep track where you are moving the files. You will not only have shorter load times, but the amount of physical RAM on your system will be less. As in my case my full character went from 3.5 GB each to 1.5 GB each after I moved the not needed morph files.

-------------------------------------------------- "Daz should just fix the bugs in their software and make a bridge like iclone has 3Dexchange." ---------------------------------------------------
For clarification, I have Iclone pro pipeline with 3DXchange and Character creator 3 pipeline.
When it comes to exporting animated Characters as FBX to other programs such as Blender or Lightwave etc, Iclone 3DX or CC3 does not transfer any more data than the built-in Daz studio FBX exporter.
The big caveat for most of the DS users is the JCM's/JCJ's and perhaps the HD morphs not exporting to other apps.
The Diffeo plugin is the best option at this time for Blender, for other external apps YMMV.

Thanks for all the info.

So should I remove all my items from my morph folder and add them back seperately? Will that be a good way to start to solve the problem?

I'm just worried about braking my G8.

I believe I have read somewhere if you save the model with the character preset function you can change the orginal model that it was saved with and load the character preset and the character will change in the new scenes that was saved with the character preset file. I don't believe it saves assets with the character. Just charcter skin and morph changes. I havent tried it, I usally just use a subset save and updated the character with different versions. That way I can go back to a pervious file if I make a mistake.

Thanks all. I was able to get the body morph to save as a preset and convert that. I was not however able to get the head morph to save. I had to break them up to be able to get the body morph to save. I appreciate all the help!