Not an animation. I have some models from other artist that do this. For instance, an airplane when the gears come down. I will see that all the bones used in the property do not move at the same time. Example, gears come down and then rotate, not drop and rotate at once. Is this done in animation? I can convert that to a morph/property? If, so do you know of a link I can use to learn how?

In order to use the Transfer Utility the figure needs to be weightmapped. The older dragons use parametric (Poser) rigging, based on include/exclude angles (lines projecting from the centre of the joint defining what moves, what stays put, and the transition between them) and spheres (two spheres doing a similar job). You could copy them, but I am far from sure you could graft to a parameteric figure at all and there would be no guarantee the parameters could be tweaked satisfactorily.

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I was wanting to create geografts for some of my favorite characters, specifically dragons.

I was able to follow a tutorial made from Meshology.ca (hosted by Seaghan and Kim) and successfully created the attachement I wanted for DAZ Dragon3, but when I tried something similar for the Millennium Dragon, I'm running into a problem with the step where I'm supposed to use the Edit/Figure/Transfer Utility for setting up the geograft to the figure: No matter what I do, the MD is not selectable.

I even tried applying the Edit/Figure/Geometry/Convert to SubD to MD, which worked. However, the Transfer Utility still does not allow me to select MD.

As part of my troubleshooting, I confirmed that the DAZ SubDragon can be selected in the Transfer Utility, so it seems to me that some figures are allowed to be geografted, but others are not. Is that correct?

If that's correct, is there any way to find out which figures can have geografting and which ones cannot BEFORE we try to make such projects using Blender or Hexagon?

Or am I missing a step somewhere with the Millennium Dragon??

Thanks in advance,

Ryuu

So, I have a need to take pieces of Daz Studio clothing and to add wrinkles to them.  "Wrinkles" as in "this guy has been wearing this suit for the last month" type thing.

In theory, one could do this by editing the mesh to create an appropriate morph, but it's problematic to get small detail, plus if it's dForce clothing, running a simulation is likely to try to flatten them out anyway.  So, displacement and normal maps seem like a much better approach - not affected by dForce, and able to simulate finer detail than the mesh would provide.

I found a tutorial that shows how ZBrush can create displacement and normal maps to do exactly what I want:

But I don't have ZBrush, nor am I really hankering to learn it/buy it because I don't do that much modeling work.

The essence of the technique seems to be that ZBrush can "memorize" the original position of the vertices and then, when you edit them, it can compare the edited version to the original version and automatically create the displacement and normal maps.  Does anyone know of a similar ability/workflow for Hexagon or Blender?

I searched, in particular, for displacement maps in Blender, but most of the posts I found were about using them, or about creating displacement from a flat surface using a model.  Nothing about how to create one from a suit jacket or the like.

Oh, sure, I could try to manually edit a bitmap to create the maps, but the odds that I can do that at any level of quality are < 0.0001%.

Any suggestions for similar workflows with other applications?

Well, it seems that the hunt is over.
ShareCG is officially closed.
There were still lots of items I would have downloaded, but I cannot complain too much. I got most Carrara related stuff and a ton of other things.
I hope there will be a huge content transfer to other sites, as they suggest in their final message.

Quite the opposite, actually: export to OBJ is necessary, as FBX doesn't appear capable of exporting the curves that make up SBH. Set line tesselation to 0 to transfer the curves with no geometry, then convert them into your preferred 3D program's hair system.

Thank you for all your answers, I just found a mini tutorial that showed how to fix the issue!  : https://www.deviantart.com/ironclawroo/journal/Mini-Tutorial-Transfer-G8-Geoshells-to-G8-1-931797481

Can you guys tell me if the 4.23 DazStudio version is that different from the 4.21 though? Like I mentioned earlier I avoided the update until now in fear this version would be too different and need me to re-learn how to use the studio. It took me 3 years to get where I am now so yeah... Let me know! 

Masterstroke said:

dainagon said:

None of my morphs are working, and nothing I do seems to fix it. Can anyone help?

in order to help, it needs more information.
How did you install the morph assets?
By hand (zip file)?
DIM?
Smart content?
Install path of DAZ studio and path of the content folder. Default or custom?

Hi! I install everything manually. And my content folder is on my D drive. I have used DAZ for like 20 years and have NEVER had this problem so I have no clue what's wrong.

-Sarah

ebonartgallery said:

crosswind said:

n.aspros123 said:

crosswind said:

Distortion comes from the Auto Follow full body morph and partial body morphs from the figure... it's a commonly-seen issue. You can zero out the Auto Follow morph properties on the accessory (Show Hidden Property... firstly in Parameters pane...)

 

 

Thanks for replying. @crosswind.

I clicked where the arrow is and 4 lines. Preferences > Show Hidden Properties. I could not find Auto Follow morph...?  See revs Equip 6 Param.

Select Currently Used, if the equipment is fitted on the figure - Jill, you should be able to see Auto Follow morphs.

 

Can you post an image of what that looks like. I'm trying the same thing and all I see is Fit To, and a bunch of unreadable dark-grey-on-black mess.

 

Okay.  Attached ss 1 is a typical case with G8F (Victoria 8.1),  Auto Follow morph with "FBM..." (full body morph) in the label of the hidden property on the wearable. 

Ss 2 is a typical case with G9 (Victoria 9),   Auto Follow morph with "...bs..." (blend shape) in the lable  ~~

crosswind said:

n.aspros123 said:

crosswind said:

Distortion comes from the Auto Follow full body morph and partial body morphs from the figure... it's a commonly-seen issue. You can zero out the Auto Follow morph properties on the accessory (Show Hidden Property... firstly in Parameters pane...)

 

 

Thanks for replying. @crosswind.

I clicked where the arrow is and 4 lines. Preferences > Show Hidden Properties. I could not find Auto Follow morph...?  See revs Equip 6 Param.

Select Currently Used, if the equipment is fitted on the figure - Jill, you should be able to see Auto Follow morphs.

Can you post an image of what that looks like. I'm trying the same thing and all I see is Fit To, and a bunch of unreadable dark-grey-on-black mess.

It's a commonly-seen issue on customized character as well as converted character. You need to make an MCM (Morph Corrective Morphs) on the eyelids for Eye Closed / Eye Blink.

http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/software/dazstudio/4/userguide/creating_content/assembling/tutorials/creating_morph_controlled_morphs/start

crosswind said:

How to 100% migrate everthing from old PC to new PC within 15 mins : https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/9128591/#Comment_9128591

@Leana thanks you both! I will try it out when I will buy my new PC! Hope it will be good transfer :) Thanksy! 

you mentioned G8 with breastacular doesnt look exactly like G9 with breastacular.  Are they supposed to look the same? Are you comparing like with like (base with base, clone with clone)  I am not familiar with the product but might pay to check and ensure your expectations of how they should look and work is correct.

If you believe there is an issue with your morph library, and you want to pinpoint the issue, it is probably best to test each potential issue one at a time , instead of applying 10 potentially faulty things (morphs and geografts) on the figure at once and then trying to deduce which one is causing the problem.  It's difficult to identify what the issue is from your screenshots because there are too many different variables at play (character morphs and geografts)

Potential problem 1: There is a morph active on your base figure at all times.  To identify this you need to do as Richard above suggested, to load fresh G9 base figure and dont dial in any other shapes.  Then, zero the figure to manually set all morphs to zero, which will even set all non-zero defaults to zero. See if anything changes on the appearance of the figure.  If nothing changes when zeroing the figure, then you have no other morphs active with non-zero default values on the base. You can also check under Currently Used after zeroing the figure to see if there is anything now zero'd that is not at its default value, which would indicate that it has a non-zero default.

Potential problem 2: Issue with your purchased character morphs or geograft morphs. Dial them in one at a time to find which morphs are faulty. Ensure your expecations for how they should look is correct by comparing to product promos or checking with someone else with the product. Check for updates. Reinstall if there are updates.  You gave the example that rdaughter's Cici Body Morph did not look like references, but were the references using Breastacular? Are you sure you are comparing the same things...

lilweep said:

I personally dont see the problem in the 3 x images in the original post.  The only problem i see is when you have applied a morph, in this case the Cici Body Apply morph.  You have said the problem occurs with all body morphs, but the images you've shown contradict that.

Another thing to point out is that you have a Geograft applied (Breastacular).  Click on the Breastacular geograft in the Scene tab or the Properties tab to see if there are morphs applied to that.

Curious to know if you have just tried starting over again, and if the problem still persists on fresh scene/figure.  I ask this to check if it is an issue with your content library/installations or if it it just an issue with something you did to the figure within the Scene file.

Thanks for your reply. I have been using DAZ for more than three years. I used to use G8 character models. I think my G9 models are weird, especially the breasts. I think it must be a problem with the Morphs, but I can't find which one because I have disabled both the hidden and visible Morphs. The result is still weird because normal female breasts should be round and full, not deformed.

But I seem to have found a way to make the breasts look less weird, that is, use Breastacular to adjust the rotation of the chest bones. Otherwise, under normal zero conditions, the breasts are still overly separated and drooping.

I personally dont see the problem in the 3 x images in the original post.  The only problem i see is when you have applied a morph, in this case the Cici Body Apply morph.  You have said the problem occurs with all body morphs, but the images you've shown contradict that.

Another thing to point out is that you have a Geograft applied (Breastacular).  Click on the Breastacular geograft in the Scene tab or the Properties tab to see if there are morphs applied to that.

Curious to know if you have just tried starting over again, and if the problem still persists on fresh scene/figure.  I ask this to check if it is an issue with your content library/installations or if it it just an issue with something you did to the figure within the Scene file.

vangelrise said:

Capito, grazie! Magari la provo, visto il prezzo basso.

Funziona senza problemi ma tieni conto che non sarà identica ai promo senza il morph di Victoria7

It seems to be a wrongly-made product. And because the character is taller than G9 Base, if you used HeadSplit dFormer, you would get a "giraffe".

You can, first of all, make the character have the same height as G9 Base by dialing the property Proportion Height. Export it to OBJ with Base Res.. 

Load a fresh G9 Dev Load and HeadSplit dFormer, import OBJ as a head morph with Morph Loader Pro + Attenuate by....   Then you should be able to get the correct result.

If you find the head morph is still small, try dialing Proportion Head Size to some extent.

BTW, Shape Rigger has nothing to do with the above workflow... it's used for Adjust Rigging to Shape as well as ERC Freeze ~~~

Hello everyone.

Im not super advanced with daz, but I've been working in it for some time.

Ive purchased a model (gen9) that has an issue with morphs. The head morph will only work properly when the body morph is applied as well. The thing is, I do not want to use the body morph.

I tried so far: exporting the body under the influence of both as an object, (I made sure the resolution is at base, I toggled off all the eyes, mouth etc.) when I loaded it back in it had the exact same issue but now with the distorted body. I tried head shape splitting, but its incredibly hard to make it look good because the model is so stretched. my first attempt made a giraffe, my second made a small head with incorrect neck placement. Im willing to use Zbrush if I must, but I need to know what I might be doing wrong. 
Ah I also used shape rigger plus to check if the issue is with armature, it did nothing to fix it. 

vangelrise said:

Ma nel caso di un personaggio come questo:

https://www.daz3d.com/eira-g3f-v7

dice "required products Victoria 7", ma sotto c'è "compatible figures Genesis 3".

Se leggete la descrizione sotto dice cose come Character of a variety of types to fit the sexy & fantasy theme of any of your G3F.
These morphs are very realistic and provide a lot of flexibility for G3F.

Io sono confuso: devo avere Victoria 7 per usare questo personaggio o mi funziona anche su G3F?

Ti funziona anche con la sola G3F ma per avere la stessa figura devi avere anche Victoria 7.
Praticamente è un morph da applicare alla G3F con attivo il morph di Victoria 7 (si somma al morph di V7).
A volte questi prodotti potrebbero non includere alcuni elementi perchè li riusano (magri la Skin è la stessa di V7 e dunque se non hai V7 ti manca la texture della pelle e dunque non puoi usare i materiali).

vangelrise said:

Ma nel caso di un personaggio come questo:

https://www.daz3d.com/eira-g3f-v7

dice "required products Victoria 7", ma sotto c'è "compatible figures Genesis 3".

Se leggete la descrizione sotto dice cose come Character of a variety of types to fit the sexy & fantasy theme of any of your G3F.
These morphs are very realistic and provide a lot of flexibility for G3F.

Io sono confuso: devo avere Victoria 7 per usare questo personaggio o mi funziona anche su G3F?

Funziona con tutte e due. Victoria 7 è un morph di Genesis 3 female, a cui credo abbiano aggiunto alcuni miglioramenti sul rigging e una maggiore definizione dei dettagli. Se applichi quel character a V7 ottieni esattamente quello che vedi nella pagina del prodotto, dato che vengono usate le features (e i morph) di V7. Se lo applichi su G3 funziona lo stesso, nel senso che ottieni qualcosa di molto simile ma che non sfrutta le caratteristiche di V7. In genere la cosa è più evidente nelle caratteristiche facciali, dove il viso viene un po' diverso, anche se di poco.

Questa cosa la DAZ l'ha fatta con G3, G8 e mi pare lo stia facendo anche con G9, praticamente fanno uscire dei personaggi basati sui vari Genesis a cui apportano delle migliorie (facendosele pagare benino, oltretutto)