Map Transfer is used for converting texture maps across different UV sets... and it has nothing to do with Tile settings. I'm afraid you misused the function of Map Transfer ~~

Hi! I used diffuse and normal maps on a cloth with a surface tiling of 3x3 and a normal map instance tiling of 4x4; then I used the Map Transfer, hoping that the tiling would be "saved" in the tranfered maps. I mean I tought that the pattern on the final diffuse map would be repeated 3x3 times, since I used a surface tiling of 3x3 before transferring, and the "detail" on the normal map would be repeated 12x12 times, since I used a 4x4 instance tiling for the normal map...

Then, I loaded the same cloth but without tiling, and applied my transferred maps, thinking to obtain exactly the same thing as on the cloth from which i transferred, but everything appear like if I used a 1x1 tiling before the transfer. So, it seems that tiling was ignored by the Map Transfer... Is there a way to make Map Tranfer transferring the tiling effects too?

I used these settings for the transfer:

I am trying to create a texture add-on for a cloth by using a pattern shader that I created, that is why I would like to use the Map Transfer, to get maps specificly for this cloth...

Thank you in advance for your help!

Wonderland said:

What would be cool is if we could take images from Midjourney or any photo, upload it and have Daz Studio create a 3D Daz character, hair, clothes and lighting based on the image we upload. 

I've used the DA site's generative AI to take photos of people and generate portraits of them, often as a 3d version or some such, Then I take the best of the portraits into Facegen and from that create a face morph. That's worked for me with some success if I can get a relatively good pic. I also have an AI that will take a photo that isn't full front and correct it to be facing front and that's helped too. So AI "can" be useful, in a roundabout way. 

Sure thing. Pls follow the steps as below:

1) Go to the folder: your Daz Library\data\DAZ 3D\Genesis 8\Male\Morphs\RawArt\Reject, there's a file Raw_Reject-HD.dsf.(You can back it up to another place...)  Open Raw_Reject-HD.dsf with Notepad++. Go to the line 24594, delete the code of HD morph link (ss 1~2). Ctrl + S to save.
2) Load a G8M or G8.1M Dev Load. Dial Raw Reject HD morph. Now you have a non-HD Reject character. (ss 3) But suggest you directly open the attached Reject.duf in which I've already created Selection Sets. If you want to know how to create Selection Sets for this case, refer to this video: https://mega.nz/file/CbRTELiA#Oy6SCPLB4-c7dWA9C23vuEnq_rDDkoMKOUP5MR19w4M
3) Select the figure, set its Resolution Level to Base, export the figure to OBJ file (name it as Reject.obj) via: File > Export....(ss4)
4) Import OBJ file with Morph Loader Pro with the settings in (ss5) Or, refer to this video: https://mega.nz/file/nD5RkKoD#ThMsX5dVKMABNCGfdWehhoY1TBF8Cm4eya4hXaLGE6A
5) As usual, Adjust Rigging to Shape, ERC Freeze, then Save Morph assets. Done ~

Edit: Be noted, Adjust Rigging and ERC Freeze for the morphs have been done in the attached Reject.duf.

I think he created his own vertex selection set called "Right-Arm" in Tool Settings -> Geometry Editor.

Then in Morph Loader Pro, he set these options:

Morph Mirroring -> X: Swap
Reverse Deformations: Yes
Overwrite Existing: Deltas Only
Atenuate By: Genesis8_1Male:facelist::selectionset::Right-Arm

Well, he loaded them from his own custom Preset "Delta Fixing", but that looks like it.  To change those options, like "X:Swap" and "Deltas Only", you must use the right-click mouse button.  They don't show up any other way.

Got this from a simple prompt. Then added the Base Mascline morph. Then Matts textures. I wouldn't us this "as is" in my work but as a baseline to create a more detailed character I think it makes a pretty good start. The fact that Yellow only uses G9 makes it quite restrictive so unless G8 & G3 are added then I don't think that many people would use it. Something like this built inside Studio I think makes more sense. 

can i ask how to do all that? i don't mind no HD morphs.

i really want to know how did you do it like in the images you posted.

can you maybe explain it more details? like what is ss 1 ~ 2?

in Morph Loader Pro i need to load a morph do i need to load the original morph?

i would really appreciate your help!!

leemoon_c43b45a114 said:

My usual mixing of characters...

Mostly Charlie, but also a bit of Harlow, Fibo, and a few shaping morph packs were involved.  He's using an adjusted version of Thimor's skin, probably another product's eye materials, and my eye reflection settings (for subtle highlights.)

Also, this is the first render I've shown using Pixelmator Pro (Mac) for post-work image processing.  Still playing with general stylistic settings as the tools are a bit different from Photoshop Elements.

Lee

This is a great mix. I remember Thimor's skin been great

You can easily make it by using Morph Loader Pro with Mirroring + Attenuate By options. (ss 1 ~ 2).

However, unfortunately Daz doesn't provide HD addon for Morph Loader Pro to the users (to PAs only), so you won't get the HD result but just Base mesh. You may have to turn this HD character into non-HD if you want to go for the above way. (ss3) ... and need to mirror Corrective morphs as well.

For flipping pose, you can use Symmetry function by pressing Shift + Y.

Seven193 said:

You can symmetrically flip poses, as poses are bone-based, but morphs are different.

Morphs are vertex-based, so you would need a special tool that knows which vertex belongs to its symmetry pair.  I don't think Daz Studio has any built-in tools to do that.

thank you for replying!

can you elaborate about flip poses? what do you mean by that?

what i want is to save it as a new morph so i can convert it to a another genesis version. is there a tool that can do that? even paid one would be ok

hi, so i have the morph RAW REJECT HD from RAWART and i want to change it a bit.

in the original morph the left arm and right leg are mutated, i want both arms and legs to be mutated, how can i do that?

i would really appreciate the help!

SteveM17 said:

Mattymanx said:

If you are transfering over USB 2, then yes.  If you have USB 3.0 or 3.1, then not so much.  But all devices must support the faster transfer speed if you wnat to take adavantage of it

Are those the type of cable or the usb port of the machines?

The ports, cables and devices must all support the same USB standard.  So if they all support USB 3.2, then everything will tranfer at USB 3.2 speeds.  But if one item only support USB 2.0, then you are stuck at USB 2.0 speeds no matter what.

Hi product makers,

I was wonderingn if someone could make a HD lip morph that has the vertical groove in the centre of the lower lip and the two bulges on each side but without all those tiny llittle lumpy bits over the whole lip, that no doubt the vendor feels make the character look realistic. I'm going for a toon look anyway but even if i wasn't, lipstick makes those lumps disappear and honestly, in my opinion, those little tiny lumps and lines all over the lips  just make the characters look older than i want, and don't add a lot to realism.  Whilst i do appreciate that the look does have a place, i would love it if there were some more HD characters that just had the main lip shape with the central groove. i find that beebite look is hard to reproduce with just dials because of the lack of polys in the base figure.  But all the characters that have the look i'm after with the central line/groove, also have the other little grooves and lines all over the whole lip which i don't want.

Love esther

nemesis10 said:

leemoon_c43b45a114 said:

My usual mixing of characters...

Mostly Charlie, but also a bit of Harlow, Fibo, and a few shaping morph packs were involved.  He's using an adjusted version of Thimor's skin, probably another product's eye materials, and my eye reflection settings (for subtle highlights.)

Also, this is the first render I've shown using Pixelmator Pro (Mac) for post-work image processing.  Still playing with general stylistic settings as the tools are a bit different from Photoshop Elements.

Lee

 

I am a big fan of Pixelmator Pro; I had to use Photoshop for 30 odd years professionally and I hope that Apple goes good things with now that they purchased irt.

I picked up Photoshop in the 1990s while living in Tampa, Florida.  Used it until it went subscription then started using Photoshop Elements when that was available.  PSE 2020 no longer runs on my new M4 iMac and I had Pixelmator Pro already, but had barely used it until today.  I like it a lot and believe that I can get the same sort of streamlined workflow that I was using in PE 2020 for post work.  I also hope Apple gives it some good love as the new owners. :)

*EDIT*

Just looked in my old tech stuff and found the Photoshop 2.5 installer floppy disks.  Looks like thhose were from 1989.  I also have the floppies for Illustrator and Dimensions,  My next door neighbor in Tampa was a major graphic designer in the area.  He saw me come home with the Adobe suite one day and asked if I was a pro graphic designer.  Told him I was just a hobbyist.  He said that's over $1000 for a hobby right there. Yep, but I enjoy my hobbies.  I used Photoshop and other tools to create assets for my Apple Newton apps back in the day.  Wrote a bunch of tech demos including a video player, 3D vector flight game, multimedia viewer/player, text to speech app, a couple of VR style demos with instructions on how to zoom between different 360 bubbles when navigating between various 360 images - Google Street View does the same thing now that I described back then.  Apple's lead manager/engineer for the Newton team had me create a special version of an Apple ad in my video player.  They showed it to Steve Jobs after he returned to Apple in the hopes they could keep the Newton project alive.  Which it eventually did as the iPhone and iPad.

Lee

leemoon_c43b45a114 said:

My usual mixing of characters...

Mostly Charlie, but also a bit of Harlow, Fibo, and a few shaping morph packs were involved.  He's using an adjusted version of Thimor's skin, probably another product's eye materials, and my eye reflection settings (for subtle highlights.)

Also, this is the first render I've shown using Pixelmator Pro (Mac) for post-work image processing.  Still playing with general stylistic settings as the tools are a bit different from Photoshop Elements.

Lee

I am a big fan of Pixelmator Pro; I had to use Photoshop for 30 odd years professionally and I hope that Apple goes good things with now that they purchased irt.

Masterstroke said:

If you don't, you can just reinstall, but if you have modified content you need to back up it and transfer it to your new computer. (Takes almost half of the day for me)

I'm usually saving the morphs I'm creating in an empty library called morphs, so it's easier to keep track of them.

Of course, I forgot to do it for some of them but a Bash script solved the problem nicely (~30 lines, likely 30 minutes to write and test them, after spending some time trying to copy them with the Finder before remembering I know my way around Bash ).

If you know your way around a shell langage (I don't know if Bash can be used directly on Windows, it should be possible to do so through the Windows Linux Subsystem, but it's a bit of a heavy handed approach to have a full Linux distribution running to run a 30 lines script ), it's easy.

SteveM17 said:

Are those the type of cable or the usb port of the machines?

You need both: USB 3 ports on your computer (it should be a given if your computer was bought this last 10 years) and an USB 3 cable to take advantage of the speed offered by USB 3. And of course, you need an USB 3 hard drive.

Regarding the speed, a 3.5" external hard drive will be faster than a 2.5" external hard drive and an external SSD will be faster than both.

My usual mixing of characters...

Mostly Charlie, but also a bit of Harlow, Fibo, and a few shaping morph packs were involved.  He's using an adjusted version of Thimor's skin, probably another product's eye materials, and my eye reflection settings (for subtle highlights.)

Also, this is the first render I've shown using Pixelmator Pro (Mac) for post-work image processing.  Still playing with general stylistic settings as the tools are a bit different from Photoshop Elements.

Lee

Greybro said:

wjpblathwayt said:

Good morning,

 

I have made 2 characters using Yellow, and I encounter the same issue.  When I start to pose the hands, they deform.  How can I deal with this?

 

Thank you

Hi. You need to save out the shape to a morph. After that the hands will not deform.

AH!  Thank you!

Mattymanx said:

If you are transfering over USB 2, then yes.  If you have USB 3.0 or 3.1, then not so much.  But all devices must support the faster transfer speed if you wnat to take adavantage of it

If you are transfering over USB 2, then yes.  If you have USB 3.0 or 3.1, then not so much.  But all devices must support the faster transfer speed if you wnat to take adavantage of it