Hi!

So, my current Daz setup is running 4.10 on an offline computer.  I have no intentions of connecting that computer to the internet ever, thanks to a nasty bout with a virus or something on the previous system almost a year ago.  I fugure if the new system is physically separated from the internet, that'll lower the odds of having issues.  Probably being overly paranoid, but I HATE dealing with such issues on computers that have all of the art files and such that I've spent years putting together.

However, I am planning on building an interim system soon, but the parts won't be available until November at the earliest (AMD Ryzen 3950X).  While I'm waiting, I'm thinking of downloading Studio 4.12 onto an external hard drive, and setting up the folders, etc. so that Daz will be operating off of said drive henceforth.

My current interim Daz system will be retired to HTPC duties once the 3950X build is complete, and the 3950X build will be assigned to another task once the large core count 7nm Threadrippers drop.

My question is, can I copy the contents of the folders from my C: partition for Daz as far as 'My Daz 3D Library' and the DIM folders, and such from my existing 4.10 install, and simply dump those into the new My Daz 3D Library, etc. folders once I finish installing Studio 4.12?  This way I won't have to download 7500+ items again, not to mention all of the free stuff sitting in My Library as well?  This seems like it should work, but I've never tried this before.

I'm not 100% sure I still have the zips for all of the packages I downloaded from Daz since picking up 4.9 a couple of years back.

Also, will I need to tweak any of the paths on the 4.12 install to accomodate the older files?  I suspect that I may need to point the texture paths of a few of my saved .duf files for the new install that use modified/self created texutes, but that's a separate issue that I'll deal with as such things occur.

BTW, I'd be connecting via this laptop I'm typing on, that I use to manually download packages onto a USB stick currently.  It has 4.9 installed, but the hard drive is essentially full and it's an older laptop with a 13.1" screen, so I mainly use the 4.9 install to double check freebies and such that I make, to make sure that I've included all of the relevant texture files and such and that everything will work ok for others if I share something.  I haven't installed new packages on this laptop for a couple of years now, with an exception or two.  Not really relevant except that I'd be using this laptop to set up the 4.12 install on the external drive.

I may eventually transfer said external drive to my new rendering build, but that's a few months off depending on how quickly the 32+ core 7nm Threadrippers show up.  It looks like the 7nm Threadripper November launch slide only mentions 24 cores at the moment....

I'd be temporarily using the 3950X build with the external drive for Studio 4.12, until the dedicated render build happens.

Just looking for guidance on this.  Any thoughts on this are most appreciated.

 '' The free version of Face Transfer is included in Daz Studio'' Where is the free virsion in Daz Studio located?

Every time i want to save a Face Transfer my DAZ Crashes - What is that all about?

You can move the mouth up and down with some I have, not sure if was in the official morph packages but I don't own many for Genesis 8

 

Again, does anybody know how the morph between mouth and nose is called since this is the part which gets messed up everytime via Face Transfer? The goal is to reduce the space between mouth and nose. Thank you. 

Hi,

It sounds like:Philtrum, 

and some morphes can be found in this addon; https://www.daz3d.com/200-plus-head-and-face-morphs-for-genesis-8-female-s

and https://www.daz3d.com/ej-face-morphs-and-details-for-genesis-8-females

Thank you very much. Thank you @Drip and you other guys as well.

I can confirm that it is not Philtrum as I checked this at first after studying the human anatomy  The Philtrum is only the small dig but not the space (tried it) So I will definitely check the addtional morphs in the links you've sent. Thank you. 

How do I activate the free version of Face Transfer in DAZ .12.0.86 Pro 64 bit?  In plugins all I get is an empty field looking for a serial number.

 

 

Go to a browser and this link in your DAZ accounts under serial numbers & it will be the last one in the list if you've bought it.

https://www.daz3d.com/downloader/customer/serialnumbers

Thanks nonesuch00, I didn't buy it yet....I was thinking we could use a free version with a watermark first and then purchase it later.  Maybe the free version of Face transfer  was for DAZ 4.12 Beta only?   

You can - it should be active and available, with watermark, without entering a serial number. If you are using the Windows 64 bit version of DS 4.12.0.86 and don't have Window>Panes(Tabs)>Face Transfer then please open a support ticket.

https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/351636/is-there-a-face-transfer-thread#latest

is one thread and there is another thread in commons. The unlimited doesn't give one iota better results than the 3 trail demo.

And unfortunately, the results really aren't that good and doubly so if you don't use the texture set it generated from the picture you supplied. I bought the plugin anyway in the hopes that they'll improve it in the next year but their has been absolutely no promises to actually do so.

FaceGen Artist Pro given easily the best results of these type products but could stand some improvements itself really.

How do I activate the free version of Face Transfer in DAZ .12.0.86 Pro 64 bit?  In plugins all I get is an empty field looking for a serial number.

 

 

Go to a browser and this link in your DAZ accounts under serial numbers & it will be the last one in the list if you've bought it.

https://www.daz3d.com/downloader/customer/serialnumbers

Thanks nonesuch00, I didn't buy it yet....I was thinking we could use a free version with a watermark first and then purchase it later.  Maybe the free version of Face transfer  was for DAZ 4.12 Beta only?   

Is it possible to save a characther you make with Face Transfer as a Scene subset?
Yes it does- I just tried it and it worked fine!

 

The Filtrum or Philtrum I believe? (It's part of the nose-morphs)

Anyway, I did fiddle a bit with it, and it did help somewhat, but can start to distort the shape very quickly. Playing a bit with the mouth-morphs helps too, but may cause even more distortion.

I haven't found a solution yet for the flat-mouth. At least, the morphs I have have very little effect, or move the entire mouth forward, resulting in something taken from a cross between a monkey and a duck. Maybe exporting the figure and manually moving a bunch of vertices straight forward works. But, part of the problem might also be that some shadows are built into the face-transfer texture, so adjusting the mesh may result in those shadows being applied on top of the textured shadows, making the result much too strong. The tool really needs the option to add at least one more source image (a side-view), preferrably even options to add upto 32 full surround source images.

Did you try a negatvie value close to -100% for the lip thin morph?

This may improve the lips.

I am starting to learn how to use the Face Transfer in the new DAZ 4.12
before i buy it.
Everything works fine but i keep getting this message:
Face Transfer failed to load the base material preset.
The image will transfer but with reduced quality!
Anybody knows why?

You need to update Genesis 8 Female Starter Essentials.

                  How do i do that?

Well, it should show as an update in DIM (assuming it is installed). Actually, both the Male and Female packages are required.

                  Thank you for your advice- I found it and now it works without the error!

I Did a save of a Face Transfer figure - All seemed well until the end when DAZ crashed.
Where would i find the figure if i used the default path My Library?
I looked in the Content tab and under People - G8 male- and characthers but nothing there!

I am starting to learn how to use the Face Transfer in the new DAZ 4.12
before i buy it.
Everything works fine but i keep getting this message:
Face Transfer failed to load the base material preset.
The image will transfer but with reduced quality!
Anybody knows why?

You need to update Genesis 8 Female Starter Essentials.

                  How do i do that?

Well, it should show as an update in DIM (assuming it is installed). Actually, both the Male and Female packages are required.

I am starting to learn how to use the Face Transfer in the new DAZ 4.12
before i buy it.
Everything works fine but i keep getting this message:
Face Transfer failed to load the base material preset.
The image will transfer but with reduced quality!
Anybody knows why?

You need to update Genesis 8 Female Starter Essentials.

                  How do i do that?

Again, does anybody know how the morph between mouth and nose is called since this is the part which gets messed up everytime via Face Transfer? The goal is to reduce the space between mouth and nose. Thank you. 

The Filtrum or Philtrum I believe? (It's part of the nose-morphs)

Anyway, I did fiddle a bit with it, and it did help somewhat, but can start to distort the shape very quickly. Playing a bit with the mouth-morphs helps too, but may cause even more distortion.

I haven't found a solution yet for the flat-mouth. At least, the morphs I have have very little effect, or move the entire mouth forward, resulting in something taken from a cross between a monkey and a duck. Maybe exporting the figure and manually moving a bunch of vertices straight forward works. But, part of the problem might also be that some shadows are built into the face-transfer texture, so adjusting the mesh may result in those shadows being applied on top of the textured shadows, making the result much too strong. The tool really needs the option to add at least one more source image (a side-view), preferrably even options to add upto 32 full surround source images.

Again, does anybody know how the morph between mouth and nose is called since this is the part which gets messed up everytime via Face Transfer? The goal is to reduce the space between mouth and nose. Thank you. 

Hi,

It sounds like:Philtrum, 

and some morphes can be found in this addon; https://www.daz3d.com/200-plus-head-and-face-morphs-for-genesis-8-female-s

and https://www.daz3d.com/ej-face-morphs-and-details-for-genesis-8-females

I am starting to learn how to use the Face Transfer in the new DAZ 4.12
before i buy it.
Everything works fine but i keep getting this message:
Face Transfer failed to load the base material preset.
The image will transfer but with reduced quality!
Anybody knows why?

You need to update Genesis 8 Female Starter Essentials.

I am starting to learn how to use the Face Transfer in the new DAZ 4.12
before i buy it.
Everything works fine but i keep getting this message:
Face Transfer failed to load the base material preset.
The image will transfer but with reduced quality!
Anybody knows why?

I suspect you'll get more help if you ask this question in the official 4.12 thread here. And you may find some useful information in this Art Studio thread, is there a Face Transfer thread.

I haven't done anything with Face Transfer myself, so I have no first-hand knowledge to help you with.

Again, does anybody know how the morph between mouth and nose is called since this is the part which gets messed up everytime via Face Transfer? The goal is to reduce the space between mouth and nose. Thank you.