I may have laughed outloud at that @RKane_1 so I blame you for the odd looks I got in my office just now.

My favorite dog I've owned so far was a bullmastiff. Definitely need some big dogs with droopy jowls. 

Maybe that's the breed morph I need to make an accurate portrait of our Lab mix? A few months ago we introduced him to a friend, who's owned many Labs & part-Labs. Friend kept repeating, "No Lab drools like that, no Lab drools that much." LOL

But yes put me down for more breeds. A nice big package of them, like with the MilDog bundle.

My Ben could get drooly sometimes, especially when he was excited about something. And when it bothered him, he'd walk over and lay his chin on my leg.

Do you have smoothing turned on?

did you dial in a morph that affects it?

a cord like that would need to be weight painted to just the waist area or other movements could stretch it too

I am talking about morphs. We do not transfer any textures.

Awesome ...  its getting closer!!!

Question ... once you have transfered morphs over to G8 from G3 can you delete the G3 figure, and any other morphs you have transfered up from V4 through to G8 using GenX and now Xtransfer?  I am sure if I transfer all my older character morphs etc to G8 I will run out of disk space

Yes, once converted to G8, it no longer requires anythig from Genesis 3, So you can remove what you want.

??? Just to clarify... you're not saying that it duplicates the textures into a new file too, are you?   If you are, that new 8 TB drive I just got isn't going to be big enough...

I may have laughed outloud at that @RKane_1 so I blame you for the odd looks I got in my office just now.

My favorite dog I've owned so far was a bullmastiff. Definitely need some big dogs with droopy jowls. 

Maybe that's the breed morph I need to make an accurate portrait of our Lab mix? A few months ago we introduced him to a friend, who's owned many Labs & part-Labs. Friend kept repeating, "No Lab drools like that, no Lab drools that much." LOL

But yes put me down for more breeds. A nice big package of them, like with the MilDog bundle.

Are the clpthes themselves perhaps loading with a pose or morph applied? If you go to the Bridges tab of the Edit>Preferencs dialogue (Daz Studio>Prefrences on a Mac) you can set the bridge to show more options in the dialogue, which may help to pin down what is going wrong.

I have a question too, will the G8 version show up in smart content?

It should. But we have not tested that aspect yet. We still busy on speed optimization and for some reason the script hangs randomly.. So once those bugs are addressed we will focus on smart content and final structure. Right now we finished testing the main aspect which was getting all selected morphs over accurately and all sub morphs linked during transfer so the figure morphs would work as originally intended. 

Awesome ...  its getting closer!!!

Question ... once you have transfered morphs over to G8 from G3 can you delete the G3 figure, and any other morphs you have transfered up from V4 through to G8 using GenX and now Xtransfer?  I am sure if I transfer all my older character morphs etc to G8 I will run out of disk space

Yes, once converted to G8, it no longer requires anythig from Genesis 3, So you can remove what you want.

Is there a way to convert just one slider from G3 to G8? There are some individual face sliders that I use that would be great if I can convert them.

Yes, use the Convert Custom Scene Character script.  Only dial in the face or individual morph you want to convert.

1) If you mean export to provide your client with the model, this is against the EULA, regardless of whether you have baked things in or not. They would need to have Studio and own their own copy of the assets you used (if purchased or made by someone else). You can then give them a scene that will load the figure with appropriate assets or save the customized figure as a morph asset which again will load properly for your client if they, too, own the assets.

2) If you do a render or a video using the custom figure, this is allowable to present to your client.

I'm trying to do things by the book, so thanks. Basically I understand that I can modify a base model, say Olympia, save as a morph asset and send it to them. Then they buy Olympia base, and they can use the modifications I made dynamically.

1) If you mean export to provide your client with the model, this is against the EULA, regardless of whether you have baked things in or not. They would need to have Studio and own their own copy of the assets you used (if purchased or made by someone else). You can then give them a scene that will load the figure with appropriate assets or save the customized figure as a morph asset which again will load properly for your client if they, too, own the assets.

2) If you do a render or a video using the custom figure, this is allowable to present to your client.

Well it looks like the same problem appears even when I apply the morph on zero clothes...

When I send clothes to hexagon and do nothing with the clothes and then send it back to DAZ this morph (where is no morph change) deforme the clothes as well.

Purchased! This has been so useful. But does anyone know a way to convert a slider morph from G3 to G8? There are some individual face sliders I use frequently on my G3M characters that I would like to convert over.

Awesome ...  its getting closer!!!

Question ... once you have transfered morphs over to G8 from G3 can you delete the G3 figure, and any other morphs you have transfered up from V4 through to G8 using GenX and now Xtransfer?  I am sure if I transfer all my older character morphs etc to G8 I will run out of disk space

Yeah, it's pretty poofy.  But you can go poofier!

This is out of the box

And this is 2 with one using the "Restyle" morph.  There's not an option for poofing per se that I could find.

I'm not sure that it's this hair, though.

Does not have "anatomical elements hair" just like any other DOs originals. So...

Whose PA's characters come with "anatomical elements hair"? *baffled*

I mean, I bought a lot of characters in my time here, i.e. male ones, but I never noticed that feature with any of them, be it PA or DAZ Originals (which are generally just PA character bought up by DAZ)...

ChangelingChick has 7 characters with "anatomical elements hair". They understand the needs of some customers like me for instance (even with fibermesh hairs = I'm happy). It is kinda hard to find a complete hair set for a male character (facial hair, eyebrows, armpits, chest hair, arms, legs, anatomical elements) in one package, which DO does not provide. Some DO G8 male has fibermesh eyebrows or facial hairs but that is not enough for me, it's incomplete. Most often, I have an EXPENSIVE bearded male character with no hairs in arms, chest, armpits, anatomical elements, and legs! I can only render it with clothes on.

I see, though I don't understand why you not just cross-use the hair. I man, unless you ONLY use your males out of the box, every time you dial in a morph that's not part of their morph package, your hairs would become useless.

I cross use hairs between male characters of the same generation. It looks the same for all of them (somewhat boring). Hair colors needs to be the same for all types of hairs used in different parts of the body. Playing with surfaces tab can be hardwork just to match each type of hair (black is the easiest). Anatomical elements hair needs to be somewhat curly, and arms and legs needs to be a little bit swayed. There isn't an easy way to morph them. I am leaning towards purchasing from other sources and looking for freebies outside Daz. 

Does not have "anatomical elements hair" just like any other DOs originals. So...

Whose PA's characters come with "anatomical elements hair"? *baffled*

I mean, I bought a lot of characters in my time here, i.e. male ones, but I never noticed that feature with any of them, be it PA or DAZ Originals (which are generally just PA character bought up by DAZ)...

ChangelingChick has 7 characters with "anatomical elements hair". They understand the needs of some customers like me for instance (even with fibermesh hairs = I'm happy). It is kinda hard to find a complete hair set for a male character (facial hair, eyebrows, armpits, chest hair, arms, legs, anatomical elements) in one package, which DO does not provide. Some DO G8 male has fibermesh eyebrows or facial hairs but that is not enough for me, it's incomplete. Most often, I have an EXPENSIVE bearded male character with no hairs in arms, chest, armpits, anatomical elements, and legs! I can only render it with clothes on.

I see, though I don't understand why you not just cross-use the hair. I man, unless you ONLY use your males out of the box, every time you dial in a morph that's not part of their morph package, your hairs would become useless.

3D Art Freebie Challenge September 2019 "Turning a New Leaf"

Here's my first entry for this month, I've got a couple more ideas but I think there's not enough time to turn them into images...

[Best watched at full size for details.]

"The Change"

Starring: Adriana, Barack and Walther

The tale (a trilogy):

AT AGE THIRTEEN
At age thirteen Walther was a tall skinny boy, always in trouble, fighting, skipping school every day, and even worse already smoking and drinking beer and he hardly ate. He was trying to hide it but it was obvious to see that he was on the wrong track...

TURNIN' OVER A NEW LEAF
And while listening to 'Purple Haze' by Jimi Hendrix who was singing "Just can't go on like this..." he decided to make a big change, stop smoking and drinking alcohol and start to work out...

FIVE YEARS LATER
"Ahh, come on take off your shirt, show me that sixpack again please please please!" Adriana his girlfriend is whining a little, but she knows that Walther doesn't mind because he himself is also quite proud of his 'new' body!

Soundtrack:

South Park Bigger, Longer & Uncut 10 - I Can Change (© 1999)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40wh9cxloqw

COUNTABLE FREEBIES: (Alphabetic order)

#01! 100yen Lighter by Laboratory108
http://lab108.x0.com/lab108/personal.html  (item 10)

#02! Adhesive Bandage Prop for DAZ Studio by Mythic 3D
https://sharecg.com/v/87725/gallery/21/DAZ-Studio/Adhesive-Bandage-Prop-for-DAZ-Studio  **

#03! Adriana for Genesis 8 Female by Zia3d
https://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/adriana-for-genesis-8-female/82827  **

#04! Barack for G3M by dumbuser
https://www.sharecg.com/v/88699/gallery/21/DAZ-Studio/Barack-for-G3M  **

#05! Black Circles Tattoos by MysticArtDesign
https://sharecg.com/v/93735/browse/21/DAZ-Studio/MysticArtDesign-Black-Circles  **

#06! Beer Bottle for Daz Studio by forged3DX
https://www.deviantart.com/forged3dx/art/Beer-Bottle-for-Daz-Studio-608260601

#07! Braid Bracelets for G3M, G3F, G8M, and G8F by Fisty
https://www.sharecg.com/v/92874/gallery/21/DAZ-Studio/Braid-Bracelets-for-G3M-G3F-G8M-and-G8F  **

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

#09! Channing's Button Prop re-posted by Seacanyon
https://www.sharecg.com/v/56691/related/21/DAZ-Studio/Channings-Button-Prop  **

#10! Cigarette for V4 by 3-d-c
https://www.sharecg.com/v/33769/gallery/11/Poser/Smoking-V4-Cigarette-SmartProp  **

#11! Cool Dude G8M Poses by seeker
https://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/cool-dude-g8m-poses/83165  **

#12! Crushable Beer Can by TrekkieGrrrl
https://www.sharecg.com/v/18196/gallery/11/Poser/Crushable-beer-can  **

#13! Delsin Beanie and Hair for G8M by InTheFlesh
https://sharecg.com/v/92677/browse/21/DAZ-Studio/FINAL-Delsin-Beanie-and-Hair-for-G8M  **

#14! dForce Tshirt & Pants for G3M&G8M by cabcab
https://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/dforce-tshirt-amp-pants-for-g3m-amp-g8m/78865  **
[Jersey Pants]

#15! Dirt & Abrasions by MysticArtDesign
https://sharecg.com/v/93837/gallery/21/DAZ-Studio/%F0%9F%93%8CDirt-Abrasions%F0%9F%93%8C  **

#16! Drinks by klausdbg
https://www.sharecg.com/v/74240/gallery/5/3D-Model/Summer-IV-Drinks  **

#17! Dumbbell set by Laboratory108
http://lab108.x0.com/lab108/sports.html  (1st item)

#18! EA Sidecut Hair for Genesis 3 & 8 Female(s) by EichhornArt
https://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/ea-sidecut-hait-for-genesis-3-amp-8-femela-s-/82972  **
[Also used on Barack (G8M)]

#19! Ellie Cosplay set for G2F by Beat578
https://www.sharecg.com/v/83479/gallery/21/DAZ-Studio/G2_Ellie_Cosplay  **
[Longsleeves t-shirt used]

#20! Everyday Outfit Genesis 8 by Teknology3D
https://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/everyday-outfit-genesis-8/83138  **

#21! Flo Makeup For Genesis 8 Females by AprilYSH
http://shop.aprilsvanity.com/flo-makeup-for-genesis-8-females.html

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

#23! Gym Equipment (.3ds) by Arqam
https://www.sharecg.com/v/2894/browse/5/3D-Model/GYM-EQUIPMENT  **

#24! Gym Equipment 2 (.3ds) by Arqam
https://www.sharecg.com/v/2895/gallery/5/3D-Model/GYM-EQUIPMENT2  **

#25! Gym Equipment 3 (.3ds) by Arqam
https://sharecg.com/v/2896/gallery/5/3D-Model/GYM-EQUIPMENT3  **

#26! Huge Hoop Earrings for Genesis 3 Female by Fisty
https://sharecg.com/v/87043/gallery/21/DAZ-Studio/Huge-Hoop-Earrings-for-Genesis-3-Female  **

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

#28! Jumping Rope (.obj) by CGAxis
https://free.cgaxis.com/product/3d-jumping-rope/  *1

#29! K-POP Extra Poses for Kanade 8 & Genesis 8 Female by LeoLee
https://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/k-pop-extra-poses-for-kanade-8-amp-genesis-8-female/82823  **

#30! Kawaii Buttons by MysticArtDesign
https://sharecg.com/v/94355/browse/21/DAZ-Studio/Kawaii-Buttons  **

#31! Koelle Alaaf! by klausdbg
https://www.sharecg.com/v/79631/gallery/5/3D-Model/Koelle-Alaaf%21  **
[Crowncork used, customized texture]

#32! Koff cigarette pack and cigarette with morphs by TrekkieGrrrl
https://www.sharecg.com/v/18207/poser/Cigarettes  **

#33! LOUD AND CLEAR font by Billy Argel
https://www.dafont.com/loud-and-clear-2.font

#34! M4 Jewelry Pack 5 by Cool Tuna Studio
http://www.cooltuna.com/poser/poser-freebies.html  (item 10)
[Rubber bracelet used]

#35! Morphing Chewing Gum by TrekkieGrrrl
https://www.sharecg.com/v/18199/poser/Morphing-chewinggum  **

#36! Morphing Garden Style Stone by Mapps Graphics
http://www.freewebs.com/mapps/downloads4.htm  (last item)

#37! Morphing Leaf by Adam Thwaites (Most Digital Creations)
https://www.most-digital-creations.com/free_poser_poses_textures_morphs_props_50.htm  (item 5)

#38! My Heart Necklace for Genesis 8 Female by amyaimei
https://www.deviantart.com/amyaimei/art/My-Heart-Necklace-for-Genesis-8-Female-729010047

#39! Newspaper with morphs by TrekkieGrrrl
https://www.sharecg.com/v/18198/gallery/11/Poser/Morphing-Newspaper  **
[Custom texture]

#40! Pd-Soft Leather Daz Studio Shaders for Iray by Parrotdolphin (Janet)
https://sharecg.com/v/80223/gallery/7/Material-and-Shader/Pd-Soft-Leather-Daz-Studio-Shaders-for-Iray  **

#41! Red Brick Wall PBR Texture by CGAxis
https://free.cgaxis.com/product/red-brick-wall-free-pbr-texture/  *1

#42! Red Brick Wall 2 PBR Texture by CGAxis
https://free.cgaxis.com/product/red-brick-wall-free-pbr-texture-2/  *1

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

#44! Simple Smoke by Ladymist95
https://www.sharecg.com/v/76297/browse/21/DAZ-Studio/Simple-Smoke  **

#45! Simple Used Ashtray by 3-d-c
https://www.sharecg.com/v/38258/gallery/11/Poser/Simple-Used-Ashtray  **
[Cigarette buds used]

#46! "STRONG" for G8M Character Morph & Pose by Mar3D
https://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/strong-for-g8m-character-morph-amp-pose/82833  **

#47! Texture Pack 02 by Spacebones
https://sharecg.com/v/63522/gallery/6/Texture/Texture-Pack-02  **
[Paving used]

#48! V Devil May Cry 5 Hair Prop for G8M by InTheFlesh
https://sharecg.com/v/93558/gallery/21/DAZ-Studio/UPDATE-V-Devil-May-Cry-5-Hair-Prop-for-G8M  **

#49! Vergil Devil May Cry 5 Hair for G8M by InTheFlesh
https://sharecg.com/v/93892/view/21/DAZ-Studio/Vergil-Devil-May-Cry-5-Hair-for-G8M  **

#50! Walther for G8M by Ruslanomar
https://sharecg.com/v/92848/browse/21/DAZ-Studio/G8M-Walther  **

NO-COUNT ITEMS:

---    AllenArt Iray Jewelry Shaders by AllenArt
++   Basic Wear for Genesis 8 Female by Daz Originals
++   Basic Wear for Genesis 8 Male by Daz Originals
---    Bezel Cut Ring for Genesis 3 Female by AllenArt
---    Casual Outfit for G3F by Tab [Pants used]
---    CasualOutfit2 for G3M by Tab [Bracelet used]
++   DAZ Studio Iray HDR Outdoor Environments by Daz Originals, DimensionTheory [Maui used]
---    Free Iray Outdoor Lights by Dreamlight
---    Nose Ring 01 for G2F, G3F and/or G8F by AllenArt
---    Safety Pin by AllenArt
---    Sneakers for G3F by Tab

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 v2.10.8, Irfanview 4.52 and PoseRay 3.19.29

.3DS converted to .OBJ with PoseRay

Postwork: used the AltaLux Image Enhancement Filter (Effect) by Stefano Tommesani that comes with Irfanview and some filters (oa) that come with GIMP. Also used mcjDenoise by mcasual. (https://sites.google.com/site/mcasualsdazscripts9/mcjdenoise)

"The Change"

I've noticed a significant number of the RDNA transfers are turning up in this particular sale combination, and quite a few of them are still in Poser format with .pmd external morph files. Since these things don't work in DAZ|Studio, how much of an effort would it be to resave them as morph-embedded .cr2 files, if not full D|S conversions? And why hasn't it been done before now? I'd do it myself, but I never reinstalled Poser 7 when I upgraded to my current computer.

As a suggestion for improving this, is it possible to add an option that will strip out the figure morphs for the DO base figures?

The FBMVictoria7.dsf morphs and the like that persist after conversion cause conflicts with things like the "Victoria 7 for Victoria 8" products; the latter uses exactly the same name for a morph that's very differently shaped, given it's now shaped as a derivative of the Genesis 8 base figure, so the clothing ends up the wrong shape*, meaning that it's better to just rely on auto-follow to do the job (unless you can contrive a better fix).

* Mendoman posted a picture example of the problem here, although he converted the item manually: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/352506/victoria7-for-victoria8-morph-problems-with-g3-items

I also discover from having gone through and deleted all of said G7 FBM morphs from my converted clothing that they were using up a good couple of gigabytes - given these are shapes that either won't be activated or are likely to cause problems when activated, being able to not convert them would be something of a boon to disk space.

Are you talking about the clothing converters or the character converters?  The only morphs that should be transferred with clothing are the clothing morphs.  Could you explain more please?

A lot of clothing has a FBMVictoria7 morph (or similar - FBMOlympia7, FBMEva7, etc) intended to improve the fit and reduce distortion when those base figures are dialled in (as compared to just relying on auto-follow). These exist as morph files for the clothing, and can be seen (as hidden morphs) on the clothing even when it is not fitted to these characters.

As they're morphs that belong to the clothing, they're getting transferred, leading to two main problems:

- these morphs don't match the identically named morphs used by the Gen 8 conversions of those characters (for example, Victoria 7 for Victoria 8). The G8 version of Victoria 7 now works as a derivative character of Victoria 8, so the actual shape of the morph called FBMVictoria7 is very different for G8F and G3F, so the clothing's original corrective morph now results in completely the wrong fit.

- Other than for the G7 for G8 characters (where it causes glitches), these morphs probably won't be activated anyway. Only those people who have converted the characters to G8F will use a corrective clothing morph such as FBMRune7 or the like. That makes quite a lot of difference to the disk space used by the conversions, as many clothes have these corrective morphs for several DO base shapes.

Basically, what I'm suggesting is an option the user can check to have the converter remove morphs called FBMVictoria7, FBMMika7, FBMOphelia7, etc, as it's processing. Presumably this would be done using some kind of "blacklist" of morph names (potentially even editable by the user, should they wish/need to add anything else?).

Obviously the ideal would be to find a way to "correct" these morphs to still have them retain the correct fit on their updated G8F versions, but removing these morphs and letting DS default to autofollow is better than transferring them verbatim.

Ah, I see.  That makes sense.  Ok, I will look into it.  Thanks for the suggestion.