Draw #3:
Carryover: Crazy Nights
601 - Spadassassin: The Outfit
713 - Victoria 4 Wet Maps
553 - Royal Hearts

Title: "Your bodyguard creeps me out..."

If you can't tell, the story is going backwards. I generally don't like stories like that, but I did enjoy it on one tv show-- The Good Guys. Particularly the one that started with the two of them in a bank saying "This is a hold up!" or some such. They were cops. It was an under-appreciated show.

Full Credits:
Wonderland Queen of Hearts V4 by Bobbie25 (DAZ)
with Royal Hearts Textures by Moyra (DAZ)
V4 Wet Maps with Moyra's Archetype Head Morph from Royal Hearts (DAZ)
with Lysithea Hair V4/A4/G4 by Propschick & ryverthorn (Rendo)
Madoc from Jepe’s Double Feature Leo and Madoc by Jepe (DAZ)
with MoHair for Michael 4 by EvilInnocence (DNA)
V4 of my own (dialed and textured)
wearing Crazy Nights by black-eye and boundless (DAZ)
with Adeline Hair by Propschick (Rendo)
Spadassassin : Azrall for M4 by Nathy (DAZ)
wearing Spadassassin: The Outfit by Nathy and hal1 (DAZ)
Luxury Corner by ironman13 (Rendo)

Freebies:
Hanger by sangersweb (Rendo)
Clothing Hook by RedPhantom (Rendo)

Kadix said:

ChangelingChick said:

Hehe... thanks. I was going to start with an underwater thing, but then this popped into my head.

Title: "Maybe the guy in the middle?"

Full Credits (left to right):
LK-Alexander for M4 H4 F4 by lkiilerich (Rendo)
wearing Casual Wear for M4 by halcyone (Rendo)
with Spartacus Short hair by StudioArtVartanian (Rendo)
Michael 4 Base by Daz 3D (DAZ)
wearing Bad Boy for M4 by Ravenhair (DAZ)
with Goya HairStyle by Neftis3D (DAZ)
Lee for M4 by -Yannek- (DAZ)
wearing Mafioso by Bobbie25 (DAZ)
with CQ Event Hairstyle by Neftis3D (DAZ)
Cat World - Panther by RawArt (DAZ)
Millennium Dog LE by Daz 3D (DAZ)
Naris for M4 by Lajsis (Rendo)
wearing Tribal Clothing for Michael 3 by Lourdes (DAZ)
with SeaFolk KelpHair for V4, A4, M4 and H4 by Arki (DNA)
Madoc from Jepe's Double Feature Leo and Madoc by Jepe (DAZ)
with MoHair for Michael 4 by EvilInnocence (DNA)
Everyone has Sabby-EyesFX2 by Sabby & Seven (Rendo)
The Line Up by V3Digitimes (DAZ)

Well... Number five reminds me of someone... Very funny render!

Yeah, but I knew a couple who had a pit bull. They left the room and the pit bull attacked their child, a three month old baby. This after the Mother had already miscarried her first one. Such a sad story. That pit bull should have been in the line up! Of course, things did not go well for the couple as they ended up charged for negligence.

The coupons for Victoria 4 Standard and Michael 4 Standard Bundles still work, but we stopped advertising them because nobody used them. Everyone wanted to go for the Pro Bundle (and I don't blame them, it was a much better deal).

Anyway the coupon codes are
VIC4-FREE
MIC4-FREE

If you are still interested.

ChangelingChick said:

Hehe... thanks. I was going to start with an underwater thing, but then this popped into my head.

Title: "Maybe the guy in the middle?"

Full Credits (left to right):
LK-Alexander for M4 H4 F4 by lkiilerich (Rendo)
wearing Casual Wear for M4 by halcyone (Rendo)
with Spartacus Short hair by StudioArtVartanian (Rendo)
Michael 4 Base by Daz 3D (DAZ)
wearing Bad Boy for M4 by Ravenhair (DAZ)
with Goya HairStyle by Neftis3D (DAZ)
Lee for M4 by -Yannek- (DAZ)
wearing Mafioso by Bobbie25 (DAZ)
with CQ Event Hairstyle by Neftis3D (DAZ)
Cat World - Panther by RawArt (DAZ)
Millennium Dog LE by Daz 3D (DAZ)
Naris for M4 by Lajsis (Rendo)
wearing Tribal Clothing for Michael 3 by Lourdes (DAZ)
with SeaFolk KelpHair for V4, A4, M4 and H4 by Arki (DNA)
Madoc from Jepe's Double Feature Leo and Madoc by Jepe (DAZ)
with MoHair for Michael 4 by EvilInnocence (DNA)
Everyone has Sabby-EyesFX2 by Sabby & Seven (Rendo)
The Line Up by V3Digitimes (DAZ)

Well... Number five reminds me of someone... Very funny render!

Toobis said:

Can you use Victoria 4/ Michael 4 on Genesis 5 models?

However, both V5 and M5 come with their own UV sets -- using a character product that relies on that you might not be able to use the skin textures without the generation 5 product installed. Hope that helps!

Draw #02:
Carryover: Naris for M4 (I decided to roll randomly for the carryover :D )
27 - Adeline Hair
156 - Crazy Nights
236 - Fairytale Collection - PE Fixtures and Fittings

I decided to make a "coherent" story. We'll see how it ends up.

Title: “Earlier that day...”
Full Credits (left to right):
Michael 4 Base by Daz 3D (DAZ)
wearing Bad Boy for M4 by Ravenhair (DAZ)
with Goya HairStyle by Neftis3D (DAZ)
Naris for M4 by Lajsis (Rendo)
wearing Tribal Clothing for Michael 3 by Lourdes (DAZ)
with SeaFolk KelpHair for V4, A4, M4 and H4 by Arki (DNA)
Millennium Dog LE by Daz 3D (DAZ)
Madoc from Jepe’s Double Feature Leo and Madoc by Jepe (DAZ)
with MoHair for Michael 4 by EvilInnocence (DNA)
V4 of my own (dialed and textured)
wearing Crazy Nights by black-eye and boundless (DAZ)
with Adeline Hair by Propschick (Rendo)
Royal Stairs by boundless and black-eye (DAZ)
Fairytale Collection - PE Fixtures and Fittings by Daz 3D (DAZ)
SunLIGHT (Poser) by Vincebagna (DNA)

barbult said:

Draw number 3:
Dragon Slayers
Wenceslas
Moroccan Dreams Unimesh Fits
And I'll reuse Muck again

When I drew these three things I didn't know what they were. Turns out all three are clothing textures. The Wenceslas outfit and Dragon Slayers kind of drove the theme of this image. I didn't do much of anything else today other than work on this. I am excited to see where the Muck and Mavka tale goes. Composed and rendered in DS 4.6.0.18.

Tag: barbult#3
Title: Fatal Distraction
After the honeymoon, Muck returned to his job of dragon slaying protector of the king. As he turned for one brief moment to reassure a frightened Mavka, the dragon swooped in and snatched the king right off his horse! Uh Oh! The king's men will not look favorably upon Muck now. And so his trouble begins...

Hehe... thanks. I was going to start with an underwater thing, but then this popped into my head.

Title: "Maybe the guy in the middle?"

Full Credits (left to right):
LK-Alexander for M4 H4 F4 by lkiilerich (Rendo)
wearing Casual Wear for M4 by halcyone (Rendo)
with Spartacus Short hair by StudioArtVartanian (Rendo)
Michael 4 Base by Daz 3D (DAZ)
wearing Bad Boy for M4 by Ravenhair (DAZ)
with Goya HairStyle by Neftis3D (DAZ)
Lee for M4 by -Yannek- (DAZ)
wearing Mafioso by Bobbie25 (DAZ)
with CQ Event Hairstyle by Neftis3D (DAZ)
Cat World - Panther by RawArt (DAZ)
Millennium Dog LE by Daz 3D (DAZ)
Naris for M4 by Lajsis (Rendo)
wearing Tribal Clothing for Michael 3 by Lourdes (DAZ)
with SeaFolk KelpHair for V4, A4, M4 and H4 by Arki (DNA)
Madoc from Jepe's Double Feature Leo and Madoc by Jepe (DAZ)
with MoHair for Michael 4 by EvilInnocence (DNA)
Everyone has Sabby-EyesFX2 by Sabby & Seven (Rendo)
The Line Up by V3Digitimes (DAZ)

tsarist said:

Here are a few items you're looking for...

Chainsaws
http://www.daz3d.com/chainsaw
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/za---zombie-chainsaw/95335

Hockey Mask & Machete
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/hack-n-slice---mask-and-machete/74107/

Butcher Knife
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/hack-n-slice---cleaver/74006/

Fedora
http://www.daz3d.com/menswear-1930-for-m4 (there's one in this set)
http://www.daz3d.com/m4-headwear

Coveralls
http://www.runtimedna.com/ToolBoi-WinterCollection.html

Bladed Gloves
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/sp---gauntlets-for-v4-and-m4/94598/

Messed up skin
http://www.runtimedna.com/The-Host-Texture-for-M4.html

Pinhead type outfit
http://www.daz3d.com/night-world-mourning-sun-for-michael-4
&
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/anathema-for-night-world-mourning-sun/75088/ (use this texture)
or
http://www.daz3d.com/daz-originals/m4-warp-master (Use the black texture)

A Deadly Killer
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/halloween-collection-killer-earl/81673

That's all I have time for now,

Best of Luck!

Hey tsarist,

Thanks for all the links. Lots of good stuff here. The blade gloves are a bit Wolverine rather than Freddy Krueger but I do have the sweater and the hat now! Getting closer.

Spit said:

Can I get both if I have two orders? and what is the requirement?

The requirement is that you buy three PA items that are on sale in the same order that you request the free Pro bundle.

Step-by-step process:
1) Put three PA items that are currently on sale into your cart.
2) Put the Pro bundle that you want for free into your cart - http://www.daz3d.com/pa-sale-freebies has handy links to all of the bundles. (If selecting V4 or M4, be careful you don't select the Starter bundle by mistake.)
3) Go to http://www.daz3d.com/sales-promotions and copy the coupon code from the "GEN4 THROWBACK SPECIAL" banner that's currently just above the New Items list. (EDIT: Or from the banner in the first post in this thread. D'oh!)
4) Go to your cart.
5) Type the coupon into the coupon box, and apply it. You can only apply one coupon to any one order!
A discount equal to the price of the Pro bundle should now appear in your order total. If it doesn't, make sure you typed the coupon code in correctly - it's all-caps and the dash is between "PRO" and "FREE".
6) Continue your purchase as usual.

Here are a few items you're looking for...

Chainsaws
http://www.daz3d.com/chainsaw
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/za---zombie-chainsaw/95335

Hockey Mask & Machete
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/hack-n-slice---mask-and-machete/74107/

Butcher Knife
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/hack-n-slice---cleaver/74006/

Fedora
http://www.daz3d.com/menswear-1930-for-m4 (there's one in this set)
http://www.daz3d.com/m4-headwear

Coveralls
http://www.runtimedna.com/ToolBoi-WinterCollection.html

Bladed Gloves
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/sp---gauntlets-for-v4-and-m4/94598/

Messed up skin
http://www.runtimedna.com/The-Host-Texture-for-M4.html

Pinhead type outfit
http://www.daz3d.com/night-world-mourning-sun-for-michael-4
&
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/anathema-for-night-world-mourning-sun/75088/ (use this texture)
or
http://www.daz3d.com/daz-originals/m4-warp-master (Use the black texture)

A Deadly Killer
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/halloween-collection-killer-earl/81673

That's all I have time for now,

Best of Luck!

stonealicious69 said:

...
I purchased the anatomy bundle, inserted Michael 4 and posed him right where I needed. Positioned a camera and am taking the shot through the camera.

I have also purchased PoseWorks pwGhost DS4. I need to make the figure blue like the medical looking images. The effect is perfect.

From the images you posted, it looks like you need some kind of "edge-blend-effect", i.e.the color of the surface is only dependent on its orientation towards the camera. I used this simple setup in shadermixer with only a single edge-blend node, inner color dark blue, outer color light blue (see image). Since you are compositing in photoshop anyway, i do not think the pwGhost gives any advantage (although i do not have it and do not exactly know what it does, i think its main use is when you have more than one object in your scene).
Because the surface is basically smooth (no high frequencies) and the render is so large, i used a shading rate of 10. To combine it in photoshop and get a smooth edge i used 4x4 pixel samples. Render time is approx. 30 seconds (for 3000x4000 pixels).

I render it at aspect 9:9 pixels 4200. Saved to jpg. Makes it 300 dpi when I open and convert it to the size I need in photoshop. Took about 60 to 90 Minutes to render.

Save as PNG or TIFF. That gives you an alpha channel, that you can use in photoshop. . PNG gives you a premultiplied alpha, TIFF a straight alpha. With jpeg you would need to to create a mask with all kinds of problems (staircasing and such). Better invest the time to find out how photoshop handles the alpha channel.

PROBLEM 1
While I am getting the exact desired effect the image is still rather lo res looking. jagged edges, staircasing. So I started to research advanced rendering, made some changes to run tests and things changed.

20 hours to not even get 10% done. WHOA! So I cancelled the render. Pulled back on the settings now PROBLEM 2 started. Nothing is rendering right at all. I have even set everything back to default and tried to start over and it will not render correctly at all. I have what looks like missing pixels and can't get them back no matter what.

Check out the attached images. I hope they explain the situation. Not sure how many I can attach.

So basically I could use some advice on getting super clean, crispy looking images for print. Then I need to know what's going on with the missing pixels.

I have faith that I'm not in too far over my head I could just use a little guidance to take this to the next step.

I think most everyone is aware that Stephanie 4 and The Girl 4 Pro Bundles have been added to the Gen 4 Throwback. Same rules as before apply (Must buy 3 PA Festival Items, all items including the Pro Bundle must be in the cart for discounts to apply).

Use the coupon codes:
GIRL4PRO-FREE
STEPH4PRO-FREE

Victoria 4, Michael 4, Aiko 4 and Freak 4 Pro Bundles are still available in the Gen4 Throwback Special. Their coupon codes are:
VIC4PRO-FREE
MIC4PRO-FREE
AIKO4PRO-FREE
FREAK4PRO-FREE

Hey Experts!

I am using Daz to create an image I am using in a package design. The imagery is AMAZING.

I am on a MacBook Pro OS 10.8.5 - 2.3 GHz Quad Core. 8GB Ram.

My goal is to create medical style male and female figures for a sports type product.

I purchased the anatomy bundle, inserted Michael 4 and posed him right where I needed. Positioned a camera and am taking the shot through the camera.

I have also purchased PoseWorks pwGhost DS4. I need to make the figure blue like the medical looking images. The effect is perfect.

I render it at aspect 9:9 pixels 4200. Saved to jpg. Makes it 300 dpi when I open and convert it to the size I need in photoshop. Took about 60 to 90 Minutes to render.

PROBLEM 1
While I am getting the exact desired effect the image is still rather lo res looking. jagged edges, staircasing. So I started to research advanced rendering, made some changes to run tests and things changed.

20 hours to not even get 10% done. WHOA! So I cancelled the render. Pulled back on the settings now PROBLEM 2 started. Nothing is rendering right at all. I have even set everything back to default and tried to start over and it will not render correctly at all. I have what looks like missing pixels and can't get them back no matter what.

Check out the attached images. I hope they explain the situation. Not sure how many I can attach.

So basically I could use some advice on getting super clean, crispy looking images for print. Then I need to know what's going on with the missing pixels.

I have faith that I'm not in too far over my head I could just use a little guidance to take this to the next step.

We've heard the requests and have expanded the Gen 4 Throwback Special to include The Girl 4 Pro Bundle and Stephanie 4 Pro Bundle. Purchase 3 items from any of the Premier Artists in today's Catch-Up sale and get either the Girl 4 Pro Bundle or Stephanie 4 Pro Bundle for free. Just use the coupon codes:

GIRL4PRO-FREE
STEPH4PRO-FREE

All items (including the Pro Bundle) must be in your cart at checkout for coupon to apply.

Victoria 4, Michael 4, Aiko 4 and Freak 4 Pro Bundles are available still available as part of the Gen 4 Throwback special. Use the coupon codes:

VIC4PRO-FREE
MIC4PRO-FREE
AIKO4PRO-FREE
FREAK4PRO-FREE

Check out the Sales and Promo page for more information.

THANKS Jared! You have helped me out once again.
(Dunno why I didn't think of that. The morphs are parameter channels, of course. Duh.)

Okay, a recap. I installed Michael4 with the download manager.
Then I installed Michael4 Creature Creator Morphs with the download manager.
Creature Creator only requires the basic Michael4, and not Morphs++ --- which is was I chose it to begin with.

After installation:
In the SMART CONTENT tab on the left under the FIGURES tab, Michael4 shows up as a character to put into the scene.
Note that once you put Mike into the scene he is automatically selected --- and so the tab in the Smart Content no longer shows Mike as an option.
If you deselect Mike in the SCENE tab on the right then his icon reappears in the Smart Content tab --- and you could put him in again, if you wanted to.

Then --- this is the way I did it on my second try, having a little more knowledge of DAZ4:
In the CONTENT LIBRARY tab on the right I chose the PRODUCTS tab in the left-most file category window.
This brought up another file window with LETTERS (A to Z) for the first letter of any content that you have installed.
I then chose M for Michael --- and got three options (for what I had installed so far) --- Magus For Genesis --- Michael 4 --- and, Michael4 Creature Creature Morphs.
I chose the Creature Creater Morphs and the morphs appeared in the window below the file windows.

What I did first was to go to the scene tab and select Michael's head.
I then went back to the Content Library tab and clicked a head morph.
Going to the PARAMETERS tab, I found the head morph (parameter slider) right where it should be.

Ah-hah. Cool. But I thought it might be a daunting task to load all the morphs in their individual body parts.
But then in the selection of morphs window in the Content Library I found the one that was labeled INJ CREATURE M4.
I went back to the scene tab and selected Michael4 (the overall model) then went back to the morphs window and clicked the INJ CREATURE M4 file.
And presto --- apparently this installed ALL THE MORPHS onto Michael in their proper places...
because I scrolled through quite a few and they all seemed to be in place.

Question: am I correct so far?
This appears to be a way to install the morphs for Gen4 characters like Mike, all at once.

And: Jestmart, is this what you were referring to in regard to the batch files?

And Jared: when you said:
Gen 4 morphs are tied to certain regions of the figure instead of the whole figure. This means that if it is a partial body morph you will have to have the joint that the morph is tied to selected before the joint shows up.

Did you mean to say, before the MORPH PARAMETER SLIDER shows up in whatever joint or body part it applies to?
Otherwise I am not sure what you mean.
(But I am glad you mentioned it.)

Bottom line: it appears as if all my older Gen4 stuff will interface and work just fine with DAZ4.
This makes me pretty happy --- due to the fact that I had a computer crash that wiped out all my old DAZ3 and Gen4 installed products.
I was quite sad that I had to go through all that installation again --- and with a new program that I hadn't become familiar with.
Now I know that at least all my old stuff will work, morphs included, in DAZ4.
And to a great degree this makes me a happy camper.

I owe you some gratitude, guys.
Hope this long post helps others in the same way.

Thank you.

TAG: Totte#02

Totte said:

Pull #2
#960 Beard for Michael 4
#3745 Vignettes for Cheirocrates
#2426 MORE Textures & Styles for Vintage Army (Rendo)
And my chain item is Agnes.

Also used:
M3 + John Multifigure + Vintage Army
M4 + M4 Uncle Albert + Skin Overlay + M4 Urban Wear + Steel Frame Specs
V4 + margarita
Cheirocrates + Les Romantiques
YT Justin + PH Space + Tre (for Vignettes)
S5 + 17 Chic + Paxton hair (for Vignettes)
Genesis + Rawn Clowns + Clown + Morphs
Urban Sprawl 2
Pizzabox from Dystopian Kiosks
BWC Skies

The junk food festival
The McMutant clown made Uncle John feel rather uneasy

Ken OBanion said:

And now, for my "penultimate" entry (bet you didn't see that coming, did you?)....

1813 - Summer Time
2236 - Zenia Styles
537 - Dream Home Media Room

And from Pull #3:
Kaleidoscope for Hero FX ("I'll show you lens flare, JJ Abrams!")

Hmm, this gives me an idea. Let's see if I can pull it off....

Okay, I'll admit that I "cheated" a little - I re-used the Media Room setup from a previous RRRR entry (that didn't win, so maybe it's cool), just because it fit so perfectly! Anyway....

Also used:
Serengeti for the Multiplane Cyclorama (and how ironic is that!?)
Braylee texture by LA3D (a ShareCG freebie - I think)
Celestial Hair
Binoculars (a Renderosity freebie)
Michael 4
Beach Hair
Laced Shorts by CoolTuna (a ShareCG freebie)
WWII Jeep
Grungy Jeep textures (one of the 'not-grungy' ones, obviously!)
Another Victoria 4
Happy Camper for V4
Amaya Hair
Dream Home - Media Room Furnishings
Pure Hair Casual
Michael 3 Undergarments
Comfy Camper Essentials (Beer. And did you notice the label? It's 'non-alcoholic'! Uh, guys!? Did you not get the memo...?))

TAG: obanion@04

Title: Channel-Surfing

"Coming this fall, on ACTV! Babewatch: Serengeti! They're not at the beach any more.... But they're still nearly naked! And admit it, that's why you're gonna tune in! Fridays, on ACTV! All Crap, All the Time!"

The shorts are part of the default texture for Michael 4. If you want to get rid of the shorts you need to apply another texture.

I am using Michael 4 in poser. When I open Michael from the figures library he opens with a pair of black shorts and what looks like an area above and below the short in a lighter shade of black. Is there a way to get rid of the shorts? I can go to the materials library and apply an All_Natural texture which gets rid of the shorts but the skin tone is darker. Can I just get ride of the shorts somehow?

I know if I work and work on it I cam probably figure it out but is is so nice to have help from someone who already knows. Once I get enough experience I will be that person who will try to help out too.

Thanks