Everything you did, except the headsize morph is exactly what I did.   :)  LOL!   Have you tried a Genesis specific hair shader on it?  I did... not pretty.  :)  Thank you for the video!  

Scott

I can't even come close to getting it that close.   I load the hair, convert shader to Iray Uber.  And...I get nothing like you've gotten.  I've tried importing the OBJ--that was worse :) 

Scott

Hm, strange. I'm not doing anything special, other than converting to Iray Uber and then adjusting Glossy Reflectivity to 0.16. Further shader adjustments may improve it even more.

You can download a video showing the whole process here:

https://taosoft.dk/temp/hr-162.mp4

I'm using the default texture here but otherwise everything is the same. You need to parent the hair of course and then also set HeadSize morph to 1% to make it fit correctly, I've just left that out here. Iray settings are DS 4.10 default, with Dome Rotation set to about 45.0.

I've never used anything like these but have always wanted to try. Both are on sale for 50% off right now. Any suggestions of which software is the best?

I am hopping on the same boat with you.  I saw Headshop and it is down half price right now, and when I read the description, is just sounds too good to be true with all the stuff it comes with.  It says that it creates these 'dots' and you can further morph the face.  It says it includes 11 hairstyles too.  So now I am wondering what is the limitation.  Since the eyes mouth and everything is taken from a photo, it has me wondering if something like the eyes are mapped out and if you can move them.  If you can't then that is a big limitation.   So that is what I wanted to ask.  I was going to create a new thread, but when I saw yours, I figured I would just hop on your boat instead!   As for FaceGen Artist Pro, that I have not heard of, but I will look into it now that you mentioned it!

Edit:  I found a thread you might find helpful:

https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/292591/headshop-11-questions/p3

On that page scroll down to the first post by Outrider42, he compares the two packages.  I would read the whole thread though.   There are definitely pros and cons to using these programs.

Hope that helps!

Geo

You might be able to load the M3toM2 obj as a morph for M3 using Morph loader in DS, then either save it as a M3 INJ/REM morph (not sure how exactly you do this in DS but I’m sure there’s a way) or as a new cr2.

Hi,

I would like to know if there is a way to force GenX2 to detect "Mike 3 to Mike 2" figure as a Michael 3.0 morph.

I used to base my character use on the clothing. I had clothing for V2, MGPT and otheres that just wouldn't convert well. That problem has mostly gone away since Crossdresser 4 came along. Now, I will hang on to a character if there is a morph that I can't move to something else. (For instance Bucky for Toon Generations 2 over at Rendo. I also have a very pretty character for the original Sara that doesn't work with version 2).

Oh yeah, I still use poser a fair amount, so Genesis 2 is the limit on that.

I still like using the older figures because i love the Creature Creator packs. Turn a dial and you can go from a hag to a cat.  Big downer that those were dumped for newer figures.

This is the cat morph for V.2.. Done in Poser in 2008.

I admit the iray uber to AWE surface conversion is rather 'clunky', but I don't want to rely on a huge script that stores every transferable iray uber settings and re-apply them to their AWE equivalents.

Also, I didn't quite work out a scheme to transfer thin film for the coat. You'll have to do that manually.

Another thing that irks me is Genesis 8 sclera/iris. They maybe too dark even at diffuse strength already at 100%. Two things you can do:

• Easiest would be the raise Global Illumination Exposure to overexpose the diffuse. Render times shouldn't be any different.
• Enable subsurface scattering to add extra diffuse to the sclera, though it does mean an extra hit on render times.

Tks wowie, just downloaded...very excited:)

I still use V4-G2, nothing higher, and only one male G2 at that.  Having invested in clothes and morphs they do what I need.  I still use 3Delight as well, never iRay.  I do have a few monsters for one-shots in the G3/8 category, but I find them very frustrating because unless I start buying more morph sets, there isn't much I can do to tweak them, so they are very 'out-of-the-box', which bugs me.  I do character work, so there really isn't much incentive to change generations once a character is designed - redesigning in a different generation can be painful.  I did move a V4 character to Genesis... but it isn't perfect, and I can see the difference and it drives me nuts!  Wouldn't have bothered except there were certain outfits I wanted to be able to access without too much pain, so now I switch her back and forth depending on the clothing for the scene.  Genesis seems to have had a lot of support when it happened, so there is very little I can't accomplish with Genesis and its add-ons, and now it is even cheaper to pick up bits, so I continue to expand its possibilities even now.  New V4 skins are still being made, which gives a lot more potential variety than the current generations.  When you're doing characters, variety is everything (eyebrows... it all comes down to the eyebrows!)

I admit the iray uber to AWE surface conversion is rather 'clunky', but I don't want to rely on a huge script that stores every transferable iray uber settings and re-apply them to their AWE equivalents.

Also, I didn't quite work out a scheme to transfer thin film for the coat. You'll have to do that manually.

Another thing that irks me is Genesis 8 sclera/iris. They maybe too dark even at diffuse strength already at 100%. Two things you can do:

• Easiest would be the raise Global Illumination Exposure to overexpose the diffuse. Render times shouldn't be any different.
• Enable subsurface scattering to add extra diffuse to the sclera, though it does mean an extra hit on render times.

Genesis 2 and now Genesis 3 Female mainly due to the https://www.daz3d.com/undead-creature-creator-hd-morph-pack-for-genesis-3-female, https://www.daz3d.com/fantasy-creature-creator-hd-morph-pack-for-genesis-3-female..

Have not bought a lot into or used G8 much mainly because I am still waiting for https://www.daz3d.com/undead-creature-creator-hd-morph-pack-for-genesis-3-female, https://www.daz3d.com/fantasy-creature-creator-hd-morph-pack-for-genesis-3-female to make there way to G8F

animation of my rigged dress and a SAV hair rigged using fitting room

are just V4 animations and work fine

was reading a tutorial where you can use the morph brush to shape clothes to fit to other figures

https://forum.smithmicro.com/topic/2594/creating-conforming-clothes-from-an-obj-file/8

Thanks Wendy.  I seen where La Femme set did come with a clothing dev preset with morph channels you can load to dev our own clothing. , so I tried that to make a body suite or top & pants set. but it appears Python does not support Lefmme or i missed a step in the user guide. hmm maybe i need a addon for python script but it keeps saying unsupported character , I'll keep messing with it I am sure i am missing something,

Just a general newbie question - I have the Alicia content for V4, which includes a texture for the V4 morphing dress.  I have all of the necessary precursors - V4, the morphing dress, the wonderland expansion pack.  I just can't quite see how to access the texture.  It's not coming up under "materials."  Sometimes I've found items like this in parameters when the item is selected, but I'm not seeing it there.  Just not sure how to find and apply it.  Strangely, I see the apron that goes on top.  But I don't see how to morph the dress under the apron.  Curiouser and curiouser.  As always, appreciate all the help I can get.  

I am still rendering in 3DLight and use Genesis 1 and 2 almost exclusively. I deleted Genesis 3 from my Library and only have Genesis 8 because I wanted to try that dForce-Outfit when dForce was introduced. I began playin with Daz when Genesis 1 was new and therefore that figure has the most morph options in my library and it is also the most versatile being male, female and child all in one figure. Genesis 2 is a lovely figure and I like it. I never liked Genesis 3 from the beginning and since my computer is very slow with Iray there was never a reason for me to begin with Genesis 8 at all. I am not going to invest over and over again for the same morph packs to make a figure useable just because there are a few more bones in the face. I never tried to have my renders look like photos either though.

Sembra abbastanza carina ma  come molte figure Poser anche cambiando i connotati si vede ancora troppo la base. Un esempio è Rafael, è tragico riconoscere la base in tutti i morph! Significa avere un solo personaggio.

Con Genesis invece si riesce ad avere più variazioni e rendono difficile riconoscerne la base, basta vedere i numerosi post che chiedono quale genesis/morph/addon è stato usato!

E poi LaFemme è per poser e per poser resterà relegato... Nessuna utilità per noi DAZzari.

Il vero vantaggio e unica invidia è il sistema di chip per le espressioni. Le ossa di Genesis3/8 sono troppo incasinate per essere veramente usate per creare delle belle espressioni... Insieme ai loro IK fracassati.

You are probably looking at morph controls, but its part of pose controls.

select the figure head, go to parameters panel, and under your figure you find pose controls, choose head and there you find what you need.

There are a number of steps involved but it is doable. Results may vary depending on how extreme the morph being transferred is.

Here's a tutorial by SickleYield that lays out the process (with links to threads discussing things in more detail):

https://www.deviantart.com/sickleyield/journal/Tutorial-Transferring-Character-Morphs-G1G2G3G8-409437916

A commercial script to simplify the conversion to G8 is under development by Singular Blue at the moment (see this thread). It started off as a G3-G8 converter but recent posts have stated they're adding support for earlier generations as well.

Thank you Aelfhe1m! I was sure SOMEONE had attempted this before me.

animation of my rigged dress and a SAV hair rigged using fitting room

are just V4 animations and work fine

was reading a tutorial where you can use the morph brush to shape clothes to fit to other figures

https://forum.smithmicro.com/topic/2594/creating-conforming-clothes-from-an-obj-file/8

Hey guys,

I'm completely new to all this. I have the genesis 8 female face morph,  what I need is to close the eyes of the model.

I can't find the right slider for this. Can you tell where I can find it or if it's even possible or not.

Thanks in advance!

There are a number of steps involved but it is doable. Results may vary depending on how extreme the morph being transferred is.

Here's a tutorial by SickleYield that lays out the process (with links to threads discussing things in more detail):

https://www.deviantart.com/sickleyield/journal/Tutorial-Transferring-Character-Morphs-G1G2G3G8-409437916

A commercial script to simplify the conversion to G8 is under development by Singular Blue at the moment (see this thread). It started off as a G3-G8 converter but recent posts have stated they're adding support for earlier generations as well.