Petra said:

Amaranth said:

my first attempt with Genesis 8.1 and Victoria 8.1 skin

 

 

That is so beautiful. What light did you use. The skin looks amazing, did you apply the PBR shader over it?

Hey Petra :)

I think the light was either Fabi's or one of PixelTizzyFit, some KindredArts light in it and no I didn't apply the PBR shader over it. 

kimh said:

My first render of Victoria 8.1. I am pleased with her. Other then fixing a few poke-throughs and adjusting the lighting a little in Paintshop Pro this is her out of the box

 

Great work! Love the lighting, her expression, and the intricate hand poses which I know takes a lot of work moving hand and finger joints, and you nailed it! The seated pose is very difficult to pull off, especially with dealing with so much poke through, but you did a great job here!

Amaranth said:

my first attempt with Genesis 8.1 and Victoria 8.1 skin

 

 

Adorable! :) 

(Why doesn't Victoria 8.1 HD add-on have a thumbnail?)

It does In the Character list same as V8

+ if youu press on anatomy you get the male genitalior & eyelashes for 8.1

Petra said:

My first render with Victoria 8.1.

I think she is very cute.

 

She is cute, but gahhhh....those tattoos. Urgh. 

Mine are in the Developer Kit  Genesis 8.1 Female Face Controls

Victoria 8.1 Eyebrows Genesis 8.1 Female Vellus Hair are in  Anatomy

lilweep said:

kimh said:

My first render of Victoria 8.1. I am pleased with her. Other then fixing a few poke-throughs and adjusting the lighting a little in Paintshop Pro this is her out of the box

 

 

if i cover up her robotic face and awkward hand pose with my hand, then this looks photoreal. Her skin looks really good here in this light set up.

I don't mind constructive criticism or suggestions to make it better but your comment comes across as rude and condescending. It's like telling a woman that she has a nice face and she'd be pretty if she lost weight.   

Amaranth said:

my first attempt with Genesis 8.1 and Victoria 8.1 skin

 

 

That is so beautiful. What light did you use. The skin looks amazing, did you apply the PBR shader over it?

Richard Haseltine said:

ipaifencer_fe07e138e4 said:

I purchased 8.1 and have the same or similar problem. I can load all other versions of Genesis/Victoria by clicking image with no problem. 

 

With 8.1 I get the message:

The following files could not be found:

data/daz 3d/genesis 8/female 8_1/genesis8_1female.dsf

data/daz 3d/genesis 8/female 8_1/morphs/daz 3d/mouth realism/phmmouthrealism8_1_hd_div4.dsf

data/daz 3d/genesis 8/female 8_1/uv sets/daz 3d/base/base 8.1 female.dsf

runtime/textures/daz/characters/genesis8_1/femalebase/g8_1eyeirisdepthnormal_1007.tif

runtime/textures/daz/characters/genesis8_1/femalebase/g8_1mouth_nm_1006.tif

I deleted 8.1 files, downloaded again and re-installed, still get same issue.

You have installed the updated Genesis 8 Starter Essentials and the updated Default Resouces?

Thanks! That fixed it!

my first attempt with Genesis 8.1 and Victoria 8.1 skin

Hi,

Just got Victoria 8.1 yesterday and for some reason her genitalia aren't showing up in renders.

I have installed the new DAZ 4.15 and updated/downloaded the default resources and the 8.1 starter essentials through Daz Connect (in the smart content panel).

Everything else about her works fine, she renders properly and all the 8.1 stuff is there.

In smart content, the mats for the genitalia are there, but using them doesn't seem to do anything.

I've been searching the forum for answers but couldn't find a similar problem or solutions I haven't tried.

Anyone have any idea what could be wrong here?

Thyranq said:

Petra said:

My first render with Victoria 8.1.

I think she is very cute.

Fantastic work! That lighting is magnificent! Mind if I ask what you used?

 

I used this one  https://www.daz3d.com/pro-studio-hdr-lighting-system. Thank you for your kind words.

I purchased Bugga Boo.  DIM is working on the downloads.  The cute mixes demonstrated, were a key factor.  It was disappointing that the cute rabbit outfit by Ryverthorn was not included in today's promo.   

I, too, have been "voting" with my wallet this month.  At this rate, my store credit may last half a year or more. The Prime Freebies make it look like a shop weekly though. 

As for Genesis 8.1.  I downloaded what was present in DIM, but skipped Victoria.  I have plenty of female characters and am unlikely to use all of them in my lifetime.  When I have free time, I am weeding through my content and uninstalling products that I have no inclination to use; keeping the install files on an external hard drive, so that if the need arises.

Also, anyone also have this problem? Why doesn't Victoria 8.1 HD add-on have a thumbnail?

I am sorry to ask what is probably obvious... 

How do I open the facial control rig?

I am assuming the product that was in the store about a week ago is included with Victoria 8.1

I am also assuming that if i want to use it with Genesis 8 figures I will need to buy the product.

I tried to access it through power pose but I can't find where the controls are when I have Victoria 8.1 loaded in the scene.

Thanks in advance for any help on this.

:)

I looked over Victoria 8.1 and the bundle that was offered.... The bundle does not interest me.

Petra said:

My first render with Victoria 8.1.

I think she is very cute.

Fantastic work! That lighting is magnificent! Mind if I ask what you used?

Luciel said:

PerttiA said:

Luciel said:

PerttiA said:

Jabba said:

I don't have any renders to hand yet, but I really like Victoria 8.1...
...While she might at first appear a bit less glamorous than Victoria 8, she has a more typical everyday body shape that will lend itself much better to blending with other shape morphs for custom characters - it's always easier to add to small breasts than it is to reduce large breasts with the morphs we have - much less of an arch in her lower back, but a pinch in at the waist and she can be glammed-up in a thrice.

 

There might be a couple of things I would prefer to be different, but to get that sort of detail, I'd really need to improve my own sculpting skills and get stuck in myself - V8.1 is a step in the more versatile direction, which I see as a good thing.

I think she is also the first Victoria that's not 6 feet tall, which brings her closer to reality.

As some who's over "6 feet" tall, and has several female friends who are taller than me, how is being taller than whatever your local average not "reality". 

That's the same logic as with the female bumpers... Since I know a woman with two beach balls on her chest, that should be the starting point for any 3D base model as well...

It's just easier to make things bigger and taller than smaller and shorter, at least has been with these models ever since I got onto the wagon with V3/V4.

Perhaps you actually meant "closer to average" not "closer to reality" then? 

As there's women with (exceptionally) large breasts in "reality", a large breasted woman isn't necessarily any more "unrealistic" than an "average" or "small" breasted woman. You could claim she was "not average" but, a Albino and exceptionally short people aren't either. You have to remember these are creations made with artistic license rather than as a statistical representation of the humans of the planet (I mean, there's no obese female core characters).

If anything, in experience, making things bigger is harder as the textures get more stretched (squished textures generally don't look so bad). None of the base models work well with "beach ball" sized breasts.. 

 Not if the textures are painted on the new shape; if merchant resources are used then they will stretch.

Carola O said:

I only bought Victoria 8.1 and I got it yesterday I think, or this morning, don't quite remember (been a bit stressed today lol). If it isn't in your product library (or can't find it in DIM or Smart Content depending which one you use) than you should probably contact support.

Thanks, I'll wait til Tues, they do use programming, databases, & computers to figure this out so it shouldn't take an inordinate amount of time, after which I'll file a ticket if I've not gotten it by then.

Thyranq said:

Siciliano1969 said:

Thyranq said:

Finally got my first try with Victoria 8.1 - she's pretty great!

There's certain angles that I don't much care for the look of her, but once I get in and add some morphs and do the mix & match thing I'm sure I can find something I like. Skin settings look great (DEFINITE improvement in the eyes, particularly the corners, and the mouth/teeth look MUCH better)

The vellus hair that she comes with is good, but not spectacular. If I recall, there's a separate section of it for the mouth, and that's where my biggest issue with it is, so if that's on it's own it can easily be removed or just not added. I can't really say for sure yet, as I've only done the one render, but the mouth area seems a bit much with it, but that could just be a one off with the lighting that I used. 

Lighting definitely needs a tweak for the new skin shader, or at least with Victoria 8.1's settings. I tried so many of my favourite light setups with her and found most of them to be very lackluster, from traditional 3 point setups with spotlights, to HDRI's, to mesh lights - the default load for the vast majority of them needed a lot of work. I eventually found a HDRI that looked like it had some promise, but I ended up tweaking just about every setting to get something I liked, then added in a backlight and fiddled around with that. 

It looks great, once you get the right setup for it, which will take a bit of time. Even the promos for her, I find the lighting in a lot of them doesn't really do her justice. I'll have a bit of a dig in tonight and see what I really think once I get a few real tests going, as this one was just supposed be a quick set-up and render to see what she was like.

 

I ended up photoshopping out most of the vellus hair around her mouth, had to fix some pokethrough, and added some extra depth and vibrance, but so far overall I'm impressed and looking forward to seeing what comes in the future to really bring out the potential.

 

Excellent job!  What hair is that?  She is super beautiful!  

Thanks a lot!

That would be Linda Ponytail Hair by outoftouch, and it's currently on sale! It's probably my favourite hair in terms of realism. If anything I'm probably guilty of using it TOO much lol

Excellent, I love that hair!  Love to see more of her!