Congratulations barbult. Best Emmy winner I have ever seen.

BTW, I saw Victoria 9 at Target yesterday doing promos! Did a double-take at the image. 

Mary

Um Gottes Willen!

Jack stands dismayed by the mess that Richard left behind, unaware that he was being spied on by barbult's friend the crow on the window sill. All of a sudden, Jack hears the front door open. Uh oh, Jack's wife is home!

Wife: I'm home, Jack. UM GOTTES WILLEN! WAS HAST DU HIER GEMACHT? UNSER HAUS IST KAPUTT! [When stressed, her native German comes out (I made this up; I know nothing about Jack's wife)]. You let Richard in here again, didn't you! Don't try to deny it; I see the paw prints. When will you learn? And put the window back in the window frame before this house is full of birds and bugs.

Wife: (looking around for barbult) Speaking of birds...

Jack: Will you look at the time! I need to post the Daz+ Render Contest thread. Gotta go!

Jack: (running down the hall, calls back): Don't step in the glue!

Some Reader Comments:

Llola Lane: grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr... Leavin' the mess for the wifey to clean up!  Shame shame... (typical man!)  :P  LOL
Richard Haseltine (to LlolaLane) even more typical cat (it appears I may have been a bad influence)
barbult (back to Richard): Ya think? 
SapphireBlue: "Spied on by barbult's friend the crow" ?? Um, the plot thickens. I think this might go all the way to 7 seasons! You might as well bring in some dragons soon... 
barbult: I just bought the crow today, so I threw him in the scene. I don't know if he will appear again. Perhaps...

Avatar Selfie

Jack snaps a quick avatar selfie with his new hat for the Daz+sale.

The End

Raven: (on the phone with Puff) You hear what happened to barbult? ... Yes, Richard did it. Listen, we're all getting together at SapphireBlue's house, Wednesday afternoon at 4. Can you make it?... That's right, we're gonna give Richard what he deserves!... See you then.
Puff: Will barbult ever be caged again?
Raven: Nevermore!

OK, now you can choose your preferred interpretation of the conversation above. Was Richard a hero, or was Richard a scoundrel?

Richard the Hero

barbult: High five, Richard, you pulled it off! I wish you hadn't pulled off so many feathers, though.
Richard: I had to make it look convincing. Jack's no fool! You got out of that window just fine when I gave you a little toss.
barbult: Thank goodness SapphireBlue picked me up and took me home.
Richard: Well she did a fine job of healing you. You look as good as new.
The gang: To Richard, our hero! For he's a jolly good feline. For he's a jolly good feline. For he's a jolly good feeeeeliiiiine, which no birdy can deny! To Richard!!!!

Richard the Scoundrel

Crow: OK, gang, I've been spying on Jack and Richard. They meet every Wednesday for tea at 4 in the afternoon. Jack's wife has banned Richard from the house, so they have their tea outside on Jack's picnic table.
Raven: Here's the plan. We call it Operation Whitewash. First, barbult will swoop in and snatch Jack's hat. Then the rest of us fly over in formation and drop all we've got. Crow will lead the way; he's got the place scoped out. Puff, you'll bring up the rear. You've got the biggest payload capacity. You'll deliver the coup de grâce!
The gang: Let's go! Let's go! We'll give 'em what they deserve!
(The flapping of many wings is heard...)
Jack: My Hat! Eek! Run, Richard, run!
Richard: I'm ahead of you, but they're too fast!

Some Reader Comments:

Richard Haseltine: Um, uh, oh. /me hopes for the best
barbult (back to Richard) You must survive, and Jack, too, to appear in my future "roasts". It has become a tradition now, I believe.
My mother always said "If they didn't like you, they wouldn't bother to tease you; they'd just ignore you."
tsroemi: Oh I love your story!!! The hero ending's best in my view, also like the render the most
bohemian3: And you deserve an Emmy for Jack and his Hat
barbult (back to bohemian3) Oh, my! I accept your nomination, and I feel another render coming on. We had "The End", but I think we need a "Postscript".

Postscript - The Emmys

Female Presenter: In the category of "Best Imaginary Documentary About a Cat and a Hat", the nominees are:

• Theodor Seuss Geisel for "The Cat in the Hat" Season 37, Episode 19 "The Hat Ate the Cat",
• barbult for "Jack and His Hat",
• Victoria 9 for "I'm Not the Cat 8 You Were Wishing For"

Announcer Voice-over: This is the 37th nomination for Theodor Seuss Geisel. If he wins tonight, it will be his 37th consecutive win. barbult is a first time nominee. Unfortunately, Victoria 9 has been eliminated from this category at the last minute, for failure to appear!

Male Presenter: And the Emmy goes to...barbult for "Jack and His Hat"!

Announcer Voice-over: This is a first time win for barbult, a newcomer to the competition. This is quite an upset, ending the consecutive run of Theodor Seuss Geisel.

[incredulous applause from the shocked audience]

richardandtracy said:

I agree that it would be nice to have the clothing generation auto selected, however it would be very difficult to auto select the best template when doing the autofitting.

Each generation comes with a certain number of clothing templates, but it is possible to buy different/better ones and for you to create your own. How, then, would DS know to use the SickleYield short dress templete instead of your own custom one, or the long dress template? I don't think it could, and I'm not sure it'd be possible for DS to try each one & decide which is 'best' - mostly because defining 'best' is well nigh impossible because 'best' can be different in different cases.

Sorry not to be more helpful.

Regards,

Richard

Well I've been using Daz since Victoria 5 was the current generation and I've never heard of these clothing templates. I've never seen anything in the auto fit dialog about these templates. There's 2 things to choose in the auto fit dialog, which generation and what type of clothing, I never tell it which type of clothing, and it works just fine. Are you suggesting auto fit can't be updated and improved because of these templates? That's absurd if you ask me. 

Elor said:

I don't know who the woman is but I think the man is

https://www.daz3d.com/victoria-9-hd-masculine-add-on

which mean you'll need Victoria 9 too if you don't already have her.

Thanks

Hi, I'm glad that you like her! We appreciate your feedback!
My alpha tester helped me with the promos and for the blend of the main promo girl for Kasia Hair, she provided the dial values below:
    Ally 9: 25%
    CJ Mercia: 50%
    Victoria 9: 25%
The skin textures are from Ally 9.
The eye texture is "G9 Iris 10 Dirty Blue" from the Genesis 9 Starter Essentials Expansion.
Regarding the makeup, the surface tab shows makeup enabled and some makeup textures stored in a temporary folder with a random name. It seems my alpha tester used some layered makeup, but she can't remember exactly which one.
The light is "DTLP5 - Light Probe 01 - Soft" from iRadiance - Light Probe HDR Lighting for Iray - Expansion 4
The promos have no post work, except for adding a blurred background.
Happy blending!

Catwalk Beauty

The fashion runway exposes beautiful models and outfits. It is a sight to behold if your a fashionista and a chance to see a catwalk beauty modeling and posing trendy new clothes from fashion designers.

Postwork:

Original Raw Render:

Freebies:

G8F Character ( 3 instances): https://www.renderhub.com/vfoxgames/vfox-victoria-for-genesis-8-female-mothers-day-2025-gift

G8F outfit: https://www.renderhub.com/mavissky/ms-basic-velvet-dress

G8F shoes: https://www.renderhub.com/excessive/alta-signora-sandal-g8f

G8F hair: https://www.renderhub.com/guhzcoituz/freebies-short-hair-for-g8f

G8F poses: https://www.renderosity.com/freestuff/items/93661/genesis-1239-pose-converter-for-genesis-8

Fashion Runway: https://www.renderhub.com/renderhub/fashion-show-runway

Paid:

Shaders for outfit and hair: https://www.daz3d.com/georgeous-metallic-silk-and-overlays-iray-shaders

No count: Lips/fingernails/toenails: modified native surface shaders

RawArt said:

Gotta say...she is one of my favorite female orcs

 

I like her design.  She is still tough but still beautiful and feminine.  Especially in fantasy genre, women are not handled too well.  They tend to be under protected in armor for one thing. The trend seems to be make them more like Victoria Secret fantasy themed runway models than actual athletes who are fit for the fantasy roll they are meant to be.

Payat Parin said:

Catwalk Beauty

The fashion runway exposes beautiful models and outfits. It is a sight to behold if your a fashionista and a chance to see a catwalk beauty modeling and posing trendy new clothes from fashion designers.

Postwork:

 

 

Original Raw Render:

 

 

Freebies:

G8F Character ( 3 instances): https://www.renderhub.com/vfoxgames/vfox-victoria-for-genesis-8-female-mothers-day-2025-gift

G8F outfit: https://www.renderhub.com/mavissky/ms-basic-velvet-dress

G8F shoes: https://www.renderhub.com/excessive/alta-signora-sandal-g8f

G8F hair: https://www.renderhub.com/guhzcoituz/freebies-short-hair-for-g8f

G8F poses: https://www.renderosity.com/freestuff/items/93661/genesis-1239-pose-converter-for-genesis-8

Fashion Runway: https://www.renderhub.com/renderhub/fashion-show-runway

 

Paid:

Shaders for outfit and hair: https://www.daz3d.com/georgeous-metallic-silk-and-overlays-iray-shaders

 

 

No count: Lips/fingernails/toenails: modified native surface shaders

 

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Catwalk Beauty

The fashion runway exposes beautiful models and outfits. It is a sight to behold if your a fashionista and a chance to see a catwalk beauty modeling and posing trendy new clothes from fashion designers.

Postwork:

Original Raw Render:

Freebies:

G8F Character ( 3 instances): https://www.renderhub.com/vfoxgames/vfox-victoria-for-genesis-8-female-mothers-day-2025-gift

G8F outfit: https://www.renderhub.com/mavissky/ms-basic-velvet-dress

G8F shoes: https://www.renderhub.com/excessive/alta-signora-sandal-g8f

G8F hair: https://www.renderhub.com/guhzcoituz/freebies-short-hair-for-g8f

G8F poses: https://www.renderosity.com/freestuff/items/93661/genesis-1239-pose-converter-for-genesis-8

Fashion Runway: https://www.renderhub.com/renderhub/fashion-show-runway

Paid:

Shaders for outfit and hair: https://www.daz3d.com/georgeous-metallic-silk-and-overlays-iray-shaders

No count: Lips/fingernails/toenails: modified native surface shaders

He looks very handsome and realistic, and I'm glad textures are getting even better on each core G9 release, as they are using every pixel on the 4K textures and the artists are further refining their techniques. I've been comparing every core skin and my favourites (what I consider more believable) are Sophia, Karmen, Sylvia, Mateo and John. Victoria and Michael, while being the very 1st characters, look very dated too.

Lyna and Xiao were more-of-the same Morph wise, but their texture quality is really unmatched too.

I'm still craving for something more unique than beauty canon figures tho. We aren't getting many fantasy themes lately also. 

Hey all! I have 2 questions please...

1.  See attached picture. Do I need all the Premier Product Updates listed for Daz Studio 2025 ALPHA - version 6.25.2025.13207??

2.  Using Daz Studio 2025 ALPHA - version 6.25.2025.13207 now. I cannot load Generation 4 characters like Michael 4, Freak 4, Victoria 4, etc.  They reside in my Poser Runtime Library. I had no issues with previous DAZ Studio versions. Wasn't there a script/program that did the transfer between the two programs?? What am I missing??

Thanks!!

I don't know who the woman is but I think the man is

https://www.daz3d.com/victoria-9-hd-masculine-add-on

which mean you'll need Victoria 9 too if you don't already have her.

It is a real sadness that the ShareCG site has closed without having first migrated all of its content, Renderhub is a great place but I don't know if there is a place for content for example Victoria 4, Aiko 3, in ShareCG you could find more than something useful for these characters, even very useful tools could be found in ShareCG for example this year I found a very useful tool in ShareCG, "DAZ3D pose converter v1.2" but now I don't know if Renderhub allows sharing tools of this style for free. I hope that one day a site like ShareCG can be created, a small oasis where you can find a bit of everything

That's good, will have to add V1/V2. Also, as M3 is a morph of the same unimesh, and as the 'M3 to M2 CR2' is in the M3 base download, it should be possible to add M1 & M2 clothing compatibility to TriAx V3. Not that I actually have any M1/M2 clothing as I didn't drop 'The Dork' until after getting M3 in Jan 2005 - 'The Dork' fulfilled the only male role I wanted perfectly with both his name and look. Bewildered Male characters have long had rings run around them by the female characters in my images - just as happens in real life.

Regards,

Richard

Edited to add: If you start using the Generation 3 or earlier characters, it would be fantastic to see more renders added to the The older generation: Victoria 2/3, Michael 2/3 and their children renders thread.

Agreed. The earliest still available DAZ human is V3. As Leanna says, there is a V3 varient that can wear V2 clothes, and she's part of the V3 download. The download files are given as:

VICTORIA 3.0 FIGURE FILES

• V3 CR2 and OBJ
• V3 to V2 Cr2 and OBJ
  • Backwards Compatibility for use with V1/V2:
    • Poses
    • Clothing and Accessories
    • Maps
    • Compatible with V3 Head Morphs
• V3 Blank CR2

Hope that helps.

Hmm, going off at a tangent now: Need to check this, but if the 'V3 to V2 CR2' has the same number of facets & vertices, it means a TriAxed version of V3 created using my tutorial could wear the vanishingly small number of V1 & V2 clothes I have. /*Tangent finished.*/

Regards,

Richard 

are the Michael 2 and Victoria 2 figures still avalible? Or if not ,are item for them compatible with the M3/V3 models?

This is an example of what I want to do in DS now. The regular humans rendered in Viewport + Filament, with a colored toon outline and what looks like "drawn in" eyes and eyebrows. Mostly because I want to further edit the rendered results by hand with post work. And my more cartoony style can blend in better. (Pic shown has no hand edited parts. It is the render with an opaque, colored background.)

The character used is SOFT3D's Briana Morph for Genesis 9 at Renderhub. I think the skin is the default "Victoria 8.1" skin that G9 uses, with the Anime LIE makeup. I think these eyebrows are #7. She has 3DUniverse's Eden Hat and Hair for G9.

I originally made this scene with Briana to make a quick AI image edit. But I like how she looked, so now I'm trying to change it to be its own original render. I need more LIE makeups and more toon eyebrows.

wintoons said:

Oh ok, so you can't put these animated poses onto the animate2 timeline? 

Try it again.

https://www.daz3d.com/walks-animation-collection-victoria-8

Wow. Old thread. Someone just sent me a link to it.

Well, in case anyone (or even the original poster) wants to know the answers:

Yes, that's an excellent walk set for Geneis 8 Female, but will work on any Genesis 8/8.1 figure.

They come as animated Pose presets (so to load them, go to People > Genesis 8 Female > Poses)

I prefer to work using aniMate 2 with aniBlocks. I can mirror, change timing, edit the animation before commiting it to the timeline, etc.,

(I do this for All animations I buy that come in as "Poses")

So the first thing I do is:

• Load in a base Genesis 8 Female
• Load the first animation from the collection
• Go to the aniMate 2 pane
• Right-click in a blank area of the aniMate 2 window > Create aniBlock from Daz Studio Timeline
• Direct Copy works well, but I think both do... so I usually jutst leave whatever is auto-selected in this following pop-up
• Play the animation in aniMate 2 after the new aniBlock has been created to make sure it copied properly*
• Right-Click on the new aniBlock > Save as New

It will automatically take you to the "aniBlocks" portion of your Daz 3D library. In a case like this, I create a new folder for the artist's name "Mocap Online", then inside that folder make another new folder called "Wlaks for V8" or whatever, then save the new aniBlock in that folder under the same name as the animation in the Pose directory. But you can do whatever you want here. Just keep in mind that Being able to find them when you're looking for them years later is what we're after here. Think ahead and make good decisions!

* It can ocassionally be the case when we try to create a new aniBlock and something weird happens to the animation. In my experience, don't even try working with it after it fails. Save the time and just:

Select the figure in the Scene pane, right-click the Timeline pane tab > Clear Animation > Clear Figure Pose

Now load the animated pose again and repeat the Create aniBlock process as decribed above.

Don't worry when this happens, just move on and try again. It's fairly rare when this happens.

There's a whole lot more to know about aniMate 2. Check out my webpage on The Power of aniMate 2

To Be Beautiful

To be loved is to be beautiful.

Zinsha [on the viewer's left] and Peony [on the viewer's right] both have physical attributes that have been called ugly by those around them.

Zinsha has phocomelia, a rare congenital limb difference, that causes her to have extremely short and small arms and hands. She also has polycystic ovarian syndrome, a condition that can lead to hormonal imbalances and excessive body hair.

Peony has alopecia totalis, a complete absence of body hair. She's also fat.

Both Zinsha and Peony have tried to make their appearances societally acceptable, as represented by the props on their respective sides of the heart. Zinsha has tried many methods of hair removal, even some questionable pills.

Peony has tried to disguise her baldness with wigs. She has been through an endless number of diets and weight-loss products, also including some questionable pills.

They have both turned away from all of these props, however, and toward each other. As you can tell by their relaxed, joyful expressions, they each accept the other as she is, body hair [or lack thereof], body shape, and all.

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No count:

Genesis 2 Female, G2F body morphs, Philip G2M texture, G2F Basic Wear top for Zinsha

Genesis 3 Female for Peony, G3F body morphs, Jeane G3F texture for Peony

--

Freebies:

Zinsha:

--Hawthorn Hair by goldtassel https://www.daz3d.com/hawthorn-hair [Daz biweekly freebie]

--Top texture from Bloody Rags for Ghastly's Gen1 Basic Set by ModernWizard https://www.renderosity.com/freestuff/items/75992/bloody-rags-for-ghastlys-gen1-basic-set

--Kora and Wurdy morphs from Free Faces for Victoria 3 by Aery Soul https://web.archive.org/web/20110102025536/http://www.aerysoul.com/downloads/AS-FreeFaces.zip

--Phocomelia Very Short Arms Morph for G2F by ModernWizard https://www.renderhub.com/modernwizard/phocomelia-very-short-arms-morph-for-g2f

--SickleYield Free Leggings Genesis by SickleYield https://www.renderosity.com/freestuff/items/67501/sickleyield-free-leggings-genesis

Peony:

--Ghavandyn from 9 Custom Head Morphs for G3F -- no other morph packs needed! by ModernWizard https://www.renderosity.com/freestuff/items/75672/9-custom-head-morphs-for-g3f-no-other-morph-packs-needed

--Ghastly's Basic Set Genesis 1 by GhastlyH for pants https://www.renderosity.com/freestuff/items/75030/ghasltys-basic-set-genesis-1

--Bloody Rags for Ghastly's Gen1 Basic Set by ModernWizard for pants texture

--Ghastly's Loose and Casual Genesis 1 by GhastlyH for shirt https://www.renderosity.com/freestuff/items/74676/ghastlys-loose-and-casual-genesis-1

Other:

--Style Eyes: 17 Stylized Irises for G3F and G3M by ModernWizard for irises on both https://www.renderosity.com/freestuff/items/76086/style-eyes-17-stylized-irises-for-g3f-and-g3m

--Small Things by Aery Soul for the heart https://web.archive.org/web/20110102025536/http://www.aerysoul.com/downloads/AS-SmallThings.zip

--Easy Pose Tentacle by BionicRooster for the shaving cream trail https://www.renderosity.com/freestuff/items/69086/easypose-tentacle

--DY My Place Dressing Area by DiYanira for the wig stands https://www.renderosity.com/freestuff/items/66928/dy-my-place-dressing-area

--Bethiah on blue wig stand from 1820s Women's Hairstyles Bundle for G2F by ModernWizard https://www.renderosity.com/freestuff/items/75571/1820s-womens-hairstyles-bundle-for-g2f

--Beileag on red wig stand from Women's 1820s G2F Hair Bundle 2 by ModernWizard [part 1: https://www.renderosity.com/freestuff/items/75904/1820s-g2f-hair-bundle-2-part-1] [part 2: https://www.renderosity.com/freestuff/items/75905/1820s-g2f-hair-bundle-2-part-2]

--Rococo Hair for G8F on yellow wig stand from Rococo Hair for G8 by Mysticartdesign https://3dshards.com/product/rococ-hair-for-genesis-8/

--Clever Book by geralday for diet book https://www.renderosity.com/freestuff/items/60997/clever-book

--Cereal box from Boxes by geralday for 'Stache B-Gone https://fast3d.co.uk/kathindex.htm

--Bathroom Scale / Pese Personne by guy91600  https://www.renderosity.com/freestuff/items/87108/bathroom-scale-pese-personne

--Picture of feet on scale from clipart included with Canva https://www.canva.com/

--Medicine Tablets by pr-bermod for pill bottles and pills https://www.renderhub.com/pr-bermod/medicine-tablets-brmd

--Disposable razor and shaving cream bottle from Toiletries by Hippostance https://www.cgtrader.com/free-3d-models/household/other/toiletries-479f7ef8-9d53-46eb-ac8b-9c00553c081b

--Razor Vintage 3D by lean-azuos https://www.cgtrader.com/free-3d-models/household/other/razor-vintage-3d-f75e8e94-5a79-4062-b86a-a73978204122

--Shaving Brush Simple Prop by ModernWizard https://www.renderhub.com/modernwizard/shaving-brush-simple-prop-for-daz-studio

--Modern Shaver by alejocreativoo https://www.cgtrader.com/free-3d-models/electronics/other/modern-shaver

--Postwork background from Bokehground Expansion Seamless Tile Shaders DS 4.5+ only by ModernWizard https://www.renderosity.com/freestuff/items/74665/bokehground-expansion-seamless-tile-shaders-ds-45-only

--

Paid:

--Temptation and Drama for Genesis 2 Females by AlFan and smay for Zinsha and Peony's expressions https://www.daz3d.com/temptation-and-drama-for-genesis-2-female-s

--Pose based on one from Relax and Sleep II Poses by MattyManx and Muscleman https://www.daz3d.com/relax-sleep-ii

Richard Haseltine said:

Are you still looking in the Daz Studio Formats tree or are you looking in a category or product list?

I look at My Daz 3D Library Files. That's where I want Victoria to be. When I install Victoria as the only package to a vanilla Daz Studio, she is ending up there. But when I install ALL my packages, she disappears from there. I think maybe one (or more) packages cause this behavior when installed.