I finally picked up GenX2 and the first thing I did was port some Hiros to G3M, in pursuit of my own style. Not nearly as impressive as some of the other stuff here, but so much better than my original effort to hand-morph the same that I had to share.

(This is Hiro 5 added to somebody or other at 50%.)
 

I like the character; I'm using combinations of Topaz Clean and Simplify (with a few PhotoShop actions) myself and find I'm enjoying this much more than the years I was using PWToon and related shaders -- there's a certain amount of extra freedom, and the ability to automate the postwork on batches of renders really speeds things up.

Again, really like the character, well-done!

-- Walt Sterdan 

Transfer utility is for weightmapped figures. Mil Cat is not weightmapped, it uses parametric rigging. You'd need to convert the figure to weightmapping if you want to use Transfer utility with it.

Thank you Leana,  The information is greatly appreciated.

Converting the figure to weightmapping allowed me to use Transfer Utility with it Millennium Cat .  I ran into a strange problem when I fit the result to Millennium Cat, everything lines up but the feet (see attached screenshot "SS_cat_transfer_fit"). It all lines up good until I fit it to Millennium Cat (see attached screenshot "SS_cat_transfer_nofit").  I have tried a bunch of the different options in Transfer Utility, but keep getting this result.

Any suggestions on how to fix this? or has anyone else experienced the same problem?

I've never saved one, but, yeah, that is the basic principle with an MR morph pack.  Any morphs you use, you would save with the character and distribute the morph with the character you have for sale, probably packaged up in some way so the individual morph can't be copied.  Most morph packs have a restriction on using for characters that you plan to give away so make sure you read the ReadMe that comes with your MR.  I have a lot of MRs that I've picked up but I just use them for my own purposes.   If no one answers with a step by step for you, I'll see if I can figure out how you do that and put a tutorial up on my Lab thread with a link back here.  It shouldn't be all the difficult.  I just haven't looked at doing that before.

Thank you for answering!! I found this http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/software/dazstudio/4/userguide/creating_content/packaging/tutorials/saving_morphs/start so I'm guessing with a merchant resource you CAN embed them in, unless they said the other person had to have the product - like the growing up ones do...... What about standard G3 morphs.... Like I enlarged the colored part of the eye - I wonder if that can be embedded of if it needs to be changed to a preset and removed from the saved morph....  At least I think it's a standard G3 morph... 

That leads me to another question, how do I tell what morphs come from what pack??? I have growing up, g3f  face and body morphs, as well as a couple MR packs - I have no idea what morphs go to what pack! 

Also, there are some clothing sets that include morphs for discarded, folded and hanging versions, and for a few items people have created free morph sets for others like SIckleyield's Super Tee.  This thread lists a lot of them: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/61702/clothes-with-un-dress-and-dropped-morphs and there are quite a few that have come out since then... Out Of Touch's recent Valentina lingerie set at Renderosity includes several, for example, and as do almost all of products made by Sparkman, also at Rendo. 

Alternatively, a more versatile option is to use Dynamic clothes and DS 4's internal Dynamics engine, or to modify non-DS Dynamic clothes using a Dynamic add on programs like Dyncreator or Virtual World Dynamics, or to do it in Poser's cloth room and export it back to DS.

I just read a little about the transfer utiity and it seems it might do the job

http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/software/dazstudio/4/referenceguide/interface/action/index/dztransferutilityaction/start

let you know :)

Not much going one render-wise here.  Still plugging away with Camp NaNoWriMo.  I hit a hiccup with the writing and had to take a step back and work on my characters a bit.  I'll have to try and make up the word count tomorrow.  I've been working on what this hero looks like and I think I've figured it out.  I'm still working on his morph though.  I should have a render for him soon, well within a day or two soon, maybe.  

I don't think I mentioned one of the things that had me pulling my hair over the past few weeks, but my husband was in a car accident.  Some people ran a red light and slammed into his passenger door.  He's fine.  It was a slow speed crash just around the corner from the house so he was almost home.   In fact, he walked home after his car got towed off.  It was enough for airbags to deploy and the insurance company totaled the car.  We had to go car shopping and ended up getting a great deal on a used Chrysler Town & Country minivan.  It was a prior fleet vehicle and only had about 30,000 miles on it and less than 3 years old.  The boys are over the moon because it has a video system so they can play DVDs on long trips. 

The people in the other car started trying to claim injuries a couple of days after the accident even though it was their fault.  So, the insurance companies had to try to figure out from the police report and witnesses exactly who was at fault so they could make an official determination.  Anyway, the insurance company FINALLY came back today and said they had determined that it was definitely the other car's fault and that they will be going after the other insurance company to get our deductible back.  It might take awhile as they do all of their back and forth, but at least now the other people can claim injuries all they want.  They'll have to go after their own insurance to get any money.  I'm breathing a sigh of relief that the worst of that ordeal is finally over.  It was very frustrating having to deal with that.

I know I've been quiet but I'll be back.  I'll be working on a couple of Gimp things over the weekend and should have those posted by sometime Monday.  I want to try and get all of my partially done tutorials actually finished!  I'm so easily distracted from one project to another more exciting one at times. 

Oh no, glad your hubbys ok KM  I was hit on my motorcycle years ago and i know the pain of dealing with insurance people. I was young and stupid ... even more stupid at the time, so i ended up going 50/50. Don't worry, were not going anywhere :)

Glad to know that @KindredArts!  Hey, saw the promos for your new Space HDRIs.  Very cool.  It's sitting in my cart right now.  I can't wait to play with it.  Were you already working on that while I was pulling my hair out trying to come up with a decent space backdrop a couple of weeks ago?  I can't believe you didn't say a single word!  I mean, okay, there was that one picture with the sun I saw awhile back, but wow!  I'm loving the whole set I saw in the promos!  I can't wait to finally figure out the rest of my cart so I can hurry up an play with that!  We have really needed something like that for awhile.  I hope you have more planned.

Yes, i did see your space scene, and i felt double guilty since you were using bastion too  I have maintain an element of surprise though, or that cape was a complete waste of money! Besides, i think your renders came out great! Thanks for picking up the Hdrs though, i hope they stand you in good stead :)

@KindredArts  I'm sure they will!  Hmm, now I'm trying to picture you in a cape!  ;)

It's a bold look KM, very bold.

@KindredArts   ROTFLOL!!! I'm sure it is.  

Not much going one render-wise here.  Still plugging away with Camp NaNoWriMo.  I hit a hiccup with the writing and had to take a step back and work on my characters a bit.  I'll have to try and make up the word count tomorrow.  I've been working on what this hero looks like and I think I've figured it out.  I'm still working on his morph though.  I should have a render for him soon, well within a day or two soon, maybe.  

I don't think I mentioned one of the things that had me pulling my hair over the past few weeks, but my husband was in a car accident.  Some people ran a red light and slammed into his passenger door.  He's fine.  It was a slow speed crash just around the corner from the house so he was almost home.   In fact, he walked home after his car got towed off.  It was enough for airbags to deploy and the insurance company totaled the car.  We had to go car shopping and ended up getting a great deal on a used Chrysler Town & Country minivan.  It was a prior fleet vehicle and only had about 30,000 miles on it and less than 3 years old.  The boys are over the moon because it has a video system so they can play DVDs on long trips. 

The people in the other car started trying to claim injuries a couple of days after the accident even though it was their fault.  So, the insurance companies had to try to figure out from the police report and witnesses exactly who was at fault so they could make an official determination.  Anyway, the insurance company FINALLY came back today and said they had determined that it was definitely the other car's fault and that they will be going after the other insurance company to get our deductible back.  It might take awhile as they do all of their back and forth, but at least now the other people can claim injuries all they want.  They'll have to go after their own insurance to get any money.  I'm breathing a sigh of relief that the worst of that ordeal is finally over.  It was very frustrating having to deal with that.

I know I've been quiet but I'll be back.  I'll be working on a couple of Gimp things over the weekend and should have those posted by sometime Monday.  I want to try and get all of my partially done tutorials actually finished!  I'm so easily distracted from one project to another more exciting one at times. 

Oh no, glad your hubbys ok KM  I was hit on my motorcycle years ago and i know the pain of dealing with insurance people. I was young and stupid ... even more stupid at the time, so i ended up going 50/50. Don't worry, were not going anywhere :)

Glad to know that @KindredArts!  Hey, saw the promos for your new Space HDRIs.  Very cool.  It's sitting in my cart right now.  I can't wait to play with it.  Were you already working on that while I was pulling my hair out trying to come up with a decent space backdrop a couple of weeks ago?  I can't believe you didn't say a single word!  I mean, okay, there was that one picture with the sun I saw awhile back, but wow!  I'm loving the whole set I saw in the promos!  I can't wait to finally figure out the rest of my cart so I can hurry up an play with that!  We have really needed something like that for awhile.  I hope you have more planned.

Yes, i did see your space scene, and i felt double guilty since you were using bastion too  I have maintain an element of surprise though, or that cape was a complete waste of money! Besides, i think your renders came out great! Thanks for picking up the Hdrs though, i hope they stand you in good stead :)

@KindredArts  I'm sure they will!  Hmm, now I'm trying to picture you in a cape!  ;)

It's a bold look KM, very bold.

Not much going one render-wise here.  Still plugging away with Camp NaNoWriMo.  I hit a hiccup with the writing and had to take a step back and work on my characters a bit.  I'll have to try and make up the word count tomorrow.  I've been working on what this hero looks like and I think I've figured it out.  I'm still working on his morph though.  I should have a render for him soon, well within a day or two soon, maybe.  

I don't think I mentioned one of the things that had me pulling my hair over the past few weeks, but my husband was in a car accident.  Some people ran a red light and slammed into his passenger door.  He's fine.  It was a slow speed crash just around the corner from the house so he was almost home.   In fact, he walked home after his car got towed off.  It was enough for airbags to deploy and the insurance company totaled the car.  We had to go car shopping and ended up getting a great deal on a used Chrysler Town & Country minivan.  It was a prior fleet vehicle and only had about 30,000 miles on it and less than 3 years old.  The boys are over the moon because it has a video system so they can play DVDs on long trips. 

The people in the other car started trying to claim injuries a couple of days after the accident even though it was their fault.  So, the insurance companies had to try to figure out from the police report and witnesses exactly who was at fault so they could make an official determination.  Anyway, the insurance company FINALLY came back today and said they had determined that it was definitely the other car's fault and that they will be going after the other insurance company to get our deductible back.  It might take awhile as they do all of their back and forth, but at least now the other people can claim injuries all they want.  They'll have to go after their own insurance to get any money.  I'm breathing a sigh of relief that the worst of that ordeal is finally over.  It was very frustrating having to deal with that.

I know I've been quiet but I'll be back.  I'll be working on a couple of Gimp things over the weekend and should have those posted by sometime Monday.  I want to try and get all of my partially done tutorials actually finished!  I'm so easily distracted from one project to another more exciting one at times. 

Oh no, glad your hubbys ok KM  I was hit on my motorcycle years ago and i know the pain of dealing with insurance people. I was young and stupid ... even more stupid at the time, so i ended up going 50/50. Don't worry, were not going anywhere :)

Glad to know that @KindredArts!  Hey, saw the promos for your new Space HDRIs.  Very cool.  It's sitting in my cart right now.  I can't wait to play with it.  Were you already working on that while I was pulling my hair out trying to come up with a decent space backdrop a couple of weeks ago?  I can't believe you didn't say a single word!  I mean, okay, there was that one picture with the sun I saw awhile back, but wow!  I'm loving the whole set I saw in the promos!  I can't wait to finally figure out the rest of my cart so I can hurry up an play with that!  We have really needed something like that for awhile.  I hope you have more planned.

Yes, i did see your space scene, and i felt double guilty since you were using bastion too  I have maintain an element of surprise though, or that cape was a complete waste of money! Besides, i think your renders came out great! Thanks for picking up the Hdrs though, i hope they stand you in good stead :)

@KindredArts  I'm sure they will!  Hmm, now I'm trying to picture you in a cape!  ;)

Not much going one render-wise here.  Still plugging away with Camp NaNoWriMo.  I hit a hiccup with the writing and had to take a step back and work on my characters a bit.  I'll have to try and make up the word count tomorrow.  I've been working on what this hero looks like and I think I've figured it out.  I'm still working on his morph though.  I should have a render for him soon, well within a day or two soon, maybe.  

I don't think I mentioned one of the things that had me pulling my hair over the past few weeks, but my husband was in a car accident.  Some people ran a red light and slammed into his passenger door.  He's fine.  It was a slow speed crash just around the corner from the house so he was almost home.   In fact, he walked home after his car got towed off.  It was enough for airbags to deploy and the insurance company totaled the car.  We had to go car shopping and ended up getting a great deal on a used Chrysler Town & Country minivan.  It was a prior fleet vehicle and only had about 30,000 miles on it and less than 3 years old.  The boys are over the moon because it has a video system so they can play DVDs on long trips. 

The people in the other car started trying to claim injuries a couple of days after the accident even though it was their fault.  So, the insurance companies had to try to figure out from the police report and witnesses exactly who was at fault so they could make an official determination.  Anyway, the insurance company FINALLY came back today and said they had determined that it was definitely the other car's fault and that they will be going after the other insurance company to get our deductible back.  It might take awhile as they do all of their back and forth, but at least now the other people can claim injuries all they want.  They'll have to go after their own insurance to get any money.  I'm breathing a sigh of relief that the worst of that ordeal is finally over.  It was very frustrating having to deal with that.

I know I've been quiet but I'll be back.  I'll be working on a couple of Gimp things over the weekend and should have those posted by sometime Monday.  I want to try and get all of my partially done tutorials actually finished!  I'm so easily distracted from one project to another more exciting one at times. 

Oh no, glad your hubbys ok KM  I was hit on my motorcycle years ago and i know the pain of dealing with insurance people. I was young and stupid ... even more stupid at the time, so i ended up going 50/50. Don't worry, were not going anywhere :)

Glad to know that @KindredArts!  Hey, saw the promos for your new Space HDRIs.  Very cool.  It's sitting in my cart right now.  I can't wait to play with it.  Were you already working on that while I was pulling my hair out trying to come up with a decent space backdrop a couple of weeks ago?  I can't believe you didn't say a single word!  I mean, okay, there was that one picture with the sun I saw awhile back, but wow!  I'm loving the whole set I saw in the promos!  I can't wait to finally figure out the rest of my cart so I can hurry up an play with that!  We have really needed something like that for awhile.  I hope you have more planned.

Yes, i did see your space scene, and i felt double guilty since you were using bastion too  I have maintain an element of surprise though, or that cape was a complete waste of money! Besides, i think your renders came out great! Thanks for picking up the Hdrs though, i hope they stand you in good stead :)

Not much going one render-wise here.  Still plugging away with Camp NaNoWriMo.  I hit a hiccup with the writing and had to take a step back and work on my characters a bit.  I'll have to try and make up the word count tomorrow.  I've been working on what this hero looks like and I think I've figured it out.  I'm still working on his morph though.  I should have a render for him soon, well within a day or two soon, maybe.  

I don't think I mentioned one of the things that had me pulling my hair over the past few weeks, but my husband was in a car accident.  Some people ran a red light and slammed into his passenger door.  He's fine.  It was a slow speed crash just around the corner from the house so he was almost home.   In fact, he walked home after his car got towed off.  It was enough for airbags to deploy and the insurance company totaled the car.  We had to go car shopping and ended up getting a great deal on a used Chrysler Town & Country minivan.  It was a prior fleet vehicle and only had about 30,000 miles on it and less than 3 years old.  The boys are over the moon because it has a video system so they can play DVDs on long trips. 

The people in the other car started trying to claim injuries a couple of days after the accident even though it was their fault.  So, the insurance companies had to try to figure out from the police report and witnesses exactly who was at fault so they could make an official determination.  Anyway, the insurance company FINALLY came back today and said they had determined that it was definitely the other car's fault and that they will be going after the other insurance company to get our deductible back.  It might take awhile as they do all of their back and forth, but at least now the other people can claim injuries all they want.  They'll have to go after their own insurance to get any money.  I'm breathing a sigh of relief that the worst of that ordeal is finally over.  It was very frustrating having to deal with that.

I know I've been quiet but I'll be back.  I'll be working on a couple of Gimp things over the weekend and should have those posted by sometime Monday.  I want to try and get all of my partially done tutorials actually finished!  I'm so easily distracted from one project to another more exciting one at times. 

Oh no, glad your hubbys ok KM  I was hit on my motorcycle years ago and i know the pain of dealing with insurance people. I was young and stupid ... even more stupid at the time, so i ended up going 50/50. Don't worry, were not going anywhere :)

Glad to know that @KindredArts!  Hey, saw the promos for your new Space HDRIs.  Very cool.  It's sitting in my cart right now.  I can't wait to play with it.  Were you already working on that while I was pulling my hair out trying to come up with a decent space backdrop a couple of weeks ago?  I can't believe you didn't say a single word!  I mean, okay, there was that one picture with the sun I saw awhile back, but wow!  I'm loving the whole set I saw in the promos!  I can't wait to finally figure out the rest of my cart so I can hurry up an play with that!  We have really needed something like that for awhile.  I hope you have more planned.

Not much going one render-wise here.  Still plugging away with Camp NaNoWriMo.  I hit a hiccup with the writing and had to take a step back and work on my characters a bit.  I'll have to try and make up the word count tomorrow.  I've been working on what this hero looks like and I think I've figured it out.  I'm still working on his morph though.  I should have a render for him soon, well within a day or two soon, maybe.  

I don't think I mentioned one of the things that had me pulling my hair over the past few weeks, but my husband was in a car accident.  Some people ran a red light and slammed into his passenger door.  He's fine.  It was a slow speed crash just around the corner from the house so he was almost home.   In fact, he walked home after his car got towed off.  It was enough for airbags to deploy and the insurance company totaled the car.  We had to go car shopping and ended up getting a great deal on a used Chrysler Town & Country minivan.  It was a prior fleet vehicle and only had about 30,000 miles on it and less than 3 years old.  The boys are over the moon because it has a video system so they can play DVDs on long trips. 

The people in the other car started trying to claim injuries a couple of days after the accident even though it was their fault.  So, the insurance companies had to try to figure out from the police report and witnesses exactly who was at fault so they could make an official determination.  Anyway, the insurance company FINALLY came back today and said they had determined that it was definitely the other car's fault and that they will be going after the other insurance company to get our deductible back.  It might take awhile as they do all of their back and forth, but at least now the other people can claim injuries all they want.  They'll have to go after their own insurance to get any money.  I'm breathing a sigh of relief that the worst of that ordeal is finally over.  It was very frustrating having to deal with that.

I know I've been quiet but I'll be back.  I'll be working on a couple of Gimp things over the weekend and should have those posted by sometime Monday.  I want to try and get all of my partially done tutorials actually finished!  I'm so easily distracted from one project to another more exciting one at times. 

Oh no, glad your hubbys ok KM  I was hit on my motorcycle years ago and i know the pain of dealing with insurance people. I was young and stupid ... even more stupid at the time, so i ended up going 50/50. Don't worry, were not going anywhere :)

Not much going one render-wise here.  Still plugging away with Camp NaNoWriMo.  I hit a hiccup with the writing and had to take a step back and work on my characters a bit.  I'll have to try and make up the word count tomorrow.  I've been working on what this hero looks like and I think I've figured it out.  I'm still working on his morph though.  I should have a render for him soon, well within a day or two soon, maybe.  

I don't think I mentioned one of the things that had me pulling my hair over the past few weeks, but my husband was in a car accident.  Some people ran a red light and slammed into his passenger door.  He's fine.  It was a slow speed crash just around the corner from the house so he was almost home.   In fact, he walked home after his car got towed off.  It was enough for airbags to deploy and the insurance company totaled the car.  We had to go car shopping and ended up getting a great deal on a used Chrysler Town & Country minivan.  It was a prior fleet vehicle and only had about 30,000 miles on it and less than 3 years old.  The boys are over the moon because it has a video system so they can play DVDs on long trips. 

The people in the other car started trying to claim injuries a couple of days after the accident even though it was their fault.  So, the insurance companies had to try to figure out from the police report and witnesses exactly who was at fault so they could make an official determination.  Anyway, the insurance company FINALLY came back today and said they had determined that it was definitely the other car's fault and that they will be going after the other insurance company to get our deductible back.  It might take awhile as they do all of their back and forth, but at least now the other people can claim injuries all they want.  They'll have to go after their own insurance to get any money.  I'm breathing a sigh of relief that the worst of that ordeal is finally over.  It was very frustrating having to deal with that.

I know I've been quiet but I'll be back.  I'll be working on a couple of Gimp things over the weekend and should have those posted by sometime Monday.  I want to try and get all of my partially done tutorials actually finished!  I'm so easily distracted from one project to another more exciting one at times. 

I've never saved one, but, yeah, that is the basic principle with an MR morph pack.  Any morphs you use, you would save with the character and distribute the morph with the character you have for sale, probably packaged up in some way so the individual morph can't be copied.  Most morph packs have a restriction on using for characters that you plan to give away so make sure you read the ReadMe that comes with your MR.  I have a lot of MRs that I've picked up but I just use them for my own purposes.   If no one answers with a step by step for you, I'll see if I can figure out how you do that and put a tutorial up on my Lab thread with a link back here.  It shouldn't be all the difficult.  I just haven't looked at doing that before.

Some MR morph packs require the other person also have the morph pack - such as the "growing up" but then some like this https://www.daz3d.com/3a-creative-morphs-merchant-resource-set-01 Just says it's an MR morph that you can use to make you characters/products.... So the other person does not need to have this morph pack to load a character I made from the morphs?? 

If so how do I go about saving the morphs so that others can load my character with the morphs applied without having the product??? 

You can apply it on G3M if you don't mind female nipples and anatomy details on the skin lol.

I thought we were gonna have a male version this time? I swear I remember you promising!

SkinBuilder 3 took around 6 months to create, a lot longer than expected. If I do a male version which will take around another +-3 months that is nearly a year gone on only two product releases. It is not financially viable to do a male version at this stage which will bring in much less revenue anyways. If I spend more time on this, that means my morph packages will never come out, and that is my primary business. Unfortunately I do not have a huge team at my disposal. That costs a hell of a lot of money. If I did have a team, and revenue streams catered for that maintenance then a male version would be a possibility. Unfortunately that is not the case. There is a lot of things I would like to do, but time and money dictates what is viable in order to survive.

Forgive the apparent stridentness of my reply, which should have been more tinged with humor than rage.

I am disappointed, but certainly understand.  Besides, I have the wonderful resources you already released to work with,

This may be more trouble than its worth, but what if PAs began including a "tied-back" morph with loose, long-hair models?

I doubt this will happen soon; with current mesh handling technology that would mean the PA needing to do two hair figures in practice, one for each style. Until the time when hair is made of actual strands of mesh, it will not be realistic to expect stylable hair figures.

I know very little about modeling, however, I saw a product in the store today that seems to come close to what I envision. Dolly Changeable Hair for Genesis 3 Female(s)  seems to morph long hair into a tight bun. That should require a lot more rigging than my suggestion. By tied-back, I'm seeing "All Back" (which is currently done) then a "Pinch All" at a given point (likely at or slightly above the shoulders). A smart-prop ribbon or band can be added.

This may be more trouble than its worth, but what if PAs began including a "tied-back" morph with loose, long-hair models?

I doubt this will happen soon; with current mesh handling technology that would mean the PA needing to do two hair figures in practice, one for each style. Until the time when hair is made of actual strands of mesh, it will not be realistic to expect stylable hair figures.

And when you're dealing with real advanced features, like shaders that implement bump, diffuse, and displacement to create special effects - maybe indicating that being competent with advanced DAZ surfaces features and techniques is critical to being able to fully utilize the product - if there isn't a built in tutorial?
​I mean, some vendors are great about this - and their tutorial on how to use their product helps you learn how to use these techniques in general to make better renders. Zev0 is one example of a vendor like this that springs to mind. Cayman Studios is another.
​Others, not so much. Part of the problem is one that exists in technology and art circles in general... the people who create aren't always the best at communicating and teaching. Great artists who don't have talents that transfer to making actual, complete content packages. Which is too bad. Sometimes there seems to be language barriers at play, too.
Anyhow after working with this all day yesterday, I finally got a rough render I'm pretty happy with. There are still some details that could use postwork or some more props to hide things that are going on - but overall - this is the rabbit hole Novica sent me down yesterday when s/he suggested using instances ot make wide angle backgrounds.

 

It looks good, Donovan. A bit dark on my screen, but you're brave to tackle instances. I haven't ventured there yet.

I totally hear you on Terradome 3. I had the same setup you do when I bought it last summer. I was disappointed that I couldn't really use it, even after they optimized it. I have used T2 in Poser and it's great. So I was so excited about seeing it come to DAZ and Iray. That said, T3 works quite well on a 4GB card. I recently swapped out my 750Ti for a 1050Ti. The cost wasn't bad, a little over $100 (I used Amazon gift cards from Christmas so it was a pretty cheap date for me.) I'm sure I'll outgrow this card eventually, but am much happier with 4GB. It does everything I want it to do right now, which is mainly portraits and some landscapes. I'm just starting to really play with T3.

Correction: until Daz gives us proper dynamic tools you probably won't get one.  If they do ever give us proper dynamics you'll very likely get one from me, and an ao dai and hanbok are also on my list.  I make what I like, not what popular culture decides I should like.  There is an Indian female main character in a video game (Uncharted), she even made the front page of Game Informer magazine which made me very happy. Not wearing a sari as far as I know, probably for the same reason I haven't made one yet.. absolute hell to rig properly.  I'm anal retentive about rigging, if I don't think I can rig something with near perfection I don't do it.  It took me 3 solid weeks to rig one little mid-thigh length egyptian skirt.. 47 custom JCMs just for the thighs.  Now make that floor length and with flowing cloth across the most lumpy and morph-changing part of a woman's body..  Could I model one?  Sure, would only take me a couple days to make one that worked nicely in Marvelous Designer..  However rigging it would take way more time than I would ever get compensated for (like litterally more than a month) if I priced it low enough to actually sell (IE: not more than about $20 before sales)

Thanks Fisty, I should put a disclaimer in my footer. I am not, nor have I ever been a gamer. I couldn't even master Mario Cart back in the 90s.  My issue around the frequency with which models offered are heavily inspired by a game, movie, or graphic novel (or, all of the above, often). A case in point, I spent over a week creating a mock-up of a National Geographic cover using a lovely alien girl (Dariofish's product). It garnered no, 0, zilch, notice because it was basically a piece of fan art to everyone else. I only found out when I Googled the Dariofish's race-name for it and found all the game references. Obviously, this is not always the case, but happens often with characters and vehicles. My rambling point is, I wish more PAs created original works or more obviously stated from where they were inspired.

I love this! Very cool piece of artwork. I don't game much either. Not because I don't like them. I actually LOVE them. If I gamed, I would fall down a black hole, never to return. My family would starve to death waiting for me to get off the computer. Art and writing are safer, LOL.

Thank you, Llynara! I'm not sure about the art being much different than games. I can lose 4-6 hours so easily. With all those mouths (human and chicken) calling your name (yes, I read your Amazon bio) I'm surprised you have time for art or writing. 

Correction: until Daz gives us proper dynamic tools you probably won't get one.  If they do ever give us proper dynamics you'll very likely get one from me, and an ao dai and hanbok are also on my list.  I make what I like, not what popular culture decides I should like.  There is an Indian female main character in a video game (Uncharted), she even made the front page of Game Informer magazine which made me very happy. Not wearing a sari as far as I know, probably for the same reason I haven't made one yet.. absolute hell to rig properly.  I'm anal retentive about rigging, if I don't think I can rig something with near perfection I don't do it.  It took me 3 solid weeks to rig one little mid-thigh length egyptian skirt.. 47 custom JCMs just for the thighs.  Now make that floor length and with flowing cloth across the most lumpy and morph-changing part of a woman's body..  Could I model one?  Sure, would only take me a couple days to make one that worked nicely in Marvelous Designer..  However rigging it would take way more time than I would ever get compensated for (like litterally more than a month) if I priced it low enough to actually sell (IE: not more than about $20 before sales)

Thanks Fisty, I should put a disclaimer in my footer. I am not, nor have I ever been a gamer. I couldn't even master Mario Cart back in the 90s.  My issue around the frequency with which models offered are heavily inspired by a game, movie, or graphic novel (or, all of the above, often). A case in point, I spent over a week creating a mock-up of a National Geographic cover using a lovely alien girl (Dariofish's product). It garnered no, 0, zilch, notice because it was basically a piece of fan art to everyone else. I only found out when I Googled the Dariofish's race-name for it and found all the game references. Obviously, this is not always the case, but happens often with characters and vehicles. My rambling point is, I wish more PAs created original works or more obviously stated from where they were inspired.

I love this! Very cool piece of artwork. I don't game much either. Not because I don't like them. I actually LOVE them. If I gamed, I would fall down a black hole, never to return. My family would starve to death waiting for me to get off the computer. Art and writing are safer, LOL.