That's awesome!

I have spent quite a bit of time working with rigging before, and decided that rigging is not really what I want to do. Same actually goes for modeling, even though I still do quick modeling with and without rigging from time to time, just not for my characters. 

I do know that 3ds Max has evolved immensely since Max 5 (many, many years ago, when they were developed by Discreet) and back then I really liked it! 

Since I actually swing a hammer as hard is I can at a hand-held stone chisel all day, I don't have enough time to do everything myself. My Max mentor turned me onto Poser 5 after he saw how much I'd rather be putting together scenes and just animating my characters (and the monsters chasing them) through it. 

I really kind got off on Poser for a while - thought it was really cool how I didn't have to actually UV Unwrap everything after I modeled it - I didn't have to model anything!

But the problem came when I found that I couldn't model anything either. 

I found and liked the idea of Carrara, but couldn't afford it. One day my Awesome wife told me that she saved enough for me to buy that computer thing I needed (Carrara) and, by then Daz 3D had acquired it. For my money I got Carrara and a Huge pile of wonderful goodies because in one day I became a Platinum Club member, bought Carrara and a bunch of other things, and then Daz 3D gave me a whole lot of free goodies with Carrara, with the membership, and with a bok that I bought - plus all of the freebies from the (then) PC freebies section!

I've been pretty darn happy animating away (or learning to) ever since!

It probably doesn't show well in that diminished GIF, but she does have some pretty cool Subsurface Scattering shaders going on and I had a LOT of fun with reflection, refraction and translucency in the Irides of her eyes. Plus there are four layers of separately simulated dynaimic (strand-based, created via shader) hair. Her armor would be black, but I'm using a sperical map in the render engine to create the reflections. As dated and simplistic as Carrara seems, it does have some impressive features - just that the designers tucked a lot of those features into work sheets that we fill out via selections, check boxes and sliders, hiding the guts under the hood.

Again... I know it's no 3ds Max - or Blender. And I also know that it wouldn't be the right choice for you at all. But someone who might be paying subscription fees for software that doesn't allow for the simple Daz 3D/Poser library option that Carrara does... it might just be the ticket they were looking for!

I guess I feel lucky in the fact that I've used Max before coming to Carrara. I was actually planning on buying LightWave because it (at that time) had a community that didn't entirely shun me for asking about getting Michael and Victoria 3 into it with working morphs - that was before I found Carrara.

Max and Maya users didn't want to have any part of the Poser world. LW community was game to it, but couldn't yet get morphs and rigging working right. When I saw Carrara 5 in action, well... you know the rest of the story, I think! ;)

Hey, Cheers GregsGraphics! You Rock, and I hope your Max/Blender endeavors fare you well!

I myself have put hundreds and hundreds of dollars into the different generations of figures and their clothing/accessories. While I would look forward to a G9, I really wish someone, or several someones would go back and create new clothing for the older characters such as M4/V4, M and V5, and G2 (for me personally, Medieval period stuff). I have invested in Marvelous Designer, because I know the stuff I really want, I will probably have to make myself, but that will be a while away, as it will probably take some time to learn to use it. It would be great if with the next generation of figures, stuff could be made to be fitted to any character, but that is probably way to much to ask.

There are clones and clothing converters for pretty much any to-from Genesis generation and also clones of Victoria 4/Michael 4, etc for the Genesis figures. The Wear Them All Expansion also has clones that allow Genesis 3 to wear clothing made for Victoria 3, Michael 3, Aiko 3, etc. But because Pre-Genesis figures like Victoria 4 and Victoria 3 are a different type of figure there's not really anything available that allows clothing made FOR Genesis figures to fit them, unfortunately. 

XD4 converts genesis clothes to generation 3,4 and other nondaz figures.

Products that will transfer Generation 4 skin to Genesis 8:

https://www.daz3d.com/legacy-uvs-for-genesis-8-victoria-4
https://www.daz3d.com/legacy-uvs-for-genesis-8-michael-4

You can transfer morphs by using all of following products:

https://www.daz3d.com/genesis-generation-x2
https://www.daz3d.com/genx2-addon-for-genesis-2
https://www.daz3d.com/genx2-addon-for-genesis-3
https://www.daz3d.com/xtransfer--genesis-3-to-genesis-8-converter

... but you should be aware that transferring morphs can be a bumpy ride.
Transferring G3 to G8 is pretty foolproof. But from older generations... results may vary.

https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/43187/victoria-4-2-eyes-wont-close-or-open-in-poser

the thread not my Carrara one

I built it from components for my work renders (I always do, because I want complete control over the hardware).  So, while it was technically less expensive than if I had paid someone else to build it, it was not cheap, and the components are the best I could physically obtain from the research I did at the time.  Like all my machines going back to around 2008, when I was making my first beginner clothes for Victoria 4, it is a labor of love. ^.^

I didn't have a spare gpu to put in.  I've given all the old ones away, because I am already sitting in a throne of keyboards atop a vast pile of cables and components here.  I now see the error of my ways, lol.

The motherboard has no vga or hdmi or dvi graphics port, in the sense that there is nowhere on the board you can plug in a monitor.  It DOES have the same basic onboard graphics with the BIOS that a motherboard usually has (fortunately for me, as it turned out).  Thanks to @PerttiA for the solution that worked and to everyone who pitched in to try and help!

In case anyone else ends up falling down this particular rabbit hole, I ended up causing more problems for myself unintentionally by resetting the CMOS originally.  Yes.  You see, it defaults to a boot setting that is incompatible with Windows 10, so it was sticking at the BIOS stage behind the black screen.  I did not find this out until I followed PerttiA's suggestion of removing one of the GPUs but leaving the other connected with one monitor plugged into its HDMI port, which allowed the POST screen and BIOS options to show, so that I could get into the BIOS, change the boot settings to "Other OS" so it would stop trying to boot with UEFI settings, and then save and exit, allowing me to get into Windows 10, install the new graphics software, and then turn everything off and reseat the GTX 2080 as well and restart.  Now all is well AND Iray is rendering properly with the Nvidia 457.30 driver.  Whew!

The USB screen won't be a total waste of my money.  I'm going to try and rearrange my desktop so I can set it up alongside this laptop, so I can watch full-screen movies while I play full-screen videogames after work and achieve the Lazy Grail.XD

I think daz will give to as a huge surprise is : introducing Studio 5 come with G9 .

Why?

What makes you think Studio 5 is a think, especially if you read the update logs.

it is because you don't need mouse and keyboard studio 5 will work with VR device , just imaganate the the character with cloth and adding pose you will get the render photo .

see , welcome to new world .

VR is ancient technology, with neural interface you could step into the scene and experience the world around you as if it was real, although should think twice before giving Victoria 9 (comes with AI and Jiggle physics) any whips or sharp objects 

I will .

I think daz will give to as a huge surprise is : introducing Studio 5 come with G9 .

Why?

What makes you think Studio 5 is a think, especially if you read the update logs.

it is because you don't need mouse and keyboard studio 5 will work with VR device , just imaganate the the character with cloth and adding pose you will get the render photo .

see , welcome to new world .

VR is ancient technology, with neural interface you could step into the scene and experience the world around you as if it was real, although should think twice before giving Victoria 9 (comes with AI and Jiggle physics) any whips or sharp objects 

Not "political", but commercial.  Daz wants to promote the Genesis brand.

Hm.... would I need to be hinted towards a Daz brand when working from within.... Daz Studio :?

Also, we are not talking about the product name as in pose set but the file names of the individual poses/expressions/assets included in the product. Plus, when it comes to poses and expreissions quite a few products explicitly differentiate between V7 and G3 variations... (I never understood the true reason behind it, as I would expect the "prime characters Victoria and Michael to be shaped and rigged incompliance with the base characters - or vice versa).

So, if the "Hilarious Expressions for Genesis 3 and 8 Males and Females" could contain "big fat grin G3F" it was still a major improvement over the current situation and still "promote" the Genesis brand.

I am using Genesis 1 to Genesis 8.

I am using Victoria 2/Michael 2 to Genesis 8 ... LOL

I'm very happy to have discovered 3DPoetry who has several amazing freebies over at Renderosity. I downloaded two V7 skins, one V4 skin, and an amazing braided hair piece. I tweaked the V7 skin settings extensively and the V4 skin of course needed converting to IRAY, but the maps are rock solid and that's what ultimately really matters. The above skin is Dragania for V7 and the RavenCrow hair piece.

Freebie Credits:
Skin by 3DPoetry: https://www.renderosity.com/rr/mod/freestuff/3dp-dragania-for-v7-g3/75877
Hair by 3DPoetry: https://www.renderosity.com/rr/mod/freestuff/ravencrow-character-and-hair-for-poser-victoria-4/76334
Morph by TastyMoonCheese: https://www.deviantart.com/succulentfruit13/art/Fitness-Model-Mia-Sand-Morph-For-Genesis-8-Female-830322600
Straps by Sedartonfokcaj: https://www.deviantart.com/sedartonfokcaj/art/Barbarian-Style-Straps-for-Genesis-432923796
Chest by Syntrifid: https://sharecg.com/v/12499/view/11/Poser/Posable-Treasure-Chest
Barrel by Summoner: https://fantasiesrealm.com/market/Designers/Summoner/Cellar-Exclusive?cPath=449&;
HDRI by Greg Zaal & HDRI Haven: https://hdrihaven.com/hdri/?c=indoor&h=mutianyu

Some historical background. Victoria 3 & 4 both included a male morph, sometimes called Vincent. (I was told it was due to the months-long lag between Victoria & Michael base releases.) Some MFD texture sets were made that had robe designs intended for Vincent, such as Once Upon a Time: Camelot (https://www.daz3d.com/once-upon-a-time-camelot) & the now unavailable On the Dark Side (http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/read_me/index/1301/start#product_notes) 

I have been wondering how much work it would be to get the MFDs to fit Genesis Males (any generation), since I like the looks of those MFD textures. I do have the V3/4 autofit clones plus MFD for Gen3/4 & G1/2/3/8.

I myself have put hundreds and hundreds of dollars into the different generations of figures and their clothing/accessories. While I would look forward to a G9, I really wish someone, or several someones would go back and create new clothing for the older characters such as M4/V4, M and V5, and G2 (for me personally, Medieval period stuff). I have invested in Marvelous Designer, because I know the stuff I really want, I will probably have to make myself, but that will be a while away, as it will probably take some time to learn to use it. It would be great if with the next generation of figures, stuff could be made to be fitted to any character, but that is probably way to much to ask.

There are clones and clothing converters for pretty much any to-from Genesis generation and also clones of Victoria 4/Michael 4, etc for the Genesis figures. The Wear Them All Expansion also has clones that allow Genesis 3 to wear clothing made for Victoria 3, Michael 3, Aiko 3, etc. But because Pre-Genesis figures like Victoria 4 and Victoria 3 are a different type of figure there's not really anything available that allows clothing made FOR Genesis figures to fit them, unfortunately. 

My introduction to DAZ was DAZ Studio 1, which came with DAZ Studio 2, which made different stuff. Ididn't really understand it. Kind of worked off what I knew from Bryce, which is how I ended up with DAZ. Then the human characters Victoria 3 and Michael 3 came along with more addons, and more versions of DAZ, with V4 and M4. I never got into the Davids, Hiros, and Stephanies.. I really liked Genesis 1 and I still use it.  I didn't get much Gen 2, until recently, when I realized autofit would fit G3. Some of the recent DAZ store sales featured G2 products. I have the "make it Iray" shader, so the earlier G2 products can be updated. I happen to like several of the G3 female and male characters the best. They accept G1 and 2 wardrobe (well, shoes...not so much)pretty well, if the poses aren't too extreme. G2 hair was pretty good, and I use those. As other posters have mentioned, I might use different generations just because I don't want the hassle of poke through. If I want a close portrait, I use G3 mostly, and some G8. Otherwise, the earlier Generations work for me, too. 

Until recently, I had no issues with DSON importing for Poser 11 running on Windows 10. After installing the most recent Poser Pro 11 update, my DSON content went haywire. I only have two DSON characters, a pair of running shoes and the VIctoria 5 Elite Ponytail. Both would load and I'd see the mesh, but the figure would be invisible upon rednering. I uninstalled both, and bot would now load...but there would be no figure in the scene. It showed in the menu, but there wasn't anything actually there.
To try to solve this, I did the following:

• Uninstalled both figures with the Daz Install Manager and swept the runtime folder for remnants
• Uninstalled Poser completely, deleted all preference and installation folders, and cleaned the registry using CCleaner
• Uninstalled DAZ Install Manager and DSON Importer
• Downloaded latest versions of the above software
• Reinstalled everything
• Lied to DIM and told it I was using Poser Pro 2014

After doing this, the running shoes will load. The V5 Ponytail, however, still does the "phantom figure" thing. Furthermore, once this phantom ponytail figure loads, deleting it triggers a Poser crash. Trying to close down Poser after loading this figure also triggers a Poser crash.
I've looked everywhere trying to find a solution, but nothing seems to be the same as what I'm experiencing. Any advice is appreciated, since I used that hair exclusively on my main character in the setup scenes for the comic book I published and am having difficulty with them now due to this issue.
I'm also noting that Poser never actually seemed to do a true clean install, because it never asked me for the registration key again, it always just...had it. No matter how thoroughly I tried to clean it out.

I had a similar issue recently. It turned out that some of the DS folders had been removed from Poser's library. Apparently, DSON requires those in order to find the geometry and morph files. Otherwise, you end up with a blank/broken item with aboultely no explanation of what happened. Even the log file will lie and say everything imported fine. The only inducation of a error is the fact that it says it impoted in 0 seconds.
My guess is you have another DS folder somewhere missing from Poser's library. Either go into Install Manger (Advanced Settings>Installation) or DS (Content Diretory Manger) to check where all of the content folders are and make sure they're in Poser's library.
Best of luck.

To anyone who's going to complain about these items solely because they are not the cisheteronormative content you're used to seeing here:

Representation matters.

In my opinion, having the widest possible choice of quality products is what matters.

I do have a use neither for the latest Cyberpunk stuff, nor for today's offers, but hey, some other artists may have shrugged and moved along when Steampunk themed stuff was on offer, while I was merrily throwing money at the screen. Perhaps today is their day for a spending spree. Maybe all of the aformentioned themes may have made some other artists happy (and their wallets weep). Everybody wins in the end, so fine with me.

While I don't disagree with your sentiment, I don't think you understand what I said.

Historically, the Daz/Poser markets have leaned heavily towards the demographics that are comprised of straight, white, and/or male people. This has been apparent up until Genesis 3, when they started to put more emphasis on ethnic diversity, which up to that point had sorely been lacking outside of a few PAs (and even then, any BIPOC PA characters typically looked like caucasian women with varying levels of a spray tan). It's only gotten better in that regard, and for that, I give Daz major props.

But when it came to LGBTQIA+ content, they were forced to describe themselves with coded names like "Sisterhood" or "Brotherhood", even though the poses themselves would come off as... questionable for actual familial relationships. Transgender content was typically regarded as either a joke or a fetish for certain other sites. 

With Daz having openly released a Pride Parade package earlier this year and now this Transgender-focused bundle, they are acknowledging that the times -and demographics- since 'Victoria in a bikini with a sword and high heels' have changed, and that they are welcoming of those who are marginalized.

So yes, it's good to have variety. But the fact Daz is now recognizing certain communities is important and shows they are willing to evolve with the times, and that's to be commended, IMHO.

Well, I am a straight white male. This, of course, does influence my personal choice of products, as is expectable.

Nevertheless, it does in no way make me a bigot who would go dust off the good old pitchforks and torches anytime anyone mentions anything not aligning with my personal preferences. Not everyone in the same "demographics" is said bigot. That was my point. I may not spend money on todays products, as I have no use for them, but I am happy they are available for people who do have use for them. I am happy the artists who do need those products got the products, and, hopefully, in good quality. So, yay on all sides, I guess?

Oh, and I get to pretend to myself that I managed to cut my expenses on Daz by not spending money today too, because I am totally not going to spend said money on the next product I shall absolutely need as soon as it it pops up in the store.

To anyone who's going to complain about these items solely because they are not the cisheteronormative content you're used to seeing here:

Representation matters.

In my opinion, having the widest possible choice of quality products is what matters.

I do have a use neither for the latest Cyberpunk stuff, nor for today's offers, but hey, some other artists may have shrugged and moved along when Steampunk themed stuff was on offer, while I was merrily throwing money at the screen. Perhaps today is their day for a spending spree. Maybe all of the aformentioned themes may have made some other artists happy (and their wallets weep). Everybody wins in the end, so fine with me.

While I don't disagree with your sentiment, I don't think you understand what I said.

Historically, the Daz/Poser markets have leaned heavily towards the demographics that are comprised of straight, white, and/or male people. This has been apparent up until Genesis 3, when they started to put more emphasis on ethnic diversity, which up to that point had sorely been lacking outside of a few PAs (and even then, any BIPOC PA characters typically looked like caucasian women with varying levels of a spray tan). It's only gotten better in that regard, and for that, I give Daz major props.

But when it came to LGBTQIA+ content, they were forced to describe themselves with coded names like "Sisterhood" or "Brotherhood", even though the poses themselves would come off as... questionable for actual familial relationships. Transgender content was typically regarded as either a joke or a fetish for certain other sites. 

With Daz having openly released a Pride Parade package earlier this year and now this Transgender-focused bundle, they are acknowledging that the times -and demographics- since 'Victoria in a bikini with a sword and high heels' have changed, and that they are welcoming of those who are marginalized.

So yes, it's good to have variety. But the fact Daz is now recognizing certain communities is important and shows they are willing to evolve with the times, and that's to be commended, IMHO.

The entry form for the Movember contest should now be accepting mp4 and avi formats for animation.

What about jpeg picts? Yesterday my upload had an error msg. Asked me to try later. Is that fixed?

The jpeg format has now allowed. I have also upped the file limit to 20MB

 

As for the people still seeing issues with the uploaded can you give me your file information? Size? Format?

The info you are seeking - 

I have two versions of jpeg format picts - 8mb and 12mb. (both do not upload)

What about social media info - I have a few - 

https://www.instagram.com/aog.rai/

https://www.deviantart.com/aograi/art/Bearded-Lady-Women-In-Support-For-Movember20-861445004

https://twitter.com/aograi

I used software: Daz Studio4.14

Render engine - Iray

Products used:

Noemi HD & Smile HD Expression for Genesis 8 Female;

Hagar for Genesis 8 Female;

Spiky Hair for Genesis 3 and 8;

Ashan Beard for Genesis 8 Male;

String Bikini for Victoria 6.

I found an old V4 outfit which I really like. The Cargo for V4 has really good headgear and I like the high waisted pants. Unfortunately I don't have the converter to take it to G8. That outfit is in the featured stores in case you're doing those (with one of the required new releases they drop to 65%.) 

If I were to use this to transfer Lydia 7 https://www.daz3d.com/lydia-hd-for-victoria-7 to Genesis 8 Female, would there be any unforseen problems? I wouldn't transfer the HD, only the non-hd lydia.

How old are those? I had to go back a way (25 pages) to find something from September, and that seems to be working OK. I was also able to download the old Victoria Clothing pack from 2001.

Newish stuff. Then again seems to have been temporarily (see my last post) - works again for me for all failed packages so far.