FaceGen would likely do a decent job, but depends on the quality of the images, although it does faces not hands

https://www.daz3d.com/facegen-artist-pro

It goes on sale, so you could wait; there is also Headshop, but never fancied it, no idea on folk's opinions on it.

My advice would be to copy the distinguishing characteristics from your hand images onto a texture you like; details such as moles, freckles, scars - etc.

 

Thanks nicstt - I was thinking of Facegen but I'm guessing that it's highly optimized for faces.  Might be worth a try I suppose but I don't want to outlay money if it's a waste.  Maybe someone on here with Facegen would be kind enough to try it out on a hand? 

Copying the distinguishing features (moles etc) is one thing - but I doubt that would work for matching colour and size and things like that?  I guess I'm basically looking to "graft" skin on a model?

FaceGen would likely do a decent job, but depends on the quality of the images, although it does faces not hands

https://www.daz3d.com/facegen-artist-pro

It goes on sale, so you could wait; there is also Headshop, but never fancied it, no idea on folk's opinions on it.

My advice would be to copy the distinguishing characteristics from your hand images onto a texture you like; details such as moles, freckles, scars - etc.

Ho comprato Comic Life 3, e gli sviluppatori se gli fai notare qualcosa di sbagliato (e di bug ne ha davvero tanti, lagga molto e crasha sempre), ti rispondono che ormai il software è fatto così :/

Benvenuto nel club!

Tempo fa ho acquistato HeadShop. Non ho avuto modo di farlo funzionare in nessuna maniera a causa del fatto che la mia installazione di DAZ non è quella di Default, ho tutte le librerie posizionate e gestite come dico io.
Ho contattato l'assistenza che mi ha rimandato allo sviluppatore. Lo sviluppatore mi ha detto che poteva aiutarmi solo tramite videochiamata. Mi organizzo e quando ero pronto alla videochiamata, lui era fuori città ma di aspettare che presto sarebbe rientrato. Attendo.
Quando poi finalmente è rientrato abbiamo fatto la videochiamata, ha dato uno sguardo ai percorsi e ha detto "Non funziona se le librerire non sono default".
Stavo per dirgli "Eh, ma va?!" ma mi sono trattenuto e gli ho chiesto come risolvere.
Mi risponde "Non si può, chiedi il rimborso." e chiude la chiamata senza nemmeno salutare.
Ma il periodo per il rimborso era passato da un pezzo e io non lo avevo chiesto visto che mi aveva assicurato che mi avrebbe risolto il problema.

Ma dico io, come ha fatto a passare il controllo di DAZ un programma che funziona solo sul PC di chi l'ha creato?

...Forse perchè non è previsto che tu modifichi le cartelle come ti pare? XD ...poi che sia un cafone è un altro discorso...

Magari è previsto che il programmatore perlomeno si immagini che non tutti fanno next-next-next-next-next ad ogni installazione... 

E non è una ipotesi tanto remota dato che ci sono centinaia di post che chiedono come usarlo su librerie non default.

Ho comprato Comic Life 3, e gli sviluppatori se gli fai notare qualcosa di sbagliato (e di bug ne ha davvero tanti, lagga molto e crasha sempre), ti rispondono che ormai il software è fatto così :/

Benvenuto nel club!

Tempo fa ho acquistato HeadShop. Non ho avuto modo di farlo funzionare in nessuna maniera a causa del fatto che la mia installazione di DAZ non è quella di Default, ho tutte le librerie posizionate e gestite come dico io.
Ho contattato l'assistenza che mi ha rimandato allo sviluppatore. Lo sviluppatore mi ha detto che poteva aiutarmi solo tramite videochiamata. Mi organizzo e quando ero pronto alla videochiamata, lui era fuori città ma di aspettare che presto sarebbe rientrato. Attendo.
Quando poi finalmente è rientrato abbiamo fatto la videochiamata, ha dato uno sguardo ai percorsi e ha detto "Non funziona se le librerire non sono default".
Stavo per dirgli "Eh, ma va?!" ma mi sono trattenuto e gli ho chiesto come risolvere.
Mi risponde "Non si può, chiedi il rimborso." e chiude la chiamata senza nemmeno salutare.
Ma il periodo per il rimborso era passato da un pezzo e io non lo avevo chiesto visto che mi aveva assicurato che mi avrebbe risolto il problema.

Ma dico io, come ha fatto a passare il controllo di DAZ un programma che funziona solo sul PC di chi l'ha creato?

...Forse perchè non è previsto che tu modifichi le cartelle come ti pare? XD ...poi che sia un cafone è un altro discorso...

Ho comprato Comic Life 3, e gli sviluppatori se gli fai notare qualcosa di sbagliato (e di bug ne ha davvero tanti, lagga molto e crasha sempre), ti rispondono che ormai il software è fatto così :/

Benvenuto nel club!

Tempo fa ho acquistato HeadShop. Non ho avuto modo di farlo funzionare in nessuna maniera a causa del fatto che la mia installazione di DAZ non è quella di Default, ho tutte le librerie posizionate e gestite come dico io.
Ho contattato l'assistenza che mi ha rimandato allo sviluppatore. Lo sviluppatore mi ha detto che poteva aiutarmi solo tramite videochiamata. Mi organizzo e quando ero pronto alla videochiamata, lui era fuori città ma di aspettare che presto sarebbe rientrato. Attendo.
Quando poi finalmente è rientrato abbiamo fatto la videochiamata, ha dato uno sguardo ai percorsi e ha detto "Non funziona se le librerire non sono default".
Stavo per dirgli "Eh, ma va?!" ma mi sono trattenuto e gli ho chiesto come risolvere.
Mi risponde "Non si può, chiedi il rimborso." e chiude la chiamata senza nemmeno salutare.
Ma il periodo per il rimborso era passato da un pezzo e io non lo avevo chiesto visto che mi aveva assicurato che mi avrebbe risolto il problema.

Ma dico io, come ha fatto a passare il controllo di DAZ un programma che funziona solo sul PC di chi l'ha creato?

Una volta volevo prenderlo, visto che l'avevo trovato sui 10$ con tutti gli sconti sommati, però ho visto che le recensioni erano peggio che pessime!

Parlano bene invece del concorrente, come si chiamava? Tipo FaceGen mi sembra
Il concorrente ha anche una demo gratuita, che ti dà texture inutilizzabili coi loghi, ma in generale ti dà un'idea.
Fa la texture anche per tutto il corpo.
Il problema è che hai bisogno di foto perfette!

Ho comprato Comic Life 3, e gli sviluppatori se gli fai notare qualcosa di sbagliato (e di bug ne ha davvero tanti, lagga molto e crasha sempre), ti rispondono che ormai il software è fatto così :/

Benvenuto nel club!

Tempo fa ho acquistato HeadShop. Non ho avuto modo di farlo funzionare in nessuna maniera a causa del fatto che la mia installazione di DAZ non è quella di Default, ho tutte le librerie posizionate e gestite come dico io.
Ho contattato l'assistenza che mi ha rimandato allo sviluppatore. Lo sviluppatore mi ha detto che poteva aiutarmi solo tramite videochiamata. Mi organizzo e quando ero pronto alla videochiamata, lui era fuori città ma di aspettare che presto sarebbe rientrato. Attendo.
Quando poi finalmente è rientrato abbiamo fatto la videochiamata, ha dato uno sguardo ai percorsi e ha detto "Non funziona se le librerire non sono default".
Stavo per dirgli "Eh, ma va?!" ma mi sono trattenuto e gli ho chiesto come risolvere.
Mi risponde "Non si può, chiedi il rimborso." e chiude la chiamata senza nemmeno salutare.
Ma il periodo per il rimborso era passato da un pezzo e io non lo avevo chiesto visto che mi aveva assicurato che mi avrebbe risolto il problema.

Ma dico io, come ha fatto a passare il controllo di DAZ un programma che funziona solo sul PC di chi l'ha creato?

"You start Headshop from inside Daz itself. I can't remember which menu it is under at the moment, it is not like the Hexagon bridge. Once you find it and are ready to start, you must name your model BEFORE you start Headshop."

Not true. Don't have to name anything. Just start HeadShop from the Edit menu and it is all automatic. When you finished, again, don't have to do anything. HeadShop closes and your shape/texture is transfered to the model on stage.

However, if you choose not to name anything you are stuck with a morph and texture named "fs". I don't think most people want that.

More over, if you create another HS character with the same name, it overwrites the previous one! So if you go to create another character without changing the default name of "fs", then your previous "fs" will be replaced by the new one.

So to say that it is not true that people do not have to name anything, this is a bit misleading.

"You start Headshop from inside Daz itself. I can't remember which menu it is under at the moment, it is not like the Hexagon bridge. Once you find it and are ready to start, you must name your model BEFORE you start Headshop."

Not true. Don't have to name anything. Just start HeadShop from the Edit menu and it is all automatic. When you finished, again, don't have to do anything. HeadShop closes and your shape/texture is transfered to the model on stage.

That's pretty impressive, too, arglesw007. I think that one important thing that this illustrates, is how important the texture set is to creating a credible clone, not just in this case, but every case. Of course, the people behind Facegen and Headshop certainly know this.

I don't remember. The app has a guide as you use it. There may be a link from the app itself to a full one.

I wouldn't worry too much, because adjusting the sliders or dots usually resulted in more problems that anything else. Just let the autodots do their thing and transfer back to Daz. If you just use the autodots the process is very simple and fast. To be blunt, messing with the deeper functions and Headshop dials resulted in glitches, often deforming the head without a way to revert unless you restart the app.

You start Headshop from inside Daz itself. I can't remember which menu it is under at the moment, it is not like the Hexagon bridge. Once you find it and are ready to start, you must name your model BEFORE you start Headshop. This threw me for a bit because I am not in the habit using Facegen. I often do not know what I might name my model until I am done with it, so this goes against my nature. I forgot to do it, and I ended up with models under the default name.

Hello

I am new to DAZ in general and it is a very interesting software.  So I started investing in buying products and I came accross HeadShop 11 WIN.

I would like to know how good that add-on is before I buy.  There is no documentation or videos showing off the product in action.

So is the 99$ price tag justified for this ?  How accurate is the software when creating a head based on a photo ?

Thanks !

Hey all, I'm playing around with Headshop and having fun, but wow, the skin color on the imported head looks NOOOOOTHING like the skin on the rest of the Gen8 body. (For some context, I've used Daz off and on for a long time, but I always end up having to take long breaks, so I never feel like I know enough about what I'm doing. There might be an easy answer, and this might be a dumb question!!) I can post a pic of my result later.. when the computer decides to cooperate.... But for now, what have people done to try to match those skin colors/tones when they end up being radically different for the head/face and body?

I would open up the face texture file with Photoshop and change the overall hue in the many tools Photoshop provides. Then apply the newly saved texture faile to the face in DAZ Studio

Photoshop is not a free program, and many users may not know how to use it, either. Its strange that you market Headshop as being very easy to use with its one click ability, yet also expect those customers to know how to use external software to solve problems like this. I have used GIMP for years, and even though I consider myself "ok" at it, the task of fixing these textures can take some time to get right with lots of trial and error. Facegen handles this better, it is certainly not perfect, but it makes an attempt at it and it works alright.

I want to like Headshop, I really really do. It has promise, and it does do some unique things. But it still has some really glaring issues. You still have not directly addressed some of the issues I raised in my last review after the update, they are right here on page 3 of this thread. There are still UV problems where the texture leaves a nasty line at the seam. The morph can actually effect the entire body. This is somewhat subtle, but it gets worse as the morph gets dialed up higher. Regardless of how subtle it is, this should not happen, period.

World's_Edge said they didn't notice this, but I can see it quite clearly. Look at this pic:

Notice the gap between the front teeth, and how strange and goofy the teeth look in general. That is because the teeth are actually shrinking and deforming with the head morph shape! The more it gets dialed in, the more noticeable this gets. I have also seen that the eyelashes on Genesis 8 do not conform to the face morph at all. The eyelashes do not move with morph, and this winds up messing things up bad. You MUST turn the eyelashes off as a result. And if you look at this man close, you will notice he has no eyelashes at all. They are painted on by the texture.

It depends on the source picture you use. Sometimes it blends ok, sometimes not (more often not). When it does not blend, there is no choice but to use an editor to try to fix it. There are numerous ways to tackle it, and these may not be the best ways. In GIMP or PS you can paint with low opacity over the face to get it to match, then use the heal tool to blend in the edges. Another way is to open the face twice as two layers, use any option to tint one image, and then copy or heal the altered portion over the original face image. Either way can work.

 

Could you also just apply another character's skin materials once you load the headshop character into Studio to start working on your scene?

Of course, you can apply any texture just like you can for any other Daz Genesis based character. But in doing so you probably create a whole different person. This may be ok if your goal is purely making unique characters, but if you are trying to capture a specific person's likeness, odds are you lose that.

Yeah. I am really surprised that the author released a new version and didn't address that. To me it is the biggest major liability Headshop has compared to Facegen and I agree, it makes Headshop a non-starter for me. 
 

I have FaceGen, FaceShop 8 and Headshop 11 ( FaceShop is now called HeadShop). I get the best images using FaceShop 8 but none of them give you a perfect likeness. 

You could try asking Sangriart on rendo for some advice.  They've managed to recreate several well known actresses.  Audrey Hepburn, Emma Watson, Eva Green, Natalie Dormer and some of the Games of Thrones ladies like Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Sophie Turner and Maisie Williams.

I later on picked up Facegen Pro - which actually creates an entire full body mat for characters and avoids this "clown-face" problem that Headshop seems to suffer. 

And for that reason alone it's the only biometric style face product I'll purchase. Head clones are useless if it looks super fake because the rest of the body doesn't match and having everyone wearing turtlenecks limits usage lol. That being said I've only ever gotten one good result using it (I made myself) and there's still a nasty seam in the armpit for me. 

Using the actual skin mat from the person you are trying to model is usually pretty important to getting an accurate likeness. 
I picked up Headshop Oneclick a while back and was disappointed with the same issue. I see it here in some of the example characters posted too. The face looks "painted on", or you can tell the source image was strongly lighted from one direction. 
I later on picked up Facegen Pro - which actually creates an entire full body mat for characters and avoids this "clown-face" problem that Headshop seems to suffer. 
Usually I just use Facegen Pro and call it a day. I keep exploring the reviews on this product to see if it is improved in this regard, but it doesn't really sound like it. Occasionally - I'll use Headshop Oneclick to create the morph and then use a skin map generated by Facegen. A neutral expression image in neutral lighting like a passport photo is always where you are going to get your best results. 

It depends on the source picture you use. Sometimes it blends ok, sometimes not (more often not). When it does not blend, there is no choice but to use an editor to try to fix it. There are numerous ways to tackle it, and these may not be the best ways. In GIMP or PS you can paint with low opacity over the face to get it to match, then use the heal tool to blend in the edges. Another way is to open the face twice as two layers, use any option to tint one image, and then copy or heal the altered portion over the original face image. Either way can work.

Hey all, I'm playing around with Headshop and having fun, but wow, the skin color on the imported head looks NOOOOOTHING like the skin on the rest of the Gen8 body. (For some context, I've used Daz off and on for a long time, but I always end up having to take long breaks, so I never feel like I know enough about what I'm doing. There might be an easy answer, and this might be a dumb question!!) I can post a pic of my result later.. when the computer decides to cooperate.... But for now, what have people done to try to match those skin colors/tones when they end up being radically different for the head/face and body?

I would open up the face texture file with Photoshop and change the overall hue in the many tools Photoshop provides. Then apply the newly saved texture faile to the face in DAZ Studio

Hey all, I'm playing around with Headshop and having fun, but wow, the skin color on the imported head looks NOOOOOTHING like the skin on the rest of the Gen8 body. (For some context, I've used Daz off and on for a long time, but I always end up having to take long breaks, so I never feel like I know enough about what I'm doing. There might be an easy answer, and this might be a dumb question!!) I can post a pic of my result later.. when the computer decides to cooperate.... But for now, what have people done to try to match those skin colors/tones when they end up being radically different for the head/face and body?