Gordig said:

I was relieved to see the promos for dForce Salvage Tech show the outfit actually functioning as clothing:

The thumbnails for both the outfit and the texture expansion, and also some of Sophia's own promos, just show the outfit as basically sexy cosplay, which I have no interest in. A functional set of coveralls, though? All day.

I also rather need the closed versions, so i am happy whenever an open one has a closed version or morph in addition. I could use both on the same piece of clothing on occasion (even just for heat managment).

The missing Face Transfer issue is apprantly in the process of being fixed.

There is a sample script showing how to use alternative textures here http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/software/dazstudio/4/referenceguide/scripting/api_reference/samples/specific_ui/appsettings_facetransfer/start

nabob21 said:

Does this convert full figures only or can it convert single morphs? I would like to transfer specific morphs and not all of my G8 morphs to G9.

The best way to convert individual morphs is using the transfer utility. Both RRSY converter and Manfriday merge these morphs together.

Does this convert full figures only or can it convert single morphs? I would like to transfer specific morphs and not all of my G8 morphs to G9.

Hello,

I seem to recall a product being released a while ago that allowed you to transfer morphs from a G8 character to a G9. I don't mean the character converters that Riversoft does, but a plug-in or utility to transfer specific morphs. However, I can't seem to find a product like this. Does anyone know what this produck is, or am I just imagining it?

Thanks in advance for any replies.

nabob21

doug said:

Robinson said:

It could do with a caching pass so the first time you play through it's slow and the second time it's super smooth.  Anyway if you want to play all frames without dropping any there's an option on the hamburger menu on the top right (Play All Frames).

 

We really need this on the next version. no reason to render every frame over and over.

Don't forget that morph deltas (the shape chnage) are not loaded until needed - so on first play through the scene is potentially loadign various JCMs for the bends that were not needed for frame 0.

Thanks, Josh.

I will experiment more, but it fixes my problems with Face Transfer 2 characters, so I am  happy, so far.

 

I realize that my difficulty of having old projects open on a new machine is that there is more than one Daz Library that Daz accessed on the old machine. Slightly different libraries on different hard drives. Is there a way to merge libraries...one library to rule them all? 

The alternative is I transfer each library and make sure it's noted in the database manager. This would involve a lot of duplicate files.

barbult said:

Your figure image will probably be removed for violation of the nudity TOS. There is something strange by the crotch, though. What is causing that black area near her left thigh?

Oh thank you, I re-upplaoded a censored version! and you're actually seeing through her body because I'm using Golden Palace (3rd party genitalia addon) and when I remove it to export i creates a hole- wait..

THAT WAS IT.

the Golden Palace addon once actually deleted from my scene deleted the mesh hole and the morph imports correctly!

If I export with Golden Palace ON it doesnt work, if i just hide Golden Palace it does not work.

Richard Haseltine said:

What settings did you have in the OBJ export dialogue? If you reload the OBJ is it just the base Genesis 9, without any additions?

Thank you for the suggestion, I exported the obj with the settings in the first attached image (including base resolution in parameters), selected only genesis 9 again from the scene tab and try to import through Morph Loader Pro and get the error (Warning: Geometry did not match, failed to create morph).

So I did what you suggested and imported the obj into a new project (see second attached image), and i can clearly see there are no addons. Then I tried adding the same obj as a morph and it works (only in this new project). So i deleted my character and in the same new project added a base genesis 9 character and tried adding the obj morph and get the error.

I've included more attached images for other export settings I've tried.

 

 

 

 

Richard: The forum finally let me upload some picts. So I uploaded the before and after images of when I used the Transfer Utility. That is what I mean by ballooning up

Lilweep, yes I tried to tick the Reverse source shape option that Richard suggested. Problem is - it won’t let me check it. I have uploaded the Transfer Utility settings window to show you what settings I do have checked.

Do either of you have any other ideas? If not, thanks for trying to help.

Artini said:

I do not know, if that is possible, but would be great to have a possibility to remove brows on Genesis 9

and apply LIE Makeup afterwards.

Characters created with Face Transfer 2 have brows embeded in the materials.

I have a brow remover for Genesis 8 https://www.daz3d.com/brow-remover-for-daz-studio

and it works great, but it does not support Genesis 9.

I also wonder if it would be possible to masks cheeks miscoloration often happened on Face Transfer 2 characters with the blush in LIE Makeup.

You could use one of the foundation presets included with LMM to cover the eyebrows, at least enough to not be too visible when using fiber or card-based brows that were included in the Genesis 9 starter essentials (or any other brow attachment).

This could also help with the cheek discoloration you mentioned, as it would create a more uniform skin tone across the whole face. Of course the blush preset may also help with this - depends on the placement!

Within Morph Loader Pro, or GoZ Update Options dialog if you use GoZ..., set "Yes" to Reverse Deformations, "Deltas Only" to Overwrite Existing.

I do not know, if that is possible, but would be great to have a possibility to remove brows on Genesis 9

and apply LIE Makeup afterwards.

Characters created with Face Transfer 2 have brows embeded in the materials.

I have a brow remover for Genesis 8 https://www.daz3d.com/brow-remover-for-daz-studio

and it works great, but it does not support Genesis 9.

I also wonder if it would be possible to masks cheeks miscoloration often happened on Face Transfer 2 characters with the blush in LIE Makeup.

I am definitely getting a prompt, 'such morph already exists, enter new name'.

Thanks for reply! I am doing something wrong, if I am trying to apply a morph with the same name as head morph to the tear, I getting an error regarding duplicated name and a prompt to name it differently. Hmm. So, again just to clarify, - I have loaded a Genesis 9 dev model and applied my head morph to it. It worked. - Added a tear object from Anatomy folder from essentials, and applied my tear morph (from the obj file with the same name as my head morph) to it. Got an error.

Hi, KPR,

Thank you for alerting me to the limitations of home use models; I really don't konw anything about them. I'm wondering how to export a .duf in a way that will be convertible to an .stl. I know I can export a single item as an .obj file, and convert that to .stl, but there's a problem. As far as I know, items in a scene parented to, say, a figure - be it clothes, hair, props, anything at all - will not become part of the exported item. Has Daz Studio recently improved in this regard?
I just tried out the Face Transfer utility today when I realized there's a free trial included by default. I guess I shouldn't have been surprised that the script copies the facial expression too, and that only a certain input portrait photo pose is going to be successful. Passport photo good; three-quarter profile with toothy grin bad. That's going to make it very hard to find a usable historical source photo :(
It just occurred to me as I'm writing this that you wouldn't have to cut the 3D model apart for this because there's no mold to create and pour into, so posing the figure in a sort of plane isn't the practical issue it is with a mold. That is, injecting liquid into a mold where the limbs are straight out to the sides isn't likely to lose detail in the limbs, unlike trying to inject into a mold where an arm or leg crosses the torso. Interesting...

Virusboy said:

Is there a way to use male morphs on female characters and vice versa with G8? The reason I ask is because I have Sasuke for  Sakura and would like to mix him with some male morphs.

Many  thanks 

 

Andrew :o)

Yes, transferring morphs between genders is easy, but it can take a little bit of time on the first few tries. These two videos helped me a lot.

https://youtu.be/jROlY34tNNU?si=KraCoboKfcefeVf1 

https://youtu.be/ak6Nlfid5CQ?si=L4VHkOXE9dIaIGHG

These videos are aimed at converting between generations, but the process works the same between genders. I've use it to transfer G8F morphs to G8M. You may need a converter to use skins for one gender on the other, but transferring morphs is child's play.

I think it definitely has something to do with the new update for the starter essentials pack. Face Transfer was working flawlessly prior to doing the update. 

lilweep said:

josiahmora20 said:

Richard Haseltine said:

The count in DS is with SubD, but the morph needs to be on the base resolution - the reduced count would be correct. However, it looks too high which suggests you are including the additional fitted elements (eyes etc.) in the OBJ.

Got it, but still, there seems to be some problem as to why Daz thinks the vertex count is off. And nope, base resolution on and I removed everything, eyes ,eyelashes, hair, mouth etc. I ensured I export at 1% scale also. Not sure what else to try as like I said it won't even let me re-import the newly exported obj without even modifying it in blender.

Scale does not effect geometry mismatch error.  Vert Order issues does not cause geometry mismatch error either usually (instead, it results in mangled morph).  Geometry mismatch is usually because the geometry count is off, usually because at some stage you either did not export base geometry, included excess geometries, or added geometry when sculpting.

Note:  Gen 9 Base is 25.1k verts, not 34k. 

Test:

1. Load Devload G9F figure in Daz

2. In Parameters, set resolution to Base

3. Export as obj (you can leave scale as default 100%)

4. Import obj in Blender, ensuring it is the one you just exported. In latest versions of Blender, it will naturally preserve Vert Order.  So there is no special option you need to select.  You can leave Blender scale as default 1.0, assuming you left it as default when you exported from Daz.

5. It should be 25.1k vertices. You should only have G9F mesh in your scene.

5. Morph using any standard Sculpt tool like grab brush

6. Export as obj (can leave settings as default 1.0, assuming you have left as default on previous import and export steps)

7. Load as morph using morph loader pro

Thanks for the help guys. So Richard, I did what you suggested, started a new project and loaded the base gen 9 figure- it works. I can bring it back from Blender through Morph Loader Pro no problem! So now I'm trying to understand why it doesn't work for the character I've been building.

- I deffinetly exported just the base geometry. I hid eyes, eyelashes, mouth etc (everything but "genesis 9," see image attached).

- Not sure what would constitute as excess geometry. I'm using a body morph sliders from multiple genesis 9 characters to get a base figure i like, could that be the problem?

- And there's not been any sculpting to the character, everything made in Daz.