Pixolygon said:

Without having dug through this entire thread, will NGS work on a G8 figure that's using a V4 texture via V4 for G8F by Cayman?

Very late reply, but the trick is to run the scripts when you have the v4 textures set up on a victoria 4, then save it as a preset and then bring that preset over to G8F, so you don't become entangled with the new material zones.

I am transfering a material from Genesis to G3 on a character I converted toG3 with GenX2,  I use Cayman's script to prepare G3 for the genesis material and then I tried to run NGS on it but it doesn't transfer to the new material zones.  So what you are saying is to put the material on Genesis run NGS on that, save the material, prepare G3 with the legacy UV's and then apply the newly saved material?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3D Art Freebie Challenge February 2020 "Natural Love"

 

"After all the jacks are in their boxes, And the clowns have all gone to bed..." (© 1967 Jimi Hendrix - The Wind Cries Mary)

After loading a fifth character into the scene I could not render it anymore because my computer ran out of memory, so I had to make 2 scenes... (Deleting something from a crowed scene sometimes almost takes forever!) Oh well, here is my entry for this month's 3D Art Freebie Challenge! :D

[Best watched at full size for details.]

"Wishful thinking..." (Food for thought)

 

Starring: Alysha, Tiana, Barack and Walther

The tale:

Whether you are a wealthy African-American woman, a son of an American aristocratic banker, an Arab oil magnate, an Asian businessman or a poor African orphan girl, (almost) everyone has a natural love of money...

Soundtrack:

Phil Collins - Another Day In Paradise (© 1989)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt2mbGP6vFI
Abba - Money, Money, Money (© 1976)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETxmCCsMoD0

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Rendered with DAZ Studio 4.10.0.123 (nVidia Iray)

Other free software used: GIMP v2.10.14 and Irfanview 4.54

Postwork: used the AltaLux Image Enhancement Filter (Effect) by Stefano Tommesani that comes with Irfanview and some filters (oa) that come with GIMP. Also used mcjDenoise by mcasual. (https://sites.google.com/site/mcasualsdazscripts9/mcjdenoise)

 

"Wishful thinking..." (Food for thought)

for which figure?

V7 https://www.daz3d.com/victoria-7-extreme-expressions has a few tha could pass and one labeled 'Tired'

G8F https://www.daz3d.com/100-must-have-expressions-for-genesis-8-female-s Quite few for the look you want.

Several others in a similar vein will work as well, you can mix and adjust the dials to get pretty much any look you want (then save the expression for later use if needed).

Also check out Zeddicus's store, several nice poses and expression sets that may have what you need.  https://www.daz3d.com/zeddicuss

Looks like a Victoria 4 skin on a Genesis character. Looks to me like V4 Elite 3D Female Texture: Lana, though the promo images don't show that paricular makeup option. She does have one that looks identical enough to that for me to say it's her, I've used it many times. I can't access deviantart from this computer (work), but if you go on there and search Thyranq there's a few images of her in my gallery with that makeup, just so you can directly compare. Some of them contain artistic nudity, though, so it's NSFW, just so you know.

Daz 4.12, yadda yadda, how do I save custom poses so they are also in Poser format? I want the DAZ format and Poser. Pretty simple question there. Pose Builder for Victoria 4.2 and Michael 4 broke the models arms, causing them to bow and undo didn't / couldn't fix what happend so the pose file is obviously not going to work either (right?).

https://www.daz3d.com/poser-format-exporter-pfe will export Poser-format poses, thugh I'm not sure how that will help if you re working in DS - a Pose preset should work in DS

I think I'm originally familiar with the 3DStudio? The Non-LRay stuff. I'm stuck home again and started to fiddle aorund with DAZ and get serious about making my own custom poses annnnnd... I'm looking at upgrading to the new age of G3 and G8. From V4.2. I know, old.

I assume you mean 3Delight and Iray (that's an upper case i, not a lower case L), the two render engines.

So, my first HUGE new problem is my main hurdle:

The Surface editor tab. Great Caesar's ghost WTH happened to that tab? I used to work with Diffuse Color/Strength, Glossiness, Specular Color/strength, Ambient Color/Strength, and Opacity. SPECIFICALLY Opacity as this would allow me to "cut" clothes, ground, even some walls. The modifications I could do with a body suit were nigh-limitless. The NEW, I'm guessing LRAY, version of Surface Editor Tab is a nightmare brought forth to this material plane. I can't find anything in there that allows me to edit, modify, color, or do anything. There appear to be well over a hundred options hidden in drop down menu after drop down menu and I just have no idea what's going on there anymore. Can I please be pointed to a post / (Free) tutorial that tells me how to use my updated DAZ3D? Without somehow being able to interpret this new surface editor fully 90% of my DAZ experience is out the window.

Thanks in advance!

You can stil use the old Daz Defaukt Shader, for 3Delight, and DS will convert to Iray at render time if you are using Iray. Newly created primtives/imported models will get the default shader for the current render engine, set in the Edit or Advanced tabs of the Render Settings pane. With the Iray Uber Base you want Cutout Opacity to hide things, though as with 3Delight you will also have to block any refraction/glossiness (usually by applying the opacity map to the relevant Strength proeprty if it is non-zero).

There was a movie I saw once that used Victoria 3 or Victoria 4, for some animations..

Can't even begin to describe how utterly confusing this is for a (brand) newcomer to DAZ. It is beyond incomprensible how you're supposed to know configurations and what is compatible with what. 

Case in point: I got a bunch of free shapes/materials yesterday (Candace) that was built on Stephanie 5 base - and I read that Stephanie five was compatible with Genesis base, but then I now read in here that Stephanie 5 was created from Michael?!?!?! WTF.

So I load in the Base Gen character (thinking to myself: Ok, so it says Stephanie 5 is compatible on Genesis - cool, this should work then!) and try applying the Candace head shape and skin, but it maps totally wrong. So I go into change the UV Set and I'm given the options of either Victoria 4, Michael 4, The Kids 4, Gen male, and Gen female. I try ALL of them, nothing works.

So now what? Do I indeed need to actually purchase Stephanie 5? Why doesn't Genesis Female base work????? It is CRAZY that you need endless multiple base characters in order for anything to happen, complete mine field and my entire experience of DAZ so far has been one of endless hours trawling through the shop and reading/watching tutorials instead of diving into it - the software is not difficult at all, but the compatability of characters/surfaces/textures (endless list) is just staggeringly frustrating.  

Sorry (not sorry!) to vent, but I just want to throw my laptop out of the window right now. 

 

I just heard back from lilflame! Apparently it's RY Caprice for the texture - now I'm off to spin some morph dials and try to replicate the shape.

I just heard back from lilflame! Apparently it's RY Caprice for the texture - now I'm off to spin some morph dials and try to replicate the shape.

Daz 4.12, yadda yadda, how do I save custom poses so they are also in Poser format? I want the DAZ format and Poser. Pretty simple question there. Pose Builder for Victoria 4.2 and Michael 4 broke the models arms, causing them to bow and undo didn't / couldn't fix what happend so the pose file is obviously not going to work either (right?).

I think I'm originally familiar with the 3DStudio? The Non-LRay stuff. I'm stuck home again and started to fiddle aorund with DAZ and get serious about making my own custom poses annnnnd... I'm looking at upgrading to the new age of G3 and G8. From V4.2. I know, old.

So, my first HUGE new problem is my main hurdle:

The Surface editor tab. Great Caesar's ghost WTH happened to that tab? I used to work with Diffuse Color/Strength, Glossiness, Specular Color/strength, Ambient Color/Strength, and Opacity. SPECIFICALLY Opacity as this would allow me to "cut" clothes, ground, even some walls. The modifications I could do with a body suit were nigh-limitless. The NEW, I'm guessing LRAY, version of Surface Editor Tab is a nightmare brought forth to this material plane. I can't find anything in there that allows me to edit, modify, color, or do anything. There appear to be well over a hundred options hidden in drop down menu after drop down menu and I just have no idea what's going on there anymore. Can I please be pointed to a post / (Free) tutorial that tells me how to use my updated DAZ3D? Without somehow being able to interpret this new surface editor fully 90% of my DAZ experience is out the window.

Thanks in advance!

Hyde Park Corner > Cockfosters > Waterloo > Canada Water > Crossness > Poplar > Wembley Central > Looisham > West Kensington > East Ham > Turnham Green > White City > St John's Wood > Walthamstow Central > White Chapel > Waterloo > Sloane Square > Kings Cross > South Kensington > Pimlico> Victoria > Twyford>Paddington > Harrow and Wealdstone > Ealing Broadway > West India Quay > Uxbridge > Great Portaloo Street > Barking > Swiss Cottage > Seven Sisters

I was thinking of being generous and just coming down to Euston,  and letting someone else make the last step,  then I decided to do it myself   so

Mornington Crescent

We seem to be getting rather bogged down here, so I'll play a wild card to open things up:

Hyde Park Corner > Cockfosters > Waterloo > Canada Water > Crossness > Poplar > Wembley Central > Looisham > West Kensington > East Ham > Turnham Green > White City > St John's Wood > Walthamstow Central > White Chapel > Waterloo > Sloane Square > Kings Cross > South Kensington > Pimlico> Victoria > Twyford>Paddington > Harrow and Wealdstone > Ealing Broadway > West India Quay > Uxbridge > Great Portaloo Street > Barking > Swiss Cottage >

Seven Sisters

 

I like your thinking there. Hyde Park Corner > Cockfosters > Waterloo > Canada Water > Crossness > Poplar > Wembley Central > Looisham > West Kensington > East Ham > Turnham Green > White City > St John's Wood > Walthamstow Central > White Chapel > Waterloo > Sloane Square > Kings Cross > South Kensington > Pimlico> Victoria > Twyford>Paddington > Harrow and Wealdstone > Ealing Broadway > West India Quay > Uxbridge > Great Portaloo Street > Barking

Swiss Cottage

hmm,   that's a sneaky one.  I am now going mad trying to work out how to move on from there.  Mad I tell 'ee,  b ....... mad     ah,  slaps head,  of course  - I was b******  up the wrong tree

Hyde Park Corner > Cockfosters > Waterloo > Canada Water > Crossness > Poplar > Wembley Central > Looisham > West Kensington > East Ham > Turnham Green > White City > St John's Wood > Walthamstow Central > White Chapel > Waterloo > Sloane Square > Kings Cross > South Kensington > Pimlico> Victoria > Twyford>Paddington > Harrow and Wealdstone > Ealing Broadway > West India Quay > Uxbridge > Great Portaloo Street

Barking

Could Woman 1 be FWSA Vanessa HD for Victoria 7

I am not sure, looks like her but I think there are slight diferences.

On the other hand, Vanessa is gorgeous, wishlisted! Thanks!

I feel like a lot of G3 females are more beautiful than G8.

Could Woman 1 be FWSA Vanessa HD for Victoria 7

for Victoria 4 (Free)

https://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/?item_id=81074&ca

 

V4 (Free)
(6th image is the pose)

https://www.sharecg.com/v/75022/

 

Genesis 3

https://www.daz3d.com/myth-greek-goddesses-poses

 

Some other threads on it

https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/117361/classical-poses

https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/278821/classical-sculpture-painting-poses-product

 

Well played Sir !

Being out of khazi now I'll play a cautious:

Hyde Park Corner > Cockfosters > Waterloo > Canada Water > Crossness > Poplar > Wembley Central > Looisham > West Kensington > East Ham > Turnham Green > White City > St John's Wood > Walthamstow Central > White Chapel > Waterloo > Sloane Square > Kings Cross > South Kensington > Pimlico> Victoria > Twyford>Paddington > Harrow and Wealdstone > Ealing Broadway > West India Quay > Uxbridge

Great Portaloo Street

Now I'm sure most of you will be aware of the significance of my next move. But for the one or two that don't I will explain. As well as being the place that a famous dictionary was first printed it's Odean cinema was featured in the film "Carry On At Your Convenience" If I don't get double points for this I quit. Hyde Park Corner > Cockfosters > Waterloo > Canada Water > Crossness > Poplar > Wembley Central > Looisham > West Kensington > East Ham > Turnham Green > White City > St John's Wood > Walthamstow Central > White Chapel > Waterloo > Sloane Square > Kings Cross > South Kensington > Pimlico> Victoria > Twyford>Paddington > Harrow and Wealdstone > Ealing Broadway > West India Quay

Uxbridge

I did this render of Penny 8. She's pretty, but it's a shame that she came with such ugly skin. This skin is from TaliDesade's Mei Head Morph for Genesis 8 from deviantART which includes a skin too. She is using Victoria 8's eyebrows. Here is the DAZ Galleries link [x]

I have no idea how I made that sepia vignette effect. It happened in render. I know I did use a spotlight, so that's probably it. I love this hair. Might need to pick up the other dForce/strand hairs that Linday has. I don't like the dForce cloths hairs because my laptop is too weak for them, but it sims these strand ones just fine.

Her eyes are from Mousso's Macarena. The pants are from Powerage's Desdemone REMIX. Then I applied a combination of Mec4D's and Fisty & Darc's Iray shaders to the rest to unify my kitbashing. I also threw in a left stocking from an Aeon Soul set. I don't remember which one, but I wanted to cover up that hole on the inner thighs of the pants.