MachineClaw said:

daveso said:

this is all i get..everywhere. I'm on Opera

BLUE BAR  right side gear.  All Categories.  Webpage updates shows all forum titles.  Each has it's own gear. Hide or unhide should be available.

 

Try a different browser if available.  I don't use Opera any longer, actually ages.

thanks..why i didnt see ALL categories before is beyond me..however, when I unhid the category I wanted this error popped up 

daveso said:

this is all i get..everywhere. I'm on Opera

BLUE BAR  right side gear.  All Categories.  Webpage updates shows all forum titles.  Each has it's own gear. Hide or unhide should be available.

Try a different browser if available.  I don't use Opera any longer, actually ages.

McGyver said:

I was just reading about how a well known password management service's senior DevOps engineer's home computer was hacked (in a completely avoidable manner) and the perpetrators obtained a decrypted vault available only to a couple of top employees... among the exported data were password production backups, critical database backups, cloud-based storage resources and decryption keys needed to generate the backups.

Back in August no less, but they are just now admitting this...

This is on top of a separate incident, also in August that they didn't admit until December.

Apparently, they believe the incidents were perpetrated by different entities... like that's more assuring or something.

"Don't worry folks, the same burglar didn't break in twice using the keys they stole, it was a different burglar who broke in through a different window we left open..."

Is it just me or is just safer at this point to write your passwords down on paper and tape them up on the community bulletin board at the supermarket, next to the ad for DJ Jeff's Entertainment Express and the guy selling a "slightly pet stained" sofa for $500?

I'm feeling like the days of mouseprint disclaimers and cryptic legal clauses disavowing companies of responsibilities they in all outward represention appear to be backing and making claims of support towards, should be over and done with... If you create a company that offers a service which in no way could possibly ever securely provide the service you attest to it be able to perform as OR you talk it up making outrageous claims and then your disclaimers cryptically refute all your previous claims in a manner a Harvard legal scholar would have trouble disassembling, you need to be forced to make in simple words, bold print, in plain sight, a warning that you are full of crap and everything you just said is fantastical nonsense you claimed in hopes of luring in gullible people who don't understand how stuff works... 

PasswordKing! 

WE MANAGE YOUR PASSWORDS SAFELY SO YOU DON'T NEED TO!

WARNING: Nobody can do this. Anything and everything can and will get hacked, at best this is a crapshoot that maybe your data won't get compromised while in our hands, but it's unlikely because once you create a service that says it manages your passwords, you effectively drew a big bullseye on it... it's like why they paint tanks green, not florescent orange and army uniforms are camouflaged, not magenta... the more attention you draw the more likely you are to be obliterated, so essential you may as well just tape them up on the community bulletin board at the supermarket next to the ad for DJ Jeff's Entertainment Express and the guy selling a "slightly pet stained" sofa for $300.

I know that'll never happen, but it should, because just because people are gullible, but probably should know something doesn't mean you can make stupid disingenuous claims or imply you are capable of providing something you are not...  it's getting stupider and stupider every day.

 

 

 

Note: PasswordKing is not a real company, I made it up and if there is one out there it doesn't show up in any Google search*, but if there does exist one somewhere, that's not the one I was referring to, it's just a random stupid name I used random stupid brain cells to generate, to illustrate a point.

 

*A basic low level expression of Due Diligence.

[Female Passnger on Titanic] “Is this ship really unsinkable?”

[Deck Hand]  "Yes madam, Not even God can sink it!" 

...indeed, be careful what you boast about.

markusmatern said:

Stonemason said:

barbult said:

Stonemason said:

Is Daz Studio able to do 360 degree renders for VR? ,there was a bug that meant everything became inverted when viewing the 180 degrees 'behind' the camera. Has that been fixed yet?

I'm not aware of any fix to that problem. Many people seem not to notice. I'm not sure whether their 3D depth perception is poor, or they are fooling themselves into thinking it is working, because it doesn't look flat. The store even sells an anaglyph product that purports to create 360 stereo images, but even the store product has the problem. I haven't tried creating 360 stereo in Daz Studio lately, though.

Thanks for the update, it's been years since I used VR, shame to hear that bug was never fixed

I am not aware of the described problem. In any direction you can see the correct 3D impression.

The panorama was rendered in Iray from two 360° cameras. To set them up just add two new cameras and use the following settings.

Lens properties for the left eye:

• Lens Distortion Type: spherical
• Lens Stereo Offest (mm): -30

Lens properties for the right eye:

• Lens Distortion Type: spherical
• Lens Stereo Offest (mm): 30

I think it is crucial not to move the camera itself, but instead use the Lens Stereo Offset parameter of the spherical camera!

Maybe Daz or NVIDIA have fixed something. I haven't seen anything mentioned in the forum or the release highlight threads about a fix. As I mentioned, I haven't tried if for a long time because of the depth inversion problems.The settings you showed are the settings I have always used. I'm going to try again. Thanks for sharing your experience.

Did you just try that now? What browser are you using? I thought there was an unhide at the category level, but I just tried it and the forum I hid is, as expected, hidden, so there's no gear icon to click. I'm in Chrome.

Once you have gone to "All Categories" you should be able to click the gear of any forum that you think is normally hidden and get something like this:

If it says "Hide" instead of "Unhide" then that suggests it is one of the categories that you didn't hide in the first place (at least that is my experience)

My experience with the sort order on 1.4.1.22 on both Win 10 and Mac OS Ventura is they are different for 'Order Date: Recent First'. Windows is now accurate if you have a new order to download, but the Mac OS versioon is wonky. Today's order had 2 new items and 11 older products, taking advantage of the sales. I had to search by product name and thankfully 5 of the items started with the PA's name V176, so I was able to find them fast.

I just don't understand how one version can be fixed and the other one broken, and then it is fixed and the other gets broken. Can't we get both fixed for good?

On a positive note, each time I open DIM, I swear the opening time is decreasing, even when there has not been an update. Is DIM remembering our libraries better or something? Or am I delusional?

And on those PS files, I often find I need them for the geometry, so don't hide them until you have opened up D|S and checked out that the older DS files work without them installed. One other thing about them, is if there was a material set was created for an old file and even if its set was updated to the new Daz file structures, the material set may need the PS file still, so they will work. (This is true for artists who have left Daz.)

Mary

Awhile ago I decided there were too many categories in the forums so found a way to hide the ones I do not read. Now I want to add one of them back in and I cannot figure out where I did it or how to do it. Typical old man loss of mmory trick right there. 
Any idea?

I was just reading about how a well known password management service's senior DevOps engineer's home computer was hacked (in a completely avoidable manner) and the perpetrators obtained a decrypted vault available only to a couple of top employees... among the exported data were password production backups, critical database backups, cloud-based storage resources and decryption keys needed to generate the backups.

Back in August no less, but they are just now admitting this...

This is on top of a separate incident, also in August that they didn't admit until December.

Apparently, they believe the incidents were perpetrated by different entities... like that's more assuring or something.

"Don't worry folks, the same burglar didn't break in twice using the keys they stole, it was a different burglar who broke in through a different window we left open..."

Is it just me or is just safer at this point to write your passwords down on paper and tape them up on the community bulletin board at the supermarket, next to the ad for DJ Jeff's Entertainment Express and the guy selling a "slightly pet stained" sofa for $500?

I'm feeling like the days of mouseprint disclaimers and cryptic legal clauses disavowing companies of responsibilities they in all outward represention appear to be backing and making claims of support towards, should be over and done with... If you create a company that offers a service which in no way could possibly ever securely provide the service you attest to it be able to perform as OR you talk it up making outrageous claims and then your disclaimers cryptically refute all your previous claims in a manner a Harvard legal scholar would have trouble disassembling, you need to be forced to make in simple words, bold print, in plain sight, a warning that you are full of crap and everything you just said is fantastical nonsense you claimed in hopes of luring in gullible people who don't understand how stuff works... 

PasswordKing! 

WE MANAGE YOUR PASSWORDS SAFELY SO YOU DON'T NEED TO!

WARNING: Nobody can do this. Anything and everything can and will get hacked, at best this is a crapshoot that maybe your data won't get compromised while in our hands, but it's unlikely because once you create a service that says it manages your passwords, you effectively drew a big bullseye on it... it's like why they paint tanks green, not florescent orange and army uniforms are camouflaged, not magenta... the more attention you draw the more likely you are to be obliterated, so essential you may as well just tape them up on the community bulletin board at the supermarket next to the ad for DJ Jeff's Entertainment Express and the guy selling a "slightly pet stained" sofa for $300.

I know that'll never happen, but it should, because just because people are gullible, but probably should know something doesn't mean you can make stupid disingenuous claims or imply you are capable of providing something you are not...  it's getting stupider and stupider every day.

Note: PasswordKing is not a real company, I made it up and if there is one out there it doesn't show up in any Google search*, but if there does exist one somewhere, that's not the one I was referring to, it's just a random stupid name I used random stupid brain cells to generate, to illustrate a point.

*A basic low level expression of Due Diligence.

P302 said:

RiverSoftArt said:

oes this get overwritten? What if I open multiple Instances of DAZ Studio?

All of my scripts write their information to the registry.  If you are comfortable using RegEdit, you can load it, search for Turbo Loader and see what it is saving.  I don't know why your registry would not be working though.  Do you have issues with other of my scripts?

As a stop gap until you figure this out, the Save and Load buttons at the top will save your morph list to a file.  

I see your other products like "render doctor", "look at me" etc.under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\DAZ\Studio4PublicBuild and also under each instances name (e.g. Studio4PublicBuild[1]) but no" turbo loader" here. I also quickly checked if your other scripts still can access the registry for instance Render Doctor writes Custom Filename under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\DAZ\Studio4PublicBuild[1]\D:\DAZ 3D\My DAZ 3D Library\scripts\riversoft art\render doctor\render doctor.dse which seems to work. Also reopening Render Doctor shows the changed custom filename. But no Turbo Loader whatsoever. Cecked also other locations like HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.

Do you write a log entry if you cant access the registry? Or how can I check what it tries to access?

I'm using your workaround which is fine for me so far (I only must ensure to save out the new list once I installed a new product with morphs). However I'd be pleased if I got it working correctly.

BTW: Character load time dropped form 2:30 to 30sec. But that's not important to me. I like to pose using IK with the Active Pose Tool. I had a slide show with one frame every 2 seconds - unusable. Now it is 6 frames per second with just the hip locked and the hand dragged. Even with heavily customized characters. So despite my quirky installation it's already a winner for me.

Well that is great the other apps work.  And I am happy TL has helped you, but let's see what the problem could be.

It must be crashing then.  What is the log saying?

Beginner Challenge - March 2023

Are you new to the 3D World? Are you at the beginning stages of learning 3D rendering? Have you been around for a little bit but feel you could benefit from some feedback or instruction? Have you been around awhile and would like to help other members start their creative journey? Well then come and join the fun as we host our newest render challenge!
 

Posing

This challenge is a general render challenge with the focus being on how you pose the characters in your image. We're providing you with lots of great links on Posing from a variety of sources. To get started, find a photograph or drawing using this link or eg for dance poses this link to use as a reference. (Be sure the image you use is labeled for commercial reuse - though we will only be using it as reference, alternatively use your own personal photographs for reference.) Additional searches approved for use include Running, Fighting. (These links go to DuckDuckGo, which may give different results for different searchers, and should give everyone plenty to choose from.)

Then try to pose your character as closely as possible to match the reference image. For this challenge, please post your reference image or a link to it, and your render. This will give forum viewers an idea of the pose you are trying to achieve and will lead to more helpful suggestions. Have fun!

How to Use Your Software:
Software is often updated, and online tutorials and information often demonstrate older versions of the software. The software version you are using may differ in User Interface and tools available. Please share links to reference material that you have found helpful in the Challenge thread.

in DAZ Studio
Daz Documentation Center [Wiki]
Daz 101: Posing
Pinning, Posing and the Active Pose Tool
Applying Partial Poses
Daz 3D Posing, Pinning Poses, & Morphs
Some good tips in this forum thread.

in Poser
Poser Tutorial: Quick Posing

in Carrara
Dartanbeck's simple method of character animation (Carrara Cafe article, great for those who prefer illustrated written tutorials)
Huge list of helpful forum links (scroll to Animation and Posing section) If you have a problem, your answer might be here!
Carrara 3D Tutorial - Posing a Figure
Posing in Carrara
Posing Tips - Carrara Cafe

in Bryce
While it is not possible to pose things in Bryce, you are welcome to do your posing in another program such as DAZ Studio or Poser, then export and render in Bryce. For information on how to use the Bryce bridge to import a DS scene into Bryce: http://brycebasics.blogspot.com/2009/12/using-daz-studio-with-bryce.html

Always worth a look: last years Posing challenge:

Posing

I will be checking in, as will the rest of the Community Volunteers, to try and help with anything you all may need.

Similar, I typically go to the Carrara forum first if I am going to the Daz3D website.

There is a way to be notified if a specific forum thread gets updated.  The forum software sends an email when a new post has been added.  I think you click to the upper right of the thread on the forum page.  And you can uncheck it if you no longer want notification.

RiverSoftArt said:

oes this get overwritten? What if I open multiple Instances of DAZ Studio?

All of my scripts write their information to the registry.  If you are comfortable using RegEdit, you can load it, search for Turbo Loader and see what it is saving.  I don't know why your registry would not be working though.  Do you have issues with other of my scripts?

As a stop gap until you figure this out, the Save and Load buttons at the top will save your morph list to a file.  

I see your other products like "render doctor", "look at me" etc.under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\DAZ\Studio4PublicBuild and also under each instances name (e.g. Studio4PublicBuild[1]) but no" turbo loader" here. I also quickly checked if your other scripts still can access the registry for instance Render Doctor writes Custom Filename under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\DAZ\Studio4PublicBuild[1]\D:\DAZ 3D\My DAZ 3D Library\scripts\riversoft art\render doctor\render doctor.dse which seems to work. Also reopening Render Doctor shows the changed custom filename. But no Turbo Loader whatsoever. Cecked also other locations like HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.

Do you write a log entry if you cant access the registry? Or how can I check what it tries to access?

I'm using your workaround which is fine for me so far (I only must ensure to save out the new list once I installed a new product with morphs). However I'd be pleased if I got it working correctly.

BTW: Character load time dropped form 2:30 to 30sec. But that's not important to me. I like to pose using IK with the Active Pose Tool. I had a slide show with one frame every 2 seconds - unusable. Now it is 6 frames per second with just the hip locked and the hand dragged. Even with heavily customized characters. So despite my quirky installation it's already a winner for me.

benniewoodell said:

Use Diffeomorphic instead of Daz to Blender Bridge. You'll find info for that in the Blender forum or google diffeomorphic blender and download it there.

Thanks. I'll have to check that out. :)

my bookmarked link to DAZ is the Carrara forum

hey everyone!
started a new work and decided it was time to try and "fix" my character's skin render. For some reason it always looks low res compard to the rest of the textures (clothes, etc...)
I've just spent the good portion of 2h researching how to fix this but all I see is "denoiser is bad" and "change your render settings". Usually my render settings are:

Render Mode = Photoreal
Max Samples = 10000
Max Time = 0
Rendering Quality = 3
Rendering Converged Ratio = 100%

which I actually got from this forum since my render was waaayy too fast and crap. Anyway... the lighting used is https://www.daz3d.com/iradiance-crystal--sparkle-rich-hdri-for-iray which I suspect is partly cusplable but it also ahappens with other lighting so... *shrug*

thanks for any help you can give! <3

EDIT
after opening photoshop I noticed that the black textures are also the same... :(

EDIT 2:

I changed my render settings and even with 1500 max samples it renders in 30 minutes... is this the problem? I can't make it render longer so it's not finished and it looks low res?

Moved to Product Suggestions as it is an in-search-of-content topic rather than a Daz Studio Topic.

I did another quick search under jewelry. The necklace is probably this one https://www.daz3d.com/egyptian--or-not-for-genesis-8-female

McGyver said:

I was wondering about doing something and instead of actually doing it or starting a thread asking if it made sense to bother with or if it's a waste of server space (I always keep poor little Burt in mind as he has enough of a burden) I decided to ask an opinion here... since both Richard and Frank seem to mod this thread I figured their input is kinda important too in regards to this...

I was thinking of starting a reference image thread in the Art Studio forum... I take tons of reference photos for stuff I make or as ideas for scenes and I was thinking of going through them and selecting some of the more useful ones that people might be able to use for a project or as a reference image.

Its probably stupid because it would be kind of random based on stuff I've thought was interesting or useful and I know that th Internet is full of images on anything you can imagine, but in my experience it's never what I want or includes the kind of helpful details... I see lots of people make models too that seem to be good model makers, but they omit certain simple and glaringly obvious details and I've wondered if they just aren't finding good reference material.

The most likely starting point would be architectural reference images and machinery details... stuff that would be good for modeling those type of things or modeling... Like last week me and my daughter were photographing some ruins on the grounds of an abandoned psychiatric facility and a lot of the images are good references for horror or apocalypse/dystopian scenes or modeling.

I feel like it would evolve over time, probably based only comments/input, but I dunno it seems like it could be an interesting thing and might even draw people in to discover DAZ if they find the thread using a Google search... so sort of an asset for DAZ in a way.

If this is a totally idiotic idea and a waste of server space or something forbidden (I don't get what's forbidden sometimes, it seems kinda hard to predict/interpret) please let me know.

If it's okay and interesting I'll start going through my collections and figure out how to do this in the most sensible arrangement/presentation and manner.

This is an example of a dilapidated machinery kind of picture...

I know, I know it's portrait format, not landscape... but it made sense for this item.

BTW- It seems the subject is some sort of hot water exchange unit that controls hot water delivery pumps... based on surviving labels on a different unit nearby.

 

Those shader nodes are a mess! 

Dana