List of Holiday Freebies:

• dForce Long T-Shirt for Genesis 8 Female(s) [Aave Nainen]
• WDJ's Christmas Memories [Wee Dangerous John]
• Tranquilizer Guns [Daz Originals; Nightshift3D]
• MD Desk Set [MikeD]
• FLO Makeup for Genesis 8 Female(s) [AprilYSH ]
• C3D Appliances [Collective3d]
• Z Sleigh All The Way - Props and Poses [Zeddicuss]
• Jepe's Art Deco Statuette for Victoria 8 [Jepe]
• Armchair [DG Vertex]
• Holiday Presents [Tesla3dCorp]
• Aluminum Drinking Cans [GeeSee3D]
• Little Seasonal Shelf [David Brinnen; ForbiddenWhispers]
• Medieval Crown for Genesis 8 Male [Deepsea]
• Christmas Poinsetta Plants [Daz Originals; MartinJFrost]
• Japanese Style Dining Set - Lotus [ZKuro]
• Christmas Suit for Daz Dog 8 [Karth]
• Monochromatic Iray Shaders [vyktohria]
• The Body Pillow [OziChick]
• IDG Vibrant Light Probes [DestinysGarden; InaneGlory]
• Santa Lucia Crown [Hellboy]
• PTF Crystal Drop Earrings [PixelTizzyFit]
• The Temple of Her [Anain; Belladona]
• Hexagon Essential Tips [Arki; Cgan]
• BB Mixer [3djoji]
• VIP Necklace for Genesis 8 Female [B-Rock]
• Fleet Ops: Corridor 7 [TangoAlpha]
• CC Holiday Ornaments [ChangelingChick; VincentXyooj]
• Wooden Christmas Train [DzFire]
• Rodeo Machine [tentman]
• Little Cars [3djoji]
• Polar Bear dForce Pillow [Cris Palomino]
• dForce BG Dress for Genesis 8 Female [Anain]
• A Little Table - Merry Christmas [Muscleman]
• Krampus Props and Poses for Genesis 8 [FeralFey; Orestes Graphics]
• Timeless Jewel Set for Genesis 8 Female [Mytilus]

Thanks to L'Adair for the start of the list and the format!

I'll try to keep it updated, if I miss something, feel free to let me know!

Original post: Has anyone done a list of all the Holiday freebies the PAs have put out this month?  I was going to try to do a render with a bunch of them in it, but I've forgotten a few, I think.  A list would be good, and someone usually does one, so I'm wondering if I've just missed it somewhere.

Eva 8 has Granny Hands!

*All the following renders done with the same 2 lights. First render is default Eva with medium translucency. You should be able to see the full size image with a right click, view image or open image in a new tab.

Look how angry Eva is! I'd be pretty unhappy too if my hands looked like Grandma's. There are 2 reasons for this. First the main texture has a lot going on her knuckles for some reason. The second is her normal maps are way too strong in this area. Its not as bad without the normals, but as I said the main texture still has a lot of lines on her knuckles. Its kind of werid.

Someone mentioned trying Altern8 on her, I have that. This is the Victoria 8 preset.

I'm not sure if it suits her. Her nose is reddish like she has a cold. Perhaps I could lower the translucency or try another preset. But I moved on to a totally different skin.

Here is Eva with Caitlyn's skin from the bundle. She's also using Caitlyn's firber brows.

Not bad, not bad at all. This is right out of the box. Her hands look much better, too.

How about going totally off base and using good old Dfeault Genesis 3 Jeane's skin. This is with my own surface settings.

She looks even angrier!

Funny enough, somebody mentioned Zelara, I had already made a test with her skin, too. This is default Zelara, she can be much nicier with a couple minor tweeks.

This one using BJ Misumi skin, still using Caitlyn's brows.

That's quite nice, IMO. Maybe Eva can start smiling again?

I wanted to experiment. I wanted to use Misumi's settings with Eva's skin. Eva's diffuse textures came out too orange (surprise), so I switched it up and used her SSS maps in the base color and transluncency sections.

Boom goes the dynamite!

So to get this result, I used Misumi's settings and Misumi's roughness/reflectivity maps. I only used Eva's SSS maps, and Caitlyn's brows.

Depending on what you're after and how picky you are, imo, this is probably one of his best bikinis here for G8F. There are two other products by him which have a slightly odd feature where the right strap that runs from the breast up to the neck is twisted, particularly in "Hongyu's Bikini 2 for Genesis 8 Female(s)" and "Hongyu's Bikini 2 for Victoria 7". It looks like he changed this for the newer product models.

You could use the ExP exporter to export your new morphs in a form that can be loaded with or injected into the regular version of the Victoria 4 figure - I'm not altogether surprised that you current route is giving trouble, though I think your solution is a trifle sledgehammer-to-crack-a-nut.

i am going to try your method. Didn't know that it existed until you posted your comment. I'm relatively new at Daz and I really appreciate the help.

my Victoria is thirsty. 

You could use the ExP exporter to export your new morphs in a form that can be loaded with or injected into the regular version of the Victoria 4 figure - I'm not altogether surprised that you current route is giving trouble, though I think your solution is a trifle sledgehammer-to-crack-a-nut.

I am using Faceshop 8 and Victoria 4.2 to generate characters because I like the results that I'm getting a lot better than the ones I'm getting from FaceGen (I have the latest version of Facegen Pro).  After I have created a character that I really like I save it as a scene file and triax weight the figure so that I can save it as a character as well. I load either the scene or character and work on it 

The problem is that when I close that scene or delete the character and then open a scene with a ddifferent V4 character in it, it reverts to the previous character or some kind of combined morph monstrosity. The original figure or sccene is destroyed even though I have not hit the save button. The only work around I've come up with is to leave the aptly named DIM running, uninstall the Postgre CMS (Win 64) and then reinstall it before I change the character or scene.

This is not a big deal, just really inconvenient. Why is this happening? Is the C++ code being altered?   As I have said, I have a work around but if anyone has a better solution I would sure like to hear it.          

I'm running on a new Dell laptop and a new Dell Desktop so the computers are not the problem. Perhaps I've caught DIM from Daz. Actually I love the program especially the fact that you can make just about anything fit anything else. Just get frustrated sometimes.

Hi, are there any skeleton & internal organs sets for Genesis 8 that I haven't noticed? I've looked but couldn't find any. Failing that, is there a way I could use the Victoria 4 ones and then convert to use inside a Genesis 8 character?

Thanks,

Is there anyone not owning Michael 4 and Victoria 4.2? They are free together with a Debut new release purchase!

I had to wonder that myself.  I mean, didn't these come with every version of Daz Studio?  Maybe I've just forgotten.

Both Micheal 4 and Victoria 4 were given away as freebies multiple times already either as a standalone or with their bundles.

I was sure that Victoria 4.2 and Michael 4.0 were included in the basic Daz Studio bundle when I first downloaded.  I thought that they were considered to be Base figures...like Genesis, G2, G3, G8.  Maybe that's not the case anymore now that we're up to G8.

 

I have a message banner offering me 10% off a Debut New Release today for owning them. "Michael and Victoria want you to save" which I thought was cute. I will have to see if I want any of them.

And yes, Michael & Victoria were the base figures. I don't recall if they were bundled with DS2-3, but I believe all the named base characters (Aiko, Hiro, David, Luke & Laura, etc) were offered free to buy separately, either all or nearly all the time, up until sometime around the Genesis (1) release.

Is there anyone not owning Michael 4 and Victoria 4.2? They are free together with a Debut new release purchase!

I had to wonder that myself.  I mean, didn't these come with every version of Daz Studio?  Maybe I've just forgotten.

Both Micheal 4 and Victoria 4 were given away as freebies multiple times already either as a standalone or with their bundles.

I was sure that Victoria 4.2 and Michael 4.0 were included in the basic Daz Studio bundle when I first downloaded.  I thought that they were considered to be Base figures...like Genesis, G2, G3, G8.  Maybe that's not the case anymore now that we're up to G8.

No, M4 and V4 were not included in DS base content. At some point there was a "limited edition" of V4 included, but I don't remember any version of M4. However they've been available for free in the store for a long time, so a good number of people probably got them that way.

But there are certainly recent users who don't have them.

Is there anyone not owning Michael 4 and Victoria 4.2? They are free together with a Debut new release purchase!

I had to wonder that myself.  I mean, didn't these come with every version of Daz Studio?  Maybe I've just forgotten.

Both Micheal 4 and Victoria 4 were given away as freebies multiple times already either as a standalone or with their bundles.

I was sure that Victoria 4.2 and Michael 4.0 were included in the basic Daz Studio bundle when I first downloaded.  I thought that they were considered to be Base figures...like Genesis, G2, G3, G8.  Maybe that's not the case anymore now that we're up to G8.

Is there anyone not owning Michael 4 and Victoria 4.2? They are free together with a Debut new release purchase!

I had to wonder that myself.  I mean, didn't these come with every version of Daz Studio?  Maybe I've just forgotten.

Both Micheal 4 and Victoria 4 were given away as freebies multiple times already either as a standalone or with their bundles.

Is there anyone not owning Michael 4 and Victoria 4.2? They are free together with a Debut new release purchase!

I had to wonder that myself.  I mean, didn't these come with every version of Daz Studio?  Maybe I've just forgotten.

Is there anyone not owning Michael 4 and Victoria 4.2? They are free together with a Debut new release purchase!

Dont forget Monika. https://www.daz3d.com/fwsa-monika-hd-for-victoria-7-and-her-jewelry

Evacyn, you can use the Map Transfer utility in DAZ Studio to convert an Aiko 5 or any other Genesis UV texture to Victoria 5.  Then you can put the texture onto Genesis 8 using "Legacy UVs for Genesis 8: Victoria 5".

For tutorials on the Map Transfer utility see either:

https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/184696/tutorial-from-map-transfer-to-material-presets
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/95701/tutorial-converting-custom-genesis-2-uvs-to-genesis-3

Product Used:

Nights of Romance
https://www.daz3d.com/nights-of-romance
dForce Summer Angel Outfit for Genesis 3 and 8 Female(s) by PandyGirl and WildDesigns:
https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-summer-angel-outfit-for-genesis-3-and-8-female-s
Marion for Victoria 8 by Freja:
https://www.daz3d.com/marion-for-victoria-8
Liv Hair for Genesis 3 Female(s) and Genesis 8 Female(s) by outoftouch:
https://www.daz3d.com/liv-hair-for-genesis-3-female-s-and-genesis-8-female-s
Leg Chains for Genesis 3 and Genesis 8 Female(s) by Sshodan:
https://www.daz3d.com/leg-chains-for-genesis-3-and-genesis-8-female-s
Victorian Decor 3 Iray - by LaurieS (Couch, Chair, and Rug):
https://www.daz3d.com/victorian-decor-3-iray
Chateau Chic Furniture (Plant) by Daz 3D and Merlin Studios:
https://www.daz3d.com/chateau-chic-furniture
Furniture Frenzy by Daz 3D and ARTCollaborations (End Tables):
https://www.daz3d.com/furniture-frenzy
The Mad Chemistry Lab Bundle (Books in Purse and on Table) by ARTCollaborations:
https://www.daz3d.com/the-mad-chemistry-lab-bundle
Mirror Mirror by Daz 3D and ARTCollab/ARTCollaborations:
https://www.daz3d.com/mirror-mirror
Light It Up by Daz 3D and ARTCollab/ARTCollaborations:
https://www.daz3d.com/light-it-up
Pastel Goth Outfit for Genesis 8 Female(s) (Necklace)by Daz 3D, Luthbellina, and Nikisatez:
https://www.daz3d.com/pastel-goth-outfit-for-genesis-8-female-s
Crochet Dress Outfit for Genesis 8 Female(s) (Purse) by Daz 3D, DirtyFairy, and Nikisatez:
https://www.daz3d.com/crochet-dress-outfit-for-genesis-8-female-s
Teen Kitty Outfit for Genesis 8 Female(s) (Bracelet) by Daz 3D, Anna Benjamin, and Nikisatez:
https://www.daz3d.com/teen-kitty-outfit-for-genesis-8-female-s
https://www.daz3d.com/teen-josie-8-pro-bundle

Products Used:
Nights of Romance
https://www.daz3d.com/nights-of-romance
Marion for Victoria 8 by Freja:
https://www.daz3d.com/marion-for-victoria-8
dForce Wild Nettle Outfit for Genesis 8 Female(s) (Recolored) by Daz 3D, Anna Benjamin, and Mada de Leeuw:
https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-wild-nettle-outfit-for-genesis-8-female-s
The Mad Chemistry Lab Bundle (Book Shelf and Books) by ARTCollaborations:
https://www.daz3d.com/the-mad-chemistry-lab-bundle
Sophia Hair for Genesis 3 and 8 Female(s) by outoftouch:
https://www.daz3d.com/sophia-hair-for-genesis-3-and-8-female-s

Promo Information (Since the system wouldn't take my list of Products Used for all those and honestly it would have been confusing what items were in which anyway ROFL)

Products Used:

Nights of Romance (NoR Full Scene Graceful Green) :
https://www.daz3d.com/nights-of-romance

Amy-Lee for Victoria 8 by Freja:
https://www.daz3d.com/amy-lee-for-victoria-8

Genesis 8 Female MEGA Wardrobe by outoftouch (Shirt Recolored):
https://www.daz3d.com/genesis-8-female-mega-wardrobe

Gem Jewelry for Genesis 3 and 8 Female(s) by esha (Necklace and Ring):
https://www.daz3d.com/gem-jewelry-for-genesis-3-and-8-female-s

Linda Ponytail Hair for Genesis 3 and 8 Female(s) by outoftouch:
https://www.daz3d.com/linda-ponytail-hair-for-genesis-3-and-8-female-s

Backlight - Hair Shaders for Iray by chevybabe25:
https://www.daz3d.com/backlight--hair-shaders-for-iray-