OP must have it otherwise he could not open that plugin pane... The last time I used it was nearly 5 years ago... After transfer, you load G3M, in Parameters pane, there should be a group named 'Generation X' under 'Actor', all the transferred morph should be there. Could you find the baby's morph there?

Ps: Recommend a tutorial from COF if you've not seen it before - : https://www.sharecg.com/v/82334/view/3/Text-Entry-Tutorial/COF-GenX-Plugin-Tutorial

JustPlayNoName said:

Hello all,

I have not yet fully understood the concept of daz. It would be nice if someone could give me a link to an article or answers.

Does daz work like a lego set, where I have to buy several bundles to put something together?

Yes and no. Generally characters are sold as basically the naked figure with skin, eyebrows and eyelashes. Some may come with expressions for the face, most won't. Some may come with options for different ages of the same character (particularly Daz's own characters). Clothing, hairstyles, accessories and other character related items such as makeup, skin detail modifications such as freckles tend to be sold seperately. Morphs to change the body shape are also sold separately.

Sets, such as street scenes, buildings, landscapes, come complete as you see them. Same with vehicles, animals, etc. There are also tools for creating landscapes, scattering objects, optimising renders, you name it. Daz has it's own language (Daz Script) which isn't a million miles away from javascript if you're familiar with that but it's poorly documented.

If you can model in Blender you can make anything you're capable of, export to a format like .obj or .dae and import your creations. You can make whatever you want really. Making your own clothing is a long and complex topic; if you want to do it to a high standard it will take you some time to fully understand and master this aspect.

Are there any free bundles? I found some websites on google that offer free daz art. But is that legal? Or is it only allowed to buy from the original daz shop?

You can buy whatever you want from wherever you want, import whatever you want from free sites. There are no restrictions. Be aware that products from stores that don't check and validate Daz content may not work as you might want them to without a lot of additional effort. Most are fine. 

To what extent can I create a bundle myself? If I design a piece of clothing in blender. I have a static object, can I simply transfer this to daz? Daz has a lot of advantages, for example that the clothing adapts to the character, which my blender design wouldn't have automatically. Or do I need the right script for this, which I can apply to my work?

There isn't really any scripting as such involved. Studio will create that for you. However, there is a learning curve in understanding how clothing models are applied to figures. A quick Google search will show up many videos on YouTube that walk you through how to create clothing from scratch in Blender, Cinema 4D, Modo, Maya, Max, Zbrush, all the usual suspects. What most of us lack is the ability to create said clothing (!) so if you have this talent, you will be happy with Daz Studio.

There are bundles to buy in which you can morph the body. From a certain
repertoire, you can create your own character (at least in terms of shape) very freely?
So would it be enough to create a character with the right 3,4 bundles, similar to MakeHumans, and then transfer it to Blender and rig and create poses yourself?

Daz Studio's main function is to create. pose and render custom figures. I don't see the point of exporting this out to Blender unless you want to use the real-time renderer. You can create poses yourself by manipulating every joint in a skeleton yourself. Pose sets are also available to buy but they will need adjusting if you morph the character away from the base.

So how much do I really have to buy to finally create my own individual characters? Or is this simply not intended for this and you are supposed to buy and adopt entire art parts from other artists?

This one really is 'how long is a piece of string'. If you can create morphs yourself in Blender and import them into Daz (this too can be complex - many free tutorials available) you won't need to spend anything. If you can create hairstyles and clothing yourself, you won't need to buy anything. However, the Daz store often sells items ridiculously cheaply. Really, really cheap. Look every day - there will be something for a few dollars it would take you tens if not hundreds of hours to make yourself. So cheap that it would be pointless to spend a lot of hours making your own. If you want 'instant character' - you'll have to spend something. Pick your choices carefully and it won't be a lot.

This brings me to my last question, the legal use.
With all the bundles you can pay extra for licenses. If I buy the part, can I legally use the characters or objects in my game?
And if I don't buy the licenses but create my own character from a purchased bundle by bodymorphing and using my own material, for example. Can I then call it my art and use it legally free?

Yes, it's your art with no additional licenses needed as long as you don't use the actual 3D model in something like Unity or Unreal and rig it there. You'll need the interactive license for that. That useage is still really, really cheap compared to what you'd pay for a quality character in the Unity Asset Store or the Unreal Store. If you render in 2D, it's yours, you can use it in whatever you like, including commercial applications or games. For example, you can create (and we have) a complete point-and-click adventure in 2D using Daz and homebrew assets, some animations and, sadly this is the bit that puts it beyond the realm of the average hobbyist renderer, an indepth knowledge of something like Unity or Unreal and C sharp or C++.

I run a small company of 5 people. We make interactive adventure/mystery games using Daz (and a couple of other tools) on the Android and IOS stores. We make enough to support all of us very comfortably. People think of it as a hobbyist's tool but if you put the effort in, you can get successful commercial results out of it. There are people who do book covers, illustrations for books, comics, visual novels, games, all sorts of artwork.

Daz Studio is not a toy or a throwaway 'amateur's' package. It can be used like that but it offers so, so, so much more if you're prepared to learn.

Hope this helps :)

Do you have all the necessary add-ons? I'm happy to be corrected about this, but my understanding is that you need add-ons for all the intermediate steps to transfer from one generation to another.

Yes, she is lovely and why I kept my suggestions to the characters who most closely matched her people. Morph sliders can modify them further closer to reality.

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Starring: Ella and Walther 2.0

The tale: (Entirely fictional)

It is the year 1967, 8 years after the launch of the Barbie® fashion doll...

Because Ella saw where the two little bullies threw down the doll taken from the now crying little girl, a little further on the beach, and heard her mother say that there is no time to go looking for it, she decided to pick up the doll and after having rinsed off the sand and salt water under a beach shower, to bring it back to the still crying little girl...

And when she walked past Walter (high heels on the beach are awful) he thought "Well ain't she a doll!"

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Rendered with DAZ Studio 4.10.0.123 (nVidia Iray®)

Other free software used: GIMP v2.10.34 and Irfanview 4.62

Postwork: Used some filters that come with GIMP. Also used mcjLut by mcasual (https://sites.google.com/site/mcasualsdazscripts9/mcjlut) with the free FilterGrade Cinematic LUTs Pack (https://filtergrade.com/free-cinematic-luts-video-editing/) and the Vintage-Look Photoshop Effects Pack/Light Leaks Effect Pack by Michael Jarrott (https://creativecloud.adobe.com/discover/article/vintage-look-photoshop-effects-pack).

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sazzyazzca said:

You may have to combine multiple hairs to get the look you're going for, and you may have to make parts of some hairs invisible. You may also need to use a utility to mirror a hair. I've done it several times, even with hair made for other figures. I just parent instead of fit to.

These ones either have some "springing out" type curls or are fairly curly. You'll have to check the promos and morph listings to see if they have what you're after.

https://www.daz3d.com/harlow-hair-2

https://www.daz3d.com/fane-hair-and-character-for-genesis-8-female-s

https://www.daz3d.com/calais-hair-and-ruff

https://www.daz3d.com/stella-hair-for-genesis-3-and-8-females

https://www.daz3d.com/julius-hair-for-genesis-2

https://www.daz3d.com/nesena-hair-for-genesis-3--8-females

https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-romantic-curly-hair-for-genesis-8-and-81-females

https://www.daz3d.com/primavera-hair-with-dforce-for-genesis-8-females

https://www.daz3d.com/despoina-hair

https://www.daz3d.com/frovida-hair

https://www.daz3d.com/ursula-hair-for-genesis-3-8-and-81-females

https://www.daz3d.com/gloriana-hair-for-genesis-3-8-and-81-females

 

Oh thank you!
I had been mulling over the dForce Romantic Curly Hair for Genesis 8 and 8.1 Females, But it would have to be "Beehived" and not sure if it could be manipulated for that "OTT beauty queen" hair.
Ill try a few hair combos. I have a few of those so....
It may be worth a merchant thinking about making that Hair though, I could see it being popular in the "Pinup" group

yuyu.atem said:

Ok, I understand, thank you very much!

So, when a new model is created, specific sliders are created too? How do they create?

Reshape the mesh in a modelling/sculpting applciation without chnaging the resolution or adding/removing parts, then use edit>Figure to launch one of the Morph Loaders (usually Pro) and import the new OBJ, using the same preset as the original OBJ export so thats cale/axes line up correctly, as a new morph, Using GoZ avoids the Export/Import dialogues. PAs making content for the store can bring in morphs that work on higher resolution versions of the model, for HD morphs, but that isn't available to the rest of us.

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All the cool girls wear pink!

Freebies:

Kimberly Jackson G9 (Skin, Hair, Head Morph at 25% Only) - https://www.patreon.com/posts/86341322

Laura for Genesis 9 (Shape) - https://www.renderosity.com/freestuff/items/95644/laura-for-genesis-9

SY 200 Free Morphs Merchant Resource G9 (Adjust Body Shape and Nail Length) - https://sharecg.com/v/99782/favorite/21/DAZ-Studio/SY-200-Free-Morphs-Merchant-Resource-G9

Eyes by Sir Maverick (Not sure which pack, since when you install them they all go in one file together) - https://www.renderosity.com/users/SirMaverick/freestuff

G9 Female Normal Make-Up - https://www.renderosity.com/freestuff/items/93530/g9-female-normal-make-up

Mixable Pitchi for Genesis 9 (Outfit) - https://3dshards.com/product/mixable-pitchi-for-genesis-9/

Big Bead Bracelet - https://www.renderosity.com/freestuff/items/93587/big-bead-bracelet

Fat Drop Loop Earrings G9 - https://www.renderosity.com/freestuff/items/93588/fat-drop-loop-earrings-g9

Glitzy Catrims Eyeglasses G9 - https://www.renderosity.com/freestuff/items/93850/glitzy-catrim-eyeglasses-g9

CRP Standing Cute Poses 1-8 - https://www.renderosity.com/freestuff/items/93477/crp-standing-cute-poses-1-8

Sunflowers HDRI - https://hdrihaven.com/hdri/?h=sunflowers

B&B Bedroom for Daz - https://sharecg.com/v/98910/favorite/21/DAZ-Studio/BB-Bedroom-for-DAZ

One Bedroom House (Loveseat) - https://www.sharecg.com/v/88378/related/21/DAZ-Studio/One-Bedroom-House-update

Pink and white abstract painting (1) - https://unsplash.com/photos/B0jaWEt6a24

Pink and white abstract painting (2) - https://unsplash.com/photos/O9SoTdFD1gA

Flowers and Hearts for Mothers Day Shaders (Wallpaper and Comforter) -  https://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/flower-amp-heart-shader-set-for-mothers-day/85162

No Count:

Genesis 9 Expressions - https://www.daz3d.com/genesis-9-expressions

Sphere Primitive (Bubble)

Paid:

SY InvisiLights Iray - https://www.daz3d.com/sy-invisilights-iray

I tweaked the materials, the lights and the pose.  Set up and rendered within Daz Studio Iray.  Very minor Postwork in Pixelmator, mainly color corrections.

When I go into the shaping section, there is not a nose section, so I don't know how to control the morph of the nose:

You may have to combine multiple hairs to get the look you're going for, and you may have to make parts of some hairs invisible. You may also need to use a utility to mirror a hair. I've done it several times, even with hair made for other figures. I just parent instead of fit to.

These ones either have some "springing out" type curls or are fairly curly. You'll have to check the promos and morph listings to see if they have what you're after.

https://www.daz3d.com/harlow-hair-2

https://www.daz3d.com/fane-hair-and-character-for-genesis-8-female-s

https://www.daz3d.com/calais-hair-and-ruff

https://www.daz3d.com/stella-hair-for-genesis-3-and-8-females

https://www.daz3d.com/julius-hair-for-genesis-2

https://www.daz3d.com/nesena-hair-for-genesis-3--8-females

https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-romantic-curly-hair-for-genesis-8-and-81-females

https://www.daz3d.com/primavera-hair-with-dforce-for-genesis-8-females

https://www.daz3d.com/despoina-hair

https://www.daz3d.com/frovida-hair

https://www.daz3d.com/ursula-hair-for-genesis-3-8-and-81-females

https://www.daz3d.com/gloriana-hair-for-genesis-3-8-and-81-females

Not sure of what you mean... but sliding a dial(s) of nose morph is a sort of 'control'... a nose morph is triggered by another dial is also a sort of 'control', so on and so forth. What is it that you want?

The geoshell acts as the bonnet. That is part of the hijab set.
https://prnt.sc/JoOAf3hA90fK
Anyway, I've found solution for the bonnet poke through, by adding the value of collision offest.
Richard's suggestion seems right regarding the poke through of the cloth.
My hijab previously of has collision layer of 1. My cloth has collision layer of 21 by default.
Probably that's what keep causing the poke through.
And maybe the added value of collision offset also help in this regard.
Poketrough no more

The hijab has implemented the morph to make it bigger to accomodate thick clothing.

This problem is solved.

I wish to modify Daz character with ZBrush. 

I know in ZBrush i should not add geometry, but i wish to make morphs and also i wish to modify the painting (with polypainting) in ZBrush.

I see documentation about making morphs with ZBrush, but i don't see if is possible transfer UVs from Daz to ZBrush, then modify the painting in ZBrush and return back to Daz Studio.

Not exactly... Normally a garment with dForce can well collide with other clothing underneath. For your hijab, you could make its initial shape a bit larger (or make a unique morph) as usually there are some other clothing under it. Just reserve some space for them to drape and collide.. There'll be rarely poke-thru after simulation even with default settings on dForce engine and dynamic surfaces.

Ps -: for such a simple dforce case other than smoothing collision, you don't need a geoshell, or a static dforce modifier...

crosswind said:

Hmm... if so, it seems that the culprit is Mouth Realism 8.1 HD though it's pretty strange...

Have you ever saved any morph assets including this 'Mouth Realism 8.1 HD'  or ever saved Base figure asset for some reason?
Do you use Daz Connect ? ....

Anyway, pls follow this clip to further check and fix it - :  https://mega.nz/file/fCIVTQzR#TqJTsOUbGAhBnpHPh3YN9rp7dWeTPmeG8UNbgt0c7ac

Hi Crosswind,  and Thank you again for your help.

I watched the video and was trying to work it through that way, and when I loaded a new Gen8.1 figure I was suprised to see totally new dials show up that had not shown in currently used on any of the previous times I had loaded the base figure... Don't know why it didn't show before,  so I loaded the figures (both Dev and regular version of it) a few times and this strange dial showed up about half the time...Got to love intermittents *eye Roll*.  The name of the dial 'XT HDmouth realisim' was a major red flag for me because of your comments and the video you linked me to about mouth HD morphs getting corrupted and effecting fingernails.   The XT part of the title was also a redflag because all of the conversions I do with XTransfer have that at the begining of the name for dials.  I did a bit of searching and found the Duf file location which  was in the Body folder of the XTransfer files instead of the head,  AND had a creation date for the same time as the nail problem popped up.  Not sure how it was created,  but when I was Re-converting my Gen3 character head morph to Gen 8 because of the teeth,  I had a crash,  and I think it grabbed the Mouth HD morphs from Gen3 along with some other things at that time (like the Gen3 eye lashes which also showed up in Gen8 base figure). Here is a cap of the wierd dials:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/e3np2lh0mgrknob0fdjmh/Strange-dials_old-conversion.JPG?rlkey=symun52n00iu7e98ngs5h8t5x&dl=0

I searched the exact name of the DUF file,  and found this post by Zevo:

https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/341526/xtransfer-commercial/p25

Based on that and your helpful info,  I deleted that Duf for the XT mouth dial,  and now everything is acting normal again :D :D :D.

Thank you again so very much for your help Crosswind :D.

Cactuskim

Hmm.. what is a 'target' ? A morph target? A character preset or sth. ?

@AOBB  I hope I did the @ thing properly!!  I have never done that before.

Anyway, well, this really got to me...in a bittersweet way!!  I said a little bit in my comments.  

When someone loves an actor or actress, it might be more than just being a fan.  The Hollywood stars that you create were in movies that my Mom, Dad and my sisters watched together!

I am working with your Babyface morph right now.  I hope to be able to concentrate and finish...I just started!!  I love her!!

Morph assets are available on all instacnes of a given figure (it is possible to save a morph in the scene or in a character preset, without saving as an asset, and that will be avaailable only in the scenes in which the figure was loaded). The morphs of one figure do not apply to another.

I don't understand what you mean by defining a target - if it is a character for Genesis whichever then it is a character for Genesis whichever - character creation is not creating new figuers.

The prerequisite of being displayed in Shaping pane is that the Path of morph must be set under 'Actor', for instance 'Actor/Adjustment', and Type must be 'Modifier/Shape'...

If the morph has the same name as a morph on the base figure it will be hidden and will take its value from the base figure.