barbult said:

richardandtracy said:

No not greedy. It's simply a really welcome incentive not to buy. And I'm willing and eager to comply. I don't want to be constrained to Star Trek. Now I do love VRV's earrings as they look gorgeous. Wish I could model that way. Regards, Richard

If you are tempted to purchase the earrings, be sure to check the long required products list:

Required Products:

• VRV Emily Jewelry Valentines Addon for Genesis 9, 8.1, and 8 Females
• VRV Hazel Jewelry
• VRV Emily Jewelry for Genesis 9, 8.1, and 8 Females
• VRV Gemma Jewelry for Genesis 9, 8.1, and 8 Females

According to the readme you don't need all of the listed products, just 1 or 2. This product will work with all of them. 

richardandtracy said:

No not greedy. It's simply a really welcome incentive not to buy. And I'm willing and eager to comply. I don't want to be constrained to Star Trek. Now I do love VRV's earrings as they look gorgeous. Wish I could model that way. Regards, Richard

If you are tempted to purchase the earrings, be sure to check the long required products list:

Required Products:

• VRV Emily Jewelry Valentines Addon for Genesis 9, 8.1, and 8 Females
• VRV Hazel Jewelry
• VRV Emily Jewelry for Genesis 9, 8.1, and 8 Females
• VRV Gemma Jewelry for Genesis 9, 8.1, and 8 Females

no nose said:

So can someone explain to me how stuff like the Star Trek products that were released today aren't a huge copyright concern? It's not just clearly inspired, I'm pretty sure the Nova and Next Generation are practically the same. Did Daz strike some kind of deal with these companies?

As far I understand it, fans can make fan art / fan fiction so long as we don't charge any money for whatever we make. However I wouldn't even get to that stage with these products. What makes me nervous is the fact that they have clearly replicated things from these movies/shows and are charging money for the products, all of which appear to be unofficial. It's a bit too much of a grey area for me, but I can imagine a time in the future where they might be asked to remove it all, so for me personally, I'll be staying away from them. Obvs I could be completely wrong but that's my perspective on it as a risk averse kinda fella :)

Timbales said:

I'd pass until I saw something saying it is officially licensed.

I wonder if this has something to do with the Star Trek Adventures 2nd edition that Modiphius announced a little while ago.

Dang, did Star Trek Fan Art creaters just get a BIG shot in the arm...  DAZ must have paid a pretty penny for the fan art add on bundle roghts.  Makes it an instabuy for me.

Today's Star Trek "inspired" uniforms and sets are interesting. I'd be into the uniforms if the pants and crotch weren't so baggy and saggy. 

But it's also for Genesis 9, which is expected, but the male figure shape is too limiting for me with what's currently available. 

miladyderyni_173d399f47 said:

I doubt they are licensed. One, these studios require certain notices and trademark/copyright symbols on licensed merchandise. Two, those licenses aren't cheap. Around 12 years ago, Hasbro's Wizards of the Coast division declined to renew their license with LucasFilm to publish Star Wars roleplaying/card/minis games for just that reason - too expensive - and Hasbro is a way bigger company with way bigger pockets than Daz3d. I imagine licenses for Star Wars have only gotten costlier since Disney now owns the IP plus inflation.

We have no knowledge about possible conditions on such aggreement, if there is one or not, but I can think of scenarios how something could be aggreed upon, especially when there was mutual benefit and with that, I'm not talking about one paying the other for something.

scorpio said:

no nose said:

So can someone explain to me how stuff like the Star Trek products that were released today aren't a huge copyright concern? It's not just clearly inspired, I'm pretty sure the Nova and Next Generation are practically the same. Did Daz strike some kind of deal with these companies?

The ones I looked at had editorial licences 

These aren't the first; a couple weeks ago they debuted Battlestar Galactica (reboot) and Star Wars "fan art" offerings.

I doubt they are licensed. One, these studios require certain notices and trademark/copyright symbols on licensed merchandise. Two, those licenses aren't cheap. Around 12 years ago, Hasbro's Wizards of the Coast division declined to renew their license with LucasFilm to publish Star Wars roleplaying/card/minis games for just that reason - too expensive - and Hasbro is a way bigger company with way bigger pockets than Daz3d. I imagine licenses for Star Wars have only gotten costlier since Disney now owns the IP plus inflation.

Also Paramount has often been unfriendly to fans wanting to play with Star Trek, even for free. At one point, all the Star Trek fan clubs had to start calling themselves generic SF fan clubs because Paramount had a fit about them being named Star Trek Starship Crews (with names never used on the shows/movies). They've relented on that and the clubs are official and back to being crews. However, it makes me skeptical that they'd go for a deal like "we sell these for a profit so fans can make Trek art they aren't allowed to sell."

MetalSunde94 said:

So hope to "again" see some Star Wars alien head morphs for G9!

Star Wars head morphs would be quite a bit more involved than Star Trek, given that Star Trek aliens are just humans with some stuff glued to their face.

Now that Daz have done some Star Trek outfits, I hope Daz would do Jedi Outfits, I've seen the X-Wing suit, but I didn't actually like that design compared to the "real ones" in the movies, it's not accurate!
But back to the G9 Jedi Outfits, it could be originally a Samurai suit with Jedi/sith add-on for colors... as the jedi outfit were based on ninja/samurai outfits (don't quote me on that, no sure but they are close!)

Hope I will see some more Star Wars inspired bundles soon!

Never been a fan of Star Trek, but the morphs looks very good!

So hope to "again" see some Star Wars alien head morphs for G9!

no nose said:

So can someone explain to me how stuff like the Star Trek products that were released today aren't a huge copyright concern? It's not just clearly inspired, I'm pretty sure the Nova and Next Generation are practically the same. Did Daz strike some kind of deal with these companies?

The ones I looked at had editorial licences 

no nose said:

So can someone explain to me how stuff like the Star Trek products that were released today aren't a huge copyright concern? It's not just clearly inspired, I'm pretty sure the Nova and Next Generation are practically the same. Did Daz strike some kind of deal with these companies?

The way they are promoted suggests that to be highly likely, considering how allergic towards such products they have been before. 

So can someone explain to me how stuff like the Star Trek products that were released today aren't a huge copyright concern? It's not just clearly inspired, I'm pretty sure the Nova and Next Generation are practically the same. Did Daz strike some kind of deal with these companies?

Horo : impressive landscape, beautiful sky and terrain material.

hdri sky, star fields (space construction kit)a cloud sphere, moon,1 big sphere with nebula material (space construction kit)space ship by Brian Mathews (share cg)textured in Bryce.

Diomede said:

Congrats on the hits!  Keep them coming.

New Free Webinar Series from Digital Art Live!

Paul Bussey at Digital Art Live is really into art and loves Daz 3d and he likes a lot of the cool fun I have on my website, and he wanted to figure out a way to harness some of that Daz 3d love I have into some kind of free webinar series.

So together, after a few meetings, we've come up with something that I think will be a Lot of fun for everyone!

Creative Cart - DAZ Store Highlights

...and our first episode is coming Saturday, March 9th

The series will be a showcase conducted live by myself of various products from the Daz 3d store that work together in some way and will be selected according to a related theme of some sort, and each epsiode will include a short special section that I call "Animation Corner" where we'll explore something from the store that works well with, is designed specifically for, or even facilitates animations within Daz Studio.

There's also a new special section at Digital Art Live Studio forums for Creative Cart, and there will be a special article/discussion made for each episode, and we set that up before the episodes begin so that we can chat before and after the show. Pretty cool stuff!

Our first episode highlights Ravnheart - the Star Ship Marcoor series, specifically. Inside and out, the Star Ship Marcoor has delighted me for years and is delivered as a wonderful set of products that allow us to just grab what we need and nothing more - and also has some Killer Aged texture addons!

Who better to help us demonstrate such a wonderful kit of Sci-Fi goodness than DzFire's amazing Cyborg Generation 8! So we'll feature that as well!

Hmmm... what should we do about Animation Corner?

I know... Reisormocap's Sci Fi Moves Genesis series!

This was a very cool set of animations for M4 and V4, but then Reisormocap brought them up-to-date and added even more animations for Genesis 1, 2 and 3!

Whoa... even a certain nasty supervillain force-choking someone in a two-character setup!!!

Each episode also includes a community discussion section where attendees have the opportunity to share their artwork and stories related to the episode. To make that part even easier, Paul will include a special topic as a bit of a challenge that is completely separate from the genre of the episode - our first being:

Create a scene that weaves these elements into a story only you can tell. Whether it's a fantasy feast or a historical reimagining, show us how these assets can come to life in your hands. Share your creations against this post and/or during our Creative Cart event  and inspire fellow artists by showcasing your unique vision. 

Let's embark on this creative adventure together and explore the endless possibilities that DAZ 3D brings to our fingertips!

If you can't tell already, I'm really having a blast with Paul at Digital Art Live! When he sends me the recorded Chat from each of my webinars, it's become clear that the audience likes my lectures as well - so I just want to keep on doing this... Forever!!!

Horo said:

A self made terrain with the somewhat adjusted Tau Variant material by David Brinnen. Sky and ambient light by the ErnieClouds HDRI free on my website and the key light by the sun. Snow and ice are melting.

This looks pretty tasty. Like a syrup, perhaps. 

Hansmar said:

Here are my first results with World Machine. I used fractal (perlin), sometimes added noise, sometimes a polygon outlined 'mountain', erosion, combiners. etc. The materials are (modified) materials from various Bryce sources (including Horo and David B) and so are the skies. HDRIs were included in some cases and generally I used soft shadows in rendering.

These look very nice!  

mermaid010 said:

The island and lighting from the Hdri Captured Volumetric Skies, the materials are slightly modified, the plane and boat freebies.

What a lovely scene! 

benbr11 said:

Two new scenes with models from the Dark Souls videogame. I went for a super stylised lighting effect and quite happy with the whacky results : )

As always it's a pleasure seeing what everyone shares. Hope all are well!

Looks pretty interesting, I'd even say "mind bending". Reminds me of Thief: Dark Project.

Electro-Elvis said:

 

Today I downloaded a few freebies from the Daz3D website. Among other things a panther and and a antelope. I like these older models, as they do not use too much storage, they can be imported quite fast and IMHO they still look good.

You've managed to create a pretty charming scene in the end! Sleep is best when sun is so hot, regardless of what creature you are...

I D E N T I F I A N T said:

Hello,
this is my render but im lock.. i don't know what can i add without break the atmosphere

Looks cool! Reminds me of vehicles from Star Wars Episode One. Perhaps you could try setting more "dramatic" camera view angle.

nvllcasting said:

I made this for my grandfather's birthday this weekend - he's a huge train fan. https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/reading-i10sa-steam-locomotive-83f8d9e39eab419aa11f647950105fc8 This is where I got the model of the train (i10sa). I tried modeling one myself but I don't think i'm cut out to do such a complicated model outside of college finals :P

Gorgeous train "portrait in the wild"!

adbc said:

Terrain HRT4 and different bryce terrains, nebula from space construction kit, HDRI sky

Mysterious scene! Love the colours.

Mada said:

ArtAngel said:

BeeMKay said:

Added:

1. Released: 2024-FEB-29; Item: dForce Sci-Fi Pilot Suit for Genesis 9 Rebel Texture Add-On; Vendor: DAZ Originals; SKU: 93713;
   Link: https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-sci-fi-pilot-suit-for-genesis-9-rebel-texture-add-on
2. Released: 2024-FEB-29; Item: dForce Daybreak Outfit BSG Add-On; Vendor: DAZ Originals; SKU: 93678;
   Link: https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-daybreak-outfit-bsg-add-on

Curious as to why the add-on has editorial license but not the required product dForce Sci-Fi Pilot Suit for Genesis 9 Outfit. They look identical other than the colors.

The orange texture is inspired by X-Wing Pilot suit from Star Wars :)

But so is the underlying geometry, which I believe was ArtAngel's point.

ArtAngel said:

BeeMKay said:

Added:

1. Released: 2024-FEB-29; Item: dForce Sci-Fi Pilot Suit for Genesis 9 Rebel Texture Add-On; Vendor: DAZ Originals; SKU: 93713;
   Link: https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-sci-fi-pilot-suit-for-genesis-9-rebel-texture-add-on
2. Released: 2024-FEB-29; Item: dForce Daybreak Outfit BSG Add-On; Vendor: DAZ Originals; SKU: 93678;
   Link: https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-daybreak-outfit-bsg-add-on

Curious as to why the add-on has editorial license but not the required product dForce Sci-Fi Pilot Suit for Genesis 9 Outfit. They look identical other than the colors.

The orange texture is inspired by X-Wing Pilot suit from Star Wars :)