OK, just under the wire. A word to the wise: spanning five generations of characters in a single render may seem like an interesting idea to begin with, but finding a "one size fits all" combination of lighting and textures that work all at once can be more than a bit of a challenge. Anyway, I muddled through, and here it is.

September 2017 Freebie Challenge: Girls/Boys Night Out Adventures

Apres Classe
aka "Studying in the Library"

Rendered in DAZ Studio using 3Delight, no postwork.

No Counts:
DAZ 3D Genesis 8 Female (Girl 4)
DAZ 3D Genesis 3 Female (Girl 2)
DAZ 3D Genesis 2 Female (Girl 1)
DAZ 3D Genesis Female (Girl 5, Staff 2)
DAZ 3D Genesis Male (Staff 1)
DAZ 3D Victoria 4 (Girl 3)

Paid
A3 Mitsu Hair by DAZ3D (previously free with Anime Starfighter Bundle)

The girls, clockwise from the left:

Girl 1:
Genesis 2 Female
Japanese Girl Morph Set for G2F by yomiuri (registration required)
http://www.sharecg.com/v/80686/gallery/21/DAZ-Studio/Japanese-Girl-Morph-Set-for-G2F
Mars Hair by Realms of Savage
http://www.realmofsavage.com/ProjectSM_hair.htm
G2F Frilled Dress by Wilmap (registration required)
https://www.wilmapsdigitalcreations.co.uk/view_product.php?id=253
Rec Satin Shaders by redeyecat
https://redeyecat.wordpress.com/2013/08/13/rec-satin-shaders/
Loafers for Genesis 2 Female - DAZ Studio by Amy Aimei
https://amyaimei.deviantart.com/art/Loafers-for-Genesis-2-Female-DAZ-Studio-473681120

Girl 2:
Genesis 3 Female
East Asian Female Face by heryun
https://www.deviantart.com/art/Freebie-Daz3d-East-Asian-female-face-1-591587319
Short Bob Hair by Kozaburo
http://digitalbabes.jp/dload/Koz_Short_bob.html
CasualOutfit2 for G3F by Tab (Pants) (registration required)
https://www.sharecg.com/v/87520/gallery/21/DAZ-Studio/CasualOutfit2-for-G3F
Skirt for G8F by Tab (Shoes) (registration required)
https://www.sharecg.com/v/88853/gallery/21/DAZ-Studio/Skirt-for-G8F
wonderful shirt by messi123 (registration required)
http://www.sharecg.com/v/85414/gallery/21/DAZ-Studio/wonderful-shirt

Girl 3:
Victoria 4
ML Monja for V4 by Mirella
https://fantasiesrealm.com/market/-Designers/Mirella/ML-Monja-for-V4?cPath=52&
Curly katsaro hair 1 and 2 for poser by Maria (registration required)
http://www.sharecg.com/v/2644/browse/11/Poser/curly-katsaro-hair-for-poser
http://www.sharecg.com/v/2814/gallery/11/Poser/katsaro2-thicker-curly-hair-
Name Brand Jeans by Jan (registration required)
http://www.sharecg.com/v/35556/browse/11/Poser/NameBrand-Jeans-Revamped
Long Sleeve T V4 by Evilinnocence (registration required)
http://www.evilinnocence.com/shop/long-sleeve-t-shirt-for-v4.html
Sleeveless tennis wear for A4 by Redviper2012 (shoes) (registration required)
http://www.sharecg.com/v/65704/gallery/11/Poser/Sleeveless-tennis-wear-for-A4-minor-fix

Girl 4:
Genesis 8 Female
GiuMaTa Jessica8 (registration required) Note: apparently the source for this has gone MIA, so must be a No Count.
A3 Mitsu Hair (Paid)
T-shirt, jeans and sandals for G8F by Tab (registration required)
https://www.sharecg.com/v/88738/gallery/21/DAZ-Studio/Tshirt-for-G8F

Girl 5:
Genesis Female
Moire Morph for Genesis by sassanik (registration required)
http://www.sharecg.com/v/73738/gallery/21/DAZ-Studio/Moire-Morph-for-Genesis
Koz Long Hair Evo by Kozaburo
http://digitalbabes.jp/dload/LongHairEvo.html
Funky Touch by Jan (skirt) (registration required) (Note: The bundle contains the original Funky Touch outfit, re-released with Jan's permission)
https://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/funky-crush-bundle/56487
Baby T by Evilinnocence (registration required)
http://www.evilinnocence.com/shop/am-babyt-for-v4.html
G2F Sandals by Wilmap (registration required)
https://www.wilmapsdigitalcreations.co.uk/view_product.php?id=246

Restaurant Staff:

1. Genesis Male
Toulouse Hair by DAZ3D - Genesis Starter Essentials (registration required)
Sleeveless tennis wear for A4 by Redviper2012 (visor) (registration required)
http://www.sharecg.com/v/65704/gallery/11/Poser/Sleeveless-tennis-wear-for-A4-minor-fix
wonderful shirt by messi123 (registration required)
http://www.sharecg.com/v/85414/gallery/21/DAZ-Studio/wonderful-shirt

2. Genesis Female
Sabby-Cortney for Genesis by Sabby (registration required)
https://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/sabby-cortney-for-genesis/71874
Updo Hair by Kozaburo
http://digitalbabes.jp/dload/Koz_UpDo_SR1.html
Genesis Jeans by Wilmap (registration required)
https://www.wilmapsdigitalcreations.co.uk/view_product.php?id=30
Sleeveless tennis wear for A4 by Redviper2012 (shoes, socks and visor) (registration required)
http://www.sharecg.com/v/65704/gallery/11/Poser/Sleeveless-tennis-wear-for-A4-minor-fix
wonderful shirt by messi123 (registration required)
http://www.sharecg.com/v/85414/gallery/21/DAZ-Studio/wonderful-shirt

Restaurant and Accessories:

Inlite Little Cafe (registration required)
http://inlitestudio.com/3d/product/little-cafe/
Backpack by Tab (registration required)
http://www.sharecg.com/v/86547/browse/21/DAZ-Studio/Backpack
Backpack for G3F&G3M by Tab (registration required)
http://www.sharecg.com/v/87011/browse/21/DAZ-Studio/Backpack-for-G3FG3M
G2_Backpack by Beat578 (registration required)
https://www.sharecg.com/v/82261/view/21/DAZ-Studio/G2_Backpack
Iphone 6 by Amy Aimei
https://amyaimei.deviantart.com/art/iPhone-6-482194893
Samsung P1000 Galaxy Tablet 3D Model by RenderHere (registration required)
http://www.sharecg.com/v/58378/browse/5/3D-Model/Samsung-P1000-Galaxy-Tablet-3D-Model
Drinking cup with lid and straw - version 2 by skylab (registration required)
http://www.sharecg.com/v/41037/browse/11/Poser/Drinking-cup-with-lid-and-straw-version-2
The epic pink E-Drink by SetoKaiba (registration required)
https://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/the-epic-pink-e-drink/73730
Grandma's teaset by NanetteTredoux (teacup, saucer and spoon) (registration required)
https://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/grandmas-teaset/75399
Plastic Spray Bottle by Paul Jay Schrenker (registration required)
https://www.sharecg.com/v/14960/gallery/5/3D-Model/Plastic-Spray-Bottle
Morphing Kleenex by Trekkiegrrrl (registration required)
http://www.sharecg.com/v/18197/browse/11/Poser/Morphing-Kleenex
M4 Simple Glasses Smartprop by 3-d-c (registration required)
http://www.sharecg.com/v/37667/gallery/11/Poser/M4-Simple-Glasses-Smartprop

and the Crime Wave continues. This one is a promo for a tutorial mega video lesson that's planned for right here at Daz! Genesis 3 Female, Victoria 7, Genesis 3 Male, Michael 7, Genesis 8 Female, Victoria 8, Genesis 8 Male & Michael 8, all covered with fits of the badge and a smart propped version and the hand pose for holding the badge all come with, as well as the rigged prop version with the foldable wallet. Ya learn  Modeling & Uv's, Texturing Preparation a.ka. "Surfacing," Articulated Prop Rigging for Daz Studio and Texturing in ZBrush to Substance Painter Workflow. Very nearly 4 hours of video instruction from a master creator!

Hi,

I've got a question - as I did not make the step to G8, I'd like to know if it's possible to use these pale shaders on G3 figures too, eventually applying manually or something ?

Maybe I missed some previous comment on that, but I thought it might be worth to ask. 

 

Hello!

Yes you can use the skin shader on Genesis 3 Female figures as long as the UV map is set to "Base Female" instread of their own UV! (such as "Victoria 7")

I think you can apply them onto the corresponding surfaces straight away since there isn't much changes on material zones!

Hope the information helps 

@wgdjohn  I have peeked into your thread and found some useful info.  I am a little behind in catching up on it, though, so I'll have to do that soon.  

@Algovincian 
@Fishtales 

Thank you both for the advice.  I'll check into that.  It's a learning process and like everything else, I still have a lot to learn.  I'll get there.  Baby steps. :)

So, what have I been doing?  Well, the writing is coming a long.  I actually had a good day yesterday and today.  Lots of good progress so I'm happy with that.  I finally figured out a part of the plot that had me stumped as to what the heck was going on with my characters.  I have to say that now that I know where this is going, I'm excited again.  It is amazing how figuring out one part of the plot will make everything else just fall into line and you suddenly know the whole story and it suddenly goes in a totally different direction than you originally thought.  Hopefully, that move will make it better.  At this point, I think so.

On the DS front, I picked up the Rarestone Face Morphs Collection packages for both male and female Gen 8 figures.  I had some fun playing with both in Simtenero Randomizer.  I managed to get some good looking guys who will make great cover models.  Just have to do some fine tuning on their morphs.  When I started with the ladies, I somehow had the morph percentage turned way up.  The first one I did of the ladies was downright scary.  @Isidorn thinks I should do a render of said scary lady.  I'm thinking about it.  However, it is a good idea to make sure you keep those morph percentages down or might get something totally unexpected.  Sometimes, that can be a good thing.  Before I turned the percentages down to a more reasonable 35%, I did manage to get this lady:

I love her chin and I think she would make a good witch.  Unfortunately, the only good old hag, witch type robes I have is for Genesis and they didn't exactly pose well with her.  I might have to try and either re-rig the outfit for Gen 8 or make an outfit and rig it for my witch.  I haven't decided which I'm going to do yet.  In the meantime, I put the Belle Dress on her and changed to more sedate materials and did a render of her before I do crazy things like add warts and give her a more witchy looking skin.  She Victoria 8's skin on her right now.  I went ahead and set up a regular promo test shot of her like I would every other character and I was actually surprised that she does have her own brand of beauty despite that pointy, witchy chin.  

Edit:  added dropped word for clarity.

Hey,

I see that there's currently a sale for Daz Originals and pro bundles (which I don't know how long it will last, if you have an idea please let me know) and I would like to buy a pro bundle and apply morphs to it, but I have no idea where to find these. For example I want to get Victoria 7, but find different body types / sizes and use them, any idea what should I look for on the store?

I already have one pro bundle and I am wondering if there is a point to buy more if I can just apply morphs to my existing character which will result in a completely different character.

Cool. Love Steph 6, hopefully daz will do her justice with an 8 version. Also hoping she doesn't look like a sister of Victoria.

Except the thing is, that's what Stephanie's role always was, being the sister figure to Victoria...

Well, technically, she didn't start out that way. The original Stephanie was a female morph of Michael and was considered just another adult female (on who original Aiko was based IIRC). It wasn't until maybe Stephanie Petite 3 that she was considered a younger adult, and with Stephanie 4 was more or less considered "Vicky's little sis". I would prefer that she stay a somewhat younger adult, or at least a female that's a more normal height....lol.

Laurie

Right, but from what I was told, she was a morph for Michael because people wanted a less "stocky" alternative to Victoria.

Original Stephanie wasn't really less stocky. She and Vicky wore the same clothes IIRC :) To be entirely honest I don't remember for sure....it was the better part of 20 years ago and I have trouble remembering what I had for lunch earlier today. LOL

Laurie

That was my recollection, too - different default face and different UVs, tweaked in the light of their experience with Michael, I think but same basic shape and rigging.

You can use it with Victoria 4.2

Thanx for the Advice.

Could someone tell me more about Mimic lite ?

As far as i have readen the is no support for Genesis 3. Is it possible that i model the Morphs in Lite and then export it to another application like cinema 4d ?

There is an Victoria Model in the Package but they said there is no support for Genesis Models. Only the Standard Victoria.

Cool. Love Steph 6, hopefully daz will do her justice with an 8 version. Also hoping she doesn't look like a sister of Victoria.

Except the thing is, that's what Stephanie's role always was, being the sister figure to Victoria...

Well, technically, she didn't start out that way. The original Stephanie was a female morph of Michael and was considered just another adult female (on who original Aiko was based IIRC). It wasn't until maybe Stephanie Petite 3 that she was considered a younger adult, and with Stephanie 4 was more or less considered "Vicky's little sis". I would prefer that she stay a somewhat younger adult, or at least a female that's a more normal height....lol.

Laurie

Right, but from what I was told, she was a morph for Michael because people wanted a less "stocky" alternative to Victoria.

Original Stephanie wasn't really less stocky. She and Vicky wore the same clothes IIRC :) To be entirely honest I don't remember for sure....it was the better part of 20 years ago and I have trouble remembering what I had for lunch earlier today. LOL

Laurie

I have G3 UVs for G2 and I like it (however to save a G2 character with G3 textures you have to save it as a Scene Subset instead of as a Character Preset  - which is fine, it works well - just different then the way I usually save characters and took some getting used to). :)

I've tried transferring character morphs from G3 to G2 via GenX2 and haven't had any luck - but I suspect that's because I have G3 saved to a different hard drive as G2 (I think they are all supposed to be saved to the same hard drive as GenX2). 

Here's Stephanie 6 with Victoria 7's mats (via the Cayman Studios product):

It seems to work best if you first save the Genesis 3 mats as a "Material Preset" and then the mats apply much easier to Genesis 2.

I heard the magazine was more than just pictures of nudes but had other content too.  Never got a magazine to find out.  Rather buy nude pictures that I can use for texturing instead of pleasure.  Basically rather have photos to help texture Victoria or Michael and gang.

This is the best I can find regarding a hairstyle for Daphne, complete with hairband:

https://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/hr-143/108487

Lex, I think you should consider releasing your outfits for us to use.  If you have a Daphne outfit for Victoria 4, that would be great.

I am going to do a simple circle skirt. To do this I need to know two things. First, how long do I want the skirt to be? From the 3D toolbar I select the Basic Tape Measure and measure down Victoria's leg from the base of the top.

So, I will go with 62 cm. The second measurement I need to know, is what is the circumference at the bottom of the top we just made? This will let me make a skirt that fits exactly to the top with no extra wrinkling. There is probably a better way to do this, but I take the Segment Sewing tool in the 2D window and hover over the seam lengths to tell me what they are, then add them together. I found that the measurement is 6.03 + 12.07 + 13.42 = 31.52 for one side. So both sides is 63.04 cm.

A circle with a circumference of 63.04 has a radius of 10.03. This is the waist radius. Adding the length of the skirt means the total skirt radius is 72.03. Select the Circle tool in the 2D window and click somewhere. Type in 72.03 (twice) for the radius.

Now there is a circle in the window. The waist has to be cut out from the center. Select the circle with the Transform Pattern tool (2D window), right click on the skirt circle and choose Offset As Internal Line. Offset by 62 cm (the length of the skirt).

The circle is the waist. Right click on it and choose Cut. Then delete the little cut out circle.

In the 3D window, rotate and move the skirt pattern so it is more or less centered under the top. Sticking a bit into the model is normal because this is a close fit.

In the 2D window, choose the Free Sewing tool and sew each top segment to its place on the skirt. I recommend starting at the front and working around. The Free Sewing tool should be used to sew the top to the bottom rather than vice versa, this will let you preview where on the skirt to stop the current seam and start the next segment.

Simulate and use the Select/Move tool (3D window) to drag the skirt out of her arms if it is stuck there.

Shape looks alright but very stretched out at the straps. This can be solved by using another fabric type. In the Object Browser (right of the screen) select Fabric, select the default fabric that is being used, and in the bottom of the screen select a different Physical Property (you can also make straps thicker by editing the pattern some more).

For this one I chose Wool. Notice that there is no longer very bad stretching all over, the fabric mostly holds its shape while still draping.

Next I will get into saving different fabrics so that DS will be able to use them as different materials.

Aeon Soul has been known by other names in the past. He often uses a character of his own creation called Alice for his promos. Alice was a Victoria 4 character and there were many (5?) versions. The bikini promo looks like Alice. I don't know if there is a Genesis 3 version or if AS used one of the conversion programs on a V4 version.

Sorry for the non-help.

Victoria 7 has bones, not morphs, to move the face&lips, so the morph-based technology used in Mimic won't work. I don't think they updated Mimic to handle bones and G3 or 8. It has a morph addon for Genesis (G1) somewhere, which is probably what customer support referred you to, but that is NOT working with G3 or G8.

How and from where did you download that file? It should be 27MB for the Windows version.

If you only got that small a file, something went wrong with your download. Download again from your account's product library, NOT through DIM, and NOT through Connect.

If you still get just a small file size when you download from your account's product library, contact customer support. I just downloaded the file for Mimic Lite from my own account, and it gave me the proper size.

Cool. Love Steph 6, hopefully daz will do her justice with an 8 version. Also hoping she doesn't look like a sister of Victoria.

Except the thing is, that's what Stephanie's role always was, being the sister figure to Victoria...

Well, technically, she didn't start out that way. The original Stephanie was a female morph of Michael and was considered just another adult female (on who original Aiko was based IIRC). It wasn't until maybe Stephanie Petite 3 that she was considered a younger adult, and with Stephanie 4 was more or less considered "Vicky's little sis". I would prefer that she stay a somewhat younger adult, or at least a female that's a more normal height....lol.

Laurie

Right, but from what I was told, she was a morph for Michael because people wanted a less "stocky" alternative to Victoria.

I have been trying to create a new face and I am using an older version of Faceshop ( Faceshop 6 ) because it works on my Mac. I created a head for Michael 4, so I ended up with an Obj file and the Bmp file ( which i edited in Photoshop). I am using Poser Pro 2012 and I am wondering in what directories I put the two files or what extra steps i need to take to get the new head on a Michael 4 in poser? I don't use Daz studio as it never recognizes my Micheal or Victoria models and I would like to only use poser if possible. I looked through the tiny read me file that came with Faceshop 6 an watched the video but it ends without explaining what to do with the the two files. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Damned. It cannot be that Victoria 7 has no Morph Targets. Actually Genesis 8 and Victoria 8 are ready to buy.

But why they arent Modell some Morphtargets for the Lips ? Victoria 4.2 has different Morphs that you can use. Why Not Victoria 7 ?

The Mimic File has only 1,66 kb and there is nothuing usefull.

Cool. Love Steph 6, hopefully daz will do her justice with an 8 version. Also hoping she doesn't look like a sister of Victoria.

Except the thing is, that's what Stephanie's role always was, being the sister figure to Victoria...

Well, technically, she didn't start out that way. The original Stephanie was a female morph of Michael and was considered just another adult female (on who original Aiko was based IIRC). It wasn't until maybe Stephanie Petite 3 that she was considered a younger adult, and with Stephanie 4 was more or less considered "Vicky's little sis". I would prefer that she stay a somewhat younger adult, or at least a female that's a more normal height....lol.

Laurie

Cool. Love Steph 6, hopefully daz will do her justice with an 8 version. Also hoping she doesn't look like a sister of Victoria.

Except the thing is, that's what Stephanie's role always was, being the sister figure to Victoria...