Gordig said:

Are Princess' dForce hairs strand-based?

I wishlisted one and personally hope it isn't  

I currently use the SciFi Pop hair By ChevyBabe as a disturbingly high poly obj export in Carrara, iClone, Twinmotion and gotta stop falling in love with the strandbased styles

Stezza said:

wsterdan said:

Stezza said:

but it's Monday arvo! 

 

I forgot to ask, was this toon-shaded in Carrara or was AI used as a toon shader? Either way, it's excellent! 

I uploaded my image and then prompted to toon it in a 1960's style ... that was about it.  

I like to ask it fir a 1960s Chinese propaganda style ;)

Lots of good advice, thanks all!  I confess I tend to avoid non-DAZ purchases of DAZ Studio content since the DIM works well for me.  I have successfully installed a few, but it seems kind of confusing. Also, I mostly do animations in Carrara using DS iRay renders as backgrounds, and DAZ offers lots of great large scenes for such projects, e.g. Stonemason alone from whom I've purchased dozens of products, mostly at deep discounts on sale.

Hopefully with experience with the Forum headline product I'll get less concerned about non DAZ products for DS.

The truth is a true statement about reality, said with the intent to be honest with the other person; a lie is a false statement said with the intent to intentionally deceive the other person. This general definition clashes with everyday reality: how often do we say false things, believing in good faith that they are true? How often do we lie to avoid trouble or for what is considered a good thing? How often do we lie for profit? Have you ever lied to your boss, your mom or dad, your wife or husband or your friends? Have you ever told your teacher that the dog ate your homework? Have you ever told the shopkeeper that the ball that broke his window wasn't yours? Have you ever said you're 25 and not 40? Have you ever told your friend that her ugly dress is beautiful? Share your opinions and/or experiences with truth and lies. I look forward to receiving your many beautiful renderings.

Some useful links for the Contest

The KindredArts Free Resource Repo Here are the KindredsArt freebies and a rich list of sites that host freebies

Free 3D Models Link to DAZ's bi-weekly freebies

Limited Time Freebies Discussion Thread A thread under the Commons section of the forum, where DAZ's biweekly freebies are announced and, recently, even listed. It's useful for remembering which freebies were added and when.

The rules of the contest are:

• Your entry must be a new render, especially made for this challenge.

• Your entry must follow the DAZ TOS.

• You may enter a maximum of 4 entries.

• A minimum of five (5) Freebies must be included in your image

• All Daz Bi-Weekly Freebies are allowed throughout the entire month in which they are free, as well as the following month (for a total of 2 months).

• You may use a maximum of 5 paid items.

• Base figures (Genesis 9, Genesis 8, etc.) as well as their basic morph packs may be used as needed. They do not count as either paid items or freebies.

• DAZ Studio, Poser, Bryce, Carrara, Hexagon, and Blender are allowed.

• DAZ AI Studio is not allowed. The use of image generating AI technology (midjourney, stable diffusion, etc.) is not allowed in any form.

• Postwork is allowed. You must also include the raw render (before postwork) of your entry.

• For a more detailed version of the rules see the PDF attached to this post; or ask your question in this thread, we're always happy to clarify!

• Let's have fun and be creative with all the amazing resources that are available for free!

This contest ends on May 31st 2026.

Post your images and freebie links in this thread for link verification.
Once the links are verified, you can post your image and links in Entries Thread for judging.

First Place: $15 store credit from KindredArts
Second Place: $10 store credit from KindredArts
Third Place: $5 store credit from KindredArts

Past Freebie Contests:

January 2022 - Around and around and around...

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August 2022- Sniff, sniff... what's that smell?

September 2022-Cars Cars and More Cars

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January 2023 Speed Demons and Slowpokes

February 2023- I See Red

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December 2023 / January 2024 Driving Home For...

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June 2024 An Octopus' Garden

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October 2024 "Monster Mash '24!" 

November 2024 - Dreams

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April 2025 - The Little Ball of Calm

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June 2025 - Summer and Piracy

July 2025 - Design a Book Cover

August 2025 - Pure Cinema

September 2025 - Holiday Memories

October 2025 - Monster Mash!

November 2025 - The Winter Witch

December 2025 - Christmas!

January 2026 - When One Door Closes, Another Opens

February 2026 - Stronger Than You Think

March 2026 - The big blue

April 2026 - Free for All

wsterdan said:

Stezza said:

but it's Monday arvo! 

 

I forgot to ask, was this toon-shaded in Carrara or was AI used as a toon shader? Either way, it's excellent! 

I uploaded my image and then prompted to toon it in a 1960's style ... that was about it.  

Stezza said:

but it's Monday arvo! 

 

I forgot to ask, was this toon-shaded in Carrara or was AI used as a toon shader? Either way, it's excellent! 

Nothing to do with Carrara but some fins i made , wanted to show them to a friend , made this  video in obs software , so if you want to make a quick video using screen capture software,  this works fine, took about 11 mins from woe to go 

WendyLuvsCatz said:

 

I will post this here because while it does contain a lot of Twinmotion, Ai and some DAZ studio 

it also has a considerable amout of Carrara rendering too using Octane

at least half of the video

...

Interesting, thanks.

I will post this here because while it does contain a lot of Twinmotion, Ai and some DAZ studio 

it also has a considerable amout of Carrara rendering too using Octane

at least half of the video

the nature/forest scenes and additional foreground of some interior shots 

was in fact Howie Farkes Country road with a lot of the foliage replaced 

also the replication object was a plane instead of his terrain but because the UV mapping is the same, it worls

this is a handy thing more should know if one wants a flat less resource hogging scene

most of his sets use terrains and they can be replaced with simple planes with one polygon

and if needed the shader texture baked with inagoni baker from the terrain too (I didn't, just replaced it)

just sharing a video that cane up in my feed today

good points but I personally have never found Blender as easy and intuitive to model in like Carrara, in fact Carrara is the only thing I can really model in, in spite of owning Zbrush and other 3D modelling software, yes I do fiddle in them, but invariably end up finishing anything off in Carrara anyway 

just got the idea from a post I saw today that Steve K made.. 

Carrara & DS Animation In The 48 Hour Animation Contest 2025 - Gangs Of Rome - Daz 3D Forums

SilverGirl said:

barbult said:

SilverGirl said:

Don't forget the quality of the weekly free-if-you-pay-for-membership items. Ohhh... random sci-fi coridor or dark waiting/club room #836... so tempting...

Yes, they are not free. They are prepaid pig-in-a-poke items. They are no longer an incentive to pay for membership, because of the extremely repetitive nature of those items you mentioned. And they just keep coming!

Yeah. It's annoying enough on the old heavily discounted subscription I got pre-premier. Now that they took away the ability to get deals like that on membership I can't see myself re-subbing for a year at a crack once this one runs out in January. The benefits just aren't going to outweigh the cost for me at that point. Kinda sad that I've hit the disillusioned point after only being here 2.5 years, but I'm not a big spender and clearly not the target market, so I doubt Daz will miss my business. And I can focus more on renders than cart jenga.

and why i talk like I do...I've been here before DAZ was DAZ. I've seen all the changes through the years. All of them. Through the Poser years, and then DAZ Studio, then no more Poser support, etc etc ... yeah  Buyout of Bryce, Hexagon, Carrara, etc..and then basically dropping them all. Still here but not developed for what seems like eternity. 

one of the best video editors I used was CapCut

the only thing it didn't do at the time I used it, no idea now as haven't used it fir a couple years, was load image series as a video

however

the fact one had to bypass ones antivirus amd windows security should have set of alarms

most things only ask if you trust the software and run snyway

I uninstalled it because of constant ongoing security flags from Microsoft 

I simply don't trust it

I use a lot of other opensource Chinese AI software and none of it brings up such warnings 

I am not too quick to judge because PostgreSQL gave me as much trouble 

I finally disabled enough Microsoft security flags that it runs and I finally have Smart Content in DAZ Studio

Octane Render 4 Carrara and iClone gave me similar issues

I probably am a bit more wary about CapCut only because it's Chinese 

mattlight07 said:

WendyLuvsCatz said:

I use it, but it is very basic

however it is free and has no size limitations, loads exr and HDR, no codec issues

every other software considers pro features  

Interesting. What kind of compositing did you use it for that you consider it very basic?

practically everything I do actually 

but programs like Hitfilm, Da Vinci Resolve etc can do far more but not for free

I like free 

I am more curious if you know something I don't given your response 

like fancy fades, depth maps for faking depth of field, faux 3D

I do this stuff in other ways for free, cannot do it in the Blender video editor 

can I guess in the 3D view with geometry nodes and render it out but I use Carrara or MiDas AI in Automatic 1111 using 3D depth maps from Carrara, iray canvases etc

or Paralax in Unreal Engine or Twinmotion

I do use the limited colour balance hues and curves etc

but it doesn't do lookup tables (LUT) etc

upscaling

RIFE interpolation

to name a few

yeah, not the most user friendly site, some download links didn't work and some links double up on items that already have been downloaded. 

then in Carrara it is a PITA getting the textures for a lot of the products... still.. for $30AU it's worth the effort. 

silly AI decided following the road was too obvious 

yes, 2 Carrara renders layered

still deciding on the actual backgrounds for the animation 

will reuse the cameras for whatever I do, only halfway done on the foreground 

I did manage to transfer my Genesis 9 character that was giving all the issues mentioned in the workaround thread to Genesis 1

lot of hair pulling involved 

have matching morphloader and UUW3D repaint  shapes now to make it easier in future 

I want to use Carrara

it just makes me cry

none of the Genesis 9 poses are now working on my saved blended weight Genesis 9 characters

my DAZ Content folder won't update

had to load blended weight mapped clothing via file because would error from browser

I am just so frustrated 

I am going to try resaving in D|S4.11

Dartanbeck said:

My first Mimic Pro for Carrara test - Rosie 4
December 19, 20120

Wow! Neat test clip, I love seeing different points in Rosie's evolution. She (and you) have sure come a long, long way! 

Maybe go other way , here s a low res pic of one of my paintings, then ai version photorealistic, I could use the ai version to work up a new painting and get it add composito al elephants... er mean elements ;) 

The original painting was painted using one of my carrara renders as reference,  you van see i snookered myself with the almost hidden hand of the back chap

WendyLuvsCatz said:

I hope this is not a foreshadowing of DAZ's continuing to sell Carrara and support it on the forum

I admit I don't visit Cafe simply because I have everything I want from there already

it is however a valuable repository and everyone appreciates you hosting it 

Double this, thank you Danas for your labour of love