The orange banner discount is wrong again like it was for V8. Banner says I own 1 previous michael pro bundle when in fact I own two, three if you include the M5 pro that came with Carrara. Hopefully this will be fixed as they did with V8.

For V8 it was buy it and turn in an ticket for an adjustment. The numbers/banners niver got fixed.

Now I'm wondering if it counts if the pro bundle was part of another bundle? Because my banner says I only one Michael Pro bundle, but I have two. I just got the Michael 4 one in the M4 Hero Pro Pack. Hopefully the discount will be adjusted accordingly. I don't get paid till week's end anyhow. I have time to decide weather to commit or not.

I think they may only be counting the Genesis line - and not the V4/M4 line.

HI divamakeup,

Good point, I never considered that. May only be the Genesis line, so that's why Daz says I own 3 Pro bundles when I actually own 4, but the 4th is the M4 Pro bundle. Makes sense now, if what you say happens to be the case.

Y'know, I'm the same way. I'm not feeling the love for the G8 line at all, and don't like using them, except when I have to. And as for previous content....I'm currently going through my "Lost and found" categorization in Smart Content and I have products there that I have completely forgotten about. Including half a dozen or so stonemason products - so I'm installing it all, correcting the metadata so it will actually show in Smart Content, and I've realized...I don't need to buy stuff for a long long time.  

Sorry, just not into him. If he was real, I wouldn't date him. My favorite is still Michael 4. Like Victoria 8, I just don't find him attractive. I have more than enough males from previous generations and so far, I have to say, I'm just not impressed with Gen 8. I have soooo much content already, that I have a feeling I'll be good with just the G8 bases and morphs and some merchant resource morphs and may wait for G9 and great sales on older content...  Actually, I have more content than I could probably use in a lifetime, so I'm happy I'm not swayed to purchase him 

 

How do you change the metadata to add to smart content? I still haven't figured that out...

Haslor is working on a tutorial. If you have access to the PC forum, there's more about it there:

https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/24231/request-for-comment-content-folder-structure/p1

orange banner isn't up but check your exclusive offers in your messages section get extra bonuses if your lucky plus if you get michael don't forget to add any of the other michael bundles you don't have that are listed into your cart to get them free

 

Yes, we must be careful though. My orange banner is not correct. It states I own one previous pro bundle and that is incorrect, I own 2 previous pros, 3 if they include M5 that came with Carrara. They fixed this later with V8, maybe they will do the same in this case too.

Yes, good advice, I own 4 Michael Pro bundles, and it says I only own 3. Not sure if to wait a while, or submit a support ticket. No orange banner either, so maybe I will wait a few more hours.

 

 

Orange banners almost never show on my phone but they always do on my monitor. Did you check your messages?

Hi HorusRa,

I usually have no problem getting orange banners, but strangely nothing this time....BUT.... it is in my exclusive offers messages, but the number of owned Michael Pro bundles is wrong.

I have bought Michael 4,5,6,7 Pro bundles in the past, and Daz has calculated this as owning 3 Pro bundles !    Hopefully just another Daz glitch (sigh).

I don't think they counted Victoria 4 in the last promo for Victoria 8 - so I they probably won't include Michael 4 as counting toward the number of pro bundles. I think they might be just counting the Genesis line.

orange banner isn't up but check your exclusive offers in your messages section get extra bonuses if your lucky plus if you get michael don't forget to add any of the other michael bundles you don't have that are listed into your cart to get them free

 

Yes, we must be careful though. My orange banner is not correct. It states I own one previous pro bundle and that is incorrect, I own 2 previous pros, 3 if they include M5 that came with Carrara. They fixed this later with V8, maybe they will do the same in this case too.

Yes, good advice, I own 4 Michael Pro bundles, and it says I only own 3. Not sure if to wait a while, or submit a support ticket. No orange banner either, so maybe I will wait a few more hours.

 

 

Orange banners almost never show on my phone but they always do on my monitor. Did you check your messages?

Hi HorusRa,

I usually have no problem getting orange banners, but strangely nothing this time....BUT.... it is in my exclusive offers messages, but the number of owned Michael Pro bundles is wrong.

I have bought Michael 4,5,6,7 Pro bundles in the past, and Daz has calculated this as owning 3 Pro bundles !    Hopefully just another Daz glitch (sigh).

The orange banner discount is wrong again like it was for V8. Banner says I own 1 previous michael pro bundle when in fact I own two, three if you include the M5 pro that came with Carrara. Hopefully this will be fixed as they did with V8.

For V8 it was buy it and turn in an ticket for an adjustment. The numbers/banners niver got fixed.

Now I'm wondering if it counts if the pro bundle was part of another bundle? Because my banner says I only one Michael Pro bundle, but I have two. I just got the Michael 4 one in the M4 Hero Pro Pack. Hopefully the discount will be adjusted accordingly. I don't get paid till week's end anyhow. I have time to decide weather to commit or not.

I think they may only be counting the Genesis line - and not the V4/M4 line.

The orange banner discount is wrong again like it was for V8. Banner says I own 1 previous michael pro bundle when in fact I own two, three if you include the M5 pro that came with Carrara. Hopefully this will be fixed as they did with V8.

For V8 it was buy it and turn in an ticket for an adjustment. The numbers/banners niver got fixed.

Now I'm wondering if it counts if the pro bundle was part of another bundle? Because my banner says I only one Michael Pro bundle, but I have two. I just got the Michael 4 one in the M4 Hero Pro Pack. Hopefully the discount will be adjusted accordingly. I don't get paid till week's end anyhow. I have time to decide weather to commit or not.

We mean no disrespect to the Daz team that works on the G8 line.

we know (G8M & M8) and (G8F & V8) is ment to look plain as it help to sell add ons.

what for the customers that have already bought Michael 4, 5, 6 and 7 Pro? ( N/M $66.13 went to $52.90)

it's actually quite easy and doesn't take too long at all....the biggest problem is when it's a HUGE product and all the filenames are the same and don't differentiate between iray or 3delight (if they have them). I can pm you in a bit rather than hijack this thread. :D  

Y'know, I'm the same way. I'm not feeling the love for the G8 line at all, and don't like using them, except when I have to. And as for previous content....I'm currently going through my "Lost and found" categorization in Smart Content and I have products there that I have completely forgotten about. Including half a dozen or so stonemason products - so I'm installing it all, correcting the metadata so it will actually show in Smart Content, and I've realized...I don't need to buy stuff for a long long time.  

Sorry, just not into him. If he was real, I wouldn't date him. My favorite is still Michael 4. Like Victoria 8, I just don't find him attractive. I have more than enough males from previous generations and so far, I have to say, I'm just not impressed with Gen 8. I have soooo much content already, that I have a feeling I'll be good with just the G8 bases and morphs and some merchant resource morphs and may wait for G9 and great sales on older content...  Actually, I have more content than I could probably use in a lifetime, so I'm happy I'm not swayed to purchase him 

 

How do you change the metadata to add to smart content? I still haven't figured that out...

Y'know, I'm the same way. I'm not feeling the love for the G8 line at all, and don't like using them, except when I have to. And as for previous content....I'm currently going through my "Lost and found" categorization in Smart Content and I have products there that I have completely forgotten about. Including half a dozen or so stonemason products - so I'm installing it all, correcting the metadata so it will actually show in Smart Content, and I've realized...I don't need to buy stuff for a long long time.  

Sorry, just not into him. If he was real, I wouldn't date him. My favorite is still Michael 4. Like Victoria 8, I just don't find him attractive. I have more than enough males from previous generations and so far, I have to say, I'm just not impressed with Gen 8. I have soooo much content already, that I have a feeling I'll be good with just the G8 bases and morphs and some merchant resource morphs and may wait for G9 and great sales on older content...  Actually, I have more content than I could probably use in a lifetime, so I'm happy I'm not swayed to purchase him 

 

How do you change the metadata to add to smart content? I still haven't figured that out...

Y'know, I'm the same way. I'm not feeling the love for the G8 line at all, and don't like using them, except when I have to. And as for previous content....I'm currently going through my "Lost and found" categorization in Smart Content and I have products there that I have completely forgotten about. Including half a dozen or so stonemason products - so I'm installing it all, correcting the metadata so it will actually show in Smart Content, and I've realized...I don't need to buy stuff for a long long time.  

Sorry, just not into him. If he was real, I wouldn't date him. My favorite is still Michael 4. Like Victoria 8, I just don't find him attractive. I have more than enough males from previous generations and so far, I have to say, I'm just not impressed with Gen 8. I have soooo much content already, that I have a feeling I'll be good with just the G8 bases and morphs and some merchant resource morphs and may wait for G9 and great sales on older content...  Actually, I have more content than I could probably use in a lifetime, so I'm happy I'm not swayed to purchase him 

Sorry, just not into him. If he was real, I wouldn't date him. My favorite is still Michael 4. Like Victoria 8, I just don't find him attractive. I have more than enough males from previous generations and so far, I have to say, I'm just not impressed with Gen 8. I have soooo much content already, that I have a feeling I'll be good with just the G8 bases and morphs and some merchant resource morphs and may wait for G9 and great sales on older content...  Actually, I have more content than I could probably use in a lifetime, so I'm happy I'm not swayed to purchase him 

Going through my emails.  Will update this post as I dig through my 1500 Daz3D emails. lol
Genesis 1 (unisex mesh) (G1)
2012 Aug 22 - Stephanie 5 (G1)
2012 Nov 03 - Hiro 5 (G1)
2012 Dec 20 - Young Teens 5 : Julie and Justin (G1)
2013 Jan 29 - Frreak 5 (G1)
Genesis 2 Female Release (G2F)
2013 Jun 20 - Victoria 6 (G2F)
 

A few more, based on what I can see in my product library:

Victoria 3 - December 2002

Michael 3 - September 2003

David - June 2004

Stephanie 3 - July 2004

The Girl - August 2004

Aiko 3 - November 2004

Young Teens (Luke & Laura) - October 2004

Preschoolers (Matt & Maddie) - February 2005

Hiro 3 - April 2005

Baby 3 - December 2005

--

Victoria 4 - December 2006

Aiko 4 - February 2008

Michael 4 - October 2008

Hiro 4 - January 2009

Girl 4 - March 2009

Kids 4 - April 2010

--

Genesis 1 / Victoria 5 - October 2011

Michael 5 - April 2012

Hiro 5 - October 2012

Young Teens 5 (Julie & Justin) - December 2012

Aiko 5 - February 2013

David 5 - April 2013

--

Genesis 2 Female / V6 - June 2013

Girl 6 - August 2013

Genesis 2 Male / M6 - November 2013

Aiko 6 - June 2014

--

Genesis 3 Female / V7 - June 2015

Genesis 3 Male  / M7 - November 2015

Girl 7 - February 2016

Aiko 7 - July 2016

Td3d said,     "dHandle, These two sets found here at Daz3d have one of those. 

https://www.daz3d.com/the-stellacaster-guitar-and-poses-for-genesis-3

https://www.daz3d.com/ef-acoustic-guitar (Victoria 4, Michael 4)"

yeah, I saw those.  

I need to find a freebie.

Maybe I could model my own in 3DS Max....

dHandle, These two sets found here at Daz3d have one of those. 

https://www.daz3d.com/the-stellacaster-guitar-and-poses-for-genesis-3

https://www.daz3d.com/ef-acoustic-guitar (Victoria 4, Michael 4)

I grabbed this one, too!  Great work, very realistic.

Thank you!

Now, anyone know where I can get a...what's the correct name...plectrum?   (A  pick?)  

Daz have been developing the Genesis figures so higher numbers should be better than lower numbers. Genesis 3 introduced a new rigging system to make limbs bend more naturally. I still use the earlier figures a lot, I'm happy with the way they look.

When you say Mark 4 I think you probably mean Micheal 4. This goes back to the history of Daz. Before Daz Studio was invented Daz made content for a program called Poser. Their frst figures were Victoria and Michael. These went through improvements up to Victoria 4 and Michael 4 and then they introduced Genesis. They made morphs and textures for Genesis to make them like the older figures and these are Victoria 5 and Michael 5. This went on so Genesis 4 would have had a Victoria 8 and a Michael 8, I suppose they jumped to Genesis 8 so Genesis, Victoria and Michael would have the same numbers.

The older figures still work in Daz Studio. I'm an old time Poser user and I still use Victoria and Michael 4, sometimes version 3. You can use autofit to fit older generation clothing onto the new figures but it doesn't work between all generations. Some conversions are included with the figures and you can buy autofit clones to enable other conversions. Autofit is mainly useful for people like me who have built up a collection of stuff. It's less usefull for new users unless you see an old item that you really like, but autofit can be a bit unpredicatable and older items will usually have lower resolution textures than newer items and won't have Iray materials. On the other hand you can often get older generation stuff in sales at low prices and if you join the Platinum Club there's a lot of Generation 4 and 3 stuff you can buy very cheap. 

I don't use smart content but I do use categories. I find this the best way to organise things. You can setup categories any way you want and organise you stuff in a way that makes sense to you.

Hey there !

I'm Sandro from France and I'm just getting into 3-D characters, Daz3 seems like one of the good (and cheap) options to me (in conjunction with Blender probably).

I have some questions that will probably seem silly to the vets but hey you gotta start somewhere right ! :)

• First off, what is the difference between the Content Library and the Smart Content tabs ?
• What are the various Genesis models ? Are Gen3 better than Gen2 ? Why does it jump to Gen8 ?
• Lots of props and options seem to be for Mark4 or Victoria4, why ? They are presets that must be bought separately, are they "must-have" ?
• And last but not least, how do I know which is compatible with whom when I'm in the library explorer ?

Aside from the tutos I'm getting into that would be very helpful, thanks in advance.

 

Content Library is an old clunky way of organising your content with a search that doesn't work, and a folder structure that will make you pull your hair our. Smart content is a new clunky way of organising your content, with a search that doesn't work and a folder structure that will make you want to pull your hair out. Smart content tries to group products together with bigger pictures to help you find what content you're looking for. 

You have Victoria 4/michael 4 , then Genesis 1, Genesis 2, Genesis 3. Each one of the base genesis figures also has victoria and michael attached, which is basically just a better model with higher quality textures. So you can get M5/v5 for Genesis, M6/V6 for G2 and M7/V7 for G3. When they moved onto G4, I guess they decided the 4 would conflict with the earlier products, so they decided to push the genesis numbering up to match with the victoria / michael numbering. 

Yes, each generation offers a slight improvement of the previous ones. 

Previous generation items can often be used with newer generation fgures using autofit, which comes built into Daz, or 3rd party plugins on the site

The clothing / poses / skins should all say which item they are intended for. Environments and props can be used with any figure. You get the genesis base figures free, so I usually just buy whichever clothes I want and just use which ever base model it needs. With all the sales etc you can usually pick up the various characters for really good prices, especially if you are on platinum club. 

If you are starting out I would highly recommend that you buy a plainum club membership. You will get double your money back in vouchers and really good prices on various items. October is platinum month, so you'll probably be able to pick up a yearly membership for 40% off even.

If you are using G3/G8
be aware that NONE of those BVH file will be of any direct  use in Daz studio
as those figures exotic bone rigs are not properly recognized by the BVH importer in 
Daz studio.
there are a few scripts available that require applying the BVH to G2 first and then retargeting to G3
and then G8.
 

I am already aware the mixamo BVHs do not match up with DAZ figures. They have made my characters look like car wreck victims quite a few times.

To fix the problem, I just load up the BVH files in BVHacker (free program), and rename the bones.  That usually does the trick.

Graphmate also helps a lot for adjusting joints that are sticking out in odd directions.

Up until a year or two ago, Mixamo did actually have the option to use Victoria 4 and Michael 4 skeletal structure, but it was dropped for some unknown reason.

 

appreciating @wolf359's (and many other's) frustration with DAZ's symbolic-only support of serious animation on their new characters, I'm still going to gobble these BVH versions up like the treasure they are. The quality of these animations and the flexibility of the skeleton they come with are amazing (the feet stick, the smoothness and cleanliness (?) of the motion is amazing (to my eye)). I can't imagine I won't be able to find some use for them, even if it means applying them to V4 and converting them (as needed) up through the silly DAZ character heirarchy. Tools like Danceforms, Ikenima webtool, Motionbuilder, BVhacker, and iclone 3DXchange (and other general-purpose apps like poser, blender, carrara, maya, C4D, etc.) can certainly be used to convert/leverage these motions... (i hope)

I say "I hope", because like @BoingoTheClown, before I found the scripts mentioned in @firewarden and @Arnoldc's great mixamo to DS via FBX conversion tutorial (search for mixamo in the Daz forums), I did a whole lot of manual clicking... lol...

best to all,

--ms

 

@Arnoldc is the one who pointed me in the right direction for using Mixamo with DAZ. He helped me when I was floundering to get it to work at all, and he's done much more with those animations than I have. I haven't worked on animation in a while, but you've got me searching back through the forum to see what's new and maybe trying to get all those animations downloaded myself, just in case I need them. I've no idea what the cost will be to access the animations after the switch, plus the whole idea of having to upload your model and rig it every time... Just seems to add a needless step. Oh, well...

If you are using G3/G8
be aware that NONE of those BVH file will be of any direct  use in Daz studio
as those figures exotic bone rigs are not properly recognized by the BVH importer in 
Daz studio.
there are a few scripts available that require applying the BVH to G2 first and then retargeting to G3
and then G8.
 

I am already aware the mixamo BVHs do not match up with DAZ figures. They have made my characters look like car wreck victims quite a few times.

To fix the problem, I just load up the BVH files in BVHacker (free program), and rename the bones.  That usually does the trick.

Graphmate also helps a lot for adjusting joints that are sticking out in odd directions.

Up until a year or two ago, Mixamo did actually have the option to use Victoria 4 and Michael 4 skeletal structure, but it was dropped for some unknown reason.

 

appreciating @wolf359's (and many other's) frustration with DAZ's symbolic-only support of serious animation on their new characters, I'm still going to gobble these BVH versions up like the treasure they are. The quality of these animations and the flexibility of the skeleton they come with are amazing (the feet stick, the smoothness and cleanliness (?) of the motion is amazing (to my eye)). I can't imagine I won't be able to find some use for them, even if it means applying them to V4 and converting them (as needed) up through the silly DAZ character heirarchy. Tools like Danceforms, Ikenima webtool, Motionbuilder, BVhacker, and iclone 3DXchange (and other general-purpose apps like poser, blender, carrara, maya, C4D, etc.) can certainly be used to convert/leverage these motions... (i hope)

I say "I hope", because like @BoingoTheClown, before I found the scripts mentioned in @firewarden and @Arnoldc's great mixamo to DS via FBX conversion tutorial (search for mixamo in the Daz forums), I did a whole lot of manual clicking... lol...

best to all,

--ms

If you are using G3/G8
be aware that NONE of those BVH file will be of any direct  use in Daz studio
as those figures exotic bone rigs are not properly recognized by the BVH importer in 
Daz studio.
there are a few scripts available that require applying the BVH to G2 first and then retargeting to G3
and then G8.
 

I am already aware the mixamo BVHs do not match up with DAZ figures. They have made my characters look like car wreck victims quite a few times.

To fix the problem, I just load up the BVH files in BVHacker (free program), and rename the bones.  That usually does the trick.

Graphmate also helps a lot for adjusting joints that are sticking out in odd directions.

Up until a year or two ago, Mixamo did actually have the option to use Victoria 4 and Michael 4 skeletal structure, but it was dropped for some unknown reason.

Your best bet, if you are willing to purchase, might be to get the Michael 4 skeleton and hide everything except the face portion, then size that to fit your character's face. It will be a bit of work, but should be possible.