Alien Giant Attack

DGEC said:

Stezza said:

do you have a graphics tablet connected?

if yes, what brand? 

if no then goto next 

While I have a Huion one, it's not connected.

Next! :)

 

on error goto

Carrara crashes with Huion tablet ( Workaround ) - Daz 3D Forums

 

pupetdog said:

For those whom do not know, Lip Sync uses the same dmc files as Mimic.  Including G8.  All you have to do is navigate to the mimic configuration folder and copy the Genesis8.dmc, or Genesis 8_1.dmc files when Lip Sync prompts you to load a configuration file. I've tested this and the lip sync works much better than Mimic or Anilip2.  I mean you can almost read the charactor's lips it's so close.

this is the Carrara forum although one can indeed save lipsymc poses in DAZ studio and use them in Carrara

richardandtracy said:

luan.yang said:

richardandtracy said:

External obj models can be made to work in Iray. When I make my freebie models, they always start as obj files. I've recently made a model of a huge span bridge. This is how it imported as an obj:

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And when finished texturing it etc, I made an image from beside one of the piers, it looked as below:

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So with shaders, textures and a bit of playing about with settings (ie fun) you can make most obj files work in DS.

Regards,

Richard

 Interesting! How complex is it to make an OBJ model behave like this bridge you imported into Daz? Is it very difficult or does it depend on the complexity of the 3D OBJ model itself?

Making a model like that one took a while. I modelled it in my CAD software (SolidWorks 2014), then because it has no compatible file formats with DS I exported the model as an STL. I have written an STL to OBJ file translator. I then opened it in another modeller I wrote, applied surface groups and texture mapping then saved as an obj and imported to DS where I applied the textures. This is a complex way. Hexagon & Blender (both free) can create the tex mapped OBJ model straight away - I just can't get on with either modeller. I have bought Carrara to model in, but haven't had it to play with for long yet. Once the OBJ file is in DS, it's a matter of applying an Iray shader like the DAZ Uber shader to all surfaces and then applying appropriate textures and surface properties in the right boxes. It can be a slog at times, but other times can be fun. I particularly enjoyed making the fountain pens below (being a fountain pen nut too):

Regards

Richard

 

It's definitely something that goes beyond my knowledge of rendering and 3D modeling hahaha... Well, in this case I already have a 3D model in FBX format from Sketchfab that I found of two CDJ-3000s with a DJM-900 Nexus 2 mixer included. When I import this 3D model along with the textures into Daz, what steps would I need to take to make this FBX work perfectly in terms of rendering (Iray), shadows and quality? https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/pioneer-cdj-3000-7a33aaa799044e0db082f3b2b038c328

luan.yang said:

richardandtracy said:

External obj models can be made to work in Iray. When I make my freebie models, they always start as obj files. I've recently made a model of a huge span bridge. This is how it imported as an obj:

<>

And when finished texturing it etc, I made an image from beside one of the piers, it looked as below:

<>

So with shaders, textures and a bit of playing about with settings (ie fun) you can make most obj files work in DS.

Regards,

Richard

 Interesting! How complex is it to make an OBJ model behave like this bridge you imported into Daz? Is it very difficult or does it depend on the complexity of the 3D OBJ model itself?

Making a model like that one took a while. I modelled it in my CAD software (SolidWorks 2014), then because it has no compatible file formats with DS I exported the model as an STL. I have written an STL to OBJ file translator. I then opened it in another modeller I wrote, applied surface groups and texture mapping then saved as an obj and imported to DS where I applied the textures. This is a complex way. Hexagon & Blender (both free) can create the tex mapped OBJ model straight away - I just can't get on with either modeller. I have bought Carrara to model in, but haven't had it to play with for long yet. Once the OBJ file is in DS, it's a matter of applying an Iray shader like the DAZ Uber shader to all surfaces and then applying appropriate textures and surface properties in the right boxes. It can be a slog at times, but other times can be fun. I particularly enjoyed making the fountain pens below (being a fountain pen nut too):

Regards

Richard

 

WendyLuvsCatz said:

OMG will it run on any of the Windows phone OSs?

might get a bit warm rendering if one could even read the screen

I have not tried this on a Windows phone, but I enjoyed running Carrara on an ARM tablet with a pen on Windows 11; it even runs a render node.

ARM is less powerful than i9 with 32 cores, but some basic tests with modeling and shading worked fine. I will explore it more in the future.

 

I recently installed Carrara on a Microsoft Surface Pro X, and it worked like a charm.

WendyLuvsCatz said:

msolomon said:

Where can I get Fenrics plug-ins?

https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/380916/fenric-s-plugins/p1 

Thanks Wendy. I've been out of the community so long I didn't know Fenric was down. Very sorry to here that. I don't think Daz has any idea how many lost opportunities they lost turning thier back on Carrara.

WendyLuvsCatz said:

BTW Carrara mimic exports as BVH with Fenric's plugin using bones for Genesis 3, 8, 8.1 and 9

(as long as you have the fixed characters for the first 3)

it works in DAZ studio, in fact Carrara BVH export is the only BVH I can get to work on those latter figures

That is a great idea. I have mimic and it works great.

I would look for sales on modern AMD Ryzen 12 or 16 cores or even Intels with more than 12 cores. First you get the single core speed that is noticable on all apps and all Carrara functions, then you also get good muticore rendering, since a modern core is 2x faster than an older core, more or less depending on what generations you are comparing. Here is a standard CPU benchmark saying that the 2020 16 core AMD 5950x is slightly faster than the 2015 44 core Intel Xeon 2699v4: https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/2753.2vs3862/[Dual-CPU]-Intel-Xeon-E5-2699-v4-vs-AMD-Ryzen-9-5950X

ed3D said:

I Samuel said:

Carrara  ...  will last as long as Microsoft Windows last.

And  does it run  on  Wins 11   Thanx 

Yes.

BTW Carrara mimic exports as BVH with Fenric's plugin using bones for Genesis 3, 8, 8.1 and 9

(as long as you have the fixed characters for the first 3)

it works in DAZ studio, in fact Carrara BVH export is the only BVH I can get to work on those latter figures

This is a marketing render I created for a non profit in Cleveland. Bforartists has all the tools of Blender, plus more, but a much easier UI.  I must admit though, with all the modern day tools it has, Carrara still has a few tools it does not. Carrara tends to do some of the same things, just easier. Like the asset browser in Carrara is much easier to use. The constaints in Carrara are more intuative. Key frame interpalation is more straight forward.

The advantage to B4 is the constant upgrades and updates. The devs are more approachable. I can send them a message and they will get back to me immdediately. I also have access to a huge amount of tallent who can help me with projects.

All that said, I still miss Carrara.

Thanks Wendy, I am using Bforartists now, a better version of Blender. Unfortunatly, it has nothing like Carrara's Mimc. I can bring Daz models into Bforartists (morphs and all) but still trying to figure out how to do mimic like lip syncing. B4 has a plug in Called Human Generator. I have been using a MoCap app on my iphone for lip syncing and that has worked very well. 

This is a screen shot of the Bforartists UI and I model I created in it. Thanks to all my years in Carrara, becoming funtional in B4 was doable.

Carrara still runs on my Windows 11 machine.  

I Samuel said:

Carrara  ...  will last as long as Microsoft Windows last.

And  does it run  on  Wins 11   Thanx 

the generation 3 figures have a scalp and pubic mesh overlay that's similar and I use to grow Carrara hair on (the scalp I don't do the other sorts of renders)

WendyLuvsCatz said:

I managed to get my Win7 to boot by unplugging my DLink, it's still flaky but I can at least now copy files off it so doing so.

I am wondering if those fanless mini PC can run Windows 7 and Carrara

if I can run Windows unregistered I have all my OEM discs (obviously need buy a disc drive too)

it would solve the VWD dilemma and could sit next to my Win10 to share files by ethernet cable, even use my modem 

Good news !!!

I managed to get my Win7 to boot by unplugging my DLink, it's still flaky but I can at least now copy files off it so doing so.

I am wondering if those fanless mini PC can run Windows 7 and Carrara

if I can run Windows unregistered I have all my OEM discs (obviously need buy a disc drive too)

it would solve the VWD dilemma and could sit next to my Win10 to share files by ethernet cable, even use my modem 

mschack said:

Head made in make-human.  Baked a noise texture for the skin using inagoni plugin and then painted some texture and bump using 3DPaint utility.  Complete with Carrara hair moustache...

wow, your renders are impressive