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How to Use Texture Atlas to Unify Textures for Gen 8/8.1 models?

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Are there any tutorials or how to guides for using Texture Atlas?
Looking to use DS models in KS for product rendeings.  Have used for a while but recently was told to use Texture Atlas to reduce the amount of photoshop time needed to remove the texture mapping edges.


Iray canvas, shadows, and LPEs

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I would like to render a figure sitting on a bed in an indoors setting in such a way that I can separate background and foreground into different layers.

Background layer should contain everything except the figure, its shadows, and reflections. That's easy to do -- render scene without the figure in it.

Foreground layer should contain figure, its shadows, and reflections rendered to an otherwise transparent background.

Merging those two layers should produce identical (or as nearly identical as possible) result to rendering a full scene.

I know how to get just the figure to render on a transparent background so the biggest problem is capturing its shadows and reflections without also capturing background objects they fall onto.

In theory it should be possible for Iray canvases and Light Path Expressions together with Iray Matte to be used to accomplish this, but I am not sure how.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Help with finding a Low Profile GPU

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Would a Asus GeForce GTX 1650 LP OC work in my HP Compac 8200? All help would be much aprreciated.

Reinstalling Files

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I have a number of third-party files I've installed in Daz. I had added these files by going to: Edit > Preferences > Content > Content Directory Manager > Daz Studio Formats > Add > And then adding each file individually and gradually over time. A hair prop here, and environment there, and the system worked initially. 

However, over time this left with me an unorganized mess of a list, since the list of installed 3rd-party files was unable to be manually reorganized by dragging and dropping (or in any other fashion, as far as I can tell). Different types of content were all mixed in a list and this made navigating the window nearly impossible (for example, if I wanted to find a particular hair file, I'd need to look through the entire list, item by item, until I found the one I was after. In a list of 200 files, this gets time consuming).

Because this was too much of a pain, I recently reorganized my 3rd Party files into a series of subfolders (one for "Hair" another for "clothing" another for "Environments" and so on). So, on my desktop I have a Daz 3rd Party Content Folder, and within this folder I have my subfolders for each type of content. 

I tried adding this overall directory on my desktop into Daz using the same process as before. This lets me see my new, nicely-organized list of folders that I was looking for within Daz (good), but when I try to load in anything, I keep getting "File Missing" messages (bad). If I follow the previously-used installation process for any individual folder, however, they all work. The files aren't missing, Daz is just unable to figure out where they are. 

Is there some way to get Daz to import all these files so they work at the same time? I feel if I have to reinstall them manually I'll end up with the same problem as before over time

where is the search function in Daz central?

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seriously, does this thing have a search, if not its a pretty basic but indispensable tool.

Have New Issue another Character morph took over G8M folder

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Have New Issue another Character morph took over G8M folder I tried to load G8M basic and get this new muscle bound morph character defromed to a point too.

Last New models I installed Manually was Yeti and Underbelly Thug, so not sure which one is causing it and I installed James for Christian 8, and also Hell Ambassador HD for Genesis 8 Male..

I tried to un-install Underbelly, but that did no good, so I re-installed him back in.

and I took a look at Hell Ambassador HD for Genesis 8 Male and that one body does not match up.

So not sure which one it maybe, and in the last two days I installed a lot of bundles and new characters and props and stuff.

I am hoping one of you may reconize the body shape and know which one it maybe and I will see if I have it in my folders and then go to Daz and see and uninstall it to fix the issue.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Missing "Script Menu"

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Why is my "Script" menu missing? How do I get it back? What I am missing is access to DAZ to Maya Bridge. I am using the lastes version DAZ 4.15 Pro. and Bridge 1.7.

I have to give up on DAZ

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DAZ continues to freeze my Windows 10 sporadically.

I invested a decent amount of money on assets but it looks like I cant use DAZ.

Random freezes ocuring with DAZ, but other software does not causing freezing.

I can't find anything useful in the DAZ logs to see what error is happening.

Its a shame that DAZ org is not taking stability seriously.

I think you need to worry LESS about new features and MORE on stability.

Ran all the standard checks on memory, disk and no issues with memory or harddisk.

 

Here is anexample when MY PC FROZE UP during a render.   As you can see there is NO ERROR message to indicate what is happening.

021-04-15 09:35:19.581 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.24  IRAY   rend info : CUDA device 0 (GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER): Scene processed in 0.155s
2021-04-15 09:35:19.584 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.24  IRAY   rend info : CUDA device 0 (GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER): Allocated 44.861 MiB for frame buffer
2021-04-15 09:35:19.584 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.24  IRAY   rend info : CUDA device 0 (GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER): Allocated 1.750 GiB of work space (2048k active samples in 0.000s)
2021-04-15 09:35:19.584 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.24  IRAY   rend info : CUDA device 0 (GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER): Used for display, optimizing for interactive usage (performance could be sacrificed)
2021-04-15 09:35:19.761 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.24  IRAY   rend info : Allocating 1-layer frame buffer
2021-04-15 09:35:19.776 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend progr: Received update to 00001 iterations after 0.350s.
2021-04-15 09:35:19.949 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend progr: Received update to 00002 iterations after 0.523s.
2021-04-15 09:35:20.117 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend progr: Received update to 00003 iterations after 0.691s.
2021-04-15 09:35:20.288 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend progr: Received update to 00004 iterations after 0.862s.
2021-04-15 09:35:20.456 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend progr: Received update to 00005 iterations after 1.030s.
2021-04-15 09:35:20.626 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend progr: Received update to 00006 iterations after 1.200s.
2021-04-15 09:35:20.792 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend progr: Received update to 00007 iterations after 1.366s.
2021-04-15 09:35:20.962 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend progr: Received update to 00008 iterations after 1.536s.
2021-04-15 09:35:21.133 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend progr: Received update to 00009 iterations after 1.707s.
2021-04-15 09:35:21.308 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend progr: Received update to 00010 iterations after 1.881s.
2021-04-15 09:35:21.478 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend progr: Received update to 00011 iterations after 2.052s.
2021-04-15 09:35:21.649 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend progr: Received update to 00012 iterations after 2.222s.
2021-04-15 09:35:21.912 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend progr: Received update to 00014 iterations after 2.486s.
2021-04-15 09:35:22.183 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend progr: Received update to 00016 iterations after 2.757s.
2021-04-15 09:35:22.538 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend progr: Received update to 00019 iterations after 3.112s.
2021-04-15 09:35:22.901 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend progr: Received update to 00022 iterations after 3.475s.
2021-04-15 09:35:23.351 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend progr: Received update to 00026 iterations after 3.925s.
2021-04-15 09:35:23.902 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend progr: 21.38% of image converged
2021-04-15 09:35:23.918 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend progr: Received update to 00031 iterations after 4.492s.
2021-04-15 09:35:24.501 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend progr: Received update to 00037 iterations after 5.075s.
2021-04-15 09:35:25.042 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend progr: Received update to 00042 iterations after 5.616s.
2021-04-15 09:35:25.662 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend progr: Received update to 00048 iterations after 6.236s.
2021-04-15 09:35:26.360 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend progr: Received update to 00055 iterations after 6.934s.
2021-04-15 09:35:27.157 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend progr: 64.72% of image converged
2021-04-15 09:35:27.157 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend progr: Received update to 00063 iterations after 7.731s.
2021-04-15 09:35:28.075 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend progr: Received update to 00073 iterations after 8.650s.
2021-04-15 09:35:28.602 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend progr: Received update to 00078 iterations after 9.176s.
2021-04-15 09:35:29.201 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend progr: Received update to 00083 iterations after 9.775s.

FREEZE OCCURRED after this last line, but WHY?

This was on a newly installed DAZ 4.15.

 

 

 


IRAY Photorealism?

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I know this is a again and again question, sorry.
What Iray settings would you recommand to achieve the most photrealistic effect on a character render?

Reducing brightness of objects in Iray

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What is the recommended solution, when using Iray, to having props or objects that are too bright (reflect too much light) in a scene in which the lighting is otherwise ideal? I like the background props and don't want to eliminate them, but my lighting is spot on for the character and I'd rather not mess with it. Chasnging the base color from white to a shade of gray does indeed seem to help.

Thanks for any additional tricks!

How to bring 2008 work up to date to now (2021) - Solved

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Greetings Again, 

Left off in Daz and 3D in 2008. 
I would like to learn how to get back to where I left off and bring that into the now. 
I have my old files. 
Yet I would guess they have to be placed/installed/improrted/etc to work. 
Getting the impression those were Victoria 4 times. Still exploring old files. 
Are there tutorials or user manuals or the like or is it best to ask here on the forums. 

Currently on a Mac M1 Big Sur. Get the sense I have to wait on that, but updates on when this will arrive would be fun. 
Excited! Bought this to get back into 3D. 

I have some older machines too that I dug up to make this go for now. 
A Lenovo W700 with Win 7 for example or an old Lenovo D10 ThinkStation and possibly others. 
The Basics I would think would be a machine that works, the Operating System needed for then or now or both and an understanding of how to place the many types of 3D files where they need to be to work - and work together. 

Do I start with the current Daz or use an old version? 
Help here would be wonderful. Would love to not lose years and years of work. 
If my questions do not lead to the answer then answer as you will. 
Thank you! 

 

Updating

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Would I gain shorter render times with image files for videos with the new generation NVIDIA  RTX 3000 Graphic Cards? I am looking at updating my computer but I cannot find any reasonable discussion on the subject!

My present old clunker has served me well.It is reliable and does not freeze up or overheat while rendering. But it can take up to 30-40 hours to render 40 Frames at 1900 x1200! The present specs of my computer are:64 Gigs DDR4 RAM,NVIDIA K2200 Graphics Card.Intel i7, on a Window 10 Professional OS.Asrock X99 Extreme Motherboard.

 I am looking at an i9 Intel,RTX3060 ti and a Gigabyte Z490 AORUS AX Motherboard with enough slots to update to 128 gigs of RAM.

I am not into Gaming.I just want a faster reliable rendering out of images.

Any advice appreciated. Cheers

 

The Complete Guide to DAZ Studio 4 by Paolo Ciccone

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This book was published in 2013 and 350 pages long and claims to be comprehensive, although it's obviously dated. Never the less, it's the most recent volume I can find. Is any one familiar with it? Can someone please give me a frank review, favourable or otherwise? I really would like to develop competence with DAZ Studio and I'm working in the dark. Thanks to all.

How to merge an HDRI light product with another skydome?

Pretty Big Issue Just Popped Up For Me....

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I'm in need of some assistance. Tonight I was working on a few models, I closed out of Daz and headed to the daz store to pick up some HDRI's. I installed the HDRI's via Daz Central and loaded back into Daz. Loaded up my model and the lower jaw / chin looked like the first image you see attached :(. I tried other models that are based off the same reference due to thinking maybe I saved after I screwed something up by accident, but they all look like this. Any ideas?

Although it does double as a try not to laugh challenge since it looks so dang derpy :'(

The second image I attached is what the model is suppose to look like.


How do you use the Stones HR2 Snow materials?

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I bought this and it won't work. Normally all you have to do is have your model, in this case a rock, then click on a material. I don't see no snow even when I load a preload no snow. I hate DAZ the render even a small spot render is forever and if that is the onlly way you see this damn snow I want my money back. I wanted to use these for mountains to put a castle on. I want to transfer this over to Blender which is BETTER and renders faster. But even in Blender there is NO DAMN SNOW.

And yes I bought both the rocks and the snow.

DAZ crashes after backing up

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Since I installed DAZ 4.15..2 pro edition (64bit), after backing up my work DAZ crashes, but my work is backed up. Please help.

Mac Pro OS High Sierra version 10.13.6

thanks

dForce strange attraction

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Why is it that dForce cloth is attracted to fingers, etc., which are some distance away from the drape? I always make sure that hands, etc., are not intersecting or in the path of the drape but the cloth weirdly gets dragged over to a hand or even some non body part.

Tesla k80

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Is this card viable with iray? I notice there is 24gb of ram bc there are two graphics CPUs on it, over 4000 cuda Cores but passive cooling. I see these at very good prices. Like sub 300.00 good prices. I litterally just want to use this for iray rendering. 

Deleting all keyframes except first one

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How do I delete all the key frames except the first one???

For example, I made my character and animated it runing, now I want to start over from the first frame and animate it walking.

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