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  • patience55patience55 Posts: 7,006
    edited December 1969

    And the rest.


    And adding more words so post will post, sigh.

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  • TrishTrish Posts: 2,625
    edited December 1969

    WOW...This is great ...Thank you so much patience....Trish

  • patience55patience55 Posts: 7,006
    edited November 2013

    You're very welcome.

    ..................

    atm in Fastgrab: http://www.daz3d.com/fast-grab-3d-models/alpha-iii-merchant-resource-kit-for-v4
    And one of those coupons would probably work on this too making it to be a very good price ;-)

    update: Yes this one can be used for making free skins: cache the page!
    http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/artzone/azproduct/10220
    {thank you Mike for finding this link}

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  • patience55patience55 Posts: 7,006
    edited November 2013

    Whoa! Lots of skins in Fastgrab atm! Yes we like to make our own but in learning how much work these entail, also nice to get some ready made :-)

    Read the information for what's included. Some are morphs only.

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  • patience55patience55 Posts: 7,006
    edited December 1969

    Using one of the items that was recently in Fastgrab in this next little demo. The eyes. Much comes into play for making eyes ... and then again to make the mats for to have the eyes look right. There are "layers" in the mesh :-)

    Making a copy of the project .psd file and renaming that copy for eyes, opening that now and delete anything not to do with the eyes.
    If using a MR for eyes, check its size and resize the project layers to match it ... keep the resolution as high as is sensible.
    In PSP, one opens the 2nd image, making 2 tabs open in the program. Then "copy" the newly imported image [and can close that tab] and "paste" it as a new layer into the eye project file.

    Also illustrating that while one may have the 'background' layer as a solid colour {normally white or skin coloured}, one can also make their copyright notices as the top layer {so it'll show on all layers underneath it}. If using MR with copyright notices on the layers, do NOT remove those either.

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  • patience55patience55 Posts: 7,006
    edited November 2013

    And some more images ...

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  • patience55patience55 Posts: 7,006
    edited November 2013

    And the last for this part. Next part will continue with seeing how what does what where ... or something like that ;-)

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  • patience55patience55 Posts: 7,006
    edited December 1969

    I have a lot of images to edit through for the next part ... will probably be released as a .pdf unless there's a hue and cry to post about 60 images in a row.

  • patience55patience55 Posts: 7,006
    edited December 1969

    Okay ... a rather quickly put together .pdf ... hopefully there are no major typos ...
    DA Link

    It's in a zip so the file does not auto-open in browsers.

    Update on the import bug matter .... apparently it's not D/S, it's Hexagon ... or a matter of communication between the two programs. Anyway, such matters are for the programmers to fanthom. As far as the users go, for morphing "use the Bridge".

  • patience55patience55 Posts: 7,006
    edited December 1969

    Free resource "face" skins!

    From time to time 3D.sk releases textures with various magazines. 3DArtist, no.60 has 35 face textures on the disk :-)

  • patience55patience55 Posts: 7,006
    edited December 1969

    And using one of said textures, have put together another .pdf file ... covers some information to make brow brushes, hair textures, skin texture, etc. The place holder image for the zip is a free gift no strings attached ;-)

    Making Skins - Part 7
    DA Link

  • patience55patience55 Posts: 7,006
    edited November 2013

    In another thread KickAir 8P has brought to our attention this link ... a fantastic skin colour reference collection of images. {over 1,000}
    the humanæ project

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  • SylvanSylvan Posts: 2,711
    edited December 1969

    Patience55 said:
    Free resource "face" skins!

    From time to time 3D.sk releases textures with various magazines. 3DArtist, no.60 has 35 face textures on the disk :-)

    Woah, that site has only a hand full of black people references... or am I missing something?

  • frank0314frank0314 Posts: 14,049
    edited December 1969

    We pay the monthly fee to 3DSK to have full access to all there textures

  • patience55patience55 Posts: 7,006
    edited December 1969

    Yes, AFAIK from reading too much ... it's 'the' site to be a member at for reference photos.

    As this is a hobby, not a profession for me, I don't subscribe but do buy the occasional magazine and check out the occasional free reference image provided. Have yet to get that subscription to their newsletter to work ... not impressed somehow as I've often filled in that pop-up request.

  • patience55patience55 Posts: 7,006
    edited December 1969

    Vaskania said:
    Watching with interest. :)

    Just want to make a small correction here towards Blacksmith3D. They're not a subscription service now, they've just changed to RealityPaint. You don't have to pay a monthly fee or anything, you can still purchase the software outright.
    http://www.realitypaint.com/main/

    update ... they've changed their name again lol ...

    Blacksmith3D-Pro-v5
    Free upgrade for RealityPaint users ... has a texture converter between different uvmappings ... on sale for a short time in another store.

  • Daywalker DesignsDaywalker Designs Posts: 3,586
    edited December 1969

    Patience55 said:
    Vaskania said:
    Watching with interest. :)

    Just want to make a small correction here towards Blacksmith3D. They're not a subscription service now, they've just changed to RealityPaint. You don't have to pay a monthly fee or anything, you can still purchase the software outright.
    http://www.realitypaint.com/main/

    update ... they've changed their name again lol ...

    Blacksmith3D-Pro-v5
    Free upgrade for RealityPaint users ... has a texture converter between different uvmappings ... on sale for a short time in another store.

    Don't you just hate it when that happens? I am tempted to buy it, just so I have it to work with.

  • patience55patience55 Posts: 7,006
    edited December 1969

    I'm happy enough with the old edition to not be tempted however for pro usage it's probably a good idea ;-)
    I have read comments by some pros that they would not consider making skins without a 3D painter.

  • patience55patience55 Posts: 7,006
    edited December 1969

    Okay, scratch the Genesis seams! Golly, don't know what happened ... whether I moved something or Genesis uvs were changed since the seam guides were made ... but if you're getting a shiny line along the neck that should not be there ... that's why.

    So I made an entire image of "skin" [no photos] and there are no seam issues no matter which uvmap one uses ;-)

    Same image using different colours on the Surface Tab produces quite the variety.

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  • patience55patience55 Posts: 7,006
    edited December 1969

    Some more test renders.

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  • patience55patience55 Posts: 7,006
    edited December 1969

    And the last one.

    Obviously not 'finished' for those requiring 'reality' ... but it is a quick way to get the base going.

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  • patience55patience55 Posts: 7,006
    edited February 2014

    Here are some free skin starters for those that want 'em.

    link retired.

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