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  • VyusurVyusur Posts: 2,235
    Dartanbeck said:
    Vyusur said:
    UnifiedBrain said:
    Vyusur said:

    Many thanks to Wendy for such a nice resource! I downloaded a whole bunch of new shiny toys. For now I made a retopology of Nefertiti head in Zbrush. Here is the result.

    Vyusur, I'm surprised that nobody commented on this.  It looks great!

    I agree with you on the resource, and thanks to Wendy's suggestion to use Meshlab, I can now download these files as OBJ's. 

    However, my 3D ignorance is now showing.  How does one apply a texture map to an OBJ?  When I do so, I just get an undifferentiated color, and no map details.

    Hi! Thank you for commenting. You have to make UV unwrap of your model before applying any texture. It's so called tailor's template for 3d model. As for me, I loaded scanned model in Blender, exported it as obj. Then I loaded my obj in Zbrush and remeshed it. After that I imported it in 3d coat, UV unwrapped and painted it there. After all I applyed my textures to the model and rendered it in Carrara.

    That's it.

    !!! You make it sound so easy !!!

    Beautiful work on the retopo! Not being a modeler myself, I've never tried retopologizing anything. Nice job with Nefertiti! Did you paint that by hand in 3d Coat? Fascinating tool. I enjoy watching tutorials from their YouTube channel even though I don't have the software. 

    Thank you for your nice comment! It was not so easy as it seems.

     

  • VyusurVyusur Posts: 2,235
    edited February 2020
    UnifiedBrain said:

    Thanks Vyusur.  That was very clear, yet more complicated and pricey than I had hoped.

    Is there another (less expensive) way to do this?

    More cheaper way is to use 3d coat retopo tools:

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  • REIVAXREIVAX Posts: 70
    edited February 2020

    dae_fbx_to_bvh

    https://github.com/Dene33/dae_fbx_to_bvh

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  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,205
    edited February 2020

    Quixel Mixer is now free

    https://quixel.com/mixer

    if you want to use your own textures you can and it includes quite a few too

    you can use megascans free if rendering in Unreal Engine otherwise those subscription

     

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  • CriosCrios Posts: 2,760

    How work?? Give your OBJ and Mixer apply the texutres? Create the UV Map?

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,205
    edited February 2020
    Crios said:

    How work?? Give your OBJ and Mixer apply the texutres? Create the UV Map?

    not a UV mapper

    a seamless texture mixer

    you can create new textures from texture maps

    some sites you can grab PBR textures from instead of subscribing to Megascans

    https://texturehaven.com

    https://www.poliigon.com/

    https://3dtextures.me

    https://www.cgbookcase.com

    http://www.texturise.club/

     

    another video on it

    you can import a 3D model too and mix your textures on it as well as plane, cube, sphere etc like Carrara texture room 

    of course if you have inagoni baker you can do this stuff in Carrara too like I do heart

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  • ImagoImago Posts: 5,155

    https://sharecg.com/v/95233/gallery/8/Script/GoB-for-Daz-[Blender-Bridge]

    The very longed bridge is here. laugh

    But it's for Blender 2.79 only. sad

  • Persona Non GrataPersona Non Grata Posts: 1,365
    WendyLuvsCatz said:

    Quixel Mixer is now free

    A great alternative to Substance Painter now that Adobe has its hands on it !

    A great find, Wendy.

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,205
    FENgari said:
    WendyLuvsCatz said:

    Quixel Mixer is now free

    A great alternative to Substance Painter now that Adobe has its hands on it !

    A great find, Wendy.

    used together with Materialize to create the PBR maps Adobe can keep their subby stuffs

  • Catherine3678abCatherine3678ab Posts: 8,337

    Haven't tried this one but saw it in action in a tutorial video ... nifty utility to display the keys being used! Free lite and $pro editions ... n.b. the PASSWORD for the zip.

    http://aalapshah.in/project/qipress

     

  • Catherine3678abCatherine3678ab Posts: 8,337
    WendyLuvsCatz said:

    Quixel Mixer is now free

    https://quixel.com/mixer

    if you want to use your own textures you can and it includes quite a few too

    you can use megascans free if rendering in Unreal Engine otherwise those subscription

     

    Thank you. Downloading now. Some might like to know that it is a 3.4G download.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    Oh, can layer sounds in win10 visual editor.  was wondering how to put sound effects on top of background music

  • DaremoK3DaremoK3 Posts: 798
    edited March 2020

    Wendy, thank you, for the heads-up on the Quixel Mixer stand-alone  --  I have been waiting for this - still haven't gotten around to download UE yet...

     

    Imago :

    Came here for my Cararra needs, but since you posted that link, I should point out that I already updated it to 2.8x (there is a thread about it here in 'The Commons') and am making continual improvements for usability.  So far, I am the only user, as no one has stepped up for beta testing (though, claims it's so sad that it is only for 2.79).  Also, I am not the original author - just took up the mantle for porting, and making it a little more user friendly (such as no hand editing the files to make work, error-checking, and some setup automation).

    However, it is not the 'long awaited' Blender/DS Bridge that everyone is clamoring for  --  It is only a Morph Target/Shape Key bridge for easier IN/OUT between the two programs like others that have come before it.

     

    * EDIT:  Thank you, Catherine, for the heads-up on the Q.M. download file size -- That makes a difference for me for where I can download it - I have to rebuild my broken FatDog64 Linux USB that allowed me to download files up to 7G - For now I am stuck on only allowed up to 1.6G while loaded in memory.  Thanks again!

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  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,205

    I am not always fond of bridges

    goZ for DS has never worked as well as just obj exports from Zbrush for morphs and I am much the same with Blender which I have successfully used to create morphs from with obj export too, Carrara has no bridge either but obj works fine.

    I do like easier ways to move rigged stiuff between programs but never have gotten the Blender Diffomorphic plugin to work.

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,205

    https://developer.nvidia.com/nvidia-texture-tools-exporter

    maybe useful to some

  • ImagoImago Posts: 5,155
    edited March 2020
    DaremoK3 said:

    Wendy, thank you, for the heads-up on the Quixel Mixer stand-alone  --  I have been waiting for this - still haven't gotten around to download UE yet...

     

    Imago :

    Came here for my Cararra needs, but since you posted that link, I should point out that I already updated it to 2.8x (there is a thread about it here in 'The Commons') and am making continual improvements for usability.  So far, I am the only user, as no one has stepped up for beta testing (though, claims it's so sad that it is only for 2.79).  Also, I am not the original author - just took up the mantle for porting, and making it a little more user friendly (such as no hand editing the files to make work, error-checking, and some setup automation).

    However, it is not the 'long awaited' Blender/DS Bridge that everyone is clamoring for  --  It is only a Morph Target/Shape Key bridge for easier IN/OUT between the two programs like others that have come before it.

     

    * EDIT:  Thank you, Catherine, for the heads-up on the Q.M. download file size -- That makes a difference for me for where I can download it - I have to rebuild my broken FatDog64 Linux USB that allowed me to download files up to 7G - For now I am stuck on only allowed up to 1.6G while loaded in memory.  Thanks again!

    May I ask which thread? cheeky

    Post edited by Imago on
  • DaremoK3DaremoK3 Posts: 798

    Here is the thread, Imago :

    https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/385796/blender-bridge-for-daz-studio/p1

     

    And, Wendy, great find -- thank you for the link to the new nVidia Texture Tools stand-alone.  I have the old Legacy ones for PS 5, but this looks much better to work with.  Thanks again, you're the best -- stay safe, down-under...

  • rk66rk66 Posts: 438

    currently for free - ACDSee Video Studio 3 - (Offer ends April 15th, 2020)

    > https://www.acdsee.com/en/download-our-video-studio-for-free/

  • 3drendero3drendero Posts: 2,024
    Nice overview of free Adobe alternatives.
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  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,205

    HDRiHaven and TextureHaven guy now has models too

    https://3dmodelhaven.com/

  • ProPoseProPose Posts: 527
    WendyLuvsCatz said:

    HDRiHaven and TextureHaven guy now has models too

    https://3dmodelhaven.com/

    Good one Wendy, Thanks

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    is there a way to batch unzip so it all goes to it's original folder names?

    i go to the trouble of saving my prod downloads to it's product name

    thanks!

  • rk66rk66 Posts: 438

    P3DO 2.8 20th anniversary ist out now.

  • Steve KSteve K Posts: 3,234
    rk66 said:

    P3DO 2.8 20th anniversary ist out now.

    Yup, I just bought the shareware upgrade.  The main feature for me is the mocap previews, including Poser format mocaps.  Now it is much improved as the attached image shows.  In previous versions, a mocap where the figure moves away from the center a lot resulted in the figure moving out of the window, so a lot of zooming and panning was necessary.  No more.

    laugh

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  • TorquinoxTorquinox Posts: 3,314
    edited April 2020

    This Quixel Mixer looks like an amazingly good catch! Thanks to @WendyLuvzCats for pointing it out.

    Post edited by Torquinox on
  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    Steve K said:
    rk66 said:

    P3DO 2.8 20th anniversary ist out now.

    Yup, I just bought the shareware upgrade.  The main feature for me is the mocap previews, including Poser format mocaps.  Now it is much improved as the attached image shows.  In previous versions, a mocap where the figure moves away from the center a lot resulted in the figure moving out of the window, so a lot of zooming and panning was necessary.  No more.

    laugh

    thus the s/w can swap a thumbnail in carrara file?

  • Steve KSteve K Posts: 3,234
    Mystiarra said:
    Steve K said:
    rk66 said:

    P3DO 2.8 20th anniversary ist out now.

    Yup, I just bought the shareware upgrade.  The main feature for me is the mocap previews, including Poser format mocaps.  Now it is much improved as the attached image shows.  In previous versions, a mocap where the figure moves away from the center a lot resulted in the figure moving out of the window, so a lot of zooming and panning was necessary.  No more.

    laugh

    thus the s/w can swap a thumbnail in carrara file?

    I think so.  Check here:

    https://www.senosoft.com/carrara_file_manager.php

     

  • mindsongmindsong Posts: 1,701
    Steve K said:
    Mystiarra said:
    Steve K said:
    rk66 said:

    P3DO 2.8 20th anniversary ist out now.

    Yup, I just bought the shareware upgrade.  The main feature for me is the mocap previews, including Poser format mocaps.  Now it is much improved as the attached image shows.  In previous versions, a mocap where the figure moves away from the center a lot resulted in the figure moving out of the window, so a lot of zooming and panning was necessary.  No more.

    laugh

    thus the s/w can swap a thumbnail in carrara file?

    I think so.  Check here:

    https://www.senosoft.com/carrara_file_manager.php

     

    @Mystiarra, the BVH and obj-mesh previewers are worth the price of entry by-themselves, and the other *many* features are quite useful as well.

    It also let's you peruse a zipfile, without having to open it - good for reviewing/sorting your large unsorted freebie folders ("what was that file that I downloaded 3 months ago?")

    And it will convert all of the Carrara 'rsr' thumbs to PNGs - in batch/entire directories - if I recall correctly.

    And he's working on better DAZ file support now, so given the nature of almost all DAZ releases now, the native support is helpful, even if we don't use DS as our primary tool.

    Worth the full price, let alone the current 50% off.

    (And I get no kick-backs either! - just a happy user)

     

    cheers, (YMMV)

    --ms

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,205

     

  • RoygeeRoygee Posts: 2,247

    This thread still going after all these years!

    Free face builder for Blender - trnsfer to Carrara when done https://keentools.io/facebuilder

    Cheers:)

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