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How to make a real brow squeeze on genesis 8 and 8.1?

JamesJames Posts: 1,046
in Daz Studio Discussion

How to make a real brow squeeze on genesis 8 and 8.1?

I want like the wrinkles beteween the forehead really appear.

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  • felisfelis Posts: 4,348

    There isn't enought base geometry to make wrinkles.

    And only PAs can create HD morphs.

    You can look for if there is a product that supports that, or you could make a normal map, that gives that impression.

  • ShelLuserShelLuser Posts: 749

    Now, important disclaimer: I'm not a professional sculpter but rather a (very) enthusiastic artist.

    Having that out of the way: @Felis : I'm not too sure I agree with your base geometry comment, but I cannot rule out the option that I'm overlooking something.

    As mentioned I'm not an avid sculpter (getting better though) and this morph itself took me a while to "perfect" (and it's still quite the hack) but if you look at the result... I think that if I shorten it (maybe break it up in 2 sets?), maybe increase the Z intensity just a little bit more?... then this should be doable.  ... or so I believe.

    For the record: yes, I somewhat "cheated" by sub-dividing the mesh in ZBrush and you shouldn't focus on that wrt the geometry, but still, there is room to wrinkle parts of the forehead.   ... or so I think.

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  • JamesJames Posts: 1,046

    the wrinkles that I envision are between the brows, though not on the forehead..

  • crosswindcrosswind Posts: 7,004
    edited May 2023

    You may try to use some expression morphs from Daz.com, for instance: Compression HD + Brow Squeeze, uncheck Use Limits and increase the values a litttle bit. Then, use GoZ or blender etc. to make some crease in between the inner brows then import as a delta morph, so as to make some subtle change. (I made one with blender...) You even can mix the expression with other brows related morphs and create a unique single dial.

    PS: Normally we won't separately bake normal or displacement maps for expressions, but you can do it if you'd like...

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  • ShelLuserShelLuser Posts: 749

    James said:

    the wrinkles that I envision are between the brows, though not on the forehead..

    I'm going to take on this "challenge". No promises (!), as I mentioned this hack already took me some time, but I see opportunities for me to learn new stuff. ... no to mention that I found the most awesome Z brush to make this work (SO much pun intended!). I'll get back at most upcoming Monday but please: don't get your hopes up and don't expect results. But I am going to give this a solid attempt.

    Secret little bird told me I can probably even share morph files as an attachment here so... yah ;)

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