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Yes! It took me a while, with the help of a couple of good tutorials, to get a handle on Poser dynamics, but now I feel pretty comfortable with it.
That doesn't necessarily mean I get the drape right the very first try, but at least I'm getting decent results from the get-go.
According to this forum member at the DAZ3D Forums the Dynamic Cloth draping in DAZ Studio is picky, seems that all the UV's MUST be the same size in relation to each other. My pockets and other materials I purposely made bigger for adding in fine detail but for the draping I had to create a GroovyDrape version of the UV's that were relative to the pants so that when I applied a map with numbers they were all the same size. So that seems to work but I have to figure out the draping now because the pants keep falling off of him! lmao
If you're using the DynCreator script, you may or may not be able to keep them on. In Poser we have something called constrained groups that basically stick the cloth to the figure. I don't think DS has that. It's why when I was working on my pants for Luna, I added some invisible straps, so that if someone wanted to use them in DS they could.
I got some good help from the DAZ forums. Apparently you can load in a simple plane and have the pants collide with it to keep them up. I actually got a good drape from the pants. I started the drape process and literally after about 2 seconds STOPPED the drape.... I got this.... (after some clean up in ZBrush)....
Before and after... I like the little details in the crotch.... More natural folds in the lower legs... it's better. I'll play with the settings. Hopefully, if I can get some settings down I like then the Wizard robe for Dawn (and Dusk) will happen faster. Lots to do for that though, lots of little bits to add like a staff, wand, magic bag to go on the sash, necklace, rings.... yea, another big project! lmao
Before and after... I like the little details in the crotch.... More natural folds in the lower legs... it's better. I'll play with the settings. Hopefully, if I can get some settings down I like then the Wizard robe for Dawn (and Dusk) will happen faster. Lots to do for that though, lots of little bits to add like a staff, wand, magic bag to go on the sash, necklace, rings.... yea, another big project! lmao
I have a bunch of resources from 3D.sk so making use of those. The handlebar mustache I made by layering bits of hair from a resource to create it. I'm working on Bruno's faces today. Liking my efforts. Funny as you get better at this stuff you look at what you've created previously and think OMG.... I've come a long way baby! lol
Lookie what I figured out.... Bruno in ZBrush.... Rendered. It's funny, in DAZ Studio the skin doesn't look this good but in ZBrush, sub divided up to level 5, it's gorgeous! Working on Q, F & S views of my updated morphs for Bruno. this is just the skin, no morph....
Working on Q, F & S views of my updated morphs for Bruno. this is just the skin, no morph....
Don't think so. I think it's the environment settings myself but I'm HORRIBLE with lighting a scene, it's one of those things I need to study more but don't have the time! I mean these are just the diffuse maps, no bump or specular or displacement maps, just the raw diffuse maps and it came out looking like that! 
haha don't I know it!
I think someone with knowledge needs to do a set of good DS and matching Poser lights for test/promos for us with lesser skills
(I say matching so that it looks as close as possible for 3DL, Iray, Firefly and Superfly so people know what stuff looks like for each) I'd buy them!
I think someone with knowledge needs to do a set of good DS and matching Poser lights for test/promos for us with lesser skills
(I say matching so that it looks as close as possible for 3DL, Iray, Firefly and Superfly so people know what stuff looks like for each
) I'd buy them!
Nope, I think whoever set up the default render environment in ZBrush really had their act together so everything looks great or as good as it can while in Poser or DAZ Studio the default is very very basic and if you want something nicer you have to figure it out for yourself or buy premade set ups. I like the Painter's Lights the best so far. Very soft and natural and want to try out some of Colm's premade sets for DS which I have too... I keep forgetting! lol
Doesn't take long for things to go out of my old brain. There is a way to bring in conforming clothing into Poser 11 and then tell it to transfer the morphs from the figure. I forgot how to do that. I thought it was a right click or something directly on the morph? I tried all the options under the "Figure" drop down menu but that's not giving me what I need. Any ideas?
Glitterati3D
Dances with Bees
Remember in Poser on the Properties Panel to check Show Hidden Parameters if you want to include JCMs and such.
Select the clothing on the Main dropdown (Pants>Body>)
Figure>Copy Morphs From and select Dusk or the Clothing Resource Kit if that's what you are using.