eclark1894
Visionary
How is geografting better or different from conforming then?
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Lorraine
The Wicked Witch of the North
@Pendraia That's already more than I know about geografting. LOL
@eclark1894 I think the major difference is that conforming *tries* to stay together with the host mesh, while geografting actually remains together as if it were part of it.
@eclark1894 I think the major difference is that conforming *tries* to stay together with the host mesh, while geografting actually remains together as if it were part of it.
Welcome from me as well.Welcome to the Hive, Inki
Sorry not sure how I missed these posts earlier.
@Earl, it's my understanding that it's similar to alternate geometry. Say for example you were adding a horn to the head. You would duplicate a ring of polys on the head as a starting point and build the horn from that starting point. It's then set up in DS so it will replace the geometry inside that ring. Iirc it also replaces the ring of polys that were duplicated but it's a while since I had a play with it, over two years back now. It will give you a more realistic joint then just doing a prop or conforming add on.
@Ken, I don't know a lot about it but I did have a play with some tree shaped antlers for Genesis a few years back.
@Chris, glad that I got it right, it's been a while since I experimented with it.
VortigensBane
Busy Bee
Yup. "hypothetically", one could replace the whole front legs with geo-grafted fins or flippers. Normally with geo-grafted stuff, there is a ring of faces around the appendage which shares the same surface UV as whatever the corresponding surface on the base figure uses. If the content artist is REALLY nice, that also involves a trans-map which fades into whatever texture you want to use on the appendage...
Both would be doable...the trans map sounds like a great idea. I know that many people wanted alternate textures for some of Rawn's geografted characters with Genesis. A trans map would make this doable for more people.
VortigensBane
Busy Bee
Hmm. If Chris likes the post that suggests flippers instead of front legs, does that mean that we might get them...
Way awesome Paul!
Hmm. If Chris likes the post that suggests flippers instead of front legs, does that mean that we might get them...
Maybe...it would be awesome.
Looking great Paul...
eclark1894
Visionary
I thought you always had to start with the hip.
Oh... wash your mouth out with soap. DAZ already has one. Two of them, actually.
I'm hoping to see the paws curl around the way cats really do where they practically fold them completely under the wrists. Sometimes cats make me wonder if they even have bones, and not just cartilage.