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Saving morph for characters?
- Thread starter Janet
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Kerya
Brilliant
Sometimes Daz has useful tutorials (even when there is no handbook 
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Saving Morphs (WIP) 2014 [Documentation Center]
)Saving Morphs (WIP) 2014 [Documentation Center]
First load a morph using Morph Loader Pro, which creates a new dial. Then use File -> SaveAs -> Morph Asset, and make sure ONLY your dial is checked in the list. The author and product names are used to create the folder names in the "data" folder. That's it in a nutshell.
Hi Janet, just wanted to mention not to forget to set limits and make sure the paths are correct before saving a morph. Files can be edited later in a text editor. Also make sure you don't compress the files. Clicking on the settings wheel on the far right end of the moprh in Parameter settings and select from the menu Parameter settings will allow you to customise the morph. Including changing the colour of your morph in the parameters so it stands out.
I also like to use the standard settings from Hivewire for Dawn but place a folder with my Name and put the morphs in there. So for example a full body morph would be Actor/02_Body/01_FullBody/01_Morphs/Diva whereas ears would be something like this Actor/01_Head/06_Ears/01_Morphs/Diva.
This will make it easier for people like myself who dial there own character to find and use your morph. They can then look at all the ears they have for a character in one place. I've found with people who do their own folder outside of this structure that I don't use those morphs as much unless I hand edit them to put them in what I see as the right place. You will find that others don't do this. Some vendors for example have their own folders which is probably why despite the fact that I own a number of morphs set up like this that I rarely use them. Which is a shame because they are really good morphs. I will probably edit the files eventually so that I can more easily compare them with other morphs and use them more.
I also like to use the standard settings from Hivewire for Dawn but place a folder with my Name and put the morphs in there. So for example a full body morph would be Actor/02_Body/01_FullBody/01_Morphs/Diva whereas ears would be something like this Actor/01_Head/06_Ears/01_Morphs/Diva.
This will make it easier for people like myself who dial there own character to find and use your morph. They can then look at all the ears they have for a character in one place. I've found with people who do their own folder outside of this structure that I don't use those morphs as much unless I hand edit them to put them in what I see as the right place. You will find that others don't do this. Some vendors for example have their own folders which is probably why despite the fact that I own a number of morphs set up like this that I rarely use them. Which is a shame because they are really good morphs. I will probably edit the files eventually so that I can more easily compare them with other morphs and use them more.