SKYLAB CHAT

[DanaTA]

I modeled one but only for Carrara .. I guess it's of no use for anyone
a wacky ring pull can of tuna ~ with a lid pulling morph

I saw your post in the Whacky thread at DAZ. That can't ben exported for use in DS?

Dana

 

[Stezza]

It can ... lol can ...

but the morph won't

a ways around it which may work is you could export the OBJ with close lid morph... then export a second one with lid pulled back morph.. and then in DS you may be able to recreate a morph but dunno.. I'm just hypothesising..

 

[Linda B]

Oh I just meant the lid pulled back, didn't want it to actually move. Your can is perfect.

 

[skylab]

Thanks for joining in Stezza...we always enjoy your "wacky" models

I'll be leaving soon to do errands, and will be back on later this evening. Have fun everybody

 

[skylab]

In case you need any garbage or trash can models, here's a page of free stuff like this, plenty for the roaches' dumpster diving scenes

 

[Stezza]

just did a Carrara to DS transfer... needed some different work as Carrara doesn't create a morphed obj model .. hmmm

I'm not sure on the file structure ( dunno where to put the textures ) in DS

but here is the model morphed in DS

 

[Linda B]

Looks good.

 

[skylab]

Hey Stezza....the can(s) look great If you need an aerial view of the DAZ 3D -> Studio -> My Library folder, here you go:

It seems that textures go in the Runtime folder, like so (which is similar to Poser, and where I stick any Poser content):

And finally, here's a look at the Textures folder, to give you an idea of how it appears:

Hope this helps

 

[skylab]

Hey Linda Found out I had something in my you-know-where account that is called Garbage Cans that must have been a freebie at one time....it probably would be perfect for dumpster diving

I just woke from my afternoon nap....I always get completely zapped on errand day, and have to surrender to the bed for awhile, so I'm just now getting functional

 

[DanaTA]

That's excellent, Stezza! You work so fast!

Dana

 

[skylab]

He really does....you just think of an idea one day, and Stezza zaps it into being the next....incredible

 

[Linda B]

I have some actual dumpsters from somewhere.

Working on the roach disco scene. Unable to get iray lights to look disco-ish. Lack of knowledge I suppose.

 

[skylab]

After some thought, I recalled something that happened probably over 30 years ago. Our department would get in monthly shipments of various supplies, and one of the clerks would unpack the shipments during slow hours....and one time she popped open a shipment of coffee...it came in bags instead of cans like in the grocery store, but it was Maxwell House just the same. Well, this particular time, I heard her scream, and ran over to see what on earth was the matter....and in the coffee shipment was hundreds....if not thousands....of roaches. Apparently they had hatched in the coffee. I never forgot that disgusting sight....whew! And it took a long, long time before I could enjoy a cup of coffee again....and after that, I tended to want to bring, and brew, my own. Well, all that to say....roaches just LOVE coffee....so they'd probably have it stashed away in their man cave too

 

[skylab]

I had the same problem with the disco-ish lights....it either darkened everything down, and everything was way to bright....so for me, it was definitely lack of knowledge....so I pushed that project aside until I gained some more experience

 

[Linda B]

Solution found so far is gel lights.

 

[skylab]

Sounds right....would give a color, streaky appearance from reflections from the disco ball

 

[Stezza]

thanks but I'm just a mug modeler ... lol
but I must admit sometimes I surprise myself and then wonder why it takes the pros 12 months or more to get something out there..

anyways.. never done a DS duf prop before with the file structure so dunno if it works so I have attached it to the post for anyone who can test it out to see if it actually loads up and works

 

[skylab]

I'd be happy to test it for you Stezza....I'll do it right now....it would be a help to you if you could get a successful pass to Studio including the materials...then folks using Studio could easily use your models

I'll download the file now, and be back in a little bit with the results

 

[skylab]

Stezza, it appears perfectly in the Studio content library....as pictured below Yay! You did it!

 

[Stezza]

that's good... did the morph work?