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Daz Studio 2.0 is out |
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By gmon2 on
3/4/2008
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Daz Studio 2.0 has just been released. According to their website, new features include:
- Start Up Wizard
- Auto Hide
- Drag and Drop
- Levels of Detail (LOD)
- Multiple UVs
- Sub D
- Integrated Content
It's at a helfty 90 MB and I'm downloading it now from here.
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Smith Micro completes acquisition of e frontier's graphics & animation business |
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By gmon2 on
12/15/2007
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e frontier has been acquired by Smith Micro. Smith Micro sells and distributes software such as Aquazone Screen Saver, StuffIt Deluxe, and graphics programs like Morpheus Photo Morpher. I've seen their products in stores like CompUSA. This has caught me by surprise because the graphics programs sold by e frontier seem way more sophisticated than the programs sold by Smith Micro. If any company was to acquire another company, I would think it would have been the other way around. From what I understand, Smith Micro has a better distribution network than e frontier -- in other words, we can expect to see products like Poser 7, Anime Studio, Manga Studio, and Motion Artist 4 in more retail stores and that is a good thing for all.
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Carrara 6 |
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By gmon2 on
9/26/2007
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Well, I took advantage of Daz Production's current sale and purchased Carrara 6. I still haven't scratched the surface of Daz Studio so I'm not sure it was a wise purchase for me. I sure have spent a lot of money on this new hobby and I haven't really produced anything yet. I have too many interests and not enough time! Carrara 6 can load and use Daz Studio content and seems to basically combine the features of Hexagon 2 (3D Modelling), Bryce (Landscape), and Poser/Daz Studio into one program.
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Starship Bridge: Sets and Scenes |
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By gmon2 on
8/30/2007
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Woohoo! I've been searching for a starship bridge set for the
longest time and resigned myself to the idea that I would probably
have to create such a set myself using some of the sci-fi
construction set building blocks I had previously purchased from
Daz3D.
However, a nice starship bridge set became available and I
couldn't help myself and bought it almost immediately.
Here is a scene created with the starship bridge. After applying
the planet and stars backdrop and getting the designed lighting, I
can save off this scene for later use.
I had previously saved off a character cre ...
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DAZ Studio v1.7 is out |
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By gmon2 on
7/31/2007
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DAZ Studio v1.7 is out! I'm downloading it right now. Despite some rumors I've heard, it's still free! New features include:
- Activity Tabs
- Customizable Styles and Layouts
- PowerPose
- Puppeteer
- Collada Exporter
- D-Form
- AlignAce
You can get it here.
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SYM FACTOR X Comic Book |
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By gmon2 on
6/9/2007
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I just bought my first digital comic book over at the Renderosity website! It's called SYM FACTOR X and it was created by a group called ImageNation using 3D tools such as Poser. This is basically what I hope to be able to do. It was only $6 and came with a bonus 3D model (ImageNation's Exo Armor Propset for Michael 3). The bonus model itself was worth $34 when it first came out and I remember myself eyeballing it. I wanted to see what was possible using 3D tools such as Poser and Daz Studio to create comics so this was a no-brainer purchase for me.
Overall I was very impressed with it. It's a sci-fi story set in the future where the Human Empire has spread out throughout the galaxy and rules over all the other alien races with an iron hand. I thought it had decent writing and an interesting story with excellent ...
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Creating and Saving Characters with Daz Studio |
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By gmon2 on
6/8/2007
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One of the ways I want to work is to be able to create characters
and save them off so I could later include them in scenes.
To create a character, you would load in the base model. Below is
the base Victoria3 model. Doesn't look very realistic, does it?
To change the look of Victoria3, you would apply a "morph pose" to
her. There are many built-in morphs and you can buy additional morph
packs for Victoria3. Below are some eye morph injections for
Victoria3. If I select the head of Victoria3 and double click one of
the eye morphs, it places a new parameter on the Parameter Tab for
Victoria3's head.
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Will Daz Studio allow me to work the way I want to on my project? |
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By gmon2 on
6/3/2007
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I've collected comics for over 20 years. I would probably still be
collecting today except that I don't have the time or space (comics
take up a long of space) to read them anymore. But I still have a
great fondness for this form of entertainment. One of the things I
have always wanted to try was to create my own comic book or graphic
novel. When I first heard about Poser and Daz Studio, I thought, “I
wonder how hard would it be to use them to produce a comic book or
graphic novel?”
As I mentioned earlier, Poser's user interface was a little
intimating to me and I never got around to exploring it further
(although I hope to do so in the future as I get more experience with
Daz Studio and 3D rendering concepts in general).
Here is the way I would like a 3D program to allow me to work on
my project: - I want to be able to create characters and save them off.
- I ...
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Sometimes wearing women's clothes can save you money! |
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By gmon2 on
5/23/2007
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If you browse through the 3D content offered at Daz Productions you will noticed that most items are tailored towards specific models. For example, the Concord Navy clothing item can be used with the Victoria 3 model and the clothing pack set for Michael 1.0 and Victoria 2.0.
I was interested in using the Concord Navy uniforms because I wanted to have a bunch of characters who were some sort of space marines in my comic book project. I also wanted to only use the newer generation 3D models (Victoria 3, Michael ...
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Using Daz Studio to create comics and graphic novels |
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By gmon2 on
5/13/2007
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Daz Studio is an amazing 3D
application. It's even more amazing because its free!
It's basically a free (but supposedly
less powerful) replacement and/or addition for Poser. I first found
out about it a couple of years ago after purchasing Poser to try my
hand at creating comics with it. I noticed people creating these
incredible renderings with a 3D model named “Victoria”. People
would purchase Victoria and load her up in Poser to create these
fantastic images. So, I decided to take a closer look at the company
that created the Victoria model.
It turns out Daz Productions was a
company that produces high quality 3D Content. In essence, they
create 3D models that are usable in 3D software such ...
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