XPS to Blender 2.7x(Blender internal the easy way) by johnzero7, literature
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XPS to Blender 2.7x(Blender internal the easy way)
Things we are gonna need areBlender 2.7x http://www.blender.org/XPS tools addon for Blender (Blender 2.7x XPS Tools 1.1 made by yours truly )A Model for XPS/XNALara (Binary or ASCII)
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PreparationUPDATE: Here is avideo showing the install process. Thanks a lot!
Install Xps addon to blender
First thing we have to do is to installing the addon.
Go to the provided link and download the latest version of the addon. DO NOT UNZIP IT.
Open Ble
[Tutorial] Transferring Character Morphs G1G2G3G8 by SickleYield, journal
[Tutorial] Transferring Character Morphs G1G2G3G8
The first version of this workflow came from Kattey on the DAZ forum, for which I acknowledge credit.
Here is that (lengthy) thread: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/viewthread/24093/
First of all, however: there are two ways to recreate a character. There is the easy way, which is not redistributable, and the hard way, which is. We'll discuss the easy way first. I'm sorry, but I can't do anything for those of you who absolutely can't learn from text. This is what I have time for right now.
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PART 1: CREATE A SINGLE DIAL
Load Genesis 1. Dial in your character morph. There cannot be anything in the scene except the single figure while
Tutorial: How to do ripping clothes in Poser/DS by ovidius-naso, journal
Tutorial: How to do ripping clothes in Poser/DS
I sometimes get asked by other creators: how do you make clothes rip in your videos? (example video )
I'll share my technique here. I use Poser 11, but this *should* also work in Daz Studio (I haven't tried it, so I can't say for sure). This also requires you to use Dynamic cloth simulation (I believe it is called dForce in Daz), it won't work with conforming clothing figures.
Setup your scene and pick the frame where the clothes will rip (lets call that the rip frame)Start by doing a cloth simulation with the regular (non ripped) clothing item. The sim should end a little past the rip frame (in case you want to adjust that)
Go to the rip