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Monthly Archives: April 2012
Templum, issue #1 – out now
Templum is a new digital arts magazine, now inviting submissions for the second issue. Quite painter-y, but probably open to those who overpaint their DAZ Studio and Poser renders.
Micheal 5 – out now
Micheal 5, the new Genesis-enabled version of Micheal for DAZ Studio, has just been released.
DAZ to Blender – new pipeline tutorial
Send your DAZ Studio characters to Hell Blender, with a brand new tutorial and pipeline overview researched and written by Jon Hallier. The Blender guys are of course working on the free Make Human software, which is current stuck at alpha 0.6. But until Make Human becomes usable, Exporting DAZ Studio 4 figures to Blender might come in handy.
Adobe opens pre-orders on CS6…
Adobe has just opened pre-orders for their CS6 range, to be shipped on Monday 7th May 2012. These include Photoshop CS6 and CS6 Extended (for 3D work) of course, and also their excellent DTP software InDesign and the video editor Adobe Premiere Pro.
Also a couple of names new to me: Adobe SpeedGrade (colour grading and matching of video footage); Adobe Muse (website design tool that hides the scary code); and Adobe Story Plus (multi-user screenplay writing software).
DAZ to Unity – detailed technical overview
DigiTech has posted a lengthy new whitepaper/tutorial on pipelining customised character assets for the popular free Unity game engine, based on DAZ Studio exports…
“This tutorial presents an asset pipeline, and design and code analysis information, to support the character customization workshop project download [available] for Unity game engine. […] The character customization workshop provides a foundation for a startup individual or small team of developers to begin introducing character management to their games.”
DAZ Training videos page – links fixed
A global search-and-replace operation had messed up the links on my DAZ Training Videos page. Apologies for that. All fixed now.
New Nursoda female figure – freebies
Any new standalone figure from Nursoda is welcome. They are always of excellent quality, and have immense amounts of character. So it’s great news that he’s just launched another excellent characterful older female character called Aina…
Nursoda’s freestuff website has also updated with a fab set of free poses for Aina and his popular Hein figure…
Done to a T
Rampa has posted a file that gives a better starting t-pose, for use in exporting FBX characters from DAZ Studio to iClone using the new 3DXchange5 Pro.
Micheal 5, almost ready for release
DAZ‘s Micheal 5 character is almost ready for release, to join the existing Victoria 5 as DAZ’s flagship male/female characters. This is a preview of what he’ll look like…
How to paint hair in Photoshop – free 35 min video tutorial
Hair taking too long to render? Damage Inc. has just posted a new free 35 minute video tutorial on how to add hair to your DAZ Studio or Poser render, by painting it in with Adobe Photoshop…
New 3DXchange 5 converts DAZ to iClone, auto-rigs
The new 3DXchange 5 Pro conversion tool is out. Here’s how to convert and auto-rig a DAZ Studio character, for use in the real-time software iClone…
This new version of iClone converts to the standard iClone format, so characters can accept all standard motions files. A version that can also convert for facial animation will be available soon.
New Sherlock Holmes standalone figure for Poser
A new original-figure Sherlock Holmes figure and clothes, “Holms” on the Renderosity store. There’s a nasty little copyright troll laying a shaky claim to the Sherlock Holmes name in the USA, which is presumably why this character has been given a slightly different name.
The poses for him only work in Poser. It’ll be interesting to see if these clothes can also be made to fit the excellent Doctor Pitterbill standalone character. He seems to be missing a bow-tie, but there are several such to be found floating around the Web.
Artifacts
I always enjoy those whacky/out-of-the-way DAZ Studio or Poser packs, if they’re well made. Quality model maker The AntFarm has just released one such, “Artifacts”, on the DAZ Store. Two authentic-looking ancient masks…
