My Sicilian is heeeere!:  https://www.daz3d.com/salvatore-for-genesis-3-and-8-male

Salvatore is for your Genesis 3 & 8 Male.
His head morphs are custom built and do not require any other morph packs to utilize and the body morphs require Genesis 3 Male Body morphs and Genesis 8 Male Body Morphs to use.
Included for both Genesis Males are 3 Brow Presets with 1 No Brow Preset for each model. There are Eye Material Presets, 2 Lashes with 2 Material Presets each.  There is one Tattoo Preset for the upper shoulder region, along with various scars; Arms, lower Torso/Back and Collarbone. There is also an option for the look of muted bruising along Salvatore's knuckles, hand and fingers in the mix.
All scars are based off of photos of research of real scars from various surgeries; His skin base is 85% photo resource material with the remaining percentage from either hand painting or various Merchant Resources.
I have included 3 Skin Gloss Presets: Base, High, and Low Gloss (For the Base Model and the Anatomical Element Geograft to match)
Anatomical Elements are included for both models.
Hierarchical Presets for the Base Material for both- With Anatomical Elements for Genesis 3 Male, and with the Lash/Tear and Anatomical Elements for Genesis 8 Male.
Materials are Iray only.

Pose Blender is a set of scripts for creating new poses by blending poses, or parts of poses, quickly and easily. Don't just combine poses, blend them! Pose Blender has been designed to work with almost any character or figure... from Victoria 4 to Genesis 8, from Horse to Dragon, male or female... anything with bones!

Pose Blender works by allowing you to blend poses and body parts. You don't just copy an arm pose from one pose and a leg pose from another pose (though you can do that too).  Rather, you can create a unique new arm pose by making a blend of the arm between one pose's arm and another pose's arm. You choose how much to blend from each pose. Now with Pose Blender you can "kitbash" your poses just like you have been doing with your clothes products. Quickly and professionally expand your pose library by using Pose Blender!

Features

• Supports anything with bones...  from Victoria 4 to Genesis 8, from Horse to Dragon, male or female
• Pose Blender - Quickly blend poses using the entire figure or selected bone hierarchy subtrees
• Selective Pose Blender - Selectively blend poses for parts of the body. This script has been specifically designed to work with Genesis, Genesis 2, Genesis 3, and Genesis 8 characters, male or female
• Settings are automatically saved and restored

No poses are included with the package.

For more information, you can look at the manual.

Note: You may get an error on trying to start the Pose Blender script when you run it from an earlier version of Daz Studio.  This is because I mistakenly encrypted the Pose Blender scripts with v4.9.4.117 (or thereabouts), which requires you to use Pose Blender with v4.9.4.117 or later.  I am submitting updates for Pose Blender encrypted for v4.9.3.166, which will allow it to work with v4.9.3.166 or later​.  In the meantime, if you PM me and provide your receipt and an email address, I will send you an updated version right now.  I apologize for any inconvenience.

Welcome to The Growing Up for Genesis 8 Support thread.

Meet Salvatore's youngest brother, Giuseppe!

His head morphs are a combination of custom morphing and blended with Lucas 8 facial features.  The body morphs require Genesis 8 Body Morph pack along with the Lucas 8 base model. He can be used without Lucas 8, but he will not look the same.
His skin base is a mixture of 2 sets of skin photo resources as well as various merchant resources.
Giuseppe's textures come with 5 eye colors, 2 Sclera and Lash materials.  He has a chest tattoo, two arm tattoos and a calf tattoo with an option for them all to be used.  There are three brow options as well as a no brow option.
I have included 3 Skin Gloss Presets: Base, High, and Low Gloss (For the Base Model and the Anatomical Element Geograft to match).
Anatomical Elements are included; Circumcised and uncircumcised.  Hierarchical Presets with the Lash/Tear and Anatomical Elements for Genesis 8 Male.
Materials are Iray only.

18 August 2017
Update 1.3, addressing error on loading the Caribou Calf model:

Windows 64bit Catalyzer 1.3 (copy and overwrite the zip content in your '\Program Files\DAZ 3D\DAZStudio4\plugins\' folder)
macOS Catalyzer 1.3 (copy and overwrite the zip content in your '\Applications\DAZ 3D\DAZStudio4\plugins\' folder)

If for some reasons you need to revert to the initial release version, you can obviously use the DIM or the original installer again.

In case of issues please email me at info@alessandromastronardi.com sending a brief description of the problem and:

• the Catalyzer log file (/Documents/DAZ 3D/Studio/LAMH2Iray Catalyzer/LAMH2IrayCatalyzerLogFile.txt)
• the DAZ Studio log file (menu Help->Troubleshooting->View Log File)

Thanks!

17 August 2017
Sorry for the confusion, I added another fix and so version 1.2 comes here:

Windows 64bit: www.alessandromastronardi.com/QA/Catalyzer/1.2/LAMH2IrayCatalyzerPlugin.1.2.Win64.zip (copy and overwrite the zip content in your '\Program Files\DAZ 3D\DAZStudio4\plugins\' folder)
macOS: www.alessandromastronardi.com/QA/Catalyzer/1.2/LAMH2IrayCatalyzerPlugin.1.2.macOS.zip (copy and overwrite the zip content in your '\Applications\DAZ 3D\DAZStudio4\plugins\' folder)

If for some reasons you need to revert to version 1.0, you can obviously use the DIM or the original installer again.

In case of issues please email me at info@alessandromastronardi.com sending a brief description of the problem and:

• the Catalyzer log file (/Documents/DAZ 3D/Studio/LAMH2Iray Catalyzer/LAMH2IrayCatalyzerLogFile.txt)
• the DAZ Studio log file (menu Help->Troubleshooting->View Log File)

Thanks!

16 August 2017
Hello folks, I didn't receive any information as to when the Catalyzer 1.1 update will be available through official channels, so for the curious one I am anticipating it:

Windows 64bit: www.alessandromastronardi.com/QA/Catalyzer/1.1/LAMH2IrayCatalyzerPlugin.1.1.Win64.zip (copy and overwrite the zip content in your '\Program Files\DAZ 3D\DAZStudio4\plugins\' folder)
macOS: www.alessandromastronardi.com/QA/Catalyzer/1.1/LAMH2IrayCatalyzerPlugin.1.1.macOS.zip (copy and overwrite the zip content in your '\Applications\DAZ 3D\DAZStudio4\plugins\' folder)

If for some reasons you need to revert to version 1.0, you can obviously use the DIM or the original installer again.

This update should fix the lag issue (with the beta-testers we didn't catch this issue altough I think to know why it happens for some); also, now it should be safe to load Catalyzer item(s) on an existing scene.

In case of issues please email me at info@alessandromastronardi.com sending a brief description of the problem and:

• the Catalyzer log file (/Documents/DAZ 3D/Studio/LAMH2Iray Catalyzer/LAMH2IrayCatalyzerLogFile.txt)
• the DAZ Studio log file (menu Help->Troubleshooting->View Log File)

Thanks!

I'd like to introduce a new plugin called Catalyzer, soon to be released, that allows to render my whole library of furred animals and creatures effortlessly with the Nvidia Iray engine.

Simply load and pose the models and click the Render button available in the Catalyzer pane: the procedure will automatically prepare Iray compliant, optimized spline hairs and produce the render!
The process is multi-threaded and very fast, even with multiple characters loaded.
Additionally, the Catalyzer pane offers settings to modify fur density, spline quality and hair's physical shader characteristics.

As I mentioned all my models have been updated for Catalyzer compatibility and are offered for free. You will find those as free updates in your DIM.
You can now look forward to more and more of my furred animals and creatures finally working out of the box with Nvidia Iray.

Here is an introduction movie showing the Catalyzer in action:

And the PDF manual: www.alessandromastronardi.com/downloads/CatalyzerPDF.pdf

For the next 4 weeks I will travel areas with presumably intermittent internet connection: don't worry if I won't chime in immediately over here, I'll do as often as I can.

For support and inquiries, please contact me at info@alessandromastronardi.com

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Hello, after collecting feedback, here are a few tips and workarounds that might help:

- I think everybody was able to install and activate by now; if not, after you install the Catalyzer, check these instructions: http://www.alessandromastronardi.com/blog/lamh2iray-catalyzer/
- go for DAZ Studio 4.9+; lot of changes were done especially to Iray handling routines, and behavior on DS 4.7 or 4.8 is unpredictable and most likely to crash
- some have pointed out the fact that loading a scene .DUF and successively adding a Catalyzer item may lead to issues; I'm looking into it as we speak. A workaround, for now, might be to load the Catalyzer item(s) first, and then merge the scene.duf
- if for some reasons you crash while rendering, make sure you have DAZ Studio 4.9+. Also, please enable the 'Safe Mode' checkbox and try again; that should reduce the risk of data overflow especially on systems with low specs
- in order to pose Catalyzer models more efficiently and have a responsive Studio viewport, I suggest you configure preferences like in the attached image; also, you may want to enable 'Hide preview hair', so that is easier to grab joints and pose them.
- using the Aux viewport may also overload the system; if not really needed you might want to turn it off
- as mentioned in the brief manual, go easy on 'Hair density' and 'Spline quality', as they may cause massive use of memory. Go gradually, understand what your system can take (using a single Catalyzer item on an empty scene is usually the best way), so that you get an idea of how it works

This project is really new and I apologize if there are things that don't work well for some folks. With the beta-testers (which I thank for all their precious help) we spent several hours and efforts trying out all the possible combinations; but it goes without saying that no program is perfect and bug-free, especially at its initial release. If you have the patience to bear with it, I will improve things in further releases, and add more features as well.
If you need assistance or questions of any kind, don't hesitate to email me directly at: info@alessandromastronardi.com

PS: if you like to help with development and debugging, in case of issues please email me at the address above sending a brief description of the problem and:

• the Catalyzer log file (/Documents/DAZ 3D/Studio/LAMH2Iray Catalyzer/LAMH2IrayCatalyzerLogFile.txt)
• the DAZ Studio log file (menu Help->Troubleshooting->View Log File)

Thanks.

Released: Tyrannosaurus Rex 2 [Commercial]

Get it Here!

The king of tyrants returns with feathers, age and sex variations, higher resolution detail, more accurate anatomy, and more!

Adult male and female variations include different anatomy shape and scale adjustments, different feather displays, and different skin colors. The juvenile comes with even more distinct anatomy changes along with its own feathers and skin color. Adjust the scale of the juvenile to make it feel more like an adolescent or hatchling.

You can customize the look of your Rex by adding or removing feather groups to fit the look you want.

A saliva attachment is also included that fits any of the variations to help their mouths look gnarly and realistic giving your renders that extra edge of detail. 18 poses are included to help you dive right into rendering.

Tyrannosaurus Rex 2 was created using multiple UV maps for higher resolution detail on close up renders. Surface material groups include Body, Head, Legs, Eyes, Mouth, Teeth, and Claws.

Both Iray and 3Delight material presets included!

Check out more Images attached below

Released: Gore Pack for Tyrannosaurus Rex 2 [Commercial]

Get it here!

The Gore Pack comes with a large, bloody, and mostly devoured Alamosaurus carcass complete with Iray and 3Delight material presets.

The Gore Pack also includes a meat chunk that is fitted to the mouth of Tyrannosaurus Rex 2 complete with bloody drool and textures for the male, female, and juvenile Rex. The meat chunk is universal and fits all 3 Rex types and comes with Iray and 3Delight material presets.

Check out more Images attached below

Coming Soon: Rip and Tear Pack for Tyrannosaurus Rex 2 [Commercial]

The Rip & Tear Pack brings the ferocity out of the Tyrannosaurus Rex 2 model by adding wounds, scars, and an Alpha Rex variant.

The Alpha Rex reigns king among the tyrants and brings back the classic look of the T. rex. The Alpha is increased in size and features scales, spikes, scars, and gnarly looking jaws that will tear apart any dinosaur in its path. Custom fitted saliva is also included.

Then there is the Veteran who has survived many T. rex fights in his lifetime. The Veteran has many scars including a bitten off tail and arm, a torn eye, jagged broken teeth, and an aged feather look. Custom fitted arm feathers are included for the deformed arm.

Next up is a morph and material for a heavily wounded male Rex that adds deep cuts and wounds along with a mutilated arm.

Last but not least is a second wounded material preset for the standard male Rex that also adds a lesser wounded version.

Both Iray and 3Delight Material Presets included!

Check out more Images attached below

Released: Dakotaraptor [Commercial]

Get it here!

The raptor that lived along side Tyrannosaurus Rex is now available with feathers, age and sex variations, high resolution detail, accurate anatomy, and more!

Adult male and female variations include scale adjustments, different feather displays, and different skin colors. The juvenile comes with more distinct anatomy changes along with its own feather display. Adjust the scale of the juvenile to make it feel more like an adolescent or hatchling.

You can customize the look of your Raptor by adding or removing feather groups to fit the look you want. You can even remove all feathers if you want allowing you to create your own feather display.

A saliva attachment is also included that fits any of the variations to help their mouths look gnarly and realistic giving your renders that extra edge of detail. 20 poses are included to help you dive right into rendering.

The Dakotaraptor was created using multiple UV maps for high resolution detail on close up renders. Surface material groups include Body, Head, Arms, Legs, Eyes, Mouth, Teeth, and Claws.

Both Iray and 3Delight material presets included!

Check out more Images attached below

The popular 200 Plus series will make it's return for Genesis 8. I have partnered with my buddy DogZ for this version release.

This product will be released soon. 

Give your Genesis 8 Female and Male characters a bit more variation with this Eye Collection for Iray. 
Choose from 20 different eye colors, 4 different scleras and if you want adjust the iris tone with one click. 
You can combine any eye color with any sclera and adjust any iris tone with the provided presets. 

The eye color options only change the iris and pupil materials and leave the original sclera intact. If you want to adjust the sclera as well you can choose from one of the included four sclera options. 

Since only the iris and pupil is changed you can combine it with any other sclera material from any character or material collection. You can also combine the provided sclera materials with other iris materials. 

The iris tone adjustment feature works with any other iris material as well. 

This product is also a merchant resource you may use to create your own eye materials for characters for Genesis 8. Please refer to the ReadMe for MR terms. 

• Eye Collection for Genesis 8 MR (.DUF)
  • 20 Iris Colors
  • 04 Scleras
  • 04 Iris Tone Variations
• Textures Include:
  • 48 Texture and Bump Maps (2048 x 2048)
• Daz Studio Iray Material Presets (.DUF)

Product has just been finished. Release date pending.

Product has been Updated with Official Genesis 8 Male support. Existing buyers please download update. Thanks.

Just a quick note for anyone who owns any of the following products of mine,

https://www.daz3d.com/school-loafers

https://www.daz3d.com/rain-boots-for-genesis-2-and-3-female-s

https://www.daz3d.com/summer-sandals-volume-1-for-genesis-2-genesis-3-female-s

All will soon be updated with free Genesis 8 fits, update will be avaliable via DIM.

Not a massive deal as you can auto-fit, G3f clothing to G8F, but its nice not to have Wieght mapping weirdness on Toe/Ankle bends.

Will post again as soon as all 3 updates have cleared test and are live on DIM.

thanks!

Word Tattoo allows you to quickly create custom Word Tattoos for your Genesis 3 Female and Genesis 8 Female characters!  Type in your tattoo message, set a few options, and Word Tattoo automatically creates a layered image and applies it to the correct Iray® or 3Delight materials and color channels!  Word Tattoo is extremely customizable allowing you to specify the location and orientation, font and font styles, opacity and crispness of your tattoos. 

For Finger Tattoos (or fingernails or toes), Word Tattoo automatically aligns the text so that each character is placed on a separate finger in the correct location and orientation.

Word Tattoo does not support wrapping your tattoos around the textures so you must avoid the edges of the materials in order to see the complete word tattoo.

Compatible with Assembly Line Pose Automation Kit by RiverSoft Art.  However, only single line word tattoos can be created in an Assembly Line.

For Iray® and 3Delight 

For Windows Only

Features

• Easily create custom Word Tattoos on any Genesis 3 Female or Genesis 8 Female material
• Specify exact position and orientation of your Word Tattoos
• Easily apply custom Word Tattoos to the fingers, fingernails, and toes
• Create single line or multiline tattoos with left, center, and right justification and custom line spacing
• Use Latin and non-Latin alphabets such as Cyrillic and Greek (Japanese and Chinese alphabets are not supported)
• Uses all Fonts available on your system
• Change Fonts, Font Sizes, Colors, and Styles (bold, italic, and underline)
• Change the opacity and crispness to give a faded look to your custom word tattoos
• Supports Iray® and 3Delight materials
• For Windows Only

This is a simple fun set of props. Land props with optional water puddles and Space Wreckage that can be used alone or together for large crashes. Also load them into a star field for floating debris. I want to do a ship hull but I'm not sure which way to go. Alien or something more Federation like. It will be mostly hidden or just be a large chunk but let me know if there is a bias for one or the other.

More realistic Skin & Hair shading on IBL Renders (HDRI's)

First developed for personal use, because I was never really sadisfied with the standard Iray Skin behaviour in Iray.
Also when I used older Hairs in Iray, I get flat and dry results. Sounds familiar?
After tweaking and testing for days and excited by the results, I have decided to make it avaiable to everyone and have setup my first Daz Product.
As I render these days only with Iray, these Presets are in all of my renders present and I don't do one without them.
One single click and I'm done. Perfect skin on the fingertips.
For all who have already downloaded the Shaders and Materials, thank you very much for your support in buying the Product!
And don't forget to select the Surface Tab and the Hair Component first, before applying the Hair Shaders.
I trapped myself often in the behaviour, just clicking the presets without selecting the Surfaces in the Surface Tab and wondering, why the hell
the Preset doesn't work .
The Skin Presets are Materials without Textures in it, so just select your Figure and double click the appropriate Preset and you're done.

Cheers Tolero

http://www.daz3d.com/hdri-optimized-skin-hair-shaders

http://www.daz3d.com/hdri-optimized-skin-hair-shaders

A beautiful custom morph for Genesis 3 male coming soon into my store.

 

A beautifully made hair model, complete with debris crown prop that features straw, twigs, leaves, feathers and other odds & ends. The hair is fully rigged, and has a vast selection of morphs and materials.
Full DS Iray and 3DL support as standard.

Coming very soon.

Anna & Chrys

Presenting my first original figure for Daz Studio, a monster straight out of your nightmares...

https://www.daz3d.com/giant-monster-spider-hd

The figure includes lower resolution maps designed to work with a low level of subdivision for when you need less detail or more vram to play with...

I hope you all enjoy using her as much as I enjoyed making her.  Thanks!

Welcome to the Shape Shift for Genesis 8 support thread.

Place holder thread. Nothing to see here yet. All I can say is those who own Skin Builder 3 will get a huge discount as this is essentially an upgrade for official Genesis 8 support and is also standalone without owning the Genesis 3 version as all files had to be natively included for this version. In otherwords, textures are all in its own genesis 8 folder and shares nothing with Genesis 3 version.

With the new release of the new Iray engine, and the new Genesis 8 Male figures, EcVh0 has returned for another stunning product!

Introducing EcVh0 Iray Skin Shader for Genesis 8 Male(s)!

Better than ever before, thanks to the upgraded render engine, these shaders achieve the greatest and the most realistic effect on ANY Genesis 8 Male(s) character's skin!

One click

• Without having to know anything in depth on rendering skins
• Without having to look for appropriate light sets
• Without having to face the light source
• Without having to look for presets for your skin to suit the light condition
• Without having to do tons of post-editing

Your character will no longer be flat under any light conditions from single light source to sun-sky environment to HDRI maps and more!

Click here to the store page!