Thanks Parmy for this tutorial. I bought my first prop from CG trader just this week and I had all kinds of trouble with it because I downloaded the obj. instead of the fbx. You've helped a lot. There are so many little questions about things like this that cause a lot of problems for me in Daz Studio.
You're welcome. There are other websites such as www.turbosquid.com, sharecg and even deviantart have some decent freebies. I'm sure there are many more websites, however these are the ones I use frequently.
Thank you for the great tutorial again, Parmy. Nice to see how you show importing 3d models. Yes, the formats don't always work the same but as you mentioned, try different formats at see which one imports best into Daz. Thumbs up.
Thank you for the tutorial. More advanced stuff like this does not really exist in video tutorial formats on youtube. (In a lot of cases, i found fbx files dont import properly to daz, so i convert to obj in blender when this is the case.)
I will admit I got lucky with this prop and the FBX file format worked without any issues. However, I did try both file formats FBX and OBJ hoping one of them would give me the ideal result, which the FBX format did.
Thank you for this! Please keep making those tutorials! They are always both helpful and enjoyable! Also it would be much appreciated if you could make a tutorial on how to make movement morphs for clothing. Maybe others would be interrested in that to? Edit: I read your comic and look forward to read more ;)
Thanks for your kind comment and thanks for taking the time to read my comic Tiger Dragon: The Rebirth that is still being created. As for creating clothing movement morphs, I think this tutorial will help you, ruclips.net/video/npue0bHmjkk/видео.html
Hello Parmy, although I'm not a beginner, I learned a massive amount of new information from your videos. Keep up the great tutorials and thanks for sharing....
Thanks for the tutorial. I've been looking for a way to add a mesh to an existing figure then weight map it to a bone. Adding bones to figures is no problem, it is just adding the new mesh that I am unfamiliar with. Any tips there? Use case would be to add props to a figure so it can be used in a single Puppeteer graph (e.g. Steering Wheel to Gen 8 for synced puppeteering).
Thanks for the very usefull tutorials! Do you have any plans to make any tutorial how to rig with right weight maps inside daz studio a clothes with hard surface (like knight armor and etc)?
Great tutorial. I would love to see one on how to rig an FBX figure. Even if you just showed the leg. I want to rig a free Battle Pod model from Robotech. It's in OBJ format. I need to rig the legs and feet to bend and rotate (but just bend would be fine). I also need the guns to swivel and the engines to rotate 360 degrees.
The method is very similar to this tutorial. It just requires a lot more work to rig from what you are asking. I suggest you try to rig a small part of the item (the foot for example) using the tutorial as a guide. With rigging it just takes practice. My rigging skills are very basic, however it is enough for me to get the solution I require from the items I use in my scenes.
I've got a headache, but a great tutorial to return to at a later date. Well done & keep up the good work 👍💕 PS. Any chance on a pdf tutorial to download also😉
Yes, there is a lot to take in, in the video. However the more your stretch yourself the better you become at your craft. We need to do things that are outside of our comfort zone for growth to occur. Unfortunately I don't make PDF's tutorials anymore. There are however timestamps in the description that should help.
@@ParmyBaddhan Hey man, im doing a geoshell sci fi, from 'zero' (well, not from zero in really) but, in Substance Painter, after i ll work opacity in Photoshop to do some 'parts' in a secound geo shell, but with 0.2 or o.3 off set and some 'heigh' (bum/Normal + displace). I think is it, right, a 'base' (skin) in a first geo; parts or custom shapes in a secound geo, 3 etc...?
@@jeronimocollares320 You can have as many layers of geoshells as you want. However with each additional geoshell the memory demands will increase meaning more VRAM is required to render via GPU. If this is just for one character, maybe 2 characters you should be ok with an 8GB VRAM Nvidia GPU.
22:00 I didnt watched the full video now, but at that point woudl I say, you should add a third bone (+ showing how to make a longer bone chain) to let the flapp open more smoth and lesser static, but maybe... this will happen with weightmap? But I don't think so.
You are correct. I could have added further bones to make the flap look more realistic. Maybe adding dforce weight maps and applying dforce could be another alternative solution to make the flap look more real in terms of gravity. For the backpack in my comic I did not require that level of realism.
FBX carries a lot of cross-platform information with the 3D file, such as keyframes, bones, morphs, maps, etc... it would be the preferred method if, for whatever reason, FBX files imported into Daz properly. FBX is vastly superior to OBJ in that entire scenes can be moved from say Max to Daz, or from C4D to DS. Obj is not a better format to import, it is simpler and thus more consistent importing into Daz. The point being, that FBX will EXPORT from Daz and there is a robust export panel in doing so, and whole DS scenes can be exported to more sophisticated programs. It is worth remembering that for Daz, FBX importing and exporting are two different animals and FBX export from Daz is powerful and can be clean and problem free. Don't let the FBX import issue, discourage you from using FBX in other ways.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I didn't think my FBX vs OBJ would cause such a discussion in the comments. I certainly did not intend to say one is better than the other. It was more of try both file formats of the free prop inside Daz Studio and hopefully one will give you the better results and foundation for rigging the prop.
Thanks for your suggestion and I will consider it. My main goal is to create a graphic novel using 3D characters in Daz Studio. I believe that there is a market out there for storytelling using this artform.
The only product I ever created was a poses set for sale for renderosity, which is the easiest product to create because I don't have any 3D modelling knowledge, yet May I ask what product you are looking to sell so I can make a more specific tutorial instead of a general tutorial?
When using FBX files and importing them into Daz 99.9% of the time you will get this error: transform differences: non uniform scale detected. Results will likely be different. What this means is the figure you are importing will be completely blown out. It will also not automatically have maps loaded and placed for you. More times then not the free models from most sites are broken or have been created improperly. This leads to coding errors in scripts when trying to open them in programs outside of the one originally used to create the product. For this reason obj. Is your best bet. When people make videos they need to show all aspects of the crap they are showing. The good the bad and the ugly. What this dude is showing was that 1% best case and scenario. Daz studio is NOT!!!!!!! a 3D editing software nor has it ever been. To the guy making these videos.. I see you are just trying to help people but dude you are talking to people that have no idea half the shit involved in 3D animation. The "advanced" people using 3D programs have gone to school for this shit and damn sure aren't watching your videos. So labeling it advanced is silly at best.
Thanks for your comment. Yes, I will admit that I got lucky with this free prop in terms of the FBX format working inside Daz Studio without any issues. I agree that the OBJ file format is more compatible inside Daz Studio than FBX. The point I was trying to make was try both files FBX and OBJ as one maybe better than the other. The whole point of the video was to show how to rig something that is a free prop inside Daz Studio. I understand that Daz Studio is not 3D editing software, but if you wish to create content for Daz Studio then you need to know weight mapping, rigging and how ERC works inside Daz Studio. I don't know what your end goal is but for beginners (my target audience) who are learning Daz Studio, this is advanced stuff. If you have advanced knowledge then please start your own RUclips channel and share with the RUclips community so we can all learn.
@@ParmyBaddhan The tutorial helped a bunch as i was currently trying to figure out weight maps etc and the geometry editor , great tutorial for me as im a beginner. I think theres great value in all of your videos and all the information you share. Dont be discouraged by the nay sayer and people who get offended because they are so "elite" and "pro efficent" in the 3d world they just have to criticize and make themselves proud of nothing. Keep those videos rolling Parmy !
@@ParmyBaddhan I think you can have a good channel bro but you have to really show all sides of things. Many Daz user's need some good content. From what I can see there really isn't anything out there to help people with it. But you need to really break down each video show the stuff that people need to see. Along with the shit that really doesn't work.
@@christopherflynn6743 "you have to really show all sides of things" No he doesn't, that's an awful idea. The video's already 40 minutes and packed with useful advice, he doesn't need to bloat it with unnecessary crap.
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Thanks Parmy for this tutorial. I bought my first prop from CG trader just this week and I had all kinds of trouble with it because I downloaded the obj. instead of the fbx. You've helped a lot. There are so many little questions about things like this that cause a lot of problems for me in Daz Studio.
Glad the video helped! If you have any further questions regarding Daz Studio then please ask as I am here to help you get to your goal.
Thank you for letting me know about cgtrader it's pretty cool.
You're welcome. There are other websites such as www.turbosquid.com, sharecg and even deviantart have some decent freebies. I'm sure there are many more websites, however these are the ones I use frequently.
Thank you for the great tutorial again, Parmy. Nice to see how you show importing 3d models. Yes, the formats don't always work the same but as you mentioned, try different formats at see which one imports best into Daz. Thumbs up.
I'm glad the tutorial was helpful!
Thank you for the tutorial. More advanced stuff like this does not really exist in video tutorial formats on youtube.
(In a lot of cases, i found fbx files dont import properly to daz, so i convert to obj in blender when this is the case.)
I will admit I got lucky with this prop and the FBX file format worked without any issues. However, I did try both file formats FBX and OBJ hoping one of them would give me the ideal result, which the FBX format did.
Thank you for this! Please keep making those tutorials! They are always both helpful and enjoyable!
Also it would be much appreciated if you could make a tutorial on how to make movement morphs for clothing. Maybe others would be interrested in that to?
Edit: I read your comic and look forward to read more ;)
Thanks for your kind comment and thanks for taking the time to read my comic Tiger Dragon: The Rebirth that is still being created. As for creating clothing movement morphs, I think this tutorial will help you, ruclips.net/video/npue0bHmjkk/видео.html
Hello Parmy, although I'm not a beginner, I learned a massive amount of new information from your videos. Keep up the great tutorials and thanks for sharing....
Thanks for your kind comment.
Thanks for the tutorial. I've been looking for a way to add a mesh to an existing figure then weight map it to a bone. Adding bones to figures is no problem, it is just adding the new mesh that I am unfamiliar with. Any tips there?
Use case would be to add props to a figure so it can be used in a single Puppeteer graph (e.g. Steering Wheel to Gen 8 for synced puppeteering).
Thanks for the very usefull tutorials! Do you have any plans to make any tutorial how to rig with right weight maps inside daz studio a clothes with hard surface (like knight armor and etc)?
I can certainly look into this and I will put this onto my to do list.
@@ParmyBaddhan Thank you! )
Great video! Really well explained. Thanks a lot!
You're very welcome!
Great tutorial. I would love to see one on how to rig an FBX figure. Even if you just showed the leg. I want to rig a free Battle Pod model from Robotech. It's in OBJ format. I need to rig the legs and feet to bend and rotate (but just bend would be fine). I also need the guns to swivel and the engines to rotate 360 degrees.
The method is very similar to this tutorial. It just requires a lot more work to rig from what you are asking. I suggest you try to rig a small part of the item (the foot for example) using the tutorial as a guide. With rigging it just takes practice. My rigging skills are very basic, however it is enough for me to get the solution I require from the items I use in my scenes.
@@ParmyBaddhan I tried rigging something more simple. It took a few tries but it worked. I rigged the wings and guns of a Slave 1 model
I've got a headache, but a great tutorial to return to at a later date.
Well done & keep up the good work 👍💕
PS. Any chance on a pdf tutorial to download also😉
Yes, there is a lot to take in, in the video. However the more your stretch yourself the better you become at your craft. We need to do things that are outside of our comfort zone for growth to occur. Unfortunately I don't make PDF's tutorials anymore. There are however timestamps in the description that should help.
Very interesting and very useful, thanks.
Thanks for your kind comment. I look forward to seeing what you will create with the information you have learned from this video.
Amazing video, help me a lot, ty so much.
Thanks for the kind comment. Rigging is one of the many skills inside Daz Studio that requires a lot of practice and patience.
@@ParmyBaddhan Yes :) Its a great tool.
@@ParmyBaddhan Hey man, im doing a geoshell sci fi, from 'zero' (well, not from zero in really) but, in Substance Painter, after i ll work opacity in Photoshop to do some 'parts' in a secound geo shell, but with 0.2 or o.3 off set and some 'heigh' (bum/Normal + displace). I think is it, right, a 'base' (skin) in a first geo; parts or custom shapes in a secound geo, 3 etc...?
@@jeronimocollares320 You can have as many layers of geoshells as you want. However with each additional geoshell the memory demands will increase meaning more VRAM is required to render via GPU. If this is just for one character, maybe 2 characters you should be ok with an 8GB VRAM Nvidia GPU.
Cool video thx from Russia
Thanks for watching!
awesome work!!!!!!!!
Thanks a lot!
22:00 I didnt watched the full video now, but at that point woudl I say, you should add a third bone (+ showing how to make a longer bone chain) to let the flapp open more smoth and lesser static, but maybe... this will happen with weightmap? But I don't think so.
You are correct. I could have added further bones to make the flap look more realistic. Maybe adding dforce weight maps and applying dforce could be another alternative solution to make the flap look more real in terms of gravity. For the backpack in my comic I did not require that level of realism.
Great tutorial!
Thanks for your comment.
Awesome thank you , this was very educational.
Glad it was helpful!
FBX carries a lot of cross-platform information with the 3D file, such as keyframes, bones, morphs, maps, etc... it would be the preferred method if, for whatever reason, FBX files imported into Daz properly. FBX is vastly superior to OBJ in that entire scenes can be moved from say Max to Daz, or from C4D to DS. Obj is not a better format to import, it is simpler and thus more consistent importing into Daz. The point being, that FBX will EXPORT from Daz and there is a robust export panel in doing so, and whole DS scenes can be exported to more sophisticated programs. It is worth remembering that for Daz, FBX importing and exporting are two different animals and FBX export from Daz is powerful and can be clean and problem free. Don't let the FBX import issue, discourage you from using FBX in other ways.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I didn't think my FBX vs OBJ would cause such a discussion in the comments. I certainly did not intend to say one is better than the other. It was more of try both file formats of the free prop inside Daz Studio and hopefully one will give you the better results and foundation for rigging the prop.
Look into Dynamic Auto Painter to create a comic look for your output from Daz.
Thanks for your suggestion and I will consider it. My main goal is to create a graphic novel using 3D characters in Daz Studio. I believe that there is a market out there for storytelling using this artform.
Thank you :-)
You are welcome!
Thank you!
You're welcome!
PLEASE do a video on how to package our creations for sale on a marketplace like Renderosity.
The only product I ever created was a poses set for sale for renderosity, which is the easiest product to create because I don't have any 3D modelling knowledge, yet May I ask what product you are looking to sell so I can make a more specific tutorial instead of a general tutorial?
18:50 hell... you scared me with that WEIGHTMAPS... you screamed somekind in O_O.... stay calmed, :D
It wasn't that loud, was it? It was a long video and I wanted to make sure people are still awake.
You could have subdivided it to get more geometry to work with.
Thanks for the advice. I'm always willing to learn so I can get better at my craft and your advice is helping to achieve my goals. Thank you.
Anyone interested in purchasing a 1.5Tb content folder?
When using FBX files and importing them into Daz 99.9% of the time you will get this error: transform differences: non uniform scale detected. Results will likely be different. What this means is the figure you are importing will be completely blown out. It will also not automatically have maps loaded and placed for you. More times then not the free models from most sites are broken or have been created improperly. This leads to coding errors in scripts when trying to open them in programs outside of the one originally used to create the product. For this reason obj. Is your best bet. When people make videos they need to show all aspects of the crap they are showing. The good the bad and the ugly. What this dude is showing was that 1% best case and scenario. Daz studio is NOT!!!!!!! a 3D editing software nor has it ever been. To the guy making these videos.. I see you are just trying to help people but dude you are talking to people that have no idea half the shit involved in 3D animation. The "advanced" people using 3D programs have gone to school for this shit and damn sure aren't watching your videos. So labeling it advanced is silly at best.
Thanks for your comment. Yes, I will admit that I got lucky with this free prop in terms of the FBX format working inside Daz Studio without any issues. I agree that the OBJ file format is more compatible inside Daz Studio than FBX. The point I was trying to make was try both files FBX and OBJ as one maybe better than the other. The whole point of the video was to show how to rig something that is a free prop inside Daz Studio. I understand that Daz Studio is not 3D editing software, but if you wish to create content for Daz Studio then you need to know weight mapping, rigging and how ERC works inside Daz Studio. I don't know what your end goal is but for beginners (my target audience) who are learning Daz Studio, this is advanced stuff. If you have advanced knowledge then please start your own RUclips channel and share with the RUclips community so we can all learn.
@@ParmyBaddhan
The tutorial helped a bunch as i was currently trying to figure out weight maps etc and the geometry editor , great tutorial for me as im a beginner. I think theres great value in all of your videos and all the information you share. Dont be discouraged by the nay sayer and people who get offended because they are so "elite" and "pro efficent" in the 3d world they just have to criticize and make themselves proud of nothing. Keep those videos rolling Parmy !
@@ParmyBaddhan I think you can have a good channel bro but you have to really show all sides of things. Many Daz user's need some good content. From what I can see there really isn't anything out there to help people with it. But you need to really break down each video show the stuff that people need to see. Along with the shit that really doesn't work.
@@christopherflynn6743 "you have to really show all sides of things"
No he doesn't, that's an awful idea. The video's already 40 minutes and packed with useful advice, he doesn't need to bloat it with unnecessary crap.