Hi everyone, I just got M3 and did not purchase the body morph or face morph packages. Can anyone please give me some hints on how I can morph him myself. Also where is the hair textures coming from that i am seeing on m3(body hair). Did this come with M3 or are these textures that you have to create or purchase. If it came with m3 can someone please brief me on how to load the hair onto him....he has no eyelashes or body hair. I also spent most of last night trying to get his facial expressions to work although I was never able to accomplish this. Please kind souls HELP........ Thanks Timmylynn

You should have gotten the body and head morph packages. M3 is not much use without them. The body hair is from textures. You don't have to buy DAZ's, though those are very good. But you have to get some kind of textures for him. It may seem strange that DAZ sells the base, morphs, and textures separately, when you really need all of them. But if they didn't break it up, it would be too big to download, at least for those on dial-up.

well you can create you own morphs if you have a 3d app. I primarily use lightwave but have several others. I was hopeing for someone with some expertise in this area to give me some pointers. And advise me which 3d app is easiest to create morphs. I also have dune3d, metasequash, and amorphium3. If anyone can give me any pointers and also on how to create textures or lead me in the right direction. I also have photoshop7. thanks timmylynn

By that logic - you can also create your own figures with Lightwave and Poser, so why bother with M3? The whole point of M3 and V3 are the morphs. If you just wanted to make your own, why not just use M1, or even the default Poser figures? I would at least get the M3 head morphs. The head morphs are what allow you to make facial expressions - smiling, blinking, frowning, etc. And most if not all of the people who are very skilled with 3d apps and Photoshop nevertheless bought the head and body morph packs, and the texture pack. For the texture - I think you need to start with a base for that, too. Try Cin's Nicodemus texture at Poserpros. It's only $2.49, and if you look at it, you'll see how brow and lash trans maps work. Alternately, you could buy one of the merchant kits available in the MP here, but they are more expensive. For morphs, a lot of people like Z-Brush, but the interface takes some getting used to. I like Extreme Morph 3D myself. Their website: http://innuendosoftware.com/xm3d.htm has a demo version and tutorials that walk you through how to make head and body morphs for Poser.

Thanks for the info. I'll check out your suggestions.

Greenbriar has a great commercial plug-in for moving back and forth between Poser and LW. You can easily create morphs for M3 and other characters in LW if you use the plug-in. I did a bunch for the Anime Doll recently and it was quite easy with the plug-in. It's also costs less than buying Z-Brush, and since you have LW, and I'm assuming you're used to the interface, it seems silly to buy Z-Brush. Don't get me wrong - I've heard a lot of good things about Z-Brush, but you might as well spend less money to get the most out of tools you already use. Cheers!

Very true. But personally, I think she'd be better off just buying the morph and texture packs. It sounds like she's brand new to Poser, and possibly new to Lightwave as well. IME, you're better off learning to use Poser with stuff designed for Poser before you try making your own morphs and textures. Trying to run before you can walk will only be discouraging. I mean really - even modelling experts don't generally make all their own speech and expression morphs. What she wants to do would be a lot of work and take a lot of time even for someone with years of experience.

You get the expression morphs with the M3 Base, so you only need the morph packs to change head and body shape.