Great to hear this is nearly ready!

Looking forward to hearing about later developments though, I won't be getting the initial release as Dawn and Roxie aren't of interest to me.

Quote - > Quote - What about those of us who have Reality Paint?  I just bought this right before the Poser Expo.  Will this be handled as an update to that version and what will be the price for us?

Great features and new tools!  Thank you!

 

Yes, indeed, you will get a free copy of the new transfer utility!

Here is my rational for making the utility free with realityPaint...

The expected number of sales of this new utility is much greater than the extected number of sales of realityPaint, due to the low price and high demand. If a small percentage of the new customers interested in the utility opt to buy realityPaint, then that would be more overall sales vs. selling the utility separately to existing realityPaint customers. It could also encourage more Blacksmith3D-Suite v4 ( or v3 ) customers to upgrade.

So, if the rationalle is correct, then it's best for everyone. Value added for realityPaint customers, and more overall sales for us. Win, win, win :D

Yaaay!  I am very, very happy and looking forward to learning to use the new transfer tools to play with my existing texture library on both figures!

Thank you so very much!

Quote - Great to hear this is nearly ready!

Looking forward to hearing about later developments though, I won't be getting the initial release as Dawn and Roxie aren't of interest to me.

Glad to hear it. As soon as it's out of the door, we'll start adding new characters within the month. We'll just start with those two... 99% of the work is independent of the specific characters, so adding new ones will be a breeze :D

I agree with all of Dee's points of view except that perhaps you should develop for both standalone as well as a plugin for Reality Paint so you cover both bases for your full user base. 

Dee, curious about your one line there "Using the similar transfer brush already has been a lifesaver......"  Is this within Reality Paint or is this another tool I don't know about as of yet? 

Hope your doing well hon!  XO

Richard

Quote - I would absolutely be interested. Since I use (and highly recommend) realityPaint, I would love to see this included in the feature set. Using the similar transfer brush already has been a lifesaver, and this functionality would be magnificent.

I would suggest V4 -> Dawn; V4 -> Alyson for initial transfers. (I don't have a suggestion for the third off hand, as Genesis can load V4 maps, as can Genesis2 with an add on that make the current transfer tools in realityPaint work nicely across that character group. :) )

I'd love to see this functionality as a part of realityPaint, or potentially as a 'plugin' for realityPaint to integrate into the workflow that could also be a standalone for this function for those who don't currently use the software or don't have a need for it beyond the transfer cabilities. (But you should use it, folks. You really, really should! It's good stuff.)

Quote - ..... As soon as it's out of the door, we'll start adding new characters within the month. We'll just start with those two... 99% of the work is independent of the specific characters, so adding new ones will be a breeze :D

Any thoughts on which characters will be coming next?

Just bought realityPaint. Didn't know about these new developments. I AM a happy camper.

Thanks!!!

Quote - Here is my rational for making the utility free with realityPaint...

The expected number of sales of this new utility is much greater than the extected number of sales of realityPaint, due to the low price and high demand. If a small percentage of the new customers interested in the utility opt to buy realityPaint, then that would be more overall sales vs. selling the utility separately to existing realityPaint customers. It could also encourage more Blacksmith3D-Suite v4 ( or v3 ) customers to upgrade.

So, if the rationalle is correct, then it's best for everyone. Value added for realityPaint customers, and more overall sales for us. Win, win, win :D

I've been very interested in this utility but haven't looked at Reality Paint before. Because this utility will be free with RP then I may take another look at it now.

Rationalle == correct.

Konan/Dave: Did you see my PM to you? :)

So, I could not get this as a stand alone? I ask, because the whole package is out of my budget right now.

Considering how popular things like cross dresser and Phil's tool are, I think there is a markert for something like this.

Right now I'm only interested in viki, but characters like Dawn or maybe miki or antonia if she gets support would be good.  Don't forget Aiko 3 or V3 either.  They still have their fans.

Quote - So, I could not get this as a stand alone? I ask, because the whole package is out of my budget right now.

Huh? So far as I know this is a standalone tool, unless something has changed?

I think it's also being added to Reality Paint as part of that package which is what the last few posts have been about.

When will it be released? Soon?? looks hopeful

bookmarked....

Hey everyone!!!

We're aiming to have it released this Friday, August 16th. There's always the chance of another delay, but I'm pretty confident that it'll be ready this Friday. Getting excited!!!

I'll post some pics throughout the week,

Dave

AWESOME!  :-)

Thank you for the update.  I can't wait!

Oooh. ok Time to work extra hours again. :)

Oh Thank you!  So want to convert some textures!!

This is great news!  Thank you.  :-)

I have a definite interest in Gen 4 to Gen 3 (both male and female) stand alone conversion.

well... it's Friday.... where is it??

lol, just checking in :)

Are we there yet?  =)

It isn't 5pm yet.

Well, it's 11:38pm where I am now, lol

Hmmm, it's the 18th now, still not out yet, I guess? Any predicted date now?

Just checking :)

Any news, Dave? Also, please the the PM I sent you.

I hope it's not like in Atlas Shrugged, where John Galt came and talked Dave into denying Society his gifts...

Will the new texture converter be more affordable for the hobbyist?  I got the paint program back when it was still blacksmith 3D suite... but back then had no tutorials and I couldn't figure it out.... and  upgrades were too costly..... and get more so for me. 

Dave, is the converter still a work in progress?  Thanks!

Has this completely fallen off the radar?

I hope not.

Have there been any news on this? I am still hesitant to buy things for Dawn because of this missing link...

Yes, inquiring minds want to know.

Anybody home?

Hmmmm....I'm beginning to think this is a no-go. Really hoping I'm wrong.

Well, if it's not going to happen, that would be nice to know as well. Seems like real life (or something) has interfered (?).

Real life is always getting in the way of the virtual world. It should be outlawed. :)

Quote - Well, if it's not going to happen, that would be nice to know as well. Seems like real life (or something) has interfered (?).

Indeed, as the 20% off sale on RealityPaint was supposed to end August 9 and it is apparently still on.  I hope it's nothing too serious... :sad:

Didn't realize the sale was still listed. Maybe there is cause to worry.

Attached Link: realityPaint Home Page

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMCRv7K6pcA

The Texture Transformer will be available as a stand-alone application asap, but it's included in the latest realityPaint update ( Menu->Help->Check For Updates... )

It is located in the may at Menu->Utility Tools->Texture Transformer

Also, when realityPaint is in demo mode, you can perform the conversion and the textures will be exported with a watermark, so you can give it a round trip test in Poser to make sure it works as expected.

I'm terribly sorry about the long delay. The main sticking point was dealing with high resolution textures, and getting the conversion to be both fast and have high quality ( which have been achieved ).

We'll be putting more support materials together in the upcoming days, but in the mean time, please feel free to ask questions in this post and I'll personally answer them.

Dave

Hurray!  Dave, where will we be able to purchase the stand-alone application?

Thank you again for all your hard work on this project.

Hi Dave, please see the PM I sent you a couple of weeks or so ago. Thanks. :)

Woo!!  Thank you, thank you!!!

I'm not showing an update for Realitypaint Pro.

I'm waiting for the stand alone utility.

Quote - I'm waiting for the stand alone utility.

Ditto.

Yupper, the stand alone is coming ASAP. I'd give you a date, but I want to be absolutely sure that it'll be ready. It'll be really, really soon though :D

In the mean time you can check it out in the realityPaint demo. The exported textures will be watermarked, but it'll give you a good idea as to how it works.

Good to see you are alive and well, Dave!  :)

Quote - Good to see you are alive and well, Dave!  :)

Haha. For a while is could have gone either way. Every week that I thought the project was being wrapped up, more problems would come up needing to be solved. I'm just happy to get it out the door!