And now whats next? Do we still wait for more submissions or do we vote?

Do you have any feeling when we will have our free stuff area? I have already some post ready but they are only in DazStudio format. (Sorry Poser dose not run without problems on my actual computer.) Jacques

Interestin, I also hade crashes on one computer but I also had awarning that it could not find some element before the crash. Another thing is that the file was big and this computer dose not have lots of ram. On my second system there is no probleme actualy.

Sorry MS I am always impatient to test a new version but Ok lets wait!!

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I have installed it and when you start Studio it is realy the 0.9.23.0. At the daz Forum they also say that Steve is busy at a few trade shows, so he didn't make his usual post.

I downloaded the new zip file and have copy the box folder into my data folder. It works except that you will have to find the image file when prompted!

You will find in your content folder of Daz Studio another folder called data. When you save a scene there are some files generated in this folder. As I could read in my log file all the needed missing file are in a folder called box. If you want to share them we would have to copy this box folder to our Daz Studio data folder.

Ok lets go slowly. 1) I have no idea how to "fill in a bug report at DAZ". I have filled a bug report at Daz for this. Lets wait what Daz will answer. I will keep you informed about that. 2) So does this mean you CAN transfer the coloured dragon from Daz to Bryce? Yes easily with Bryce 5.5 Simply click on the Daz icon at the top and it will open Daz Studio. At soon as you are in Daz Studio load your dragon and try to alter your colour with the diffuse strength %. It will still have the colour but darker. I know this is not exactly what you want but it is the best I could find in Daz actually. When you have finished this you can transfer in Bryce by clicking on the Bryce icon that is in the right corner of Daz Studio. You will find the Bryce icon in Daz Studio only if it was open using Bryce!! When you are in Bryce again you should try to render your Dragon and if the results need some adjustments you can switch back to Daz Studio by clicking the Studio icon again and start the process again. If you do not have Bryce 5.5 tell my how you are doing it now. It will help for the answer. 3) I know how to use Brightness and Contrast with a photo I've taken but that's because I know where my photos are. You do not need to do mapping! In my previous answer (no 7) I have explained how to find the name of this picture file. To get the location in your computer you need to go to the start menu and use the find option. Type in the name of the file you have in the bar below the diffuse colour (2 in my previous answer) Hope this will help Jacques

Actually I post my image in the other software section but if you read the ~* First Ever DAZ|Studio Forum Challenge! *~ posted by MorriganShadow it seems that we will have our Daz Studio gallery soon. At top of this you could maybe participate to!

Fran, yes you are right I also tried to play with the diffuse settings in Daz and nothing happened in Bryce. Seems this is a bug and we should report it. The workaround I found was to play with the diffuse strength % in Daz Studio By lowering them from 100% to around 50 you can have your body part a lot darker. Lets wait some time if Morrigan can find a workaround in Bryce but we should fill in a bug report at DAZ telling them that the diffuse strength is not passed to Bryce. To alter the picture file in PaintShop you can try to play with the filters. If you want to change the colours and mace it darker only I would use the Contrast and Brightness settings you also do not need to applied the new texture on all the body part of the dragon and can select only some parts. Jacques

No opacity will not solve your colours problem and now it start to be more complicated to explain but I will try. First of all to add some lights you can click on the tool distant lights (1). You can move it to the direction you want in the parameter window on the x, y and z axis. You also can set the intensity there. Set the direction and the intensity as close as possible to Bryce so that the dragon will get the same colour than in Bryce. The first step after would be that you try to alter the diffuse colour in the surface window (2) you need to alter all the different sections you want to change to get a nice result. For the second step If you still do not get the results you want you will need to alter the body map below the diffuse colour. The map is already a picture file that is stored in your computer. To find it you can perform a search in your system simply type in the name you can read below the diffuse colour. Some body part can also have different body maps and is you want to change them also you will need to find, and open them in your photo manager software to. You can use the paint program that comes with windows but it will be very limitated. If you have preferred software you can use this one ( maybe Phtoshop). As soon as you have the colour you want you can save it to the same directory but do not use the same name!!! At this point you will need to load your new picture file in Daz Studio. To do so you will have to click on the name below the diffuse colour. Choose the browse for image and load your newly saved picture. I know it is complicated and I spend lot of time learning all this myself but at the end it is very useful if you want to have some different render than everibody. Good luck and feel free to ask again if you need help. Jacques

Very nice questions but no real answer actually. I know that Daz/Studio is free and will still be free after the Beta release. Daz was claming that they will keep this but will sell some plug-in. The empty tools window could be for this. For exaples it could be the locations for improved hares and clothes like the dynamic hares and clothes in Poser but this is only pure speculations from my side. Maybe Morgan can give you a more detailed answer. Jacques

If you have questions in the future post it. I am convinced that there will be somebody to help. Helping others is the aim of the forums. Jacques

To allows Daz/Studio to work easily with other directories you need to point out in the Preference window where your prefered directories are. I also have some of my files in other directories exactly like you another hard drive and everything is working well. The settings can be added by opening the Preference in the Edit menu. Set the other directories with the add button. Hope this will help. Jacques

Yes opacity means you can see through the object. You found a very nice application with your ghost dragon. The main use will be glasses, bottles, water... and ghosts. For your colour when importing in Bryce you should add lights in Daz to be as close as possible to the some in Bryce. Adjust your colours settings also by playing with the diffuse strength in Daz. By clicking in the Bryce icon you will get back to Bryce where you can made a quick render on a small part of your figure using the spray can. If the results are still not fine you can click on the Daz Studio icon that will let you come back to Daz for other adjustments. When you go back to Bryce the figure will be updated whit the new settings. Hope this will help Jacques