dreamcutter posted at 2:32PM Fri, 11 March 2016 - #4260341

You might enjoy this Star Wars fan video made with Poser & Vue, especially if you chuckle at goofy glitches! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QDXNDXY72U If anyone wants to add to this project I will share the open files (mocap, Scene, raw video, etc). Its called Far Warz Rancor Rampage on Youtube.

**Updated Video URLhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qfq8JwOElMc **

You might enjoy this Star Wars fan video made with Poser & Vue, especially if you chuckle at goofy glitches! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QDXNDXY72U If anyone wants to add to this project I will share the open files (mocap, Scene, raw video, etc). Its called Far Warz Rancor Rampage on Youtube.

You might enjoy this Star Wars fan video made with Poser & Vue, especially if you chuckle at goofy glitches! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QDXNDXY72U If anyone wants to add to this project I will share the open files (mocap, Scene, raw video, etc). Its called Far Warz Rancor Rampage on Youtube.

Being a Vue and IClone user as well, I have my thrills with DRM. Both these outlets use encryption to enforce the EULA and to generate more revenue from users who want to use the same content in competing applications. Two sources of extra revenue - Ref: Vue Export Module and RealLusions IClone Pipeline3D Exchange. These are expensive plug-ins/add-on to the main application and there is an additional premium for content that is "exportable" in the content store. It's not unline airlines adjusting the business model by charging for luggage.

Male_M3dia posted at 11:13PM Tue, 26 January 2016 - #4251270

EricVM posted at 6:48AM Tue, 26 January 2016 - #4251241 ...

" A post you made to "No encrypted for me." has been removed for making accusations and speculation presented as fact". I won't spend another penny there and I spend a lot of pennies for enjoyment with my 3D hobby.

The thing about this walled garden being ridiculously incorrect (and thus your wild speculation deleted) is that DAZ is in the business of selling content, but they don't make their own; they get it from vendors submitting content to them and bringing more content developers into making content. Also their content gets more support from people at different stores making items for their base content and people supporting it with freebies. So if people can't even save content or get content into DS because it's a "walled garden", please explain how do you expect them to sell brokered content or even submit it for review? Again, they don't make content, they sell it. A walled garden can't happen if they want people to continue to make content for DS. That flawed logic is why those speculations were probably deleted, because they simply make no sense. Never mind that it doesn't even cover those that make freebies and/or their own content and don't want to sell at all. This argument conveniently omits how that comes into play. The encryption comes from the standpoint of DAZ wanted to protect the assets they sell, not locking everything down so they can't even get someone to submit it to them.

Think your thoughts all the way through before you post them.

I read it as the reverse - content exclusive to DS. Perhaps he meant walled garden because of content created by DS and sold at DAZ3D might become encrypted to only work on DS and not other pipeline apps. That significantly reduces the value of the content.

will2power posted at 1:16PM Tue, 26 January 2016 - #4242073

I'm not afraid of anything. I look at the situation and I evaluate the impact on me and what I'm doing and I make a decision based on what I observe. I did the same thing when I switched from Poser to DAZ studio. I went through two or three versions with Poser and when I saw that they had no interest in addressing things that were important to me and what I wanted to do, I went back and tried DAZ Studio again. I do not rely on brand loyalty. I'm a one person shop and I have to do everything myself so to me, the content was king. Now the writing on the wall says that DAZ is going that same route --they roll out Genesis 3 without any Path to Carrara, nor any anouncement Carrara support is coming. We've been asking for particles and dynamics for years now, and they have ignored it in every iteration, while trying to tout DAZ as being animation friendly. Their sales practices have even become suspicious --to that I point out the release of Nineve 6 and Ysabeau 6 right before releasing Genesis 3 and Victoria 7 --with no advance warning. Particularly, I note that they broke the backwards compatibility to ensure that users could not use old textures nor easily convert them so as to force users to purchase new texture sets. They could have sat down with the Genesis 2 mesh and applied the new bone system, allowing users to continue using their old content but they made the conscious choice to break continuity.

All this time, they've ignored developing their own documentation, while dedicating themselves to Morph3d without addressing concerns and making improvements that would benefit their core user base. Because they're going after the semi-professional and indie market, they're ignoring the hobbyists like we're lepers. This is just the final nail in the coffin, and it's sad because I really do like their models. While none of these things individually would cause me to seek other sources, taken together it's a sign that I should move on and look for something more versatile and more responsive.

I bought Iclone 6 pro as soon as I found out that they had added dynamic cloth, speed trees, perception neuron mocap and Indigo Render. I tested it and what they're doing addresses 90 percent of the things that I've been after. If they ever decide to update the native render to like a licensed version of Unreal Engine--there's no way I'd ever go back to DAZ studio for anything because they're giving me the tools to animate-which is what I do as my hobby. The only thing that DAZ has going for it is Iray Render. But now that I'm a Beta Tester for Maya Iray --I'll pay for it when it comes out in full version which means there's absolutely nothing to keep me working in DAZ studio.

DRM isn't the only reason, it's just the last in a string of reasons why I'm moving away from working in DAZ studio.

Recommend you redact your ORDER NUMBER from that image and repost!

I think its a definite improvement. Some of the other comments are warranted, however compared to last months FP this is miles ahead.

Happy 2016 Renderosity!.
The Front Page looks better today :D

I find this helpful. The small GWX utility helps you configure your Windows 7 & 8 systems from downloading Windows 10 (4gb) and pther privacy settiings. Been running it for past month on Win 7 systems and finally, no interuptions during renders. http://ultimateoutsider.com/downloads/ GWX Utility at Ultimate Outsiders This is a free tool that can remove and disable the 'Get Windows 10' notification area icon on Windows 7 and Windows 8.

I created some motions for Rancor - message me if there is any interest and I'll share em. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMd77OKtGfM

Star Wars Animated GIF "Rancor Round on Dathomir" Scouts in Imperial Shuttles are rounding up Rancor herds on Dathomir. Carful young trooper, the Force is Awake and Strong in this herd!.

Its only 1MB! If you like it, You are welcome to Share this Star Wars Fan Art animated .gif or link to the host. Youtube video shows HD version of the action. http://3dnld.com/sites/all/media/gif/Rancor_Roundup_Cyber1NetworkMedia__1MB.gif

Rancor Round Up on Dathomir, a Star Wars fan art 3d animation Scouts in Imperial Shuttles are rounding up Rancor herds on Dathomir. Carful young trooper, the Force is Awake and Strong in this herd!. This is a short demo...https://youtu.be/ZMd77OKtGfM

I have tried both methods in Vue with varying effect. Of course the method you apply has a lot to do with the level of realism and atmosphere you are trying to achieve. The sea in the video here uses animated materials with depth. I was able to achieve some bow-wave and foam, but no wake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6ibWGr3mkw Using displacement also adds to the effect. In the video here ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0IZn6RJ6Jk ) really takes advantage of depth by using a displaced water surface that deforms and reacts arount the turtles legs (collision enabled). In this real-time webgl video "Jorge Hog in Volcano Rescue" I use actual undulating mesh sea and foam layers to create some interesting effects in real-time. All materials and objects were created using Vue http://farmpeeps.com/fp_volcanorescue_mrc12.html

I can elaborate on the methods I applied if you let us know which direction and effect you want to achieve.

Vue 10 works with Poser 9 up to Pro 2010 sr1. There is a dropdown ine the Vue>Options> Configure Poser Import for version selection. You will see the supported release date of the supported Poser versions and can compare it to the Poser release schedule listed here.Poser Wiki

FYI Vue has excellent Collada import capability and will load most Poser & DS collada exports even with morphs.

We are converting more free Star Wars figures to Vue, dhould be ready in a day or so. Speaking of figure conversions to Vue, is there any interest for more animated (posable VOB) human figures for Vue? Any requests?

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hopeandlove posted at 5:52AM Fri, 04 December 2015 - #4241277

Hey everyone- would you mind telling me what exactly you dislike about the front page? How would you change it? What suggestions can you give us to make it look more visually appealing? Let us know.<

Its an art site. Make it beautiful, intuitively navigable. and focus on the art. Menus should organize store products (application content) as you would a paint set. Make items browsable with filters & criteria including category, type, color scheme, and vendor. Reduce or eliminate external ads, put internal ads in hideable flyouts or at the footer. Promote products based on its curb appeal, hidden values and the renders it inspires rather than a blaring hype using sex or discount offers. It looks cheap and like Renderosity is chasing art sales to the bottom of the barrel. Use lightboxes to isolate and highlight products/gallery images without ads or other distractions. Again, and most importantly: Make it beautiful, intuitively navigable. and focus on the art.

Finally for the ultimate in flexibility and client satisfaction - you could allow the user to customize their own front page content "blocks" to highlight their favorite views (what's new product, gallery new) , favorite vendors views, topic/theme gallery and product filter views, forum views, Prime News and Product views, and selected functional widgets and admin tools.

Do resist the urge to make more than one functional change at a time and only incrementally adjust based on quantitative, objective metric analysis including user feedback that supports the goal, or roll-back before implementing the next change. This improves consistency and assures results. The Revolution rollout was very risky as its name implies. Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Edwards_Deming#Key_principles