Ilona what is the name of the outfit that has the shoes shown above.?

A simple statement such as this product was previously sold at another store would be proficient, this would be a warning to us to check our collection to see if we already own the product.

@hborre - yes it is expensive, but it is not expensive when it is on sale.

I know you asked about the Hivewire Big Dog/Puppy but Daz has a pitbull - https://www.daz3d.com/bully-for-daz-dog-8

Congratulations to the winners. I enjoyed all of the stories that I read. I am a little puzzled though, were the images judged or where the actual stories judged.

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Pretty outfit. I am a bit puzzled by your comment regarding the shoes. I took a look at the original outfit and did notice the high heeled shoes.  I added this item to my wishlist.

1.  "then re-surface for other than those Standard basic textures, i.e. PBR" - Shaders are the quickest way to do anything.

2. It is fairly easy to create  a normal map if a person feels the outfit needs one.  I use ShaderMap to create anything other than a basic bump map or transparency map.

3. "I didn't like the "shoes" anyway, but did like the lacings"-  In a case like this I would create a transparency map to hide the actual foot part of the shoe and then apply  shoes I want my model to wear? Might even consider hiding the straps/lacings just to give the outfit a different flair.

I like the crown, the belt, and the shoes in the promo. They are made to work as a set and they are very pretty.

Nice. Adding the hair to my wishlist.

Thank you 1stBastion.  @DocPhoton I love meshgrabber, I find it to be really helpful. It works fine with a mouse, but I get more control using a pen/pen tablet. The thing I learned about these autoload items is it really depends on the character. Some characters have bigger heads, breasts,bodies, etc than other so they load differently. In my cases using the "fit to" makes minor adjustments to the clothing. Sometimes there is a little bit of skin showing until I select the "fit to" than the skin goes away.

Some people would say just create a deformer and use the deformer to adjust the hair. I have not been able to get the hang of the deformers or how they work..

Next picture is how the load all appears in my scene.

These are not renders, just screen shots from my Daz workspace.

Ok I have loaded the outfit and played around with it. Below I used the SY hair and hat helper.

using mesh grabber I fixed the exposed hair.

I loaded my hair and parented it to the SY hair and hat helper. I changed the hair blue so that it would contrast with hat and I could see if the hair was poking through.

Now back to a normal hair color. oops looks like I moved the goggles.

My goodness such a difficult work process.  Have you read any of the articles on lightwave and Daz in the Daz forum. Some are pretty interesting. I remember poser 6, I think my first 3D software was Poser 5. Poser has come a long way, yet in many ways it still hasn't changed much. There are things I like about Daz Studio and Poser and even Blender. At first Blender can be overwhelming, but the truth is the new version makes it easier to streamline the interface and even some of the processes.  There are many tools for Daz Studio to assist with just about anything you want to do. We have to remember there are many ways to accomplish what we want to do in Daz Studio. 

What is the name of this outfit? If I have it, I will test it.  I always merge into scene if that is an option. If there  is a hat I apply the hair before dressing the character. If there are no options in the parameter tab to assist with adjusting the clothing that is when I use Mesh Grabber from the Daz Store. If you are going to get it, I recommend you get the bundle or all the parts in the bundle. 

Here are the steps I use

1. Select the character

2. I then right click on the outfit in the content tab, and merge into scene

3. I fit the outfit to the character, and parent it as well

4. Make adjustments in the parameter tab if there are any available.

5. Use Mesh Grabber if needed. I prefer to use the wireframe viewpoint, it makes it easier to work with the item.