It's Ready!!!!

Texture Transformer powered by realityPaint

You can download the free demo and take it for a whirl. Since last week, there have been some improvements made, including a better transformation of the eye textures.

Quote - How do you chose the texture in the test version?  When I launch the tool it asks me for the location of the V4.2 CR2, the Dawn CR2, and the folder I want to save the converted textures to.  I can't figure out where to chose the texture I want to convert.  Will I have to add it to V4 and save as a new CR2?   Thanks.

Indeed, you simply save a new CR2 file in your library with the textures, and then specify that as your source CR2. Also note that CRZ files are indeed supported incase you are using compression in your library.

The windows installer has been updated with the latest version, including the Texture Transformer, so please re-download and re-install the software and hopefully all should be good.

Dave

Quote - All I can say about this is just simply WOW!!!!  I tried it out this morning and was just blown away by how easy it was to do and the quality of the texture conversion.  This is the Dublin texture by Danae converted to Dawn.  Had to do some monkeying around with the eye textures and the lashes but overall I'm really pleased with the result. 

Thank you very much for the kind words. Regarding the eyes, that problem and a few others will be fixed in the next update. There is still a wee bit of tweaking to be done with the conversion files, but we're aiming to have it as close to perfect as possible withing the next week.

The crash problem on some systems has been fixed in the latest update, but you need to run to program to get the latest update :S

I'll update the installer to include the newest update now, and let you know when it's ready to download.

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!

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.

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

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

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

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

Quote - (Dave, the PayPal link to buy for the upgrade option is broken on your site - just wanted to let you know. I'm using Chrome in case that's it. The other purchase buttons on the page look fine.)

Thanks! Just fixed it. :D

Quote - So, if I buy the upgrade while it's on sale, then when the texture transfer tools (e.g. V4 > Dawn) come out, I will get the free upgrade for that. Or would I have to upgrade again? I just want to make sure I understood your earlier post properly. :)

When it comes out, you'll get a free license to the texture transfer utility, or it will be included inside realityPaint ( not 100% decided on this yet). In any case, you'll get it for free :D

Quote - Wow, Dave! Those are some major additions. Bravo! :) Will there be an upgrade price for those of us with Blacksmith3d Suite 4?

Yuppers, there is an upgrade and it's currently on sale for 20%, so it's $79.95.

Hey everyone!

Sorry for long silence. I have been working all day, every day getting this utility ready and I'm pleased to say it's almost there!

We're aiming to have it ready for August 9th, the release date of the new character "Dawn".

Initially, it is going to support the conversion of V4->Dawn, and V4->Roxie, with new characters being added via demand shortly there-after. The way the process works, setting up a particular conversion takes a bit of labor, but 99% of the work is done in a generic way. i.e. Once it works for once character, it can be easily adapted for others. 

The pricing has not 100% set as of yet, but I can say that it will be very, very reasonable. Since we are expecting this product to be in high demand ( hence high volume) , we're not concerned with selling it to existing realityPaint customers... so.... it will be provided for FREE with all realityPaint purchases. So, if you were on the fence about buying realityPaint, or upgrading from a previous version of Blacksmith3D-Suite, Paint or Morph, here's your excuse :D.

Also, we are updating realityPaint itself to include a few new features that were developed specifically for this project. Those features are...

• TransMorpher... Morph a portion of one object's surface into the shape of another based on it's close proximity. Not a dummy-proof one click tool, but an extremely powerful tool when used as intended.

( coming in realityPaint v1.0.4.3, this weekend )

• Unwarping tools... When heavily morphing an object, sometimes parts of it get extremely bent out of shape, and restoring the "original shape" can be difficult without "unmorphing". These new tools will allow you to restore the general shape of a portion of the surface, while preseving the new size and positioning.

For example, if you morph a character's head so it's dramatically different in scale than the original, but the nose get's all bent out of shape, you can use this tool to restore the nose to it's general shape, while keeping the new size and position.

These tools will also help to reduce the UV Warping that occurs with heavily morphed objects. They will reduce or eliminate the warping, while keeping the overall new shape. 

**( coming in **realityPaint v1.0.4.3, this weekend )

• TranTexture... Similar to the TransMorpher, it will allow you to transfer the textures from a portion of one object, onto another object. This is the heart of the new texture transfer utility ( which will do all of that automatically for you ), but if you have specific jobs that require this functionality, you can do it manually yourself.

( coming in realityPaint, ASAP )

Anyway, I'm extremely excited about all of this, and as mentioned before, I'm working extremely hard to get it to you ASAP. 

Dave