stagehand opened this issue on Feb 23, 2008 · 15 posts
stagehand posted Sat, 23 February 2008 at 12:07 PM
I've been using Poser for a few months and having a blast doing so. However one of my frustrations has to do with available content. I've found myself going through this process where I might find a character set that I really like but then end up finding it difficult to find both acceptable clothing and/or hair for the character.
I have done all my shopping up to now mostly at the other two major sites for content and recently started shopping here. Frequently I find myself filling up my shopping cart with content I think is going to look great together, only to find out that either something doesn't look or work quite the way I expected or discover that an additional item is required and wasn't clearly stated in the readme file. The bottom line is that its beginning to nickle and dime me to death.
An example of what I mean, is that currently I am working on a figure that is actually representing a friend of mine. It is based on Sydney G2. I was able to set her up with nearly the perfect face for what I was looking for, got the hair looking good, but now I can't seem to find any acceptable clothing for her. And I'm discovering there does not seem to be a lot of variety as far as clothing is concerned for Sydney. Either that or I am looking in the wrong places.
I am mostly interested creating realistic modern day type of scenes and animations. For the most part I've worked with Victoria 4.1, Jessi G2, and Sydney G2.
I am curious to hear the opinions of others here as to who you feel is the best supported female character available. Whether it be one of these three or another I may have over looked.
Thanks
pjz99 posted Sat, 23 February 2008 at 12:18 PM
If you want a lot of clothing choices, DAZ V3 is probably the best option just because of the high number of clothing items compared to everything else. However for textures, bump maps and shader setups, content for DAZ V4 is more advanced - rather few V3 material setups include a bump map or skin shader setup, but nearly all V4 sets have at least a bump map, and often a specular map and a nice shader setup. Not that you can't make these yourself, and not that all the commercial bump maps or skin shader setups are very good (sometimes they are very bad indeed).
Casette posted Sat, 23 February 2008 at 12:32 PM
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SamTherapy posted Sat, 23 February 2008 at 12:35 PM
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stormchaser posted Sat, 23 February 2008 at 1:20 PM
Nice one Sam, brilliant! :lol:
ghonma posted Sat, 23 February 2008 at 1:48 PM
Lol Sam, that's downright hilarious, and so true :p
JOELGLAINE posted Sat, 23 February 2008 at 1:49 PM
Sam! You loller! :lol: LOLOLOLOL From looking around for free stuff and good out fits--I have to say A3. I grab every free outfit that floats around, and A3 out numbers everyone else (outfit-wise) almost 2 to one.
It's dismaying to me, since I hardly use either V3 OR A3 in most renders! LOL I need to make more characters based off those two! V3 is second to A3. Give it a another couple of months and V4-A4-V4,666 will out-strip them all.
I don't use her at all. LOLOLOLOLOL Figures.
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Dajadues posted Sat, 23 February 2008 at 3:26 PM
V3 is best supported in freebies anyway.
ezuk posted Sat, 23 February 2008 at 3:27 PM
You might want to look into programs like Wardrobe Wizard 2 or Crossdresser, which allow you to convert clothes from one figure to another. WW2 is more expensive initially, but it works great, as I can personally attest. If you want to convert clothes to only one figure like Sydney G2, then buying a single license from Crossdresser might be what you want. A license will let you convert any clothing to a single figure (like Sydney G2). From what I've heard, the program works very well, though I can't verify this from my personal experience.
stagehand posted Sat, 23 February 2008 at 3:38 PM
Quote - You might want to look into programs like Wardrobe Wizard 2 or Crossdresser, which allow you to convert clothes from one figure to another. WW2 is more expensive initially, but it works great, as I can personally attest. If you want to convert clothes to only one figure like Sydney G2, then buying a single license from Crossdresser might be what you want. A license will let you convert any clothing to a single figure (like Sydney G2). From what I've heard, the program works very well, though I can't verify this from my personal experience.
Thanks for that tip!
stagehand posted Sat, 23 February 2008 at 3:38 PM
stagehand posted Sat, 23 February 2008 at 3:40 PM
Quote - If you want a lot of clothing choices, DAZ V3 is probably the best option just because of the high number of clothing items compared to everything else. However for textures, bump maps and shader setups, content for DAZ V4 is more advanced - rather few V3 material setups include a bump map or skin shader setup, but nearly all V4 sets have at least a bump map, and often a specular map and a nice shader setup. Not that you can't make these yourself, and not that all the commercial bump maps or skin shader setups are very good (sometimes they are very bad indeed).
Thanks, the more I learn the more stuff I find out I need to learn.
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Morgano posted Sat, 23 February 2008 at 11:14 PM
Probably fair to point out that quantity does not equal quality. There is plenty of good material for V3, V4 and A3, but there is also a tidal wave of junk. For Miki 2, TY2 and the G2 women, there is much less overall, but there is markedly more good stuff than bad. I have been re-installing Poser material in recent days and can attest that Miki 2, in particular, really isn't short of things to wear (or skin textures, for that matter).
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