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Can you use facegen with genesis 8?

xXQuatroXxxXQuatroXx Posts: 173
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Hi, Can you use facegen with genesis 8?

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  • rcousineau2007_22c883170drcousineau2007_22c883170d Posts: 70

    I have FaceGen Pro which I got on sale from Daz. It only has options for genesis 1 2 and 3 figures in the export file so as far as I know it doesn't work with Genesis 8 figures.

  • Seven193Seven193 Posts: 1,111
    JMC said:
    Hi, Can you use facegen with genesis 8?

    Yes.  Use the Transfer Utility tool to transfer Genesis 3 face morphs to Genesis 8.

  • xXQuatroXxxXQuatroXx Posts: 173
    Hi, thanks Dave but do you habe link to that tool where i can find it along with instructions?
  • Seven193Seven193 Posts: 1,111

    https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/177246/basic-tutorial-for-transferring-genesis3-female-morphs-to-genesis8-female

  • xXQuatroXxxXQuatroXx Posts: 173
    Just had time now to figure this out with the link you gave me and worked perfectly. Didnt use the textures that where made for gen 3 though i did that with one of the gen 8 models. Thanks!!!
  • Max_theHitmanMax_theHitman Posts: 66
    edited January 2018
    JMC said:
    Just had time now to figure this out with the link you gave me and worked perfectly. Didnt use the textures that where made for gen 3 though i did that with one of the gen 8 models. Thanks!!!

     

    There may be a cool way to add your own skin textures and fix the FaceGen faces to look even more realistic by

    using this.... Build-A-Babe Skin Texture Merchant Resource  by Hinkypunk - yes   https://www.daz3d.com/build-a-babe-skin-texture-merchant-resource

    It is a Photoshop layered template with many options to re-paint and re-work ALL the skins to your pleasure and to

    make those models look perfect. Even tho it was created for working on Genesis 3 skins, you can always re-paint the G5F skins.

    You will need Photoshop to use it. 

     

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  • nonesuch00nonesuch00 Posts: 18,320

    There is also this abbreviated set of instructions to transfer G3 to G8 FaceGen morphs that was posted in the FaceGen Google Discussion/Support Forum:

    https://3dcyan.wordpress.com/2017/07/28/transfer-morphsg8/

     

  • xXQuatroXxxXQuatroXx Posts: 173
    Max_theHitman said:
    JMC said:
    Just had time now to figure this out with the link you gave me and worked perfectly. Didnt use the textures that where made for gen 3 though i did that with one of the gen 8 models. Thanks!!!

     

    There may be a cool way to add your own skin textures and fix the FaceGen faces to look even more realistic by

    using this.... Build-A-Babe Skin Texture Merchant Resource  by Hinkypunk - yes   https://www.daz3d.com/build-a-babe-skin-texture-merchant-resource

    It is a Photoshop layered template with many options to re-paint and re-work ALL the skins to your pleasure and to

    make those models look perfect. Even tho it was created for working on Genesis 3 skins, you can always re-paint the G5F skins.

    You will need Photoshop to use it. 

     

    Re-paint the G8F skin you mean @Max_theHitman. And thanks for that. I was already working with the textures that came with the models. Well for the once that are allowed to be changed. Copyrighted stuff isnt possible to post. But this way is more easy then i do now. So thanks for this.
  • xXQuatroXxxXQuatroXx Posts: 173
    nonesuch00 said:

    There is also this abbreviated set of instructions to transfer G3 to G8 FaceGen morphs that was posted in the FaceGen Google Discussion/Support Forum:

    https://3dcyan.wordpress.com/2017/07/28/transfer-morphsg8/

     

    Thanks nonesuch00. But this is the same as mentioned before in the link above i think. But just to be sure i will follow it step by step.
  • xXQuatroXxxXQuatroXx Posts: 173
    @Max_theHitman thanks again mate for the link of "bow to build a babe" its working fine and its amazing stuff. Much less work then applying stuff your self from other textures. And indeed you can add other textures fromn other models of g3 and g8. Great stuff.
  • Max_theHitmanMax_theHitman Posts: 66
    edited January 2018
    JMC said:
    @Max_theHitman thanks again mate for the link of "bow to build a babe" its working fine and its amazing stuff. Much less work then applying stuff your self from other textures. And indeed you can add other textures fromn other models of g3 and g8. Great stuff.

    I am happy that its working out cool for you, I have also been experimenting with those Photoshop templates from https://www.daz3d.com/build-a-babe-skin-texture-merchant-resource .

    Very useful ! Very useful !

    THANK YOU to Hinkypunk ... she has also created some amazing models too, check out her stuff... https://www.daz3d.com/hinkypunk

    Even though you are able to transfer some skin textures and things over to the Genesis 8 models from other sources (for your personal use and experimenting) ,

    keep in mind that the face texturing will not look so realistic - unless you also sculpt and morph the face of the Genesis-8 model to have the same face features as

    the real person or celebrity you are using from a FACEGEN image-source.

    Its not an easy task , but its alot of fun to make a face sculpture.

    Also , using the "Build a Babe Skin textures" templates you can tweak the skin coloring and textures using Photoshop or Gimp to look even more

    realistic, or add on tattoos on the skins ... or even make a few "body parts" if you are creating your own Frankenstein monster !  laugh

     

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  • xXQuatroXxxXQuatroXx Posts: 173
    edited January 2018
    Facegen just needs to come out with export for genesis 8 then no sculpting needed ;) thanks again But i do need to disagree on this that the model would not look the same. I thing it depends more on goodlighting and good resolution when creating facegen. Take Olvia Wilde for example. https://goo.gl/images/Sr5LtQ If you use that pic tweak the lighting in photoshop abit so the the cheeck bones are even more good visable... then i will garanty you... it will look very extreemly similar. Try it..;)
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  • Max_theHitmanMax_theHitman Posts: 66

    Olivia Wilde is a very lovely looking woman. Goddess looking face!

    Great choice for a Genesis model. I wish you the best in creating her likeness for DAZ-studio.

    I am working on not so pretty girls, old-time celebrities,  but very charming girls none-the-less. I am still new to

    this DAZ-3d thing but I am having a  great time experimenting and learning new tricks. 

    Yeah, if FACEGEN does come up with a Genesis-8 conversion it would be most welcomed by all artists.

     

     

  • xXQuatroXxxXQuatroXx Posts: 173
    So just seen that facegen with genesis 8 is out. Havent tried it out yet tonight and if i have the update download link from facegen as i bought the way before i was starting with daz3d. As we speak im getting the email from facegen support with the dl update. So thats going to be fun with some trial and error runs tonight. Cant wait...hope it works... as for genesis 3 it was amazingly real looking but less textures then the genesis 8. Excited!!!!
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