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Novica & Forum Members Tips & Product Reviews Pt 12

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  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,887

    Hello, back online. For those of you wanting Marvelous Designer knowledge, in that 60% category that was mentioned, here's a tutorial (going 78% off.) 

    I've dumped all the characters and going for the military aircraft (keeping the sci-fi bundle as it's so expensive and a great buy due to multiple items counting as one thing)

    The Floating Market is also a great deal and you can use all those props for other things.

    And yes, it's been tested to see if the code works more than once. The answer is no.

  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,887
    edited December 2019

    Here's another expensive item- the Spider Mech, and it has a military theme to it. The military items are from the DarkEdgeDesign Store.  Be SURE and look at the promos, the details on the insides of these are wonderful! And so many moving parts. Watch the video on this page, really cool. Really shows you the moving parts.

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  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,887
    edited December 2019

     Edit-  I also got the LG07 Combat Mech as it had the military textures with it. That was the 10th item.

     

     

    • Merkava Tank

      Merkava Tank        $24.95       $5.58       78%

     

     

    • APC755

    • APC755      $24.95       $5.58      78%

     

     

     

     

     

    Grand Total $65.32

    76%
    Subtotal $275.50
    Discount -$210.18
    Estimated Tax $0.00

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  • genarisgenaris Posts: 324

    @Novica - I also bought that "Make me merry props and shaders" product --just for the wrapped gifts (not just for xmas gift-giving!); don't you love how realistically wrapped they look!?   That stacking "My fave 10" coupon was a great opportunity... but what makes it even sweeter: paying with 33% discounted money (from that giftcard sale).  WOW.  :)
       ~Gen

  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,887

    Okay, is it me or did most of the ones in the 60% off at the bottom of the page disappear? I only have one page (although remember that is just showing what I don't own) whereas before there were a lot of pages. I think it's an error because....

    @genaris and everyone surfing my thread-----> take all the items you wishlisted/wanted FROM THAT SECTION YESTERDAY but had to remove from the cart, and use the  My-Best-10 on them. I think they're supposed to be there but aren't- but if it's a glitch you'd better get a move on. 

  • GordigGordig Posts: 10,072

    I see the same items in that category that I saw yesterday, and the coupon works.

  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,887

    Yes, they put the items back. They weren't there when I posted :)  I was just coming here to post it. PLUS....

    I just tested the PC+ code, the one where you buy 18.00 of stuff to get 6.00 off, and was pleased to see it took 6.00 off WHEN I HAD THE HORROR FREEBIE IN THE CART. Remember how free items screwed up that 6.00, and always deducted some from the free item?  It didn't. But that may vary depending on what you have in the cart.  So you many want to test that if you want to use a 6.00 discount  on a second order after you use the code for today (which does NOT work twice, I tested.  So I took advantage of the 72% off,  got another new release, got another free horror item (which you can do repeatedly)  then did the PC+ code. 

  • donovancolbertdonovancolbert Posts: 1,421

    It seems like the deals are never as good as they were. I caught a glitch last week... things were going to like, 84%... then while I searched for more... they jumped back up to the 70% they should have been... I refreshed a few times, about to clear my cart, and they jumped back to the higher discount, and I pulled the trigger while I could. But that is the only time anything like that has happened in the last 12 months for me. 

    And otherwise, every cart ends up at around $30-50 lately it seems. I feel better when my checkout is full of stuff and the total is under $20. :) 

    I think I missed yesterday's sale. Bunch of friends are in town, and it has been a non-stop frat party. This *always* seems to happen during DAZ sales... in-laws over for Thanksgiving, friends in town for a Brown's game... the good times are killing me, and making me miss all the good deals, too. 

     

  • L'AdairL'Adair Posts: 9,479
    donovancolbert said:

    It seems like the deals are never as good as they were. I caught a glitch last week... things were going to like, 84%... then while I searched for more... they jumped back up to the 70% they should have been... I refreshed a few times, about to clear my cart, and they jumped back to the higher discount, and I pulled the trigger while I could. But that is the only time anything like that has happened in the last 12 months for me. 

    And otherwise, every cart ends up at around $30-50 lately it seems. I feel better when my checkout is full of stuff and the total is under $20. :) 

    I think I missed yesterday's sale. Bunch of friends are in town, and it has been a non-stop frat party. This *always* seems to happen during DAZ sales... in-laws over for Thanksgiving, friends in town for a Brown's game... the good times are killing me, and making me miss all the good deals, too.

    @donovancolbert, The offer was essentially repeated again today. It's a new code, so those who took advantage yesterday can also take advantage again today. But same Still New, same 60% off items, etc. I hope you find the time to use the code today.

  • 3Diva3Diva Posts: 11,550
    nonesuch00 said:
    Divamakeup said:
    nonesuch00 said:
    donovancolbert said:
    nonesuch00 said:
    donovancolbert said:

     

    I had trouble with Lucas 8 shaders long ago, back when it was released. I wrote a ticket & they basically said they didn't have problems when they checked at DA 3DZ. Likewise I have similar problems with Edward 8 shaders from the Edward 8 I recently got free. I probably would too with Michael 8 if I rendered him in a similarly lit environment.

     

    Yeah... I don't think it is Altern8 itself that is the problem... but you may be right - it may be an inherent problem with the base G8M map... that I am using with a G3M character... that was created with AoA shaders then converted to iRay with Anagenesis before then being modified again with Altern8. 

    Altern8 makes my renders *crazy* fast. I've got a 1080 and a 2080 in my rig... but even by those standards, the renders are so fast I can barely believe it. Divamakeup is an awesome PA. 

    Altern8 alters the Photographic tab parameters in the iRay renders is why it's so fast. I've not bought it to see what she's changed exactly because you can create similar results changing different parameters there but I know that's the reason.

    There are several folk that have said they were professional photographers in the past. I'm surprised that don't make a whole set of typical professional photographic settings and filters like they used back in those days and sell it as a product. That's essentially what Altern8 has partly done, although it's marketed in a different way.

    lol What now? I'm pretty sure he's talking about my Altern8 Skin Shaders - and the shaders don't change anything in "Photographic tab parameters". They change skin, nail, and eye surfaces settings.

    My product does include a folder with a couple of render settings, but the render settings I included aren't any faster than the default Iray render settings.

    You said they did yourself in an earlier post if I remember correctly, it's AKA "Tone Mapping"

    Skin shaders can't change Tone Mapping, so perhaps you misunderstood? *shrug*

  • OdaaOdaa Posts: 1,548
    edited December 2019

    The M4/V4 sale was coming out mind-boggling cheap for me. With a new item in the cart, 30% loyalty discount, and the 10-items-discounted coupon, they were showing up as $0.07-$0.08. That's seven to eight cents apiece. I found a nice older woman V4 character with DS-friendly material presets, a prop hair from Neftis that looked useful, and the Steampunk LadyBlaze outfit. This was just to top off a cart of stuff found in other sales; I wanted to buy ten items with that one coupon, but I wasn't willing to drop the $35-$50 that 10 items from my preferred sales would add up to, hence the retro stuff that cost practically nothing.

     

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  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,887

    @odaa  You got some great deals! 

  • cismiccismic Posts: 629

    @fishtales, nice renders

  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,887

    @fishtales   Yes, they are. Somehow I jumped to page 58 and didn't see those!  The camera angles really make it look different. I like the lighting too. 

  • FishtalesFishtales Posts: 6,119

    Thank you @cismic and @Novica. There is no difference to the render other than doing the lens corrections to get rid of the curving lines caused by the ultra wide angle lens.The one thing I forgot to mention is that after getting the settings right the camera has to be pulled back to get the original view back, that is why in the 16:9 ratio fender there is a lot more in the scene. The change needed isn't seen until you either use Iray preview mode or render the scene. Any other view and it looks as if the camera is too far away smiley

  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,887
    edited December 2019

    I give up trying to figure out what is supposed to be a certain price, and what does what to what. Prices are varying from 51% for the New Releases, to 79%, 93% or 94%. for the other sections.  Just put one of today's New Releases in your cart and shop the sections. DO NOT assume what the section says is what you're going to get. I didn't use any codes (and the one from yesterday doesn't work, I tested it.)  This is as of 4:45am Central. 

    It was gorgeous here in the Pensacola area yesterday. Upper 70's and even around 11pm I was out walking in the back yard in a tank top!  Did 7 miles total yesterday. It's really warm right now too. Hope everyone is having a great lead-up to the holidays, although the East Coast is in for more rough weather I think I read. 

    Edit- It's 69 degrees right now at 5am! This is crazy for December, even for Pensacola.

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  • nonesuch00nonesuch00 Posts: 18,142
    edited December 2019
    Divamakeup said:
    nonesuch00 said:
    Divamakeup said:
    nonesuch00 said:
    donovancolbert said:
    nonesuch00 said:
    donovancolbert said:

     

    I had trouble with Lucas 8 shaders long ago, back when it was released. I wrote a ticket & they basically said they didn't have problems when they checked at DA 3DZ. Likewise I have similar problems with Edward 8 shaders from the Edward 8 I recently got free. I probably would too with Michael 8 if I rendered him in a similarly lit environment.

     

    Yeah... I don't think it is Altern8 itself that is the problem... but you may be right - it may be an inherent problem with the base G8M map... that I am using with a G3M character... that was created with AoA shaders then converted to iRay with Anagenesis before then being modified again with Altern8. 

    Altern8 makes my renders *crazy* fast. I've got a 1080 and a 2080 in my rig... but even by those standards, the renders are so fast I can barely believe it. Divamakeup is an awesome PA. 

    Altern8 alters the Photographic tab parameters in the iRay renders is why it's so fast. I've not bought it to see what she's changed exactly because you can create similar results changing different parameters there but I know that's the reason.

    There are several folk that have said they were professional photographers in the past. I'm surprised that don't make a whole set of typical professional photographic settings and filters like they used back in those days and sell it as a product. That's essentially what Altern8 has partly done, although it's marketed in a different way.

    lol What now? I'm pretty sure he's talking about my Altern8 Skin Shaders - and the shaders don't change anything in "Photographic tab parameters". They change skin, nail, and eye surfaces settings.

    My product does include a folder with a couple of render settings, but the render settings I included aren't any faster than the default Iray render settings.

    You said they did yourself in an earlier post if I remember correctly, it's AKA "Tone Mapping"

    Skin shaders can't change Tone Mapping, so perhaps you misunderstood? *shrug*

    Doesn't really matter.  It's easy to have made a change in a render in tone mappings that you talked about in a post that also make changes in skin settings when you were talking about a render you did with your product and it would seem as if implied the tone settings changes were part of the product then to the reader  based on that post. So I misunderstood the implications of that post.

    I am glad to poster mentioned they got massive speed improvements from, as you've made clear, only skin materials setting changes, because it illuminates what the product has done to the skin material settings as I haven't bought it.

    I still wish someone would make a DAZ 3D product that had a UI and features like a Prosumer Camera. That's more of what I'm looking for.

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  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,887

    Be sure and test each Flash Sale, again, never assume what is posted is what happens. I wasn't online earlier, I heard about some quirks.  For newbies (and reminder to the rest of us) always test the offer for multiple uses even if it says one time use, always test more items even if it says there's a limit in the cart, and always test to see if the price is really what it states you will get.  I'm NOT saying all or any of these are applying right now, to be clear. I just sometimes forget to do / test another cart. 

  • memcneil70memcneil70 Posts: 4,125

    @MimicMolly the Rynne 8 thread was locked before I could even get the render going, but I have rendered Rynne 8, Mika 8, and Tika 8 for your comparison. I hope Novica will be okay with this.

    I loaded the characters out-of-box, used simple hairs, and a basic HDRI. You can see that Rynne 8 has none of the orange skin and is smaller than the other two. Perfect for a young teen. There is apparently a mouth lip morph that I didn't mess with.

    As a side note, putting the young ladies in bathing suits today was painful. It is 14F feels like 1F outside. I want to dress them in warm clothing!

    Mary

    Rynne 8 Mika 8 Tika 8.png
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  • MimicMollyMimicMolly Posts: 2,194
    @mencneil70 Thank you. I like Rynne 8 the most. I thought a comparison render was good for people who'd want an add-on character and don't want or have the required base.
  • memcneil70memcneil70 Posts: 4,125

    I found the other characters very interesting but they have to wait due to the dreaded chore of housecleaning.

  • GordigGordig Posts: 10,072
    memcneil70 said:

    @MimicMolly the Rynne 8 thread was locked before I could even get the render going, but I have rendered Rynne 8, Mika 8, and Tika 8 for your comparison. I hope Novica will be okay with this.

    I loaded the characters out-of-box, used simple hairs, and a basic HDRI. You can see that Rynne 8 has none of the orange skin and is smaller than the other two. Perfect for a young teen. There is apparently a mouth lip morph that I didn't mess with.

    As a side note, putting the young ladies in bathing suits today was painful. It is 14F feels like 1F outside. I want to dress them in warm clothing!

    Mary

    Was Mika also a Thorne character? Aside from breast size, they look like the same character with different materials in that render. 

  • LeanaLeana Posts: 11,744
    edited December 2019

    Yes, Mika was also a Thorne character. They both have the typical "Thorne fairy" style but their faces and bodies look different to me.

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  • memcneil70memcneil70 Posts: 4,125

    @Gordig, I assumed so. It seems that when she and Tika appeared their threads referred to Thorne. I am not an expert on Thorne. And I am surprised that Rynne 8 was the second DAZ 8 character to carry a PAs name along with DAZ Original in the artist field. I found DAZ 3D midway in Genesis 3 so I could easily be totally wrong.

  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,887
    memcneil70 said:

    @MimicMolly the Rynne 8 thread was locked before I could even get the render going, but I have rendered Rynne 8, Mika 8, and Tika 8 for your comparison. I hope Novica will be okay with this.

     

    Of course!  :)  That's what the thread is for. Thanks for sharing. I'm just getting online, will have to go see why a character thread was locked!? I'll go check it out.

  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,887

    It's funny that Rynne came out today, as there were Posey and Petunia products in the deeply discounted sales yesterday, so I was thinking about the anime/cartoon gals and guys. I bought the Lily Doll  for $3.36 and Iris Doll for $3.36 on the 16th during the Muscleman sale.

    I haven't rendered Posey so I'm going to go do that, back in awhile. Nothing fancy.

  • L'AdairL'Adair Posts: 9,479

    I hope it's not too early…

    Happy Holidays

    Happy Holidays

  • NathNath Posts: 2,809
    edited December 2019

    Of course, like everybody here, my main hobby is buying things at DAZ... but sometimes I use the things I bought

    I ended up volunteering to make the Christmas card at work.

    https://www.daz3d.com/santa-claus-suit-and-character (the character and the hat ended up being used)

    https://www.daz3d.com/christmas-tree

    https://www.daz3d.com/victorian-santa-for-genesis-3-males

    some shaders, an envato filter for the 'old' effect, a maths desktop from somewhere (I work at a university mathematics department) to use on the wall

    christmas 3b.jpg
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  • Robert FreiseRobert Freise Posts: 4,449

    Nice card

    Happy Holidays to all

  • L'AdairL'Adair Posts: 9,479
    Robert Freise said:

    Nice card

    Happy Holidays to all

    Thank you.

    Nath said:

    Of course, like everybody here, my main hobby is buying things at DAZ... but sometimes I use the things I bought

    I ended up volunteering to make the Christmas card at work.

    https://www.daz3d.com/santa-claus-suit-and-character (the character and the hat ended up being used)

    https://www.daz3d.com/christmas-tree

    https://www.daz3d.com/victorian-santa-for-genesis-3-males

    some shaders, an envato filter for the 'old' effect, a maths desktop from somewhere (I work at a university mathematics department) to use on the wall

    I see you and I think a lot alike! I also used the Victorian Santa suit with the hat from the Santa Claus set. And I used the Hair and beard. I dial-spun a character, but used the materials from that set, as well. (Tucked away inside the "house", the tree in the window is the same tree, too!)

    Gotta say, I love your card image. Perfect for the math dept., but lots of fun regardless.

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