Necessary things/morphs I need to buy

pulkitluthrathegame

Hey guys, I'm new and haven't purchased anything yet. I'm using daz for 3d character making but can't spend much on buying stuff. What i want to know is the necessary morphs that i require in creating a good looking 3d characters(nude mostly hehe). From what i've searched till now i need to get body morphs, head morphs and expression morph. So what else would you recommend me to get so i can make good looking characters lets say atleast 7-8 female characters and again i must tell i can't buy much so please recommend me least amount of good things i require to create good looking character.

Thanks 

DDCreate

Welcome to the wonderful world of Daz! I'm not sure how long you'll be here though because from reading your question I think you may have the wrong idea about Daz and how it works. Here you buy "Materials" and by that I mean, characters, hair, clothing, environments, morphs ect...think if it like this. You're trying to cook a meal and Daz is the grocery store. You don't grow your own vegetables or butcher your own meat, you come here to buy what is for sale. Using the same metaphor, you don't go to the grocery store to buy Spaghetti and Meatballs. You go to buy the ingredients you'll need to MAKE spaghetti and meatballs. Here that means you'll have to pick your character, their hair, their clothes and buy them all seperate. Often (myself included) someone that is new will mistake what they see in a product page for what they get when they purchase. Only to be shocked at a bald/naked model. There are ways to make 3 characters into 6 by say, mixing and matching characters with other characters skin. So that could reduce your cost some. That said, this hobby does require something from your bank account. There is no "Beginner Cheap Bundle" that includes everything you'll need.

My best advice is work with the G3F/G3M characters, clothing, hair and environment that comes free with download and get a feel for how posing and lighting works. Learn your way around the command panels, ask questioins when you get stuck. You can have every character ever made but if you don't know how the program works, it won't matter.  And in the mean time, go through the catalog, save things to your wishlist and check in on the DAILY. The sales here happen often and you can get some truly cool products at a steal if you time it right. Others you just have to say "Well, I want it, I have the money, I'm going for it now!" There is no way for anyone here to tell you what you'll need. It all depends on what type of art YOU plan on making. And hey, that's half the fun! Finding those items that really make your creation POP to life.

Good luck!!

jestmart

You do not need to buy expression morphs, all of DAZ's figure include morphs for dialing expression.  The Genesis 3s do one better by adding facail bones to build expressions.

kaotkbliss

If you plan on doing full nudes, then you'll need to buy at least 1 pro pack for the gender you want to get the naughty bits.

You can find many free moph sets and characters on sharecg, in the freebie's section here and on renderosity.

You'll need some good hair to set your figures apart from eachother as well

pulkitluthrathegame

DDCreate said:

Welcome to the wonderful world of Daz! I'm not sure how long you'll be here though because from reading your question I think you may have the wrong idea about Daz and how it works. Here you buy "Materials" and by that I mean, characters, hair, clothing, environments, morphs ect...think if it like this. You're trying to cook a meal and Daz is the grocery store. You don't grow your own vegetables or butcher your own meat, you come here to buy what is for sale. Using the same metaphor, you don't go to the grocery store to buy Spaghetti and Meatballs. You go to buy the ingredients you'll need to MAKE spaghetti and meatballs. Here that means you'll have to pick your character, their hair, their clothes and buy them all seperate. Often (myself included) someone that is new will mistake what they see in a product page for what they get when they purchase. Only to be shocked at a bald/naked model. There are ways to make 3 characters into 6 by say, mixing and matching characters with other characters skin. So that could reduce your cost some. That said, this hobby does require something from your bank account. There is no "Beginner Cheap Bundle" that includes everything you'll need.

My best advice is work with the G3F/G3M characters, clothing, hair and environment that comes free with download and get a feel for how posing and lighting works. Learn your way around the command panels, ask questioins when you get stuck. You can have every character ever made but if you don't know how the program works, it won't matter.  And in the mean time, go through the catalog, save things to your wishlist and check in on the DAILY. The sales here happen often and you can get some truly cool products at a steal if you time it right. Others you just have to say "Well, I want it, I have the money, I'm going for it now!" There is no way for anyone here to tell you what you'll need. It all depends on what type of art YOU plan on making. And hey, that's half the fun! Finding those items that really make your creation POP to life.

Good luck!!

Actually i'm just a week in daz and don't know like 95% of stuff but i have started learning daz through tutorials and other stuff i can find. 

Now i want to tell what i think i can do with daz and please correct if i'm wrong 

Before i thought that in daz i can create model and i was wrong i found that daz is like a compilation tool where either i buy or create stuff from other softwares import it in daz. Right now when i posted this question what i have in mind is that once i buy 5-6 things example like this.....https://www.daz3d.com/victoria-7-pro-bundle and few other thing then i would be able to create at least 7-8 characters which  will look different and look good.

So if i'm wrong then it's ok but i'm right then please recommend what i need to get. Thanks

pulkitluthrathegame

jestmart said:

You do not need to buy expression morphs, all of DAZ's figure include morphs for dialing expression.  The Genesis 3s do one better by adding facail bones to build expressions.

ok bro i'm new so i don't know much...thanks for letting know :)

pulkitluthrathegame

kaotkbliss said:

If you plan on doing full nudes, then you'll need to buy at least 1 pro pack for the gender you want to get the naughty bits.

You can find many free moph sets and characters on sharecg, in the freebie's section here and on renderosity.

You'll need some good hair to set your figures apart from eachother as well

Yes you're corrrect i'm planning on doing so hehe....sorry for bothering but if possible...if you were in my place with nothing on daz till yet what stuff will you get...to get started with daz keeping in mind if you were to create distinctive looking characters...around 7-8. 

Thanks

kaotkbliss

pulkitluthrathegame said:

kaotkbliss said:

If you plan on doing full nudes, then you'll need to buy at least 1 pro pack for the gender you want to get the naughty bits.

You can find many free moph sets and characters on sharecg, in the freebie's section here and on renderosity.

You'll need some good hair to set your figures apart from eachother as well

Yes you're corrrect i'm planning on doing so hehe....sorry for bothering but if possible...if you were in my place with nothing on daz till yet what stuff will you get...to get started with daz keeping in mind if you were to create distinctive looking characters...around 7-8. 

Thanks

I would start with as much free stuff as I could find (the daz/poser sections of sharecg.com, the renderosity.com freestuff section and of course the bi-weekly daz freebies and the freebie forum here at Daz)

Just in that stuff, you should be able to make your 7 or 8 characters and you will have a better idea of where to put your money to finish up what you weren't able to finish with the free stuff, or what to get that looks better to replace the free  stuff.

pulkitluthrathegame

kaotkbliss said:

pulkitluthrathegame said:

kaotkbliss said:

If you plan on doing full nudes, then you'll need to buy at least 1 pro pack for the gender you want to get the naughty bits.

You can find many free moph sets and characters on sharecg, in the freebie's section here and on renderosity.

You'll need some good hair to set your figures apart from eachother as well

Yes you're corrrect i'm planning on doing so hehe....sorry for bothering but if possible...if you were in my place with nothing on daz till yet what stuff will you get...to get started with daz keeping in mind if you were to create distinctive looking characters...around 7-8. 

Thanks

I would start with as much free stuff as I could find (the daz/poser sections of sharecg.com, the renderosity.com freestuff section and of course the bi-weekly daz freebies and the freebie forum here at Daz)

Just in that stuff, you should be able to make your 7 or 8 characters and you will have a better idea of where to put your money to finish up what you weren't able to finish with the free stuff, or what to get that looks better to replace the free  stuff.

OK thanks i will practice with free stuff first till i get familiar with daz but i was still hoping if you could recommend something to get like the pro pack you said i should get. why i'm asking that is because i think i will require hair styles, body morphs and clothes but i do get that i will understand better what i need once i practice myself but i would still like if could recommend something before that...which includes all necessary stuff for you know nude stuff. Thanks

FSMCDesigns

pulkitluthrathegame said:

DDCreate said:

Welcome to the wonderful world of Daz! I'm not sure how long you'll be here though because from reading your question I think you may have the wrong idea about Daz and how it works. Here you buy "Materials" and by that I mean, characters, hair, clothing, environments, morphs ect...think if it like this. You're trying to cook a meal and Daz is the grocery store. You don't grow your own vegetables or butcher your own meat, you come here to buy what is for sale. Using the same metaphor, you don't go to the grocery store to buy Spaghetti and Meatballs. You go to buy the ingredients you'll need to MAKE spaghetti and meatballs. Here that means you'll have to pick your character, their hair, their clothes and buy them all seperate. Often (myself included) someone that is new will mistake what they see in a product page for what they get when they purchase. Only to be shocked at a bald/naked model. There are ways to make 3 characters into 6 by say, mixing and matching characters with other characters skin. So that could reduce your cost some. That said, this hobby does require something from your bank account. There is no "Beginner Cheap Bundle" that includes everything you'll need.

My best advice is work with the G3F/G3M characters, clothing, hair and environment that comes free with download and get a feel for how posing and lighting works. Learn your way around the command panels, ask questioins when you get stuck. You can have every character ever made but if you don't know how the program works, it won't matter.  And in the mean time, go through the catalog, save things to your wishlist and check in on the DAILY. The sales here happen often and you can get some truly cool products at a steal if you time it right. Others you just have to say "Well, I want it, I have the money, I'm going for it now!" There is no way for anyone here to tell you what you'll need. It all depends on what type of art YOU plan on making. And hey, that's half the fun! Finding those items that really make your creation POP to life.

Good luck!!

Actually i'm just a week in daz and don't know like 95% of stuff but i have started learning daz through tutorials and other stuff i can find. 

Now i want to tell what i think i can do with daz and please correct if i'm wrong 

Before i thought that in daz i can create model and i was wrong i found that daz is like a compilation tool where either i buy or create stuff from other softwares import it in daz. Right now when i posted this question what i have in mind is that once i buy 5-6 things example like this.....https://www.daz3d.com/victoria-7-pro-bundle and few other thing then i would be able to create at least 7-8 characters which  will look different and look good.

So if i'm wrong then it's ok but i'm right then please recommend what i need to get. Thanks

Welcome! Basically the majority of the content sold at DAZ is for use inside Daz Studio (or Poser) to create (render) still images or animations. The base figures come with the app. To get most addon characters to work, you will need the additional body and head morph packs for each figure. you can import .OBJs into DS and use them, but many times you will have to adjust or even apply the textures/shaders afterward.

There are some users that come to DAZ thinking the things sold in the store are for game use, not really. All are designed with DS/Poser rendering/animation in mind meaning most don't work well in a game engine efficiently. If a user still want to try and make that work, DAZ and a few vendors do offer specific game licenses that need to be purchased in order to use that specific content in a game.

Also, 3D printing. Daz does allow the 3d printing of DAZ models, but only for personal use on a personal printer.

before spending a ton of money on content, check out Sharecg, the renderosity freebie area and the freebie forum here at DAZ. You might also think about joing the platinum club as it gives you some amazing discounts on products and access to special freebies

Enjoy, and if you have any questions please ask!