Lost and Found growing! Is that right?

memcneil70

Richard Haseltine said:

memcneil70 said:

While I am limiting my purchases of the transferred items from Rendo, I accept that the ones I buy will entail my adding metadata to them, just as the ones from RuntimeDNA did. On the positive side, it makes me really learn the contents of the products. I only get frustrated with complex packages that have shaders labled as materials, lights, and of course dForce and simulation items that don't quite match the older Smart Content categories.

Sets are easy, it is the accessories, lighting, shaders, and clothing that often takes hours per product. The PAs pack a lot into them, and why I would buy from them at Rendo.

I'm pretty sure the Lully sets I did (ones I purchased from Renderosity) didn't take that long, more like ten minutes (possibly  twice if I forgot a step due to rustiness). Don't forget that one you have created the product you can use the right-click Edit Metadata option in a folder of items to simplify, for example, setting the content ttype on Iray or 3delight materials without having to try to select them individiually in the editing window. Also, compatibility and type can be handled by drag-and-drop to Smart Content with the base item selected in the scene. Those can save a lot of fiddling with long lists. I would also suggest installing the product to its own content directory, so files are easier to find initially, and then move it/reinstall it to the real content directory later - the CMS stores only relative paths, where possible.

The product installs by DIM okay, but items are shunted to Lost and Found in Smart Content. Lully's outfits do install quite nicely in the Content Library and can be used there. So do Fabiana's accessories and shaders, just as other artists' products do. It is just that I am 'anal retentive' about my Smart Content. I learned a lot adding the metadata for the PAs' products. And many times I will use the Content Library's file structure for their products because I can see the usage logic better. This is also true for some of the items sold by DAZ PAs in the past. I have not tried to use Content Wizard for this issue, but if I buy another imported item, I might try it. I had no issues for the most part when I bought from them at Rendo installing by Content Wizard.

When I am working on this issue my time may be broken up by other work at home, cats wanting You Tube changed, creating thumbnails for the product that didn't get included, grabbing the product sheet from Rendo if it is available and studying it for the details the PA took the time to include to give the consumer the knowledge they need to make the best use of their work. I appreciate that when any PA here and there does it. So my work time is homework, working, fixing my mistakes, and double-checking my work a third time.