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Shader Presets not shown

FantastArtFantastArt Posts: 321
in Technical Help (nuts n bolts)

Hello, I have a problem on my Laptop. The Shader Presets on the Surface pane are not shown. I have them in my libraries and I can load it from there, but in the Surface pane only the material presets are shown...

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,418

    Do they show in Smart Content?

  • FantastArtFantastArt Posts: 321
    No, I can't find them in smart content. Well I See the Genesis Starter Essentials and Daz Studio
  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,418

    Where are they in the Content Library pane?

  • FantastArtFantastArt Posts: 321
    They are under presets / shader presets
  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,418

    OK, how about other Content management views - the Categories or Products lists in the Content Library pane? Are these shader presets from Daz products? How did you install them?

  • FantastArtFantastArt Posts: 321

    Sorry for my late answer. I made some screenshots of my Libraies now.

    Some of my files are installed via Instant Manager some of them I installed manually, because Instant Manager sometimes don't work on my PC

    I don't know why I have two folders. One called 'my library' and the other one 'my daz library'

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  • FantastArtFantastArt Posts: 321

    I was thinking about deinstalling Daz Studio and install it new. Can I do this without installing all the content again?

     

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,418

    Reinstalling the application won't change anything to do with content.

    Your first two screen shots show redner settings, shaders aren't Render Settings so they wouldn't be expected to show there. The last one, showing the Surfaces pane, should show shaders - but do you have a surface selected on the model, or only the model itself?

  • FantastArtFantastArt Posts: 321

    Sorry, I made the first 2 only to show my installation path on the left side. Yes, I selected the surface. I tried with every kind of models and figures. The shaders in the surface pane on the right side are not shown

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,418

    Looking at your screenshots again, the shader presets don't have the type tag - the word Shader at top-right - which suggests they are simply not in the database at all. The shaders are in the Default resources package try (re)installing that, with DIM or with Connect inside DS.

  • hansolocambohansolocambo Posts: 649
    edited March 2020

    Most people do not see the shaders in the Surfaces Tab and spend hours trying to figure out if they have this and that installed when the issue is often ultra simple :

    Use the Surface selection tool (Alt+Shift+M). Instead of selecting an object in the viewport, now you can select a surface. 

    And suddenly, the default shaders and any extra shaders you eventually bought on the store, are there in The Surface / Presets Tab.

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