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[Released] Now-Crowd Billboards - Modern City Life

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  • xyer0xyer0 Posts: 5,937

    Thanks for the new set. I'd like a Classical (Roman/Greek) audience too. But we would need three to four times as many characters for it to be a truly effective solution.

  • dreamfarmerdreamfarmer Posts: 2,128

    Could scripting plus billboards be combined to make a sort of paper dolls that could, for example, be used to put different heads on the same body? As a way of having fewer than 3x as many figures?

  • luismfm70_234c6479b4luismfm70_234c6479b4 Posts: 12
    edited January 2018

    Great job, really like the new options :)

    PS:  Add to the list a beach set

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  • RiverSoft ArtRiverSoft Art Posts: 6,578
    xyer0 said:

    Thanks for the new set. I'd like a Classical (Roman/Greek) audience too. But we would need three to four times as many characters for it to be a truly effective solution.

    Yikes!  That would a truly massive set.  The only thing that makes it remotely possible is that I don't have to make so many one-off poses.  It would be perhaps 20 poses with randomization.  I will add it to the list.

     

  • RiverSoft ArtRiverSoft Art Posts: 6,578
    dreamfarmer said:

    Could scripting plus billboards be combined to make a sort of paper dolls that could, for example, be used to put different heads on the same body? As a way of having fewer than 3x as many figures?

    The scripting part would not be that bad.  Making the billboards would be painful though.  As each face would have to be rendered 72 times with the whole body and then the face masked out to get just the face.

  • RiverSoft ArtRiverSoft Art Posts: 6,578
    luismfm70_234c6479b4 said:

    Great job, really like the new options :)

    PS:  Add to the list a beach set

    You're welcome! smiley  What options do you mean?  The sitting billboards? or that the script can now only move one angle at a time?

    The beach set is definitely on there and I plan to have it in April, just in time for beach season in the Northern hemisphere.

  • BeeMKayBeeMKay Posts: 7,019

    One thing... I've noticed that the white clothing stands out a lot, which makes it a bit more difficult to "background" the characters. Don't get me wrong, they have their use, i.e. with a summertime crowd where most wear bright colours. But in more regular settings, they realy stand out a lot, so it's harder to make a crowd.

  • BohorBohor Posts: 74

    Man, this 'Modern City Life' billboard is great... a real timesaver -and also gigabyte eater, but that's understandable- ;-). I bought several of your products already (those of the 'Bone Doctor Pose'-family) and all very usefull, but with these Billboards you found a hole in the market I guess... Also the Party Time Billboard will move to my Cart soon as I have ideas with it. Do continue your fantastic job!

  • Former DAZ CustomerFormer DAZ Customer Posts: 167

    An anime crowd set please?

    (Also: RAID-5 for the win!)

  • RiverSoft ArtRiverSoft Art Posts: 6,578
    BeeMKay said:

    One thing... I've noticed that the white clothing stands out a lot, which makes it a bit more difficult to "background" the characters. Don't get me wrong, they have their use, i.e. with a summertime crowd where most wear bright colours. But in more regular settings, they realy stand out a lot, so it's harder to make a crowd.

    Sorry about that.  Was there a specific figure billboard you have a problem with?  or all white clothing figures?

  • RiverSoft ArtRiverSoft Art Posts: 6,578
    edited January 2018
    Bohor said:

    Man, this 'Modern City Life' billboard is great... a real timesaver -and also gigabyte eater, but that's understandable- ;-). I bought several of your products already (those of the 'Bone Doctor Pose'-family) and all very usefull, but with these Billboards you found a hole in the market I guess... Also the Party Time Billboard will move to my Cart soon as I have ideas with it. Do continue your fantastic job!

    Thank you very much! smiley  And thank you for your continued support!  

    I really liked the idea of the billboards; I just wasn't happy with how the current offerings worked.  Thankfully, I was able to use my scripting skill to make something that made me (and you smiley) happy!

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  • RiverSoft ArtRiverSoft Art Posts: 6,578
    Gordon Runkle said:

    An anime crowd set please?

    (Also: RAID-5 for the win!)

    Will add it to the list.

    I am glad I can support our struggling hard drive makers cheeky

  • BeeMKayBeeMKay Posts: 7,019
    RiverSoft Art said:
    BeeMKay said:

    One thing... I've noticed that the white clothing stands out a lot, which makes it a bit more difficult to "background" the characters. Don't get me wrong, they have their use, i.e. with a summertime crowd where most wear bright colours. But in more regular settings, they realy stand out a lot, so it's harder to make a crowd.

    Sorry about that.  Was there a specific figure billboard you have a problem with?  or all white clothing figures?

    Oh, no complaining, just an observation. I noticed this with white / bright clothing in general, not any specific figure. OTH, you'll need those "outstanding" peeps as well, so...

  • RiverSoft ArtRiverSoft Art Posts: 6,578
    edited January 2018
    BeeMKay said:
    RiverSoft Art said:
    BeeMKay said:

    One thing... I've noticed that the white clothing stands out a lot, which makes it a bit more difficult to "background" the characters. Don't get me wrong, they have their use, i.e. with a summertime crowd where most wear bright colours. But in more regular settings, they realy stand out a lot, so it's harder to make a crowd.

    Sorry about that.  Was there a specific figure billboard you have a problem with?  or all white clothing figures?

    Oh, no complaining, just an observation. I noticed this with white / bright clothing in general, not any specific figure. OTH, you'll need those "outstanding" peeps as well, so...

    Oh, ok.  Thank you for the critical feedback; that is always important.  Part of the problem is that some outfits just don't have the choices for the textures (at least that I own).

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  • BeeMKayBeeMKay Posts: 7,019
    edited January 2018
    RiverSoft Art said:
    BeeMKay said:
    RiverSoft Art said:
    BeeMKay said:

    One thing... I've noticed that the white clothing stands out a lot, which makes it a bit more difficult to "background" the characters. Don't get me wrong, they have their use, i.e. with a summertime crowd where most wear bright colours. But in more regular settings, they realy stand out a lot, so it's harder to make a crowd.

    Sorry about that.  Was there a specific figure billboard you have a problem with?  or all white clothing figures?

    Oh, no complaining, just an observation. I noticed this with white / bright clothing in general, not any specific figure. OTH, you'll need those "outstanding" peeps as well, so...

    Oh, ok.  Thank you for the critical feedback; that is always important.  Part of the problem is that some outfits just don't have the choices for the textures (at least that I own).

    It somewtimes help if you dial down the white base colour to slight-off grey-ish so that it doesn't reflect like a christmas tree. Other than that, you can usually give the white-coloured clothing a different tint though maniplulating the base colour. I do this often also with other colour sets to get the colour I need.

    For example, even with the expansion colour pack, this combat uniform doesn't have the black irregular troops style that I needed for my webcomic characters, but "just" the realistic army styles: https://www.daz3d.com/army-uniform-for-genesis-3-female-s-and-genesis-2-female-s

    What I did was to change the base colour from white to a very dark grey, while leaving all other textures untouched. The result was just what I needed:

    Of course, you can do this with all other colours, not just on the grey scale.

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  • RiverSoft ArtRiverSoft Art Posts: 6,578
    BeeMKay said:
    RiverSoft Art said:
    BeeMKay said:
    RiverSoft Art said:
    BeeMKay said:

    One thing... I've noticed that the white clothing stands out a lot, which makes it a bit more difficult to "background" the characters. Don't get me wrong, they have their use, i.e. with a summertime crowd where most wear bright colours. But in more regular settings, they realy stand out a lot, so it's harder to make a crowd.

    Sorry about that.  Was there a specific figure billboard you have a problem with?  or all white clothing figures?

    Oh, no complaining, just an observation. I noticed this with white / bright clothing in general, not any specific figure. OTH, you'll need those "outstanding" peeps as well, so...

    Oh, ok.  Thank you for the critical feedback; that is always important.  Part of the problem is that some outfits just don't have the choices for the textures (at least that I own).

    It somewtimes help if you dial down the white base colour to slight-off grey-ish so that it doesn't reflect like a christmas tree. Other than that, you can usually give the white-coloured clothing a different tint though maniplulating the base colour. I do this often also with other colour sets to get the colour I need.

    For example, even with the expansion colour pack, this combat uniform doesn't have the black irregular troops style that I needed for my webcomic characters, but "just" the realistic army styles: https://www.daz3d.com/army-uniform-for-genesis-3-female-s-and-genesis-2-female-s

    What I did was to change the base colour from white to a very dark grey, while leaving all other textures untouched. The result was just what I needed:

    Of course, you can do this with all other colours, not just on the grey scale.

    Thanks for the tip.  I am always learning new things with Daz smiley  I will use this in the Medieval City Life and rerender a peasant as his tunic is annoyingly bright:

     

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  • LeanaLeana Posts: 11,728
    edited January 2018

    Another option is to use shaders instead of (or combiend with) the regular textures, that way you can have more variations

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  • BeeMKayBeeMKay Posts: 7,019
    edited January 2018

    Yes, that's pretty bright, i.e. if you put him into bright sunlight. (But I love the expression. smiley)

    Here's how you change the settings to make it slightly off-white... this is done on the grey scale, but since it's medival, it's probably a good idea to use a slightly yellowish colour for the base, and test out what looks best from there. Make sure you also think about the glossy colour when you manipulate around.

    And here's the same tunic with a bluish tint:

     

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  • RiverSoft ArtRiverSoft Art Posts: 6,578
    Leana said:

    Another option is to use shaders instead of (or combiend with) the regular textures, that way you can have more variations

    Thanks Leana.  I do vary it sometimes.

  • RiverSoft ArtRiverSoft Art Posts: 6,578
    BeeMKay said:

    Yes, that's pretty bright, i.e. if you put him into bright sunlight. (But I love the expression. smiley)

    Here's how you change the settings to make it slightly off-white... this is done on the grey scale, but since it's medival, it's probably a good idea to use a slightly yellowish colour for the base, and test out what looks best from there. Make sure you also think about the glossy colour when you manipulate around.

    And here's the same tunic with a bluish tint:

     

    Thanks for your help Bee!  And I am glad you liked the expression smiley  The frown and the fist really convey a not-quite-beaten-down peasant look smiley

    I subdued the whites on his tunic, and since I will have to rerender him anyway (sigh frown) I scuffed his boots and put a belt back on.

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  • mcorrmcorr Posts: 1,089
    RiverSoft Art said:
    xyer0 said:

    Thanks for the new set. I'd like a Classical (Roman/Greek) audience too. But we would need three to four times as many characters for it to be a truly effective solution.

    Yikes!  That would a truly massive set.  The only thing that makes it remotely possible is that I don't have to make so many one-off poses.  It would be perhaps 20 poses with randomization.  I will add it to the list.

     

    that would be enough for me if there are at least half of them posed as arena chearing crowds

  • efron_24efron_24 Posts: 474

    It is Great.. but I would like to ask if you can tell which clothing and hair sets are used.. So when you want to have some of these people from the distant crowd to start being part of a story, you can replace such background figure with a Gen3 or Gen 8 and have it start being part of the world you create.

     

    I found Autumnal Woman Walking .. the set had almost the same name in the store

    In this case I would have the texting lady. What is her hair, what is her clothing ?

     

    Thanks

  • RiverSoft ArtRiverSoft Art Posts: 6,578
    efron_24 said:

    It is Great.. but I would like to ask if you can tell which clothing and hair sets are used.. So when you want to have some of these people from the distant crowd to start being part of a story, you can replace such background figure with a Gen3 or Gen 8 and have it start being part of the world you create.

     

    I found Autumnal Woman Walking .. the set had almost the same name in the store

    In this case I would have the texting lady. What is her hair, what is her clothing ?

     

    Thanks

    Thank you!

    The Texting lady, according to my notes (amazingly, I kept notes on this project cheeky), used:

    /fwsa-indigo-hd-for-victoria-7
    /selfie-stick-and-smart-phone
    Hinata Dress
    /adalyn-hair-for-genesis-3-female-s

    It *might* not be exactly Indigo, as I have started adding some of Sickleyield's Faces of XXX series to mix up the faces some and not have them be the same as main characters.

  • efron_24efron_24 Posts: 474

    super fast answer.. thanks

    but i think we got the wrong billboard :D

     

    I ment this one....

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  • efron_24efron_24 Posts: 474

    ohw.. she is from PARTY TIME BillBoards.. also from you.

    I have them both :D

  • RiverSoft ArtRiverSoft Art Posts: 6,578
    efron_24 said:

    ohw.. she is from PARTY TIME BillBoards.. also from you.

    I have them both :D

    Well thank you even more! smiley

    That lady is still Indigo but with other clothes:

    /fwsa-indigo-hd-for-victoria-7

    /selfie-stick-and-smart-phone

    /date-night-hair-for-genesis-3-females

    /i13-librarian-outfit-for-the-genesis-3-female-s

    /upscale-shopper-outfit-for-genesis-3-female-s

    /red-lilies-outfit-for-genesis-3-female-s

     

  • efron_24efron_24 Posts: 474

    Merci, Danke, Dank u, Thank You, Tak

  • efron_24efron_24 Posts: 474

    a grand total of 71,73 dollar (with Platinum) for the products I would not own yet.. Whoha.. so with your Billboards you do not only save a bit of time creating .. but loads of money too .. grin...

    Will have to let that wait until next month.. Gracias

  • RiverSoft ArtRiverSoft Art Posts: 6,578
    efron_24 said:

    Merci, Danke, Dank u, Thank You, Tak

    De rien and you're welcome (only 2 languages I know though I believe I recognize Tak as from Swedish or Norwegian?)  smiley

  • RiverSoft ArtRiverSoft Art Posts: 6,578
    efron_24 said:

    a grand total of 71,73 dollar (with Platinum) for the products I would not own yet.. Whoha.. so with your Billboards you do not only save a bit of time creating .. but loads of money too .. grin...

    Will have to let that wait until next month.. Gracias

    I don't know... it sounds like the figure billboard is acting like an actual sales billboard as now you want to buy all that stuff you might not have wanted before smiley  You should also remember that I was kitbashing that outfit so you get a lot more clothes for the price. 

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