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How do I save an LIE preset for distribution?

lululee1lululee1 Posts: 343
edited September 2013 in The Commons

Hi,
Working with DS 4.6
I am trying to create a Layered Image Preset that I can distribute.
I want the corset to be able to load over any character texture.
I have it saved as a .duf file
What do I have to do to create the preset to distribute?

Also, once it is save how do I load it to check it?
(I am a total newbie with DS)

cheerio
lululee1

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  • Zev0Zev0 Posts: 7,096
    edited December 1969

    http://daz.tall-tales-racing.com/resources/creating_lie_presets.pdf

  • lululee1lululee1 Posts: 343
    edited September 2013

    Hi Zevo,
    I bought your Vascularity set. Splendid product.
    The tutorial calls for saving .dsi and dsa files.
    all I have is a .duf
    I have no clue what those files are or how to create them.
    Also in DS 4 the interface is different.
    Any help is greatly appreciated.
    cheerio
    lululee

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  • DraagonStormDraagonStorm Posts: 748
    edited December 1969

    lululee1 said:
    Hi Zevo,
    I bought your Vascularity set. Splendid product.
    The tutorial calls for saving .dsi and dsa files.
    all I have is a .duf
    I have no clue what those files are or how to create them.
    Also in DS 4 the interface is different.
    Any help is greatly appreciated.
    cheerio
    lululee

    .dsi and .dsa are DS3 formats. In DS4 files are now saved in .duf format, Once you have set up your LIE in the surfaces you can save them using File->Save As->Layered Image(s) Preset. These files will not be usable in DS3, and there is no Depreciated format available from DS4. If you want .dsi format you would need to create and save from DS3.

  • Zev0Zev0 Posts: 7,096
    edited December 1969

    Thanks for answering DS my dear:)

  • lululee1lululee1 Posts: 343
    edited September 2013

    Hi,
    Thanks so much for all of your help.
    Now that i have the duf files, How would I load them to apply the corset
    over the base texture map.?

    Zevo,
    How did you get your .dsa files to look so good and clean in notepad?
    My text in notepad is just a long string that runs across the page that is difficult to edit..
    Yours is orderly and tidy, easy to edit,
    Did you edit it in a different editor or is it the way it is written in DS3?
    cheerio
    lululee

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  • GreycatGreycat Posts: 334
    edited December 1969

    I think I understand what you want to do. I believe you have distribute the PNG file so someone who wanted to use it would use LIE to apply over their own texture map. Right?

  • cwichuracwichura Posts: 1,042
    edited December 1969

    Also note that the .dsi files are text files, so you can also create them by hand if you want. It cranking out a lot of variants, editing a template text file is much quicker than trying to configure and save each of them out from within DS itself.

  • Zev0Zev0 Posts: 7,096
    edited December 1969

    Greycat said:
    I think I understand what you want to do. I believe you have distribute the PNG file so someone who wanted to use it would use LIE to apply over their own texture map. Right?

    Yep:)

  • lululee1lululee1 Posts: 343
    edited December 1969

    Hi,
    I thank you all for your help.
    Due to all of your help I am seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.

    If i want to do latex, is there a way to add a reflection map or is that pushIng it too much?

    Also, can a bump map be added?
    cheerio
    lululee

  • Zev0Zev0 Posts: 7,096
    edited December 1969

    you can add as many as you want, be it displace, bump, spec, transpancy etc:)

  • cwichuracwichura Posts: 1,042
    edited December 1969

    Each of the channels (reflection, bump, etc) needs its own LIE file. Then your user-facing material preset file can apply all the different LIEs to their respective channels in one shot.

  • lululee1lululee1 Posts: 343
    edited December 1969

    cwichura,
    Thanks for such valuable info.
    How would I make the "user-facing material preset file"?
    cheerio
    lululee

  • patience55patience55 Posts: 7,006
    edited December 1969

    lululee1 said:
    ... edit ...

    My text in notepad is just a long string that runs across the page that is difficult to edit..
    Yours is orderly and tidy, easy to edit,
    Did you edit it in a different editor or is it the way it is written in DS3?
    cheerio
    lululee

    In the text editor you're using apply what Notepad calls "word wrap". [found under "Format"]

  • cwichuracwichura Posts: 1,042
    edited December 1969

    Notepad only recognizes Windows-style line ending conventions. If you open the file in wordpad, it should see all line ending conventions. If you then re-save it in wordpad, it will convert to Windows-style, and notepad will work.

    However, the real solution is to download and install Notepad++, which is open source software. It is a VASTLY superior text editor.

  • Design Anvil - Razor42Design Anvil - Razor42 Posts: 1,239
    edited December 1969

    Thanks for this been, I have wondering myself about this for a while.

  • lululee1lululee1 Posts: 343
    edited December 1969

    Hi cwichura,
    Thanks so much for the info on Notepad++.
    You're right. It is much better than notepad.
    cheerio
    lululee

  • Zev0Zev0 Posts: 7,096
    edited September 2013

    Notepad++ RULES!!!!!!!!!! It's essential for me when developing thingi's:)

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