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When I call up Power Pose, and the entire G8 male figure is selected in the Scene Tab, and I select Head in Power Pose, I see two options. One is the template for Head, and the other for Face. Can I use the Face template to pose and create expressions? It seems to have many more options. If I do so, and then I zero the figure pose, will the template changes also go back to the default? I'm a bit concerned about distorting the Figure. I see under Shapes for the Auto Face Enhancer, a button titled Power Pose Reset. Will this reset the Power Pose, including both the Head, if an expression was created there, and the Face, if an expression was created there? (I see that I have the same template options -- Head or Face -- if I select the figure's Head in the Scene Tab.) I've included some screen shots in order to illustrate what I'm talking about.
Hi All - I was wondering if any of you have tried using gauged ears for gen 8 male with AFE? I'm getting a sort of double ear effect when I use the attchment. Any ideas why this would happen or perhaps a fix for it? Thanks in advance.
Sometimes, too many morphs will produce strange results.
It's weird, The gauges are an attachment that fits over the lobe. So im assuming it has something to do with the way they are shaped?
The problem is that both of them are geografts, and they can't work with each other unless specifically designed to do so. Sorry, you will have to choose.
That's what I thought - Thanks Uthgard. This product insanely cool and I'm enjoying messing with it so far. Especially with ASE added for my rougher fantasy and weary looking characters, it really does make them look far more realistic. Now that it's been out for a while, perhaps a more comprehensive pdf with the product with things like working with geoshells etc. would be extremely helpful for newer users like myself. I'm far more likely to pick something up if I know there are good instructions to go with. The thumbnail instructions with most products drive me a little nuts. Videos are also a nice touch if one has time. Otherwise this forum is helpful but it can be extremely time consuming to try and google through the forums when you encounter a "quirk". This product rocks so far though.
Just installed "Auto Face Enhancer HD with PowerPose for G8M" and got a problem with the eyes. Whenever I use the Eyes Up-Down control either in PowerPose or in the Parameters tab, the figure's right upper eyelid doesn't move, so he looks like he's having a serious stroke. This occurs with all figures, including the screenshotted G8M base figure.
I had the same issue, but with the eye brows. Never could figure it out.
Me, too. Have to be careful with the character expressions. Sometimes, I'll render with the eyes messed up. Then, patch it up in AffinityPhoto (like Photoshop). Or, sometimes I'll use the Controls for Auto Face Enhancer, but not have the AFE shell on the character. I think it produces some effect that way, but not, of course, as much.
Thought I'd update with a new discovery regarding the asymetrical brow posing issue I'm having. I recently decided to reorganize my library as I have too much stuff and it was seriously bogging down my system. When I started I figured I'd test out AFE with nothing else installed. So I installed Genesis 8 Female Starter Esentials and then Auto Face Enhancer. That's it, just those two items. And yet I'm still having the issue. Attached are two screenshots showing an example of the issue and all properties currently used on the figure. I'm beginning to wonder if I'm simply doing something fundamentaly wrong when applying AFE, though I can't imagine what it could be. Is there a requirement for AFE that I'm missing?
You can also smooth it out using blender's shrinkwrap. it basically does the same thing as zbrush's projection.
steps:
1. load g8. close eyes 50% and open mouth 50%. turn off AFE powerpose. export to an obj on base resolution
2. wear AFE attachment, export that only (by hiding everything else) on base resolution
3. in blender, import both with keep vertex order checked
4. apply subdivision surface modifier level 3 on g8 obj, then apply shrinkwrap modifier to AFE obj with default settings and target set to g8 obj
5. export AFE obj with apply modifiers and keep vertex orders checked
6. in DAZ, select AFE attachment and import AFE obj from advanced morph loader with reverse deformations checked. the morph will appear in the AFE attachment as the filename
before:
after:
thanks again dmaster this is still my favorite product in the whole store
Really can't get the AFE attachment to work with Michael 8.1. I can get the face and head textures to paste in, but on the neck it just doesn't work and leave that ghostly white. I can't figure out what to use to paste in. Is anyone using AFE with G 8.1? Fortunately, though, the AFE Expressions do work. But, I'd like to make M 8.1 look a little older. The skin details don't seem to work without the AFE attachment.
Thank you for that tutorial, davidtriune!
I'm sad that AFE's powerpose (and the subsequent morphs) don't seem to work with 8.1 at all. That's too bad because they breathed a lot of life into the face, and I don't think 8.1's "improved" expressions really do all that much at all.
You may find some info in the following thread:
HowTo: Create missing Genesis 8.1 Head skin maps from Genesis 8/3 skin maps
By the way, using the trick of deleting the dummy expression folders in "data\DAZ 3D\Genesis 8\Female 8_1\Morphs\Daz 3D" turns AFE PowerPose on for 8.1!
I'm using the PowerPose without the AFE shell. That works for me. I'm on a Macintosh, so is there maybe a difference between the Mac and the Windows versions?
But might this be dangerous? Could those folders perhaps be needed in a future update?
In that case the installation would add the folders back, like all the installers do when needing folders that do not yet exist
So there is absolutely no danger in deleting these dummy folders? Just asking. I'm not at all an expert in computers. I don't want to do anything I would later regret. And no one seems to be able to get in touch with D-Master, so we don't know if he'll do any kind of an update, right?
Perhaps. When I tested, the PowerPose (i.e. the additional wrinkles with ALL expressions) didn't work.
Once I removed the folders, they're back.
I just removed the folders to a different location. I can easily put them back if necessary. So far the only ramifications have been that I can use AFE PowerPose and all my G8 expressions!
If you are in doubt, use 7-zip to compress the files inside the folders and leave the compressed (.7z) file in there, then delete the dummy expression files inside the folders - This way you can always restore the files back from the compressed (.7z) archive.
I don't know what is meant by "dummy folders." I was expecting empty folders. Is that not it? When I went and looked, I did see files inside each of the folders. And just above, someone is mentioning compressing the files. So, I don't know which dummy folders are being referenced. Is it all of the folders inside "data\DAZ 3D\Genesis 8\Female 8_1\Morphs\Daz 3D" ? Is it all of the folders inside of the Morphs/Daz 3D folders? Please see screen shot. And will that in any way mess up working with Female 8_1?
The "Base Pose Head" and "Expressions", the files in those two folders are just placeholders. If you open them up in Notepad++ you can see that there is no action inside them.
Er, no, I don't think so. Check first screen shot. Inside the Base Pose Head there are all kinds of files. More than are shown in this second screen shot. Rergarding the Expressions folder, the third screen shot shows all of the files there.
Yes, there is 255 files in "Base Pose Head" which are all placeholder files and 24 files in "Expressions" also placeholder files.
@PerttiA OK, thank you. As I said before, I am not at all knowledgable about the organization of the computer nor of DAZ Studio. So, does this mean that I could remove those two folders, even temporarily, or Zip the files within those folders, and that would bring back the functioning of all of the expressions?
Yes
@PerttiA Thank you. I appreciate the help. I'm going to check this out. If, for some reason, it doesn't work, I'll post again. I guess I should quit DAZ Studio before I try anything like this.