Is it possible to morph a model for free in DAZ?

baalhug

Hi, folks:

I'm new at DAZ. I'd like to coustomize the faces of my models but the parameters I have are useless for that purpose (I don't want to make a pear body or a large head). I've seen the tutorials and they say "once you start downloading more content this options are going to increase significantly". So... do I have to buy models which have morphs attached? Do they come with videos to see how many morphs they have and what they do or I must cross fingers and hope "full face morph" covers my needs, and if not, keep purchasing blindly?
I've seen many videos around of people customizing faces and they have tons of sliders. My questions are: are these videos creators buying a lot of morphs to keep increasing their functionality libraries? Is the same philosophy applied to the rest of assets? (textures, poses, animations, tools...) Or maybe I'm missing a free assets site for models and morphs? (I have surfed this ---> https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/478/list-of-freebie-websites#latest but no models/morphs there). I can use Blender but I need to setup characters faster without sculpting each one. So, is it possible to morph a model in DAZ without buying a lot of resources until you have a good library of morphs for every model?

WendyLuvsCatz

if you join PC+ , there is a 3month subscription offer if not wanting to commit too much

there are quite a few reasonably priced DAZ original morph sets and other assets discounted for PC+

it is cheaper in the long run than paying full price

otherwise look in ShareCG for some free ones

like these

https://www.sharecg.com/v/91888/browse/21/DAZ-Studio/SY-200-Morphs-for-Genesis-8-Head-and-Body

sculpting in Blender is quite a legitimate option too, there are many tutorials on using morphloader 

andya_b341b7c5f5

baalhug said:

 So... do I have to buy models which have morphs attached? Do they come with videos to see how many morphs they have and what they do or I must cross fingers and hope "full face morph" covers my needs, and if not, keep purchasing blindly?

DAZ has a 30 day returns policy, so you don't have to 'purchase blindly'.

So, is it possible to morph a model in DAZ without buying a lot of resources until you have a good library of morphs for every model?

Yes, but only up to a point (unless you make your own morphs).  Besides ShareCG, have a look at https://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/.  And keep an eye on FastGrab.

glaseye

And for a list of freebies and freebie sites: (ao morphs...)

https://poserdazfreebies.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page

https://poserdazfreebies.miraheze.org/wiki/Faces_and_Morphs

baalhug

WendyLuvsCatz said:

if you join PC+ , there is a 3month subscription offer if not wanting to commit too much

there are quite a few reasonably priced DAZ original morph sets and other assets discounted for PC+

it is cheaper in the long run than paying full price

otherwise look in ShareCG for some free ones

like these

https://www.sharecg.com/v/91888/browse/21/DAZ-Studio/SY-200-Morphs-for-Genesis-8-Head-and-Body

sculpting in Blender is quite a legitimate option too, there are many tutorials on using morphloader 

Thank you, WendyLuvsCatz, that link is awesome. I'll try to find some of those for Genesis 2 and 3.



 

andya_b341b7c5f5 said:

baalhug said:

 So... do I have to buy models which have morphs attached? Do they come with videos to see how many morphs they have and what they do or I must cross fingers and hope "full face morph" covers my needs, and if not, keep purchasing blindly?

DAZ has a 30 day returns policy, so you don't have to 'purchase blindly'.

So, is it possible to morph a model in DAZ without buying a lot of resources until you have a good library of morphs for every model?

Yes, but only up to a point (unless you make your own morphs).  Besides ShareCG, have a look at https://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/.  And keep an eye on FastGrab.

Thank you, andya, for the info. I have been surfing around renderosity but I didn't found something like the morpfh collection in sharecg. I guess I'll have to spend 20 or 30 hours digging around to get all free stuff I can and start considering if DAZ is the software I'm looking for. Actually 2 or 3 more assets like the one from sharecg and I am done.