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Is there a way to create custom facial makeup and "Warpaint".

jukingeojukingeo Posts: 711
in The Commons

Hello All,

I have a couple characters that I would like a specific makeup pattern on their face.  Can this be done with the LIE editor?  Or do I have to do it with an outside image editor?

Thank you,

Geo

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  • MimicMollyMimicMolly Posts: 2,211
    Yeah, you would have to draw it with an outside image editor if you want it to be extremely specific. You can draw your own transparent .png pic and use LIE or Diffuse Overlay to put it on any skin of your choice.
  • mwokeemwokee Posts: 1,275
    Easy to do in Photoshop. But if you're doing a comic book and need consistency over multiple panels, then it's an issue.
  • jukingeojukingeo Posts: 711
    edited February 2021

    mwokee said:

    Easy to do in Photoshop. But if you're doing a comic book and need consistency over multiple panels, then it's an issue.

    No, it isn't for a comic book.  I figured consistency would be maintained on a 3D figure as it is with other LIE overlays.

    MimicMolly said:

    Yeah, you would have to draw it with an outside image editor if you want it to be extremely specific. You can draw your own transparent .png pic and use LIE or Diffuse Overlay to put it on any skin of your choice.

    I was afraid of that, 

    Thanks

    Geo

     

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  • akmerlowakmerlow Posts: 1,124

    If only we had painting-over-model like zbrush or substance painter in daz, huh?

  • jukingeojukingeo Posts: 711

    akmerlow said:

    If only we had painting-over-model like zbrush or substance painter in daz, huh?

    Yes, that would be nice.

  • richardandtracyrichardandtracy Posts: 5,927
    Something I have not investigated is the Win10 program installed by default of Paint3D. It may work.
  • jukingeojukingeo Posts: 711

    richardandtracy said:

    Something I have not investigated is the Win10 program installed by default of Paint3D. It may work.

    Perhaps, but I have Windows 7. 

  • richardandtracyrichardandtracy Posts: 5,927
    So do I. Have Win10 on my work machine, which is why I have never tried Paint3D for this purpose.
  • jukingeojukingeo Posts: 711

    richardandtracy said:

    So do I. Have Win10 on my work machine, which is why I have never tried Paint3D for this purpose.

    For me the jury is still out on Win10, but it does seem that Microsoft has a history of botching every other OS.  So the last good proven one was Windows 7, of which I upgraded from Windows XP when Win 10 was released.  So when it comes to Windows, I stay WELL behind for those reasons as I don't want to get stuck with a Windows 8 or Vista.    I have a dual boot system and I mostly use Ubuntu Studio (Linux).  There is a program called "Gimp" which is supposedly like Photoshop.   It could probably do it, but I don't know my way fully around it yet.   But some of the programs for Linux are pretty good, afterall, Audacity, the sound editing program and Blender originally came from Linux.

  • margravemargrave Posts: 1,822

    jukingeo said:

    richardandtracy said:

    So do I. Have Win10 on my work machine, which is why I have never tried Paint3D for this purpose.

    For me the jury is still out on Win10, but it does seem that Microsoft has a history of botching every other OS.  So the last good proven one was Windows 7, of which I upgraded from Windows XP when Win 10 was released.  So when it comes to Windows, I stay WELL behind for those reasons as I don't want to get stuck with a Windows 8 or Vista.    I have a dual boot system and I mostly use Ubuntu Studio (Linux).  There is a program called "Gimp" which is supposedly like Photoshop.   It could probably do it, but I don't know my way fully around it yet.   But some of the programs for Linux are pretty good, afterall, Audacity, the sound editing program and Blender originally came from Linux.

    Blender did not come from Linux. It was created by a Dutch animation studio on SGI workstations, IIRC.

    Regardless, if you want to make LIEs, Blender is probably the best choice. It's free, you can download every version released for the past twenty years, and it has a robust texture painting workflow so you don't need to worry about perspective distortion or anything like that.

  • mr clammr clam Posts: 707

    Once it's been made in Photoshop or whatever, how do you add a homemade LIE layer to an object in Daz?

  • SeraSera Posts: 1,675

    mr clam said:

    Once it's been made in Photoshop or whatever, how do you add a homemade LIE layer to an object in Daz?

    Select the surface in the surface tab, go to diffuse color. Click where the texture map would go (the box beside the color), select "Layered Image Editor..." Click on the plus sign on the right side of the menu that pops up. Select Add Layer. Select the new layer (if it isn't already selected), then, below the plus sign, select the box next to where it says "Resource:".  Add the LIE texture you want here. You can add a mask to any layer using the plus sign as well. Masks work like a cutout opacity map.  

  • mr clammr clam Posts: 707

    Thanks, certaintree38! That's exactly what I needed.

  • SeraSera Posts: 1,675

    mr clam said:

    Thanks, certaintree38! That's exactly what I needed.

    You're welcome :) 

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