Linking textures to pose library

Brycescaper

I got a cool set of textures for an item of clothing, but I got just the textures. How do I create the link to make it as part of the pose preset library? I'm mildly surprised I've never had to 'create' these links before, all my DS content gets rolled over into Bryce and I am used to working with Bryce's tools. I've never used the shader or surface tools in DS. It seems so embarrassingly simple but I can't seem to figure out how to create a preset and add it to the library.

cecilia.robinson

Do this:

1. go to Surfaces Tab and insert each texture into a proper channel (if the set doesn't have it explained, that's worse);

2. when everything is loaded, go to Save as... => Material preset.

Voila.

SpottedKitty

One thing to watch out for — just going to File>Save As>Material Preset makes it too easy to save your presets to a location not in one of your content folders. If you save directly into the Content Library tab, then by default the preset can only be saved into your content folder.

The difference can be vital if you ever want to give your preset files to someone else who only has the textures, and also if you ever need to move your content folders, or re-install DAZ|Studio onto another computer. If you use the Content Library tab, the preset is saved with all texture file paths relative to the base location of the content folder; this means the preset, once saved properly into your content folder, can be installed into anyone else's content folder on any other computer. If you don't, the full texture file paths are saved exactly as they are on your computer. This will only work on other peoples' computers if they have exactly the same content folder setup as you have. Anything else, the least little deviation in folder paths, will make the preset useless to anyone else until it's fixed.