Swapping textures between characters

teechurz_7c41d96282

I'm pretty new to Studio.  had it for a while and played with it now and then, but starting to take the deep dive into it.

Since I have various figures (G8 male and female, G3 male and female, etc...) I'm wondering if its possible to use the texture from one character on another (i.e. G3 female on G8 female,  G8 male on G8 female, etc...).

I know there used to be a utility called texture convertor that worked for earlier non-Genesis figures (V4, V3, M4, M3, etc...), but is something like that needed these days and does it even exist?

Thanks in advance.

teechurz_7c41d96282

An after doing some searching, I found there's something called "Map Transfer" in Studio but can't find any instructions on how to use it.  

margrave

The PA RiversoftArt has converters for all the major figures available. Of course, you can also do it yourself as long as you don't mind adjusting the UVs manually.

zombietaggerung

You can usually use G3F/M textures on G8F/M if the G3 figure uses the Base Female/Male UV, because those are the same for G3 & G8. However all of the Daz Original G3 Characters, Michael, Victoria, Leo, Gianni, Olympia, etc use Figure specific UVs and thus would need to be changed with Map Transfer to use the G3 Base Female/Male UV. Or if you don't want to to do it manually, you would need: https://www.daz3d.com/genesis-3-character-uvs-for-genesis-8-male and https://www.daz3d.com/genesis-3-character-uvs-for-genesis-8-female.

To use male or female textures on the opposite gender of the same generation you will need: https://www.daz3d.com/genesis-3-uv-swap-male-and-female-base for G3, https://www.daz3d.com/genesis-8-uv-swap-male-and-female-base for G8, and https://www.daz3d.com/uv-swap-for-genesis-81 for G8.1. 

charles

I would use the UV option in surfaces, that's the easiest method.  If you want to actually convert the texture images to the other models (the best option) then you can use the built in texture transfer tool, right click on the Surface tab and select Map Transfer..you'll need to dig up the thread on this for the details on how to use it though but once you know how to use that hidden gem you can do a lot. Even convert G8.1 maps to G8 and vice versa.

 

 

 

teechurz_7c41d96282

Great suggestions everyone!  Thanks so much for your help.