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@MEC4D
Hi my friend . I been worried about you did you ever get my emails i sent you from your website? I am very happy your are well as you can see you gave us alla bit of a fright you been MIA a while I hope you will stick around for a while. :)
Big huge hugs
Thank you ! same here
Welcome back! The new HDRIs look fantastic! Excellent work as always. One of the first characters that I purchased when I started with Poser was yours.
Welcome back! Glad to see you are ok! We have lost too many of our community in the last few years.
...same here. I have all the sets and they are indispensable.
Hi my dear friend, sorry I did not got any e-mail , my domain was hijacked , but my website was safe just without domain for a while so e-mails did noy worked, it is back up and everything is as it should, the domain changed to https://www.mec4d.net ( no more mec4d.com) , you can reach me normally from my contact page or here from forum.
Thank you and big big hugs back
Awww thank you
happy to see you too
Thank you for the warm welcome , ah that was old times , I think I started poser 25 years ago , I can't believe how fast time flows , I was 25
wanna see my first character I made with Poser ? lol this is antique render , but was featured in Italian TV and in Audio Video Producer magazine in California
it is nothing good about that render but hey we did not had any digital cameras yet and crappy PCs that rendered 1 render in 24h lol
You're back! Best news I've heard in years! You have been sorely missed.
Congratulations to you both.
Hugs, hugs, and more hugs.
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Thank you Anita , my reply vanished some how
warm hugs to you my friend
One of my first best-looking male characters I purchased was hers for Poser. LOL
Actually I released the first Male character as PA for M1 when DAZ was still Zygote lol That was the beginning of everything we know today, I used Right Hemispheres DeepPaint 3D, I still have the software and still working better than Photoshop 2020 , fast and smooth, with the limitation of memory since it is 32bits soft, it was the best software I ever used for texturing , they never upgraded it and probably sold the code
Pixar used it in their first 3D movies as they was on the beta team with us.
Cath! I am so glad you're back! This gives me such great joy!
Hey!! Mec4D! How are you? Big fan since way back with your V3 characters (Ingrid I want to say was the name?). Any new developments in the skin shader department?
Oh! She was fantastic!
Edited to add that I purchased DeepPaint 3D long time ago after I read your recomendation in one of the forums (I don't remember which one); but now I am using Mudbox.
Thank you Hanabi , it feels good to be back ! happy to see you around
Thank you, I am just back , not yet into shaders, finishing my HDRI environment maps first then after getting deeper into new stuff , I have also a lot of old projects still not finished that people would like to see
Yes, the first of your characters I bought was a male for M1. :) I try not to think about how long ago it was. LOL
Laurie
Limitation of memory for 32bit software:
https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/large-address-aware.112556/
Makes it use up to 4GB RAM, instead of the 2GB ...
I think about but somehow I don't believe it ... lol
WOW , if this works that would be amazing , going to try tomorrow , thank you so much
Working on some HDRI environment freebie for you guys , just made some tests , of course the horses you will need to add yourself from the library lol
amazing thing about it is that the shadows matching the original shadows, and still there is blue ambient light when using more 3D objects , I think I hit the sweet spot
It does work for Bryce, which still is 32bit. That's how I know about it.
I'm so glad to see that you are back and have found love and happiness!!
And once you are back in the swing of things, I am hoping you will release that beautiful Chinese formal outfit that you were working on. It would be fabulous with D-force!
That HDRI you just showed is beautiful!
and iClone 3DXchange
but some other programs act wonky if you apply it to them, forgotten now which one was really bad with the UI playing up, something I don't use now obviously
Thank you, the Manchurian outfit for the woman was kinda stiff due to all the heavy like a blanket layers so not the kind of flowing silk fabrics, but maybe the last layer can be deformed nice using D-force , that would be cool, I just download the latest version of studio, checking out the all new features and see what can be done . The rendering improved so well, rendered the horses in 2 seconds
I need to catch up on so many new stuff.
I stopped using it due to it's limitation on the memory , too many maps on the model .
I tried yesterday PS 2020 version, the 3D painting is slower than 1998 software, nothing improved, the only way was to use the projection painting with a layer to fix some nadir issue seam in the HDRIs , you can drink one cup of coffee between the movements . DeepPaint3D had amazing 64bits version coming to the market that I was testing out for them, but sudently they decided to let it go from the public eye, I would be not surprised if Pixar buy it out for internal studio usage , on this time there was not too many customers doing texturing work, 3D was new . Mostl all softwares adopted the same principles of DeppPaint3D but none of them is so simple, quick and deliver all your needed maps at once while working on the base , maybe sentiments but I could make full textured character in 1 day with that
Well thank you again, it worked ! tried 6000x6000 pixels textures and smooth like a butter , PS2020 working at import and export without issues no crashing
this is amazing , as I always say, Simple is beautiful !
Thank you once again ! I owe you one !
Cath
Mec4D, I read this thread and the one about the Bobby uniforms yesterday. I confess to some confusion. I was installing my DAZ Content from scratch and saw your name on many products. I was totally excited when you showed your WIP of the Bobby uniforms, and related projects. Suddenly I realized these two threads were old threads with new posts. I was deeply moved by the tragedies you experienced, and elated about your joyful moments. You are indeed well-loved by this community. Please accept my own humble well wishes, as late as they may be.
Thank you so much Ron , Bobby uniform was my learning project, it is still on my server so not lost , I may finish it as time allow , I stopped it back then because DAZ Studio rigging updates totally changed my workflow and I did not had the time to go into it and learn new stuff again , I still have it rigged to the older figures but don't works so well on the new , I am going back to the clothing once I finish all my HDRI projects and of course I want make my new Buddy 3 character , I also found today I have Unshaven 4 for genesis 8 on my server , almost finished .. and many other cool projects
once you get back into the flow I think you will totally own Dforce and hair with dforce as you already rock with the fibermesh