G9 eyes: maybe there's a learning curve even for the PAs?

CHWT

Which G9 characters have the most realisitic eye textures? After seeing the promos of the released G9 characters, it shocked me a bit that it's the default G9 plus M9 and V9, which clearly have much more realistic eyes than most G8 and G8.1 characters.

IMVHO some G9 characters' eyes look like G8 (not G8.1, which is slightly better than G8), maybe its artistic taste. But to me, as someone who thinks that the main selling point of G9 is the realistic looking eyes, not all G9 characters are able to showcase this advantage.

Just my two cents.

Gator_2236745

If the default G9 eyes are much better than most G8 & 8.1, why fix what ain't broke?  

 

With the exception of some custom colors I suppose.

outrider42

It simply comes down to textures and Iray surface settings more than anything else. You can copy the eye surface and paste it to Genesis 8.1 and get almost exactly the same result. The UV map is similar, so they fit fine on 8.1. It is also possible to get the 8.1 UV to work on 8.0, and thus give your favorite 8.0 eyes from 8.1 or 9.

Daywalker Designs

Gator said:

If the default G9 eyes are much better than most G8 & 8.1, why fix what ain't broke?  

 

With the exception of some custom colors I suppose.

I was under the impression that the original poster was complaining that the eyes of most G9 figures except for Michael and Victoria weren't as good as what G9 is capable of supporting.

SolitarySandpiper

outrider42 said:

It simply comes down to textures and Iray surface settings more than anything else. You can copy the eye surface and paste it to Genesis 8.1 and get almost exactly the same result. The UV map is similar, so they fit fine on 8.1. It is also possible to get the 8.1 UV to work on 8.0, and thus give your favorite 8.0 eyes from 8.1 or 9.

Do you think anyone could make a product that would make this process really easy for those of us who don't know anything other than they want G9 eyes on their G8/8.1 figures? 

CHWT

Daywalker Designs said:

Gator said:

If the default G9 eyes are much better than most G8 & 8.1, why fix what ain't broke?  

 

With the exception of some custom colors I suppose.

I was under the impression that the original poster was complaining that the eyes of most G9 figures except for Michael and Victoria weren't as good as what G9 is capable of supporting.

Bingo, but not really complaining as I think it might be due to artistic taste of the PAs.

Gordig

SolitarySandpiper said:

outrider42 said:

It simply comes down to textures and Iray surface settings more than anything else. You can copy the eye surface and paste it to Genesis 8.1 and get almost exactly the same result. The UV map is similar, so they fit fine on 8.1. It is also possible to get the 8.1 UV to work on 8.0, and thus give your favorite 8.0 eyes from 8.1 or 9.

Do you think anyone could make a product that would make this process really easy for those of us who don't know anything other than they want G9 eyes on their G8/8.1 figures? 

@MeneerWolfman experimented with giving G8 G9's eyes: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/7792461/#Comment_7792461

SolitarySandpiper

Gordig said:

SolitarySandpiper said:

outrider42 said:

It simply comes down to textures and Iray surface settings more than anything else. You can copy the eye surface and paste it to Genesis 8.1 and get almost exactly the same result. The UV map is similar, so they fit fine on 8.1. It is also possible to get the 8.1 UV to work on 8.0, and thus give your favorite 8.0 eyes from 8.1 or 9.

Do you think anyone could make a product that would make this process really easy for those of us who don't know anything other than they want G9 eyes on their G8/8.1 figures? 

@MeneerWolfman experimented with giving G8 G9's eyes: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/7792461/#Comment_7792461

Thanks... if nobody makes a product that makes the process really easy i will probably try and follow along with that tutorial.