News about the DAZ Studio and Poser software

Poser to Anime Studio / Manga Studio

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Did you know there’s now a free script to export OBJ 3D models from Poser and import the OBJ into the 2D animation software Anime Studio Pro? It’s been possible for some years now, but Smith Micro now offer the free Poser Python export script — along with two tutorial movies, one of which shows how to adjust the toon line weight on the object.

See also this 10 minute tutorial video, in which DutchWorkingMan shows how he uses Poser and Anime Studio Pro to get a believable cartoon cel-shaded look on an exported character.

The Smith Micro comic-book software Manga Studio can also apparently import OBJs — but in that case you simply drag the OBJ onto your Manga Studio canvas.

Update: script still available via Archive.org. Works for Poser 11 to Clip Studio.

Content survey: academic types for V4

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Inspired by today’s free lecture theatre here’s my quick survey of bookworms, librarians and teacher types for V4 for DAZ Studio or Poser. Such characters and accessories are pretty rare, but here’s the few I found — followed by some similar semi-toon items.

Characters:

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Poses and expressions:

The Teacher poses and expressions for V4…

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Ex Libris poses (for DAZ Genesis only), including the classic librarian “shhhHH!” pose…

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Clothing:

Cosmopolitan Girl Suit for V4 and its Stylish addon has the right sort of modern vibe…

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V4 Ruffle is a ruffle-front chiffon blouse of the sort that lady librarians might have worn back in the 1960s and 70s…

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Accessories:

Some nice old-fashioned steampunk style Pince-Nez Glasses for V4…

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Late Nights at the Library has bonus props such as books and bookcases, pens, and chairs, as well as V4 librarian poses.

Semi-toon:

Corporate Shuffle 1 and Corporate Shuffle 2 would make good semi-toon teachers (requires various K2 Mix-n-Match clothing items) for the Krystal character.

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Granny for Toon Gramps could make a good old-school librarian, if you removed the pinafore …

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There’s also The Librarian, a set of old-fashioned librarian clothes for Lenore.

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Decimator plugin now for DAZ Studio 4.5 and higher

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Now available is Decimator for DAZ Studio for DAZ Studio “4.5.0.114 or higher”.

I bought this a few years ago as part of the set of Game Developer Kit suite of plugins for DAZ Studio 3, to get DAZ content to iClone. I used it a lot and it’s excellent, and does the job: reducing huge 3d meshes down to a much lower number of polygons. It’s very flexible and easy to use (once you find how to launch it in the menus), and its great to see it being kept updated to work with the latest versions of DAZ Studio.

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PZDB free upgrades – now supports new DAZ file types

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If, like me, you use the excellent PZDB (my review) to find and load DAZ 3D and Poser content, then you’ll be interested to hear that there’s now a free upgrade patch from Rocketship.

Get PzDB 1.2.5. Warning: you will need to do a full reindex of your 3d collection after patching, so don’t update just before you start in on a deadline job.

It now supports those pesky new types of DAZ files…

“PzDB 1.2.5 now indexes and supports all current DAZ Studio filetypes, in addition, DAZ Studio files are now sorted among PzDB Categories as follows: DAZ files are still DAZ Scenes; DS, DSB, DSE, DSA, DSX and now DUF and DSF files are listed as DAZ Scripts; DSO, DSD, and DSVs are considered Geometries; DSI, DCB, and DBMs are listed as Materials; DBC is a Camera; and a DBL is a Light.”

It can also now double as an entertainment media index, since it now supports…

“AVI, MPG, MP4, MOV, and WMV files and … MP3, WAV, WMA, and FLAC files”

PzDB 1.3 Beta Testing has also started…

“The PzDB 1.3 Public Beta Test is open to all PzDB 1.X Licensees.”