Equivalent of drips and drops for G8F ?
odastein
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I want a drop of blood (or water, I guess I can turn it into something looking like blood), to run down from a wound. I saw this product : https://www.daz3d.com/drips-and-drops-for-genesis-3-female-s but it's for G3F and my figure is G8F (and I can't change it, because I already used it in a previous image).
What could I use to achieve this effect? Thanks in advance.
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If you have Drips and Drops, you can autofit it to Genesis 8 Female. This is Charlotte 8 (white skin for TOS compliance). When you autofit the Drips and Drops for the whole body, it autofits each part one at a time, so you have to select "Genesis 3 Female" and "Full Body" over and over, but it works. Notice that it doesn't fit perfectly at the shoulders when she is posed. I suspect this is because autofit is not exact.
Have you considered adding the blood drop in postwork after the render is done? Ron has some blood brushes that might do that nicely.
https://www.daz3d.com/sy-splats-drips-and-splatters-for-dforce
maybe this can help? If you know how to make textures you might be able to customize it to your liking.
Yes, I noticed this product, but I don't have Photoshop :( Unless you can use these tools in GIMP too, for instance? That could be an opportunitty to learn something basic since I don't know how to use these things.
Also, his blood effects seem too extensive, since I only want a single drop or two.
No, I don't know how to make a texture
. I'm even unclear about what a texture is. Where would I start to learn about this?
If GiMP can open PSD files and work with Layers, it should work.
If GIMP doesn't, I know that Paint.net has a pluggin that does, though I forget where the pluggin for Paint.net can be found.
Finally, I did without the drop of blood (and since I'm unhappy with the result, I'm not going to redo it with the drop of blood).
Thanks, I'll try to look anyway into these things (textures and brushes). Regarding GIMP, I know it works with layers, but I don't know if it can use PSD files. These PSD files are what is called "brushes"?
No. PSD files are images saved in Photoshop format. You layer them with your own image (render in your case). Brushes are abr files and are installed and used in an entirely different manner.
You could use a geoshell to make your dripping blood. I describe the technique in this thread: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/4065726
I seem to remember reading about a year ago that Gimp can use Photoshop brushes now.
Dana
Is there some free .psd file somewhere that I could use to see if they can be opened in GIMP?
OK, I read your tutoriel, thanks. But in fact you mention using a Photoshop brush, and it seems indeed that there are tons of such brushes that could be used for DAZ3D. So, I'm going to ask the same question : is there a free .abr file somewhere to see if I can use them in GIMP?
j
The answer is a search-engine away. This is the first item that came up on the search:
https://www.lifewire.com/use-photoshop-brushes-in-gimp-1701706
So, TLDR version: Yeah, its really easy to use Photoshop brushes in Gimp.