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Skin Overlay (product question)

assmonkeyassmonkey Posts: 0
edited December 1969 in The Commons

I don't seem to understand what it is

Are the details procedural generated?

Can the textures be exported out if this is used on another skin?

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 100,778
    edited December 1969

    It's a set of maps that can be added as overlays to the basic textures on a figure, allowing customisation. Some are diffuse, but most are bump/displacement. Yes, you could use them as overlay in an image editor (for your own use, they aren't licensed for game use).

  • assmonkeyassmonkey Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    doesn't really answer my questions

  • frank0314frank0314 Posts: 14,048
    edited December 1969

    You need to be a bit more specific as to what your asking if you want a detailed explanation of your question.

  • assmonkeyassmonkey Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    ....I did ask

    the question are right there in my 1st post

  • frank0314frank0314 Posts: 14,048
    edited December 1969

    What you posted was answered. If you want more your going to have to give more of an example of what your are trying to do

  • assmonkeyassmonkey Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    No, it wasn't answered

    He was talking about the Photoshop layers (well no duh those can be saved)

    What about the version that's done directly inside Daz?

    Yeah, my questions were not answered

    And are they procedural generated? that wasn't answered

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    edited March 2014

    Inside DS it would be done with LIE layers I would imagine. It does say that the product contains PSD files.

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  • assmonkeyassmonkey Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    what is a LIE layer?

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    edited March 2014

    A layer that you use with the http://www.daz3d.com/multi-layered-image-editor (which is built into DS 4.6 I believe)

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  • assmonkeyassmonkey Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    I don't see it in daz

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 100,778
    edited December 1969

    Both versions use the same overlay images, the difference is that the MR version includes a layered Photoshop file while the base version has separate PNG files. The overlays are applied by a script included with the set, but if you want direct access to the Layered Image editor it is available through the texture picker menu - click the preview box next to any colour property.

  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,583
    edited December 1969

    Vata Raven said:
    I don't see it in daz

    Click on a map in the Surfaces tab -- LIE is one of the options

  • assmonkeyassmonkey Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    I honestly don't see it under the Surface tab

  • RenpatsuRenpatsu Posts: 828
    edited December 1969

    There it is, Layered Image Editor ...

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  • assmonkeyassmonkey Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    OH, didn't think it was another drop down choice

    well, thanks for answering my questions

  • FSMCDesignsFSMCDesigns Posts: 12,754
    edited December 1969

    Either way i doubt you will be able to export anything using LIE since it is a DS feature which is why I never use it since i don't render in DS.

  • Zev0Zev0 Posts: 7,089
    edited March 2014

    Actually you can. If you look in AppData\Roaming\DAZ 3D\Studio4\temp, you will find temp flattened tif files of the LIE combo, you can copy and paste that somewhere and use that file. So you will have a baked version of one file per material group. Think it gets deleted in temp if you change LIE preset, so once you are happy, copy those files out and use them. It's a bit messy in there, but you will find them among all the other files.

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  • CybersoxCybersox Posts: 9,053
    edited December 1969

    Zev0 said:
    Actually you can. If you look in AppData\Roaming\DAZ 3D\Studio4\temp, you will find temp flattened tif files of the LIE combo, you can copy and paste that somewhere and use that file. So you will have a baked version of one file per material group. Think it gets deleted in temp if you change LIE preset, so once you are happy, copy those files out and use them. It's a bit messy in there, but you will find them among all the other files.

    Nice! I'd missed that little trick before. Thanks for the tip.! :)
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