List of blog posts

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Releases

DAZ Importer

DAZ Importer version 1.1

New release candidate

DAZ Importer version 1.2

DAZ Importer version 1.2 finally released

DAZ Importer version 1.3.0

DAZ Importer version 1.3.1

DAZ Importer version 1.4.0

DAZ Importer version 1.4.1

DAZ Importer version 1.5.0 release candidate

DAZ Importer version 1.5.0

DAZ Importer Version 1.5.1

DAZ Importer 1.6.0 Released

DAZ Importer and MHX Runtime System Version 1.6.1 Released

Version 1.6.2 of DAZ Importer and MHX Runtime System Released

Version 1.7.0 Released

Version 1.7.1 Released

Version 1.7.2 Released  

Version 1.7.3 Released

Diffeomorphic Add-ons Version 4.1.0 Released.

Diffeomorphic Add-Ons version 4.2.0 Released  

Diffeomorphic Add-Ons version 4.2.1 Released

DAZ Importer 4.3.0 Released 

Diffeomorphic Add-ons Version 4.4.0 Released

Documentation as PDF Files

Setup and Settings

Export from DAZ Studio

Global settings improved

Automatic root path extraction

Automatic menu setup

New User Interface

Safely Installing a New Version  

Single DBZ Export Script and the HD Convention 

Blender Extensions and GPL

Addon Scripting and Blender Extensions  

Modularization 

Modularization Complete

DAZ RESOURCES  

 

Import into Blender

Easy Import  

Importing a Morphed Character Without a DBZ File 

More on the Morped Fitting Option

Changing Outfits  

Checking Mesh Size in DAZ Studio

Meshes

Low-poly meshes
FBX fitting (obsolete)
JSON fitting (now DBZ)
Mesh fitting without spurious smoothing 
Merging Multiple Geografts
Geometry Nodes and Shells
Geometry Nodes and Geografts

 

High resolution meshes

High resolution meshes

HD meshes and geografts

Baking normal maps

HD meshes and geografts revisited

DAZ HD Morphs and Xin's Addon

Improvements to HD Import 

 

Simulation

dForce simulations

Simulations moved

 

Armature

Winders

Posing performance

DAZ Studio bones

Rotation locks and limits

Eliminate empties

Recent problems with posing and how to fix it 

Unwinding actions  

Importing an Animation Back into DAZ Studio
Using pre-bended figures (also works for G1 G2)

Morphs

Recent progress
Custom driver functions
Loading morphs after anatomy has been merged
New morph system

Load custom JCMs

Morph transfer progress

Morph transfer artifacts  

FACS

FaceCap test  

New Morph System

Morph presets and easy import

On raw and final slider values  

Adding morphs after lashes and geografts have been merged

ERC Morphs and FACS

Morphing Armatures

Morphing Armatures and Rendering  

Morph Suffixes

Custom JCMs and Adjusters  

Using Old Morphs in Version 1.6.1

Converting Morphs to Shapekeys and Morph Presets  

Import Morph and the Scanned Morph Database

Only Importing Properties 

Stripping Categories  

New Way to do Morphing Armatures

Manual Editing of Favorite Morphs  

 

Materials

PBR shader

Material progress

Shells and layered images

Mini material editor

Brighter eyes

UDIM support

Render settings

Mini material editor revisited

Multiple geoshells

Decals

Voluminosity and Material Editor

Better Decals

Combo Materials

TONE MAPPING

Unsupported Shaders and Unused Textures  

Blood, Sweat and Tears

Blender Shells  

FILATOON

 

Textures

Downsizing textures

Resizing textures

Problems with resizing normal textures

Render Simplification

Hair

Hair deformation with surface modifier

Strand-based hair

Hair and children

Strand-based hair and geografts

Strand-based hair, for real this time

Hair improvements

More hair changes

Preparing mesh hair

Combine Hair 

Adding an Armature to Mesh Hair

Strand-Based Hair and Hair Guides   

 

Export to DAZ Studio

Save pose preset

Hierarchical Pose Presets

Save DAZ Figure 

Exporting a DAZ Figure, Redux  

 

Scripting

Invoking Daz Importer from script

Add-on scripting (obsolete)

More on scripting

Scripting for version 1.6

Scripting Improvements  

 

Various

Barefoot dancer

Windows 10 and non-ascii characters

Linux

Stripped runtime system

Blender 2.80

Add-ons (obsolete)

Moving to git

Repo move now completed

Preferred Root Directory

Linux Revisited

Add-on Split  

New Version Numbers

Viewport Performance  

Custom Properties Cleanup

Instances Revisited 

MHX and Rigify

MHX runtime system has moved

Changes to the MHX rig

Finger IK and Tongue IK  

MHX and Spine IK

MHX Properties are now ID Properties 

Adding Extra Bones to Rigify

 

 

BVH Retargeter

BVH retargeter

FBX Files and BVH Retargeter 

Fixing Sloping Shoulders 

Animation Layers