I I just noticed IN blender if you leave your last render playing in VLC when you are in the process of rendering the new video VLC will update and play what you're currently rendering and where you're at it's like a viewport or something.SAME NAME OF COURSE ON VIDEO
Thanks for the tutorials, Can we bring daz model with the skeleton to blender without using the "daz to blender bridge" which i have problem installingn it?
Thank you so much for explaining everything in a slow pace. All the other videos i have watched, they go so fast that i cant keep up so that makes it hard to learn anything. Dont these people know that the ones that are watching are here to learn and are not pro's? Thank you again. I will be watching more of your video's!
Thank you for tuning in today, Fran! I know what you mean, some videos are so fast I have to watch them at a slower speed. You can't rush some things :-)
Great tutorial, that helped quite a lot, but I have a question, do you know of a way or a plugin that can save the rigging of a object to Daz? Been trying to send a rigged car made in Blender to Daz but when I send it in .fbx format the car is totally destroyed and if it is a .obj the rigging of it just disappears, would be great if you could help me on that, have been searching for a solution for weeks, thanks!
Rigging from scratch is a tad "involved" in DAZ Studio. I'm not sure why the rigging information during FBX import is lost, but it can happen. There are so many versions and settings in FBX. OBJ doesn't contain rigging information. I'm not an expert in rigging from scratch in DAZ Studio, but in principle you need to create vertex groups where you'd like the bones to be, then use the Figure Setup tab and drag each group to create a hierarchy. When done, you have basic rigging that can be fine-tuned with the Joint Editor tool. If ever I come to grips with it, I'll make a video about it.
@@WPguru It's not really lost, it's more about the way that your model gets totally distorted/destroyed when you try to import a fbx file in Daz, the rig seems to be there but the body is unused... so you are saying that I would need to rig everything inside Daz? (My engrish is kind broken today so forgive me if I got that wrong) because I'm screwed then! I don't know nothing about rigging things in Daz... I have discovered that you can import fbx files in Poser Pro 11 (I didn't test in 12 because I don't have it) and then create a cr2 file in Poser and then open in Daz but I'm not sure how to create an cr2 file in there, it seems that you have to do a lot of retexturing and things like that, I heard of people suscesfully importing fbx files and saving them as cr2 but there is to little information on the web, just people saying that they did it and things like that. I assume you don't know anything about that? Would be fantastic if you would! Because this seems to be the easiest route to import the rigging than to just do everything from scratch in Daz...
@@RenaiMobile It's been ages since I've used Poser! CR2 files can still be opened in DAZ Studio, but with all transfers into other formats you'll inevitably lose all shader information. The diffuse/base map usually gets through, but nothing else. So materials are the biggest issue in such operations. Rather than going the Poser route, I'd probably try to work my way through the 50 million options that the FBX format has. Stick with 2012 and see if any tick box makes a significant difference on both import and export. I bet one combination will work.
@@WPguru Yeah, that was a problem, but I think there is a way to fix the material problem or atleast a little bit...The import option with fbx in Daz is not as strong as Poser but I always try to open it in Daz, sadly it will import everything glitched or broken 99% of the time... Also, are you talking about Poser Pro 12 right, because I don't think it's a good idea to use Poser Pro 2012 as Poser Pro 12 was released in 2020 and is much better than it. Thanks for helping!
Hi George, there's a link in the description to another video I've made, which focuses on dealing with exchanging characters between Blender and DAZ Studio. Take a look at it and let me know if it answers your question.
Not that you would answer this old post, but i was hoping to see a room or furniture with materials exported into DAZ with all materials accompanying it.
Ah but see you didn't explain how to import back the figure in Daz. If you do it, the figure cannot be posed. Is there a way to import a figure from blender to Daz while maintainning the posing options? Thx.
Unofficially, 1BU has = 1 meter for quite a while. A little while ago (very possibly after this video was created,) it was officially acknowledged. The related point is that we are basically exporting from a system that uses cm as a base to a system that uses meters as a base, then back to cm... So we can either multiply, or select this from menus.
Oh that's why this happens!! Thank you so much for sharing this, now it's making sense :-) It's one thing to observe what's happening and derive a rule, but quite another to understand why.
I try to export a COLLADA-file (.dae) from DAZ Studio. It is a Genesis 3-character that stands in some kind of pose. I have tried so many times with different settings but DAZ always creates the character in a T-pose and not the pose I want. When I import into Blender, Zbrush and Maverick Studio, the character is in T-pose, which is not what I want. Do you know how to export COLLADA with a pose from DAZ?
Collada export from Daz Studio has never worked for me. If you want to go to Blender, try the bridge or the new Daz Premier features with which you can export native Blender files.
@@WPguru Thank you, WPguru! Good to know. And also, I had not heard about Daz Premier before. I am not a fan of subscription software, but DAZ is my favorite 3D program, so i'll probably subscribe.
It keeps the vertexes in order, so when you morph the model and export it again back to daz, the vertexes are place in the correct order so you won't get that... explosion of the model.
Thank you Jay for making this video. It is extremely helpful for understanding fundamental scaling between the two programs. Would you please consider making a video that addresses accurate shader and material transfers between these two programs?
Thanks for your kind words, Kurt! I'd love to do a video on how to reproduce Blender shaders in DAZ Studio and vice versa, if only I knew how to do it :-) The rendering engines couldn't be more different. There has been some automation in the last version of Blender though that may help, so if you load a model exported as OBJ from DAZ into Blender, you'll see a moderately complex Cycles shader reproduced there. It's a good start. If ever I find out how to do it properly, I'll make a video about it for sure!
@@WPguru That's exactly it! Thank you for your great work! Also I have a request... I would love to see a tutorial on how to make new morphs to clothes? I'd like to be able to make movement morphs on the clothing mesh, like bending and lifting a cape or mantle etc. I was thinking that it could be done by rigging a piece of cloth with bones or maybe do something in blender. Sometimes movement morphs are already included in the product but I'd like to learn to do it myself. Do you know how to do something like that or perhaps have an idea on where to find info on this?
Ah yes, that is a good topic. I’ll see what I do. The easiest thing to get going would be to export the posed version of the character and clothing, then adjust the clothing in Blender, then bring that change back as a morph. Additional rigging might be difficult, I’m not sure if it can be changed once setup (or at least I don’t know how).
nice... although not what I was looking for... export multiobject from daz into obj format comes with 'groups' could you be so kind to help how to 'un-group ? thanks cheers from RIo
In the import dialogue in Blender (bottom left hand side), there's an option to "split by group". Make sure that's disabled. otherwise you end up with lots of groups.
Yes that happens when you import the OBJ directly. I guess it's because the surface properties in Blender are very different from the ones in DAZ Studio (i.e. the shaders are not compatible). As a workaround, export your geometry from Blender as OBJ file, then apply your changes as a Morph in DAZ Studio, using Morph Loader (under Edit - Object - Morph Loader Pro or Advanced).
If you export as OBJ, the diffuse texture will come across. Any other surface properties need to be setup in Blender, because the render engines are different. There’s a free tool called Teleblender that attempts to translate the materials for you.
A straight import will result in a static (unposeable) object. However, if you apply the object as a Morph (using Morph Loader), all rigging and surface information is retained and the DAZ object is not changed. That way you only give additional deformation information. This creates a Morph with the changes from Blender. Best of both worlds.
I put one Axe Prop, and one Sword prop from Blender export and then Import into CC3. I haven't been able to do this with any new props again. I dont know why. So I figured if I can back door it into Daz, I know how to bring a Daz figure into CC3 with clothes, and props. I might be doing it the wrong way, but if it gets the job done I will be happy about it.
Thank you! Oh that would be great! I remember they once had a Personal Learning Edition, fully functional, except for a watermark upon export. I would assume OBJ export/import should do the trick. Failing that, I'd try FBX next (although I've not had the best experiences with that format).
Oh really? How exciting! Did you need to provide any documentation about studying somewhere, or can anyone with a keen interest try to pick that deal up? If i could get my hands on Maya - that would be awesome!
Congrats for this tutorial !!! Very easy to understand now you explained it !!! I want you to ask if you can make a Tutorial of how to export an scene from DAZ to C4D ? I tried it with poor result, and C4D has a light system way better than DAZ to render and animate. Thanks in advance !!! Keep doing this great work !!!
Thanks, setenpab! I'd love to do that tutorial, but sadly I haven't got C4D (can't seem to find that spare $3700). If I ever get a chance to try it though, I'll let you know. I've heard great things about it. All the best!
Uh, Blender units by default have always been a meter unless you change the setting. You stated that BU, or Blender units are only an internal unit that doesn't mean any real measurement, and that is false.
Not as far as I know: “none” is different from “metric”, those two settings are not the same. See here for a good explanation: www.katsbits.com/tutorials/blender/metric-imperial-units.php#units
Indeed, several projects exist to do that. It’s never a simple one-click operation, but the two I recommend are Diffeomorphic and Teleblender. They’re a little difficult to setup, and I’m making a video about both very soon.
I I just noticed IN blender if you leave your last render playing in VLC when you are in the process of rendering the new video VLC will update and play what you're currently rendering and where you're at it's like a viewport or something.SAME NAME OF COURSE ON VIDEO
Thanks for the tutorials, Can we bring daz model with the skeleton to blender without using the "daz to blender bridge" which i have problem installingn it?
Thank you so much for explaining everything in a slow pace. All the other videos i have watched, they go so fast that i cant keep up so that makes it hard to learn anything. Dont these people know that the ones that are watching are here to learn and are not pro's? Thank you again. I will be watching more of your video's!
Thank you for tuning in today, Fran! I know what you mean, some videos are so fast I have to watch them at a slower speed. You can't rush some things :-)
This is one of the best tutorials i have seen. Clear, concise and good information and explanations. Thanks very much.
Great tutorial, that helped quite a lot, but I have a question, do you know of a way or a plugin that can save the rigging of a object to Daz? Been trying to send a rigged car made in Blender to Daz but when I send it in .fbx format the car is totally destroyed and if it is a .obj the rigging of it just disappears, would be great if you could help me on that, have been searching for a solution for weeks, thanks!
Rigging from scratch is a tad "involved" in DAZ Studio. I'm not sure why the rigging information during FBX import is lost, but it can happen. There are so many versions and settings in FBX. OBJ doesn't contain rigging information. I'm not an expert in rigging from scratch in DAZ Studio, but in principle you need to create vertex groups where you'd like the bones to be, then use the Figure Setup tab and drag each group to create a hierarchy. When done, you have basic rigging that can be fine-tuned with the Joint Editor tool. If ever I come to grips with it, I'll make a video about it.
@@WPguru It's not really lost, it's more about the way that your model gets totally distorted/destroyed when you try to import a fbx file in Daz, the rig seems to be there but the body is unused... so you are saying that I would need to rig everything inside Daz? (My engrish is kind broken today so forgive me if I got that wrong) because I'm screwed then! I don't know nothing about rigging things in Daz... I have discovered that you can import fbx files in Poser Pro 11 (I didn't test in 12 because I don't have it) and then create a cr2 file in Poser and then open in Daz but I'm not sure how to create an cr2 file in there, it seems that you have to do a lot of retexturing and things like that, I heard of people suscesfully importing fbx files and saving them as cr2 but there is to little information on the web, just people saying that they did it and things like that. I assume you don't know anything about that? Would be fantastic if you would! Because this seems to be the easiest route to import the rigging than to just do everything from scratch in Daz...
@@RenaiMobile It's been ages since I've used Poser! CR2 files can still be opened in DAZ Studio, but with all transfers into other formats you'll inevitably lose all shader information. The diffuse/base map usually gets through, but nothing else. So materials are the biggest issue in such operations. Rather than going the Poser route, I'd probably try to work my way through the 50 million options that the FBX format has. Stick with 2012 and see if any tick box makes a significant difference on both import and export. I bet one combination will work.
@@WPguru Yeah, that was a problem, but I think there is a way to fix the material problem or atleast a little bit...The import option with fbx in Daz is not as strong as Poser but I always try to open it in Daz, sadly it will import everything glitched or broken 99% of the time... Also, are you talking about Poser Pro 12 right, because I don't think it's a good idea to use Poser Pro 2012 as Poser Pro 12 was released in 2020 and is much better than it. Thanks for helping!
very great tutorial, but can i do the same with character models and dress them to be put back in blender.
Hi George, there's a link in the description to another video I've made, which focuses on dealing with exchanging characters between Blender and DAZ Studio. Take a look at it and let me know if it answers your question.
thank you! it worked! my textures are back with that preset♥ you have my like
Not that you would answer this old post, but i was hoping to see a room or furniture with materials exported into DAZ with all materials accompanying it.
Ah but see you didn't explain how to import back the figure in Daz. If you do it, the figure cannot be posed. Is there a way to import a figure from blender to Daz while maintainning the posing options? Thx.
Hi when I export the model obj File and put it in Maya skeleton disappear do you know how to fix that thanks.
thank you so much! first time i tried with another tutorial, my character had all these armatures poking out of its body, and your method helped!
Unofficially, 1BU has = 1 meter for quite a while. A little while ago (very possibly after this video was created,) it was officially acknowledged. The related point is that we are basically exporting from a system that uses cm as a base to a system that uses meters as a base, then back to cm... So we can either multiply, or select this from menus.
Oh that's why this happens!! Thank you so much for sharing this, now it's making sense :-) It's one thing to observe what's happening and derive a rule, but quite another to understand why.
I try to export a COLLADA-file (.dae) from DAZ Studio. It is a Genesis 3-character that stands in some kind of pose. I have tried so many times with different settings but DAZ always creates the character in a T-pose and not the pose I want. When I import into Blender, Zbrush and Maverick Studio, the character is in T-pose, which is not what I want. Do you know how to export COLLADA with a pose from DAZ?
Collada export from Daz Studio has never worked for me. If you want to go to Blender, try the bridge or the new Daz Premier features with which you can export native Blender files.
@@WPguru Thank you, WPguru! Good to know. And also, I had not heard about Daz Premier before. I am not a fan of subscription software, but DAZ is my favorite 3D program, so i'll probably subscribe.
07:18 "Keep Vert Order" is important if you are doing morphs with blender.
Thanks for sharing - I always wondered what exactly this setting was for :-)
It keeps the vertexes in order, so when you morph the model and export it again back to daz, the vertexes are place in the correct order so you won't get that... explosion of the model.
Oh that, yes that is an annoying one. Great, thanks for clearing that up!
Thank you Jay for making this video. It is extremely helpful for understanding fundamental scaling between the two programs. Would you please consider making a video that addresses accurate shader and material transfers between these two programs?
Thanks for your kind words, Kurt! I'd love to do a video on how to reproduce Blender shaders in DAZ Studio and vice versa, if only I knew how to do it :-) The rendering engines couldn't be more different. There has been some automation in the last version of Blender though that may help, so if you load a model exported as OBJ from DAZ into Blender, you'll see a moderately complex Cycles shader reproduced there. It's a good start. If ever I find out how to do it properly, I'll make a video about it for sure!
Your tutorials are so good I could watch them even if I didn't have the slightest interest in 3d art!
Thank you, I’m glad you like it 😃 It’s a whole new form of infotainment, someone said “this is better than Netflix” the other day.
@@WPguru That's exactly it! Thank you for your great work!
Also I have a request... I would love to see a tutorial on how to make new morphs to clothes? I'd like to be able to make movement morphs on the clothing mesh, like bending and lifting a cape or mantle etc. I was thinking that it could be done by rigging a piece of cloth with bones or maybe do something in blender. Sometimes movement morphs are already included in the product but I'd like to learn to do it myself. Do you know how to do something like that or perhaps have an idea on where to find info on this?
Ah yes, that is a good topic. I’ll see what I do. The easiest thing to get going would be to export the posed version of the character and clothing, then adjust the clothing in Blender, then bring that change back as a morph. Additional rigging might be difficult, I’m not sure if it can be changed once setup (or at least I don’t know how).
@@WPguru That would be wonderful! And thanks for the tips! I just gotta learn some blender now :D
So helpful! Still works for Blender 2.8. Though some things have moved or changed, it's not too difficult to find what you need.
You’re a legend. Thanks for this. I was deadly confused about it.
If I export it with some props on the character it will break on import any suggestions?
Is this method in the video still usable in 2022, Daz3d 4.20 and Blender 2.93 is actual?
Yes indeed, the principle is still the same. The menus look a little different nowadays, but the scale difference hasn't changed.
@@WPguru Ok, thank you for the video and for the quick answer.
half of these options dont even come up for me
nice... although not what I was looking for...
export multiobject from daz into obj format comes with 'groups'
could you be so kind to help how to 'un-group ? thanks cheers from RIo
In the import dialogue in Blender (bottom left hand side), there's an option to "split by group". Make sure that's disabled. otherwise you end up with lots of groups.
This was exactly the tutorial I needed. Now to just adjust the materials and shading of the character to match my needs.
Thanks a bunch for the video, I've been fighting this the whole weekend:)
Glad I could help!
I have a problem where when i import the file to daz i dont keep the textures i had on the blender model
Yes that happens when you import the OBJ directly. I guess it's because the surface properties in Blender are very different from the ones in DAZ Studio (i.e. the shaders are not compatible). As a workaround, export your geometry from Blender as OBJ file, then apply your changes as a Morph in DAZ Studio, using Morph Loader (under Edit - Object - Morph Loader Pro or Advanced).
How about with textures?
If you export as OBJ, the diffuse texture will come across. Any other surface properties need to be setup in Blender, because the render engines are different. There’s a free tool called Teleblender that attempts to translate the materials for you.
Is there a particular reason you're not using COLLADA, which is kind of intended as a conversion format?
I’ve never had great experiences with COLLADA. Something’s always missing or doesn’t look right. Is it time to give it another try you think?
@@WPguru
I'll look up your other tries. Just wondered.
when you import the character back to daz, will it still be poseable or will it just be a solid object and i would have to make a skeleton over again?
A straight import will result in a static (unposeable) object. However, if you apply the object as a Morph (using Morph Loader), all rigging and surface information is retained and the DAZ object is not changed. That way you only give additional deformation information. This creates a Morph with the changes from Blender. Best of both worlds.
I put one Axe Prop, and one Sword prop from Blender export and then Import into CC3. I haven't been able to do this with any new props again. I dont know why. So I figured if I can back door it into Daz, I know how to bring a Daz figure into CC3 with clothes, and props. I might be doing it the wrong way, but if it gets the job done I will be happy about it.
If it works, that’s all that counts :-)
Very good tutorial thanks a lot. Getting more and more confident with 3D :)
Hi could you create a video showing how to export DAZ assets to Maya?
Thx
Hi Darryl, is love to - but sadly I can’t afford Maya - sorry 😩
@@WPguru totally understand. You've taught me a great deal so I would for them letting you get a free student/ teacher education edition of Maya :)
Thank you! Oh that would be great! I remember they once had a Personal Learning Edition, fully functional, except for a watermark upon export. I would assume OBJ export/import should do the trick. Failing that, I'd try FBX next (although I've not had the best experiences with that format).
@@WPguru I know they still have a student / teacher edition that is free for 3 years. That's what I use.
Oh really? How exciting! Did you need to provide any documentation about studying somewhere, or can anyone with a keen interest try to pick that deal up? If i could get my hands on Maya - that would be awesome!
Congrats for this tutorial !!! Very easy to understand now you explained it !!!
I want you to ask if you can make a Tutorial of how to export an scene from DAZ to C4D ? I tried it with poor result, and C4D has a light system way better than DAZ to render and animate. Thanks in advance !!!
Keep doing this great work !!!
Thanks, setenpab! I'd love to do that tutorial, but sadly I haven't got C4D (can't seem to find that spare $3700). If I ever get a chance to try it though, I'll let you know. I've heard great things about it.
All the best!
very helpful video
4 years later, the "export to Blender" option is still as broken as it was in 2017.
Weird isn't it? They're working hard on the Blender Bridge, but the export preset is still borked. Perhaps it's a "feature"?
Uh, Blender units by default have always been a meter unless you change the setting. You stated that BU, or Blender units are only an internal unit that doesn't mean any real measurement, and that is false.
Not as far as I know: “none” is different from “metric”, those two settings are not the same. See here for a good explanation: www.katsbits.com/tutorials/blender/metric-imperial-units.php#units
Awesome, this help me a ton. Thank you so much
for 2.8 the scale is set to 1 by default, fyi.
Also it does not set itself to 0.01 anymore. It is at 1 and remains so unless you change it.
Thank you, Brandy!
Thanks my friend this is a great help !!!
great video!!!!
thank you !
Is it possible to export environments from Daz to Blender ?
Indeed, several projects exist to do that. It’s never a simple one-click operation, but the two I recommend are Diffeomorphic and Teleblender. They’re a little difficult to setup, and I’m making a video about both very soon.
@@WPguru Thank you very much !