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I mentioned yesterday that I was trying to convert Tyria from G2F to G8F. Today, I tried out [Tutorial] Transferring Character Morphs G1G2G3G8The first version of this workflow came from Kattey on the DAZ forum, for which I acknowledge credit.
Here is that (lengthy) thread: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/viewthread/24093/
First of all, however: there are two ways to recreate a character. There is the easy way, which is not redistributable, and the hard way, which is. We'll discuss the easy way first. I'm sorry, but I can't do anything for those of you who absolutely can't learn from text. This is what I have time for right now.
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PART 1: CREATE A SINGLE DIAL
Load Genesis 1. Dial in your character morph. There cannot be anything in the scene except the single figure while we do this. No hair, no clothes, no props. Or if they are there, you must hide them by clicking the eye next to them in the Scene tab.
Go to Parameters-General-Mesh Resolution. You should always have a Parameters tab. If you don't, you aren't ready for this tutorial because you are still, and with some finangling and following further instructions in the comments, I got it to work. Sort of. Her eyes move in the opposite directions they're supposed to, despite my attempts to fix that with the bone adjustments. In fact, I realized I messed up somewhere and made this conversion even worse when I tried fixing the eyes, because her fingers get messed up when I move them (they worked fine in my first successful conversion). Heck, I need to take this whole thing back to formula and make a G2F version with human ears, because with Tyria as one slider, I can't adjust the hair for the ears alone.
Anyway, lotta tech talk.

Description
I mentioned yesterday that I was trying to convert Tyria from G2F to G8F. Today, I tried out [Tutorial] Transferring Character Morphs G1G2G3G8The first version of this workflow came from Kattey on the DAZ forum, for which I acknowledge credit.
Here is that (lengthy) thread: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/viewthread/24093/
First of all, however: there are two ways to recreate a character. There is the easy way, which is not redistributable, and the hard way, which is. We'll discuss the easy way first. I'm sorry, but I can't do anything for those of you who absolutely can't learn from text. This is what I have time for right now.
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PART 1: CREATE A SINGLE DIAL
Load Genesis 1. Dial in your character morph. There cannot be anything in the scene except the single figure while we do this. No hair, no clothes, no props. Or if they are there, you must hide them by clicking the eye next to them in the Scene tab.
Go to Parameters-General-Mesh Resolution. You should always have a Parameters tab. If you don't, you aren't ready for this tutorial because you are still, and with some finangling and following further instructions in the comments, I got it to work. Sort of. Her eyes move in the opposite directions they're supposed to, despite my attempts to fix that with the bone adjustments. In fact, I realized I messed up somewhere and made this conversion even worse when I tried fixing the eyes, because her fingers get messed up when I move them (they worked fine in my first successful conversion). Heck, I need to take this whole thing back to formula and make a G2F version with human ears, because with Tyria as one slider, I can't adjust the hair for the ears alone.
Anyway, lotta tech talk.