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Santa’s Toy Workshop in Fast Grab [Commercial] and Now-Crowd Billboard Questions

SloshSlosh Posts: 2,391
edited December 2017 in The Commons

Just in time for your holiday renders, Santa’s Toy Workshop is in Fast Grab.  This project was truly one of my favorite to create, and I hope it can bring some Christmas joy to any project you are working on.  With a slew (or sleigh?) of old fashioned toys, props, furniture, complete with a wood burning stove and lanterns, with a lighting setup, this set is packed with details.

I would be thrilled to see some renders in this thread using the Toy Workshop.  Happy Holidays to you, the amazing artists out there.  And may the New Year bring you good fortune and many happy returns.  I hope that doesn’t sound too generic, lol.  I really never know what to say.

As Silver so nicely pointed out, I forgot to link to the store page in this post:  https://www.daz3d.com/santa-s-toy-workshop

Brian (Slosh)

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  • RiverSoft ArtRiverSoft Art Posts: 6,569
    edited December 2017

    That is great timing.  I love Santa's Toy Workshop.  I can highly recommend it.  My free Holiday gift to everyone came out today, Now-Crowd Billboards - Santa's Elves, and uses Santa's Toy Workshop for the main promo:

     

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  • SloshSlosh Posts: 2,391
    edited December 2017

    I saw that, RiverSoft.  Very cool :)  I also see Fisty & Darc's Ginger Snap Outfit in those renders.  Here is a link to that outfit, for those who are interested:

    https://www.daz3d.com/ginger-snap-outfit-for-genesis-2

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  • 3Diva3Diva Posts: 11,444
    edited December 2017

    That environment is very highly detailed and ADORABLE! Awesome work, Brian! yes

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  • RiverSoft ArtRiverSoft Art Posts: 6,569

    It is truly a wonderful environment.  A lot of great things in it.  

  • 3Diva3Diva Posts: 11,444
    edited December 2017
    RiverSoft Art said:

    It is truly a wonderful environment.  A lot of great things in it.  

    Your elf billboards look like they're going to be a lot of fun! I have never used billboards though, so I don't know where to find them or how to use them. I went to your Read Me and saw that you've included a tutorial:

    A detailed User Guide and Tutorial can be found here:

    However, when I click on it, the link just takes me to a page that says "forbidden". I hate to bug you about this, since it's a freebie that you've generously created and given to the community and the last thing I want to do is bother you with it -but I'd love to be able to use the billboards (they're SO CUTE) so having access to the tutorial would be great (since I have no idea how to use billboards or even where to find them in my product library). Is there an alternate link to the tutorial? 

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  • JessaiiJessaii Posts: 845

    For anyone else lazy like me here is the link to the set since it wasnt posted! 

    https://www.daz3d.com/santa-s-toy-workshop

  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,637

    It is awesome. I own it already of course!

  • MelanieLMelanieL Posts: 7,371
    Divamakeup said:
    RiverSoft Art said:

    It is truly a wonderful environment.  A lot of great things in it. 

    Your elf billboards look like they're going to be a lot of fun! I have never used billboards though, so I don't know where to find them or how to use them. I went to your Read Me and saw that you've included a tutorial:

    A detailed User Guide and Tutorial can be found here:

    However, when I click on it, the link just takes me to a page that says "forbidden". I hate to bug you about this, since it's a freebie that you've generously created and given to the community and the last thing I want to do is bother you with it -but I'd love to be able to use the billboards (they're SO CUTE) so having access to the tutorial would be great (since I have no idea how to use billboards or even where to find them in my product library). Is there an alternate link to the tutorial?

    Yes, @Divamakeup, it looks like the link is wonky - try this instead: http://docs.daz3d.com/lib/exe/fetch.php/public/read_me/index/49263/49263_nowcrowdbillboardssantaselves.pdf

    It's also in the download zip files (supposedly - I'm only half-way through downloading the first so not certain)

  • RiverSoft ArtRiverSoft Art Posts: 6,569
    MelanieL said:
    Divamakeup said:
    RiverSoft Art said:

    It is truly a wonderful environment.  A lot of great things in it. 

    Your elf billboards look like they're going to be a lot of fun! I have never used billboards though, so I don't know where to find them or how to use them. I went to your Read Me and saw that you've included a tutorial:

    A detailed User Guide and Tutorial can be found here:

    However, when I click on it, the link just takes me to a page that says "forbidden". I hate to bug you about this, since it's a freebie that you've generously created and given to the community and the last thing I want to do is bother you with it -but I'd love to be able to use the billboards (they're SO CUTE) so having access to the tutorial would be great (since I have no idea how to use billboards or even where to find them in my product library). Is there an alternate link to the tutorial?

    Yes, @Divamakeup, it looks like the link is wonky - try this instead: http://docs.daz3d.com/lib/exe/fetch.php/public/read_me/index/49263/49263_nowcrowdbillboardssantaselves.pdf

    It's also in the download zip files (supposedly - I'm only half-way through downloading the first so not certain)

    Thank you for finding a link that works smiley

  • MelanieLMelanieL Posts: 7,371
    RiverSoft Art said:
    MelanieL said:
    Divamakeup said:
    RiverSoft Art said:

    It is truly a wonderful environment.  A lot of great things in it.

    Your elf billboards look like they're going to be a lot of fun! I have never used billboards though, so I don't know where to find them or how to use them. I went to your Read Me and saw that you've included a tutorial:

    A detailed User Guide and Tutorial can be found here:

    However, when I click on it, the link just takes me to a page that says "forbidden". I hate to bug you about this, since it's a freebie that you've generously created and given to the community and the last thing I want to do is bother you with it -but I'd love to be able to use the billboards (they're SO CUTE) so having access to the tutorial would be great (since I have no idea how to use billboards or even where to find them in my product library). Is there an alternate link to the tutorial?

    Yes, @Divamakeup, it looks like the link is wonky - try this instead: http://docs.daz3d.com/lib/exe/fetch.php/public/read_me/index/49263/49263_nowcrowdbillboardssantaselves.pdf

    It's also in the download zip files (supposedly - I'm only half-way through downloading the first so not certain)

    Thank you for finding a link that works smiley

    You're welcome - I just compared the link in the Santa's Elves ReadMe with one in another ReadMe and modified to match.
    I've almost finished downloading now (wow these are big too!) so hope to play later. Thanks for this great freebie!

  • RiverSoft ArtRiverSoft Art Posts: 6,569
    edited December 2017
    Divamakeup said:
    RiverSoft Art said:

    It is truly a wonderful environment.  A lot of great things in it.  

    Your elf billboards look like they're going to be a lot of fun! I have never used billboards though, so I don't know where to find them or how to use them. I went to your Read Me and saw that you've included a tutorial:

    A detailed User Guide and Tutorial can be found here:

    However, when I click on it, the link just takes me to a page that says "forbidden". I hate to bug you about this, since it's a freebie that you've generously created and given to the community and the last thing I want to do is bother you with it -but I'd love to be able to use the billboards (they're SO CUTE) so having access to the tutorial would be great (since I have no idea how to use billboards or even where to find them in my product library). Is there an alternate link to the tutorial? 

    MelanieL gave a link but a quick step by step to use the billboards

    • Go to Smart Content->Props->Effects and you will find the billboards there (you can also just search for "billboard" and that will find them)
    • Double click a billboard and it will be added to your scene
    • I recommend that you change the viewport draw style to Texture Shaded so that you can see the figure in the billboard
    • Select the billboard
    • Use the Now-Crowd Orient Billboard to Camera script to make the billboard face square to the camera (located in Utilities->Scripts).  Just start the script and click OK (the billboard will face the current camera)
    • Use the Now-Crowd Change Billboard Angle Script to select the best view of the figure (just move sliders around, you will see what happens)
    • You may have to use the Y Translate parameter to make the feet appear to be on the floor
    Divamakeup said:

    but I'd love to be able to use the billboards (they're SO CUTE) so having access to the tutorial would be great (since I have no idea how to use billboards or even where to find them in my product library). Is there an alternate link to the tutorial? 

     

    BTW, thank you for the compliment!  smiley  I really like how the elf painting a toy turned out.  Please post some renders.  I would love to see people enjoying it.

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  • GatorGator Posts: 1,294
    Serene Night said:

    It is awesome. I own it already of course!

    Same here. Think it was a must buy from last year. :)
  • JessaiiJessaii Posts: 845
    scott762_948aec318a said:
    Serene Night said:

    It is awesome. I own it already of course!

     

    Same here. Think it was a must buy from last year. :)

    Just grabbed it this year I think i missed it last year with the baby and all that cant wait to play :D

  • RainRain Posts: 335
    Slosh said:

    Just in time for your holiday renders, Santa’s Toy Workshop is in Fast Grab.  This project was truly one of my favorite to create, and I hope it can bring some Christmas joy to any project you are working on.  With a slew (or sleigh?) of old fashioned toys, props, furniture, complete with a wood burning stove and lanterns, with a lighting setup, this set is packed with details.

    I would be thrilled to see some renders in this thread using the Toy Workshop.  Happy Holidays to you, the amazing artists out there.  And may the New Year bring you good fortune and many happy returns.  I hope that doesn’t sound too generic, lol.  I really never know what to say.

    Brian (Slosh)

    It's a wonderful set!  So many details.  You do great work, Slosh.

  • SloshSlosh Posts: 2,391

    Thank-you all :)  I'm hoping this doesn't turn into a thread about available freebies.  I would rather see some renders, instead.  I was in the hospital and am now at home recovering, or I would have made a freebie myself. But, unfortunately, I haven't been able to work :(

    Silver, I can't believe I forgot the link!!!!  Thanks for posting it for me :P

     

  • AtanaciusAtanacius Posts: 333
    edited December 2017

    @RiverSoftArt, so....
    kind from you, this is a great gift.
    Never used billboards before, since my renders are often one-character transparent render or one landscape/environments (Visual Novels purposes).

    So.. I think it will be a great fun.
    Didn't yet downloaded/tested, so, I can't say much of that, but if I understand very good your free product, it's:
     some props which can be randomized by a script within many angles/locations/poses ? No?

    Anyway, my last question will be this one:
     if I load some new props (like characters I saved as props), or (free props downloaded/paid props purchased), will this script be able to handle them and then randomize them ?

    That is my question ! :)

     

    @Slosh/Werks: I purchased your Santa's Toy Workshop, full of good things to make holidays renders, that's nice! Thanks!

    And.. re-edit:.. I also purchased https://www.daz3d.com/ginger-snap-outfit-for-genesis-2 :D

    Again, thanks, happy holidays to all !

    Post edited by Atanacius on
  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,887
    edited December 2017

    Here's the render I did last December.

    Hoping you have a speedy recovery Brian!  :)

    The Eavesdropping Horse
     

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  • SloshSlosh Posts: 2,391

    Fantastic, Novica!  And seeing that trumpet reminds me of how much I struggled to model it, lol.  Looks deceptively easy, but it was a real challenge

  • HavosHavos Posts: 5,358
    edited December 2017

    This is a render I knocked up for the Christmas pack for one of our games

     

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  • RiverSoft ArtRiverSoft Art Posts: 6,569
    Atanacius said:

    @RiverSoftArt, so....
    kind from you, this is a great gift.
    Never used billboards before, since my renders are often one-character transparent render or one landscape/environments (Visual Novels purposes).

    So.. I think it will be a great fun.
    Didn't yet downloaded/tested, so, I can't say much of that, but if I understand very good your free product, it's:
     some props which can be randomized by a script within many angles/locations/poses ? No?

    Anyway, my last question will be this one:
     if I load some new props (like characters I saved as props), or (free props downloaded/paid props purchased), will this script be able to handle them and then randomize them ?

    That is my question ! :)

     

    @Slosh/Werks: I purchased your Santa's Toy Workshop, full of good things to make holidays renders, that's nice! Thanks!

    And.. re-edit:.. I also purchased https://www.daz3d.com/ginger-snap-outfit-for-genesis-2 :D

    Again, thanks, happy holidays to all !

    No randomization in these scripts.  Billboards are planes which have an image mapped onto them (in this case, elves).  They are very lightweight and fast because there is nearly 0 polygons and only 1 texture.  I wrote scripts to change the image mapped onto the plane, as if the figure is rotating, and to make the plane face the viewport camera.

  • AtanaciusAtanacius Posts: 333
    RiverSoft Art said:
    Atanacius said:

    @RiverSoftArt, so....
    kind from you, this is a great gift.
    Never used billboards before, since my renders are often one-character transparent render or one landscape/environments (Visual Novels purposes).

    So.. I think it will be a great fun.
    Didn't yet downloaded/tested, so, I can't say much of that, but if I understand very good your free product, it's:
     some props which can be randomized by a script within many angles/locations/poses ? No?

    Anyway, my last question will be this one:
     if I load some new props (like characters I saved as props), or (free props downloaded/paid props purchased), will this script be able to handle them and then randomize them ?

    That is my question ! :)

     

    @Slosh/Werks: I purchased your Santa's Toy Workshop, full of good things to make holidays renders, that's nice! Thanks!

    And.. re-edit:.. I also purchased https://www.daz3d.com/ginger-snap-outfit-for-genesis-2 :D

    Again, thanks, happy holidays to all !

    No randomization in these scripts.  Billboards are planes which have an image mapped onto them (in this case, elves).  They are very lightweight and fast because there is nearly 0 polygons and only 1 texture.  I wrote scripts to change the image mapped onto the plane, as if the figure is rotating, and to make the plane face the viewport camera.

    Ah! Yeah! I understand better, it's then like Multiplane Cyclorama: https://www.daz3d.com/multiplane-cyclorama
    No ?
    I mean, at least for "planes images mapped" !

    Thanks for your answer by the way!

  • RiverSoft ArtRiverSoft Art Posts: 6,569
    Atanacius said:
    RiverSoft Art said:
    Atanacius said:

    @RiverSoftArt, so....
    kind from you, this is a great gift.
    Never used billboards before, since my renders are often one-character transparent render or one landscape/environments (Visual Novels purposes).

    So.. I think it will be a great fun.
    Didn't yet downloaded/tested, so, I can't say much of that, but if I understand very good your free product, it's:
     some props which can be randomized by a script within many angles/locations/poses ? No?

    Anyway, my last question will be this one:
     if I load some new props (like characters I saved as props), or (free props downloaded/paid props purchased), will this script be able to handle them and then randomize them ?

    That is my question ! :)

     

    @Slosh/Werks: I purchased your Santa's Toy Workshop, full of good things to make holidays renders, that's nice! Thanks!

    And.. re-edit:.. I also purchased https://www.daz3d.com/ginger-snap-outfit-for-genesis-2 :D

    Again, thanks, happy holidays to all !

    No randomization in these scripts.  Billboards are planes which have an image mapped onto them (in this case, elves).  They are very lightweight and fast because there is nearly 0 polygons and only 1 texture.  I wrote scripts to change the image mapped onto the plane, as if the figure is rotating, and to make the plane face the viewport camera.

    Ah! Yeah! I understand better, it's then like Multiplane Cyclorama: https://www.daz3d.com/multiplane-cyclorama
    No ?
    I mean, at least for "planes images mapped" !

    Thanks for your answer by the way!

    I don't have that product so I cannot say for sure, but I think it is the opposite.  It is as if the animals were transparently drawn on a plane to be placed in a 3D environment.

  • barbultbarbult Posts: 24,226

    Speaking of animals - will you do a set of animal billboards?

  • 3Diva3Diva Posts: 11,444

    Poor Slosh's thread has been hijacked. Sorry for my part in that, Slosh. I didn't know my question would snowball. :(

  • NorthOf45NorthOf45 Posts: 5,470
    edited December 2017

    Well, let's get it back on track...

    Brodie and Belle got into the grog and donuts and will miss the deadline. Somebody's not going to be happy...

    Brodie and Belle in Santa's Toy Workshop

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  • RiverSoft ArtRiverSoft Art Posts: 6,569
    barbult said:

    Speaking of animals - will you do a set of animal billboards?

    At this time, I don't plan to.   Do you have an idea for something generic enough that many people would like it?

    (let's move this to the Now-Crowd thread in commercial.  Let's let Slosh enjoy his thread in peace.)

  • RiverSoft ArtRiverSoft Art Posts: 6,569
    NorthOf45 said:

    Well, let's get it back on track...

    Brodie and Belle got into the grog and donuts and will miss the deadline. Somebody's not going to be happy...

    Brodie and Belle in Santa's Toy Workshop

    Nicely done.  Nothing like drool on your Christmas presents smiley

  • Charlie JudgeCharlie Judge Posts: 12,704

    It looks like the Toy Workshop has fallen out of Fast Grab

  • SloshSlosh Posts: 2,391
    Charlie Judge said:

    It looks like the Toy Workshop has fallen out of Fast Grab

    Yeah, I think typically it’s not more than 3 days.  Not sure about that, but it seems to be that way

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