VaM 1.x Dynamic skin fold based on joints and bends

[DEADMAN2000]

Hello , had an idea dunno if it was proposed before
Dynamic normal map adjustment based of bending the model and joints , on arms legs , neck , chest , abdomen
Based on the bend strength it adjust the normal map strength

https://cdn.shadowcore.ru/posts/201...s-hd-for-genesis-3-8-female-00-main-daz3d.jpg

Could work based on decal maker normal layer

 

[DEADMAN2000]

Skin Folds & Creases HD for Genesis 3 & 8 Female

Introducing Skin Folds & Creases HD. This product aims to add a bit more realism to your renders by giving your characters skin more detail when posed or in motion. You can add skin folds and creases to your figure which will automatically

www.daz3d.com

 

[Origin69]

Hello , had an idea dunno if it was proposed before
Dynamic normal map adjustment based of bending the model and joints , on arms legs , neck , chest , abdomen
Based on the bend strength it adjust the normal map strength

https://cdn.shadowcore.ru/posts/201...s-hd-for-genesis-3-8-female-00-main-daz3d.jpg

Could work based on decal maker normal layer

It's an interesting idea. I did test something like this a while ago to add subtle skin crease details to facial expressions, I don't make plugins, so my idea was to animate the decalmaker image to corresponding morphs manually with timeline. My version was very look specific, and would look wrong with other base textures, so I shelved the idea.
One problem is that doing it for positioning the body would add a lot of new textures if you had to stack multiple 4k normal maps for each possible position. It is doable though.

 

[DEADMAN2000]

interesting , tho it dosent need to be 4k or 8 k , just a decal at 2k with a transparent background , so its only for that specific part , could be the same texture , just repositioned on the mesh layer like a clothing item

 

[Origin69]

interesting , tho it dosent need to be 4k or 8 k , just a decal at 2k with a transparent background , so its only for that specific part , could be the same texture , just repositioned on the mesh layer like a clothing item

Repositioning a normal map would be problematic due to the uv layout/texture seems, as the limbs and torso for the Genesis2 model use different texture slots, so getting it to blend over seems would be a nightmare. Transparency doesn't work either, as decalmaker seams to read it as black for normal maps.
I tried making a blended normal map with decalmaker recently to make a skin tight thigh high with cutout holes. Her right leg is actually stacked decals and a normal map for the leather with decal maker. (I tried it as a clothing item first, but was getting clipping and offset issues, so I made it with decals as a test.) I didn't bake the skin normal maps for this, as I was just testing ideas, so I did it with a greyscale image/bump map for the leather texture and creases/stitching converted to a normal map. After a bit of trial and error, I found out you need a flat base colour (50%) to actually blend and have the base skin normal map show through where the transparency/holes are.

 

[hazmhox]

That's something you'd do on the shader side. DecalMaker is way too much overhead to not be an FPS sink for realtime animation.
So custom shader to use with the loader is probably the only approach possible (if obviously you care about performances)