************************************************************ *Product Name: DA Daz Prop Creation Tutorial *Copyright 7th September 2013 *By: Razor42 *Contact: Pls pm as Razor42 at Renderosity ************************************************************ This tutorial will cover the steps in setting up a prop for distribution using Daz Studio formats. Starting at the point where Geometry and Texture maps are already complete and ready for import into Daz Studio. I will be using a Viking Style Axe as an example which is available as a freebie from Renderosity. The freebie is also included in this product package Resources Folder for comparison. Also included as part of this package is an empty content runtime folder to help you in packaging your own products and freebies The subjects covered in this tutorial are: Folder Structure - Overview of optimal folder structure in Daz Studio products 1.0 Material zone setup - covers correctly naming your surfaces in your Geometry and how to fix incorrectly named surfaces. (Skip this if all your surfaces are correctly named) 2.0 Geometry Resizing and Positioning - covers scaling and positioning your geometry and reseting the values to 0 (Skip this if your geometry is positioned and sized correctly) 3.0 Material Preset Setup - covers creating and saving a material preset for use with your prop 4.0 Saving your Prop - covers correctly saving your prop for distribution 5.0 Adding metadata - covers adding metadata smart content to your prop 6.0 Packaging for distribution - covers packaging of your final files. 

-------------------------------------- System Requirements:

PC and Mac compatible

-------------------------------------- Ownership Statement:

All of this product's content was created by Razor42

-------------------------------------- Needed Files:

To complete the tutorial you will need a .txt editor, an image manipulation program and zipping software 

-------------------------------------- Installation Instructions:

Open Tutorial with Adobe Acrobat or other pdf software. 

-------------------------------------- Files Included in the Product:

DAProduct_Daz_Tutorial/DATutorial_DazPropCreation.pdf

DAProduct_Daz_Tutorial//Resources

DAProduct_Daz_Tutorial//Empty Product Runtime - all empty folders.

/MyLibrary
Animals
Camera Presets
Cameras
data
Environments/
Architecture
Figures
Hair
Light Presets
Materials
People/
Dawn/
Clothing
Hair/
MATs
MATs
Poses
Freak 4
Genesis/
Characters
Clothing
Hair
Materials
Poses
Props
Genesis 2 Female/
Characters
Materials
Michael 4/
Characters
Materials
Victoria 4/
Clothing
Dynamic Clothing
Presets/
Cameras
Characters
Dformer
Lights
Materials
Poses
Shaders
Wearables
Props
resources

Runtime/
Geometries
Libraries/
camera
Character
face
hair
hand
light
Materials
Pose
props
scene
camera
Character
face
hair
hand
light
Materials
Pose
props
scene
Morphs
Prefs
Python
Relection Maps
Support
templates
textures
weblinks

Scene
Scene Subsets
Scripts
Shader Mixer Presets
Shader Presets
Templates
Uninstallers Viking Product DAProduct_Daz_Tutorial//Resources/Viking Product Documentation/DAVikingAxeReadme.txt My Library/data/Design Anvil
DA Viking Axe
DAVikingAxeLH
DAVikingAxeLH.dsf
UV Sets
Design Anvil/Base
default.dsf
DAVikingAxeProp
DAVikingAxeProp.dsf
UV Sets
Design Anvil/Base
default.dsf
DAVikingAxeRH
DAVikingAxeRH.dsf
UV Sets
Design Anvil/Base
default.dsf

My Library/People/Genesis/Props
DAVikingAxe
DAAxeMaterial.duf
DAAxeMaterial.png
DAVikingAxeLH.duf
DAVikingAxeLH.png
DAVikingAxeProp.duf
DAVikingAxeProp.png
DAVikingAxeRH.duf
DAVikingAxeRH.png

My Library/Runtime/Support
DAVikingAxe.dsa
DAVikingAxe.dsx
DAVikingAxe.jpg

My Library/Runtime/textures/DATextures/VikingAxe
R42_Viking_Axe_Dif.jpg
R42_Viking_Axe_DISP.png
R42_Viking_Axe_NRM.png
R42_Viking_Axe_SPEC.png