Snow's Tips #2 - Genesis Morphs and Favorites

First, you'll need the following products to have access to Genesis body and face shaping morphs:

Head and Body bundle (these are essential): www.daz3d.com/genesis-evolutio…
Muscles (these are optional but recommended): www.daz3d.com/genesis-evolutio…



- Finding Shaping morphs -


- Either double-click on Genesis in your scene or right-click on Genesis and choose "Select "Genesis" - Dbl Click".

-  Genesis should be listed in the drop-down box at the top of the Parameters tab. You can select other figures and objects from this drop-down box too, it's very handy.

- All of the shaping morphs are in the "Actor" section. Double-click on it and it will open up submenus, such as "Female", "Head", "Lower Body", etc. Some of these, like "Head" have their own submenus in order to keep all of the various head morphs in their own sections.

- General full body morphs that can be applied to either male or female shapes (such as Fitness, Heavy, or Basic Child) are found in the Universal section. Male or female-specific shapes, such as Michael 5, Hitomi, or the Gorilla can be found in the Male or Female sections (creatures sometimes appear in the Male and Universal sections, this depends on the morph's creator).

- All morphs below the waist are found in the Lower Body section. DieTrying's 182 free morphs for Genesis (found here: www.sharecg.com/v/58198/favori…) have their own section with is also split into subsections for Body, Breast, Eyes, etc.

- The fastest way to find the morph you are looking for is to click on the Actor section and type the first few letters of the morph name in the top search bar above the parameter dials. By clicking on "Actor", your search will include all subfolders (including DieTrying's or other third-party morphs). For best results, type as few characters as possible; as an example, typing "finger" will show more morphs than if you typed "fingers" (such as "Three Finger").

- Morphforms (morph dials that control limbs and other body movement) can be found in the "Pose Controls" section. These are useful morphs, with the Waist-Bend, Waist Side-Side, and Waist Twist being particularly valuable. Keep in mind that these are still morphs however, and they *will* be cleared if you zero morphs or save a pose without including morphs.



- Finding Expressions -

- To access Expressions, click on Genesis' Head and choose "Pose Controls" in the Parameters panel. Double-clicking "Head" will open submenus (Brow, Cheeks and Jaw, Eyes, etc). If you wish to search for an expression control, choose "Pose Controls" and type in the search bar at the top of the parameter dials.

- The most useful dials in this section are probably the Eyes Side-Side and Eyes Up-Down in the Eyes submenu, and the Neck-Head Bend, Neck-Head Side-Side, and Neck-Head Twist in the Neck submenu.



- Adding Favorites -

In DAZ Studio 4.6.2.72, Favorites were added. You can check your version of DAZ Studio by clicking on Help -> About DAZ Studio...

- To add a morph or other dial to your Favorites section, pass your cursor over a parameter. You should see two small icons appear in the parameter's title bar that look like an unlocked padlock and a hollow heart (some may also show a chain link, this just means the morph is controlled by another in some way).

- Click in the hollow heart. It should fill in. Now click on the Favorites section back at the top of the Parameters tab and the morph you just favorited will be shown. This makes hard-to-find or commonly-used morphs very easy to find!

- Favorites are saved with the scene, but *not* between scenes or figures (so if you favorite Eyes Side-Side in one scene you're building and then load a second Genesis into the scene, the second Genesis will NOT have Eyes Side-Side listed as a favorite).


I hope this information can be useful!