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Daz3D Create Custom Morph Tutorial

Daz3D Create Custom Morph Tutorial [2022]

This Daz3D Create Custom Morph Tutorial explains all steps you need to take to create your own individual Daz Morph.Morphs are an easy way to change your character and its look. It is a unique function of the Daz Studio that makes your experience significantly better. But there are not a lot of them built-in to the program on itself. Adding them usually costs money. Besides you might have something very unique in mind. Some really specific morph. 

If you prefer watching a video, see below, otherwise keep reading.

In this case you can create your own morphs. It really is easier than it sounds. So we are going to show you how and introduce two ways of creating your own unique morphs. Because this can be done both using the Daz Studio and using third-party software.

Daz3D Create Custom Morph With DForm

First method of creating your own morphs is to use a D-Former and DForm tools. These are the tools that allow you to change objects geometry directly in the Daz Studio and save changes as morphs. To access this tool you will need to select your character and go to the Create drop-down list and choose “New D-Former” there.

daz3d create custom morph - finding daz new d former

Then find the “D-Former_*_Field” object in the “Scene” tab and select it. You will see the field around your character.

daz3d d former field

Now place this field over the part of the character that you want to change. Use Scale and Move transforms for this.

daz studio d former

Under the “D-Former_*_Base” find “D-Former_*” object

daz d former

With this object selected – apply any transforms such as scale to it and see how your characters geometry would change.

Daz3D Create Custom Morph with d former tool

When you are done with your transforms – proceed to the DForm tool. It can be opened in the top bar “Window > Panes (Tabs) > DForm”.

daz3d create custom morph - where to find the dform tool

In the appeared window you can create morphs out of changes made with D-Former. Don’t forget to select your character. Then proceed to check the “Apply Spawned Morph” and, if you want – “Delete Applied D-Former(s)”. Then press “Spawn Morph…” and give it a name.

daz dform tool

Then you should notice that in the Parameters tab there is a new “Morphs” section. Here you can find your newly-made morph.

daz3d create custom morph

 Change the value of the slider to apply your morph. By default you even can go higher than 100 or into negatives, which will invert the changes to geometry.

daz studio create custom morph step

Morph is created and you can work with it. But we are not done yet. Because if you will create a new figure – you will notice the problem. There would be no “Morphs” section for it. That is because the morph we created is unique to that one figure that we created it for.

daz no morphs option

No “Morphs” option

But worry not. We just need to save this morph, so I could apply it later to any Genesis 8 Male figures. For this select the figure with the morphs on it and proceed to the top bar, where “File > Save As > Support Assets > Morph Assets”

daz3d saving morphs

In the appeared window find your morph and enable it. Then change the “Asset Directory” to the “My Library” path. Give the product a name and save it.

daz studio morph save options

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After that I will have a “Morphs” option available for any Genesis 8 Male figure and it is possible to apply my created one there. 

Daz3D Create Custom Morph result

Daz3D Create Custom Morph Using Other Software

Second way of creating custom morphs for Daz Studio is to use another software for this. This means that we are going to export our figure out of the Daz Studio and import somewhere else. 

This should be some modeling or sculpting software. That is why I will use Blender for this example. It is a free open source software with both modeling and sculpting functions. Also we have a Blender Basics Tutorials series if you want to learn this software.

blender 2.9

Though there is a Daz to Blender bridge tool and we even have a tutorial on it – for our task now we will use common export and import functions. This is done because we need exactly .obj file format for this.

To export your figure you need to change its resolution first, as the default resolution can be a problem later. To do this go into the “Parameters” tab, find there “Mesh Resolution”. change the “Resolution Level” from High to Base.

daz studio mesh resolution

Now with the character selected proceed to “File>Export”. In the appeared window select the path on your computer, write the name of an exported file and save it as Wavefront Object (.obj).

daz export obj

After that an OBJ Export Options window should appear. Here you can change a lot of things, but I don’t recommend it. Default settings are totally fine. Only change the preset on the top. There is a Blender preset that I am going to use.

daz3d obj export options

Following exporting, I need to open Blender and Import my character there.

daz3d to blender import obj

And with the character finally imported – I can proceed with making changes to its geometry. I have changed its waist, biceps and shoulders.

blender modeling genesis

Then I exported this model as an .obj file. It is done almost in the same way as importing. 

In Daz Studio we need to import this file as morph, so we are going to use the Morph Loader tool. It can be found in the “Edit > Object > Morph Loader Pro”.

daz morph loader pro

In the Morph Loader Pro window select the same preset that you used when exporting the original figure. Then click “Choose Morph Files” and find the file that you exported from the modeling software.

daz3d morph loader pro options

When this is done – new morph will appear under the “Morphs” in the Parameters tab. 

daz studio self made morphs

And it changes my character exactly how I did it in the Blender. Waist is a lot smaller, biceps and shoulders are bigger.

daz studio custom morph create

Though, same as was with the previous created morph – it is not saved properly yet. It is available only for the one specific figure and would not be possible to use on any another. To save – select the figure with the morphs on it and proceed to the top bar, where “File > Save As > Support Assets > Morph Assets”

Daz3D Morph Products

Creating your own morphs is not an easy task. So it is okay to buy ready-made ones. Especially if there is something like Z All Natural Morphs and Pose Mega Set by Zeddicuss which does not only include a bunch of morphs but also a big collection of most different poses.

daz z all natural morphs and pose mega set

Source Z All Natural Morphs and Pose Mega Set

If you want to have a bigger morph collection it would be nice to look at the Daz Originals products such as Genesis 8 Female Body Morphs and Genesis 8 Male Head Morphs.

daz3d genesis 8 female body morphs

Source Genesis 8 Female Body Morphs

Sometimes there are such difficult morphs that it would be simply too difficult to create something like this yourself. This can be true for something like Aging Morphs for Genesis 8 Male(s) or Growing Up for Genesis 8 Female(s) both made by the master of his work – Zev0.

daz studio growing up for genesis 8 female

Source Growing Up for Genesis 8 Female(s)

Conclusion – Daz3D Create Custom Morph

Creating your own morphs sounds really difficult at first. But in reality it turned out to be easier than it sounded. Really simple morphs even can be created manually right there in the Daz Studio. And for more difficult and advanced morphs you can use other software with proper modelling or sculpting capabilities such as Blender or ZBrush.

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