What's new at Daz Studio? (May 2024)

Daz Studio continues to improve - new plugins and addons are released, and developers make adjustments to the programme itself. Here's a look at what surprised Daz this month.

Read on, and we'll tell you what new plugins have been released for Daz Studio in May 2024.

Genesis 9 Alive!

What is Genesis 9 Alive?

Genesis 9 Alive! - is a set of aniblocks that provide detailed muscle control. All this allows you to make movements like bending, breathing or swallowing as real as possible.

The ‘soft’ and ‘pliable’ parts are controlled by means of special sliders. It should be said that this is a rather intuitive solution - even a beginner can figure it out. However, this does not mean that the method is primitive.

No, not at all.

This approach provides comparatively clearer visualisation and control than other methods.

By the way, Genesis 9 Alive! can be synergised with many other tools. Say, you are able to combine it with motion blocks from GoFigure, HEAT Animations or other sources.

Such integration will add depth and complexity to your animations, and make them more exciting and engaging.

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Mocap Live (Rokoko Edition)

Mocap Live (Rokoko Edition) is a plugin that integrates Rokoko with Daz Studio.

What is it for?

Well, it allows you to do complex animation, and do it in real time.

Or with systems along the lines of SmartSuit Pro, Smart Gloves, and Face Capture.

Unlike traditional motion capture systems, Mocap Live is not tied to a specific character. This means that motions can be applied to any displayed object, providing amazing flexibility.

Texture Animator

Texture Animator is a dynamic plugin that turns static surfaces into animated surfaces.

How does it work?

Simple enough, to be perfectly honest. The tool generates and overlays animated textures on an object, simulating various movements.

The ‘movements’ can be anything from flowing water to light fog masking the surface. Well, or some tickers - as in news programmes.

In general, Texture Animator provides powerful tools to improve visual perception - from dynamic movement of textures to animation of sequences and opacity management.

Whether you're modelling natural phenomena or technological interactions, you can bring a scene to life.

Oh yes, we almost forgot: Texture Animator also simplifies the animation process. The plugin is fully compatible with all current versions of Daz Studio and, of course, Windows - starting with Windows 10.

In short, with Genesis 9 Alive!, Mocap Live (Rokoko Edition) and Texture Animator, you have access to a comprehensive set of tools to tackle all your most pressing and important tasks.

Whether you're looking for realistic real-time muscle capture or dynamic textures, you'll be able to do it all.

And it will definitely improve the quality of the scene.

This is going to be a bit off topic, but we also wanted to let you know that Daz is now actively developing third party artificial intelligence software. We are talking about Daz Studio, of course. It has recently received a major update that adds completely free character presets that can be used when composing prompts.

We have an article dedicated to Daz Studio. You can find it here.

If you need content to work with, you can easily find it on our hub and download it for free. We have many bundles, characters, poses, ready-made scenes and even plugins (you can find them all on our site).