morphs import suggestion

[Roman Mazurenko]

I have suggestion that can be useful for importing custom morphs.

Especially now then we are testing this great addon.

Most characters need same morphs and it’s better to place them in different categories to have them sorted.

We can do it manual, but it will be better to have some massive upload. 

For example, upload folder with subfolders which will be categories in interface. 

One time sort morphs, create structure and then use in all you characters.

[engetudouiti]

What I hope is after make character finish (import custom morphs) untill merge,we export the” file path of custom morphs”, “target mesh ID”, and user custom group name as json.

then when make next character which can import same morphs (basically same generation figures) , import custom morphs with the json (maybe it seems best) as new option.

(we may only need to select the json file) then plug in will auto import those morphs which discribed in. if there is no target mesh, (like hair morphs , clothing morphs, or user use different graft items etc), those morphs will be ignored.

Why I prefer the workflow,, change morph directory easy cause issue for daz studio, untill user save as new morph files. Then if we keep them, it depend vendor how they save morph. so if you hope to make original category , you may need to re-save morphs which you will import as new morphs first.

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[engetudouiti]

If export and re-generate custom group is too complex,

at first improvements, export file path, and target mesh only.

plug in will import all custom morphs,. they will be grouped as “Custom” , or user may set when import as one Group name. (Custom OK I think,,)

Though user may need re-group them, at least we need not to serch which morphs I used before, and check again. Though I think it is luxury request, but I often re-import character,, (with plug in up-date ^^;) I hope same thing what you request about custom morphs. (then I may only import which I should use, as custom morph, then export custom morph.json, and may add variation for each character)

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And to achieve it, at first add on may need to add new “custom props” of custom morph file path for each object when we import custom morphs.

Then they need to be deleted, when we remove un-necessary ones.

[engetudouiti]

Or I may hope add on can import some user made file, which record, morph file path, and mesh ID.. (though we need to know how discribe the file, as one format style) Though it never work if we miss edit the file,, we should not complain about it. (Once we make it well, plug in can auto import custom morphs ^^;)

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[engetudouiti]

New morph (path) preset is for this issue I suppose. (though I did not expect, Thomas will make it works thanks).

So without change daz morph file path or user hand made new structure, (and duplicate morphs ?) now we can import this preset, to import (/group) custom morph more easy.

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[Thomas Larsson]

Yes, that is the idea.

[Thomas Larsson]

This suggestion is implemented as favorite morphs, see https://diffeomorphic.blogspot.com/2021/05/morph-presets-and-easy-import.html.