Daz Sorting/Organizing your Daz library

[Emoteph]

Do anyone have a good way to sort their library in Daz?
I am certain I saw someone mentioning how they did it here on the forums somewhere, but I can't find the post again.
I've been completely depleted and working very slowly, so figured I could do something mindless like sorting assets into categories for what I think they can be used for later on.

Appreciate any tips

Thanks.

 

[GamesMtP]

I install everything manually into directory names and sorting that makes sense to me.

If it's a good way for you I can't answer to.

 

[Emoteph]

I install everything manually into directory names and sorting that makes sense to me.

If it's a good way for you I can't answer to.

Thanks for the response. It was not exactly what I had in mind, but my own fault for being vague. I'm installing through DIM, and prefer the ease of it.
What I had in mind was having the smart content as it is, and having a category system of sorts in content library. This without having to move or copy the files.
I don't know exactly how it would work, but it is how I remember it explained it in the post i saw, and that's why I asked here

 

[osanaiko]

Try checking this tutorial video - linked to the entry in the Asset Releases section

https://f95zone.to/threads/matrix-tutorials-on-managing-daz-studio-content.63216/

 

[c567591]

I add categories. Like in Wardrobe I added "Boots" and "Corsets". In hair I added "Braids", "Ponytails". I have to add items to them as I get them, but it helps for older stuff I want to find.

I have just started a new top category with the same hierarchy of categories (adding each new as needed, not all at once) to have my most used stuff. This way I can find it super fast.

The other way I have quick stuff is folders under the Right-Click -> Create Custom Action -> Favorites and add folders as needed there for the most select stuff I use almost every time. Certain lights, a couple HDRI, a few LIE makups, G8.1F Base, that kind of stuff.

I also make Scene Subsets for repeat characters and environments, save poses created, morph sets, etc.

 

[redharvest1]

Thanks for the response. It was not exactly what I had in mind, but my own fault for being vague. I'm installing through DIM, and prefer the ease of it.
What I had in mind was having the smart content as it is, and having a category system of sorts in content library. This without having to move or copy the files.
I don't know exactly how it would work, but it is how I remember it explained it in the post i saw, and that's why I asked here

Using DIM (which I think actually makes things harder to keep track of) you're pretty much stuck on items ending up where the PA determined they should go.

It's a PITA but if you want to create custom grouping in your library then you'll have to take the extra time and effort to have to manually install them. I spent almost a full month last year rearranging, sorting, renaming and creating sub folders in (Like fantasy, Sci-Fi, nightwear, swim, formal, casual ect for clothing for example) my content library because it was driving me nuts trying to remember where a specific piece was (Why the hell some PA's name their product's destination folder for themselves rather than for the specific item I'll never know).

 

[holmes992]

I've been using daz studio since the late 2000s and I've tried a lot of different methods to reduce the amount of time I spend rummaging through the content browser. Last year, I finally hit on an idea that makes it easy to find stuff. This is what I did:

1. I made a folder on my desktop and called it 'Daz Catalog'.
2. I re-organized my content folder to roughly align with the categories daz uses on their shop (makes sense when you think about it).
3. I replicated this directory structure in my 'Daz Catalog' folder.
4. Every time I install new content, I make sure to grab some of the promo pictures and add them to the corresponding folder in my Daz Catalog.

Now instead of digging through my content browser and trying to remember products by name or author, I just look through my catalogue folder like I'm browsing my own version of the daz website. The key thing is that you're looking at galleries of content (like on the store), not lists of product names or the little thumbnails they use in smart content. It's just a lot faster, I find, even it takes extra steps to install things. I still use daz studio's built-in features, though:

1. I use smart content as a kind of playlists system. I'll just create a smart content category and dump a bunch of stuff into it that I want quick access to for a project.
2. I use tags and categories as a keyword search. If I need a 'thing', like a 'couch' or 'boots' or 'walking' pose, I'll create categories for it.
3. Stuff I use all the time-- especially scripts, shader, visibility and light presets, get added to the scripts drop-down as custom actions.

I know that sounds like a weird, low-tech solution. But the whole point of it was to make installed products as visible as possible as fast as possible. Folders with pictures in them turned out to be easier for me than smart content. Mostly because it's quicker to manage and organize and you can see more things at once.