Yeah, what she said.
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Nataani for Dusk
- Thread starter Seliah (Childe of Fyre)
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Thanks guys.
It is nice to be so close to done. Just taking a dinner break here, and I will get back to saving out partials after that. There are a lot of partials to save.
It is nice to be so close to done. Just taking a dinner break here, and I will get back to saving out partials after that. There are a lot of partials to save.
That is the intention behind doing them this way.
Some folks look at the thumbnails for their information (I'm guilty of that myself) while others look more for the file name to tell them what file does what in a package. I will read file names, but only if the thumbnails are non-descriptive or unclear. And I always get irritated when the thumbnails are not clear. LOL
It does... I needed a cool-down trot as much as Harry by the time I made that one! LOLI might do a set of tackless riding poses somewhere down the road here, just to give myself some more time with Harry's mane. I could use the time working with it, I think. It's a little tricky to pose the long mane... I don't mind it, but I think it's one of those things that I need to log some more time on it before I'll be able to speed up the process of making poses for our horse. I spend more time getting his long mane right than I do the entire rest of his poses!
Lorraine
The Wicked Witch of the North
That is the intention behind doing them this way.
Some folks look at the thumbnails for their information (I'm guilty of that myself) while others look more for the file name to tell them what file does what in a package. I will read file names, but only if the thumbnails are non-descriptive or unclear. And I always get irritated when the thumbnails are not clear. LOL
That's it exactly! Annoys me when I have to click on sort by text just to figure out what I'm looking at. Don't have to do that with your products
One last screenshot... and then I will get back to work. This is just so you know what you'll be looking at in regards to the partial poses...
As I mentioned before, there are "No Toes" versions which should be used for scenes that you plan to put shoes on Dusk for. For poses that have this secondary version, it's because the individual toes have been posed, and if you simply put shoes on him with that, you'll end up having to turn off the visibility for each toe individually.
So these "No Toes/For Shoes" versions are being included for convenience sake, to make using the poses a little easier. This is how the partial poses folders will look, where those for-shoes versions were necessary...
And back to work now.
As I mentioned before, there are "No Toes" versions which should be used for scenes that you plan to put shoes on Dusk for. For poses that have this secondary version, it's because the individual toes have been posed, and if you simply put shoes on him with that, you'll end up having to turn off the visibility for each toe individually.
So these "No Toes/For Shoes" versions are being included for convenience sake, to make using the poses a little easier. This is how the partial poses folders will look, where those for-shoes versions were necessary...
And back to work now.
Progress update : I'm actually about halfway through all the partial pose library saves (and thumbnails). So close... so close! LOL
YAY!!!! You may actually have this in beta before the middle of the week.
I only have two more sets of partials to save. Tomorrow will be doing the read-me and zipping it all up. Once that's done, it will be ready for Beta.
It will probably be two zip files. There are a lot of textures, and a lot of files in general. So I will probably put all the textures in one zip, and everything else in the other zip. LOL
That's a good idea. I've seen vendors do that when there's a lot of textures for a product.
We sure are getting a lot of good looking ethnic characters for Dusk! Lovely work here! He has an outstanding morph!
I have officially finished saving out the partial poses, and their associated thumbnails! WHEW!! 
Here is Nataani's final break-down of files....
Head INJ/REM
Body INJ/REM
Full INJ/REM
1 Base MAT (to be applied FIRST)
12 Face Options (6 Clean, 6 Dirty)
8 Torso/Limb Options (4 Clean, 4 Dirty)
20 Eye Options (12 Natural, 8 Fantasy)
4 Utility MATs (for close-up or high-rez renders that need lower bump settings)
14 Zero/Reset Poses
10 Full Body Poses
3 Hat Go-To Poses
4 Horse Go-To Poses
140 Partial Poses
97 Image Maps
Textures Maps : 255 MBS
Pose Folders : 7.48 MBs
Materials Folders : 3.28 MBs
Morphs Folders : 211 KBs
Tomorrow, I will get the read-me file written up and get him zipped up for Beta. Whew. No wonder it took me three weeks! LOL
Here is Nataani's final break-down of files....
Head INJ/REM
Body INJ/REM
Full INJ/REM
1 Base MAT (to be applied FIRST)
12 Face Options (6 Clean, 6 Dirty)
8 Torso/Limb Options (4 Clean, 4 Dirty)
20 Eye Options (12 Natural, 8 Fantasy)
4 Utility MATs (for close-up or high-rez renders that need lower bump settings)
14 Zero/Reset Poses
10 Full Body Poses
3 Hat Go-To Poses
4 Horse Go-To Poses
140 Partial Poses
97 Image Maps
Textures Maps : 255 MBS
Pose Folders : 7.48 MBs
Materials Folders : 3.28 MBs
Morphs Folders : 211 KBs
Tomorrow, I will get the read-me file written up and get him zipped up for Beta. Whew. No wonder it took me three weeks! LOL
Hi Kerya!! Nice to see you.
No worries, I wouldn't expect anyone to read 21 pages of development... scrolling through for pictures is probably the best bet when coming into a development thread later on! LOL
I'm glad you like him. ^_^