No, it's not.
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Dawn 2.0 Underway
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Yet waiting on some updating and conversion of textures and materials settings that have been created for Dawn 2. Paul is currently working on this for us.
We're wanting to make sure everything looks good for both Poser and Studio. This is the current focus right now. All rigging is completed. All morphs are completed as well.
We're wanting to make sure everything looks good for both Poser and Studio. This is the current focus right now. All rigging is completed. All morphs are completed as well.
I'm also looking forward to the release of Dawn 2.
Guardian Angel 671
Member
same here 
carmen indorato
Extraordinary
hope we get to see some good renders of her and would also love to see side by side images highlighting differences.
As far as I know, Dawn 2 will work in Poser 11 and 12. Poser 11 is still supported but no longer in development, and Poser 12 is the current. If I remember this right, the original Dawn was only supported in Poser 11 after SMS had broken backwards compatibility with older versions.
unreal
Noteworthy
Well, *I* call it a briefcase. Back in the day, it was called a suitcase. And in the older days, it was called a steamer trunk. In Sydney, it's called a 1 bedroom flat, and goes for $2.3M if it's within 5km of the CBD.
eclark1894
Visionary
Doees anyone know if Dawn or Dawn 2 has a morph to make her blink?
Dawn has a morph called eyeClose + separate left and right, while Dawn2 will have this controlled by bones, so no morphs needed, which is way more versatile, especially when creating character morphs.
eclark1894
Visionary
I'm still not sure how the bones will work. It'd be nice if someone *wink wink* released a video showing off Dawn 2.
Well, you'd probably have to get Paul (CG Cubed) to show her off, because he's the only one that has a version closest to being the final release. I don't know if any of the CA's who are working on goodies for Dawn 2.0 have the latest version to work with.
I'm still not sure how the bones will work. It'd be nice if someone *wink wink* released a video showing off Dawn 2.
The way it works in Dawn 2 eye closing is simple: if you know how to bend an arm with a bend dial, you will know how to close her eyes with a dial as well. From the user's perspective, there is no difference if the dial drives a morph or a bone, for the final effect is the same. HOWEVER, you know those facial morphs that change the shape far enough so the eye blink dial won't completely close the eyes afterwards? This is when bones can easily correct this without the need for correction morphs (unless the eye shape has changed as well). For most cases, this will save some work when dealing with face morphs where the eyes don't close completely, because the eye closing control is not a morph, and therefore is not affected by them.
Hope this answers your question.
unreal
Noteworthy
Well, to be fair, everything is morphs in that it's some UI control that's interpreted by the software to apply mathematical transforms to vertices. Morphs are weighted vectors applied to a vertex. Bone are also weights but include 3 rotations, along with bulges (weighted vectors tangent to the each axis). Much more complex vector movement. No?The way it works in Dawn 2 eye closing is simple: if you know how to bend an arm with a bend dial, you will know how to close her eyes with a dial as well. From the user's perspective, there is no difference if the dial drives a morph or a bone, for the final effect is the same. HOWEVER, you know those facial morphs that change the shape far enough so the eye blink dial won't completely close the eyes afterwards? This is when bones can easily correct this without the need for correction morphs (unless the eye shape has changed as well). For most cases, this will save some work when dealing with face morphs where the eyes don't close completely, because the eye closing control is not a morph, and therefore is not affected by them.
Hope this answers your question.
From a GUI standpoint, the control is a dial. I would think it matters more to the morph maker.
If blink is a bone with a dial that says open close or blink is a morph with a dial that says open close and it produces the deformation in the mesh the user expects, then they're the same. As far as the user is concerned. From the rigging side, way different.
For lefemme, I find her expression controls way non intuitive, lacing subtlty, and producing not very good results. Whereas, V4's decades of expression morphs are nicer results. Probably were brutal to make.