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Redistributing Poser Dynamic Hair without the base figure - a solution
- Thread starter Cliff Bowman
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Hairy cheese Willow??? Don't think I've ever seen hairy cheese.
Willowisp
Adventurous
They can get quite fluffy if you forget about them
Cliff Bowman
Adventurous
I went down the caves at Cheddar Gorge once. True story.
Meanwhile today has been mostly non-Poser related, but I did get a little work in. I have tweaked the functionality of the "LOAD" function, and updated the documentation both to reflect that AND to use the new thumb designs for what I've done so far. I'm now on to testing the function that coats all the hair on a figure with one material and finishing the documentation. So far testing this has been trying - it's failing to fail when I mess up, and I don't know why. It SHOULD fail... but it's working.
Hmmm. this is why we test!
Cheers,
Cliff
Meanwhile today has been mostly non-Poser related, but I did get a little work in. I have tweaked the functionality of the "LOAD" function, and updated the documentation both to reflect that AND to use the new thumb designs for what I've done so far. I'm now on to testing the function that coats all the hair on a figure with one material and finishing the documentation. So far testing this has been trying - it's failing to fail when I mess up, and I don't know why. It SHOULD fail... but it's working.
Hmmm. this is why we test!
Cheers,
Cliff
Cliff Bowman
Adventurous
Wow - what a stupendously stupid bug! LOL. I'm glad no-one got to see THAT code. Stupid stupid!
Hehehe. Fixed now
Saturday and Monday both look to be a bust, so I guess I've got whatever time I have left tonight and possibly some on Sunday to progress in.
Cheers,
Cliff
Hehehe. Fixed now
Saturday and Monday both look to be a bust, so I guess I've got whatever time I have left tonight and possibly some on Sunday to progress in.
Cheers,
Cliff
StudioMartillo
Engaged
They can get quite fluffy if you forget about them
I wanted to say that. LMAO
Cliff Bowman
Adventurous
Pssst. Don't tell anyone but I sneaked away from chores for a few hours and I've managed to make significant headway on the "SAVE" documentation. While I'm here I thought I'd mention that I've come up with an excellent reason to render Dawn with hair - and the image concept excites me, despite having a human in it (it is, at least, a scantily-clad female - which probably explains THAT!).
So I'll probably use building that image as part of the documentation on using TrueHair.
Cheers,
Cliff
Fingers crossed now that the image goes the way I'd like it to!
Cliff Bowman
Adventurous
OK, well I managed to get the documentation for SAVE done today, as well as checking that the code worked (I had updated it previously but not tested it yet).
I'm also running out of time before I am needed elsewhere, so I'll probably play about with Dawn for a few minutes but not do anything too serious. Which reminds me - your votes are required! Which is the BEST "sexy white girl" texture for Dawn? I am currently leaning towards:
Jenny: Jenny for Dawn - A Tempesta3d Creation
although there are a few others that appeal - like
Monica: Monica for Dawn - Poser - A Virtual World 3D Creation
or
Elisa: Elisa for Dawn - A Maelwenn 3D Creation
any others that people especially like?
Cheers,
Cliff
I'm also running out of time before I am needed elsewhere, so I'll probably play about with Dawn for a few minutes but not do anything too serious. Which reminds me - your votes are required! Which is the BEST "sexy white girl" texture for Dawn? I am currently leaning towards:
Jenny: Jenny for Dawn - A Tempesta3d Creation
although there are a few others that appeal - like
Monica: Monica for Dawn - Poser - A Virtual World 3D Creation
or
Elisa: Elisa for Dawn - A Maelwenn 3D Creation
any others that people especially like?
Cheers,
Cliff
Glitterati3D
Dances with Bees
I have and like them all but I would go with the Virtual World figure as the head is more likely to be the "universal" Dawn head. I'm pretty sure Elisa has a sculpted head and possibly Jenny as well. Hair would fit most Dawn figures if based on a Virtual World figure.
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Glitterati3D
Dances with Bees
OK, I got the fur coat done and I will send it off to you to play around with Cliff.
Just playing around with a fur texture - Displacement set way too high, messing up the wrist.
Just playing around with a fur texture - Displacement set way too high, messing up the wrist.
Glitterati3D
Dances with Bees
OK, and the gloves are done as well.
Cliff, I'm going to throw some textures on this, clean up the rigging just a little, then you can have it as a giveaway with your product.
Cliff, I'm going to throw some textures on this, clean up the rigging just a little, then you can have it as a giveaway with your product.
Cliff Bowman
Adventurous
That's very generous! Could you please check your inbox thingy, up there in the top right corner?
Cheers,
Cliff
Glitterati3D
Dances with Bees
If there are few polygons (or what they're called) there will not be good fur effect. Increase the poly count and you have more control of the fur.
Cliff Bowman
Adventurous
So... I'm just going through a whole bunch of routines now trying to make sure they all check for the current Poser Version and that they work AND making them a little more flexible "under the hood"... here's testing of the "Density+" button.
Cheers,
Cliff
Cheers,
Cliff
Cliff Bowman
Adventurous
I probably started losing my hair around age 21 (or "developing male pattern baldness" because it sounds more interesting).
I'm in my 50's now. So documenting the Density- function is probably the most difficult thing to do...
Still, it probably reveals more of the way I tend to go about developing things. By default Density+ ramps up the density quickly, then I use Density- to reduce the density in smaller steps to (hopefully) end up at my preferred density.
I should probably apologise to HiveWire for what I'm doing to their cat at this point
BUT - it should all end up in a good place in the end!
Cheers,
Cliff
I'm in my 50's now. So documenting the Density- function is probably the most difficult thing to do...
Still, it probably reveals more of the way I tend to go about developing things. By default Density+ ramps up the density quickly, then I use Density- to reduce the density in smaller steps to (hopefully) end up at my preferred density.
I should probably apologise to HiveWire for what I'm doing to their cat at this point
BUT - it should all end up in a good place in the end!
Cheers,
Cliff