SKYLAB CHAT

[skylab]

Thanks Terre Here's the other one in The Cat Came Back pose set that I'm still working on....it will be like the Muppet cat with the eye patch and bandaged tail...haha. I finally found an eye patch that would work well....it was in an old M2 set from DAZ that I had from years ago, called Pirate Pack.

 

[Terre]

That will be a good set.

 

[Linda B]

Love the lap cat!

 

[DanaTA]

Working with the Hivewire Cat this morning, and finally have gotten around to creating a pose fix for the paws. By default the paws are spread, with claws slightly showing...so I took time this morning to create a zero pose with the paws fixed, and a standing pose also, for a convenient starting point, to save having to take time to do that each time. I've zipped these two poses in a runtime folder and attached them to this thread, if anyone is interested in having them.

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Thank you!

Dana

 

[Janet]

Flowscape thing: FlowScape : Master the Painting and Animation of 3D Worlds | Digital Art Live Looks interesting.

 

[skylab]

Dana, you're welcome Figured that our "crazy cat lady" thread would like to have that paw fix

And Janet, yes, I saw that....and bookmarked it for tomorrow...and looked up the time zone difference between us and British time...if it's 9:00 pm their time, must be 3:00 pm in the afternoon eastern time. So I may click in just to see what it's like.

 

[skylab]

Today's project has been to figure out how to fix the Poser gray tabby face texture...no easy task. The original map looked like this (this is viewing it upside down, so that it makes a little more sense):

This explains why the cat's face looked like he had been hit by a truck...it was difficult to tell what was what, so I just decided to pick a place and start, and see what happened.

This is how far I got on fixing the striped face version...it still needs work:

...which presently renders like this:

...and the light faced version:

...which renders like this:

The new textures have to be used for the skin as well as the nose textures in the Material Room. Just thought I'd post this for anyone who would want to try to fix their own Poser gray tabby housecat texture, and use what I've mapped here as a quick start guide. The area below the nose, that was originally a large blob of rose color is actually unnecessary, and causes the red-faced appearance of the cat. The larger area of rose color is the interior of the mouth.

Texture work is not really my thing, but some of you are quite good at it....you know who you are...haha. Anyway, this will help you give your kitty a face lift, if you feel so inclined.

 

[skylab]

 

[skylab]

The latest issue of Digital Art Live features an article about FlowScape. The issue is also offered as a PDF download....sign-up here for free PDF version of the magazine.

 

[Linda B]

Cat came back cat looking good!

 

[skylab]

Thank you Linda The Poser cat appreciates it too! For so long he's been hearing that he's old, ugly, and of no use any more....so he's smiling at the love and attention that he's getting....haha. Wonder what he could look like in more capable hands, someone who was gifted at textures.

 

[skylab]

 

[Terre]

Good morning. That project is coming along very well.

 

[Linda B]

Well, I have discovered it is the Content Cluster folder for postsql gre that is filling up my C drive. Can't find any way to get postsql gre to install to my D drive so that all files required by DS are there and not on the C drive.

 

[Janet]

I went to the Flows Scape webinar today. I learned a lot.

 

[skylab]

Hey Janet Great. I was working on finishing up the pose set, and by the time I realized it was time for the webinar, it was really too late to click in, so I missed it....oh well, glad you made it

 

[skylab]

Seven poses for the Poser gray tabby housecat and two poses for the Poser 8 dog. Please see the ReadMe text file included in the download for links to the props used in the pose scenes. The Poser gray tabby housecat and the Poser 8 dog are included in the recent release of Poser 11.2, in Poser Legacy Animals/Pets, as well as in older versions of Poser. Enjoy!

THE CAT CAME BACK

 

[Janet]

The biggest take aways are that the camera moves using W S D A buttons as the program was designed for gamers and there's a visual help menu.

 

[Linda B]

Using the WSDA buttons I really like since I don't have to remember what to do.

 

[skylab]

For those who don't use ShareCG, I've attached The Cat Came Back zipped pose set to this post, and here are the free props used in all of the Poser Legacy cat pose sets so far:

Nerd Glasses

Morphing Newspaper

Wingchair and Footrest (scaled down to 40% for pose)

Laptop Figure by BionicRooster

Comic Boxes for Poser

Colors for Poser Cat by skylab

Free bowtie to use with tuxedo cat