Lookin good :)

I'm glad that you are finding the Tutorial CD helpful. I'd be very interested to see how this dress comes out. You have made a great start.

Thanks Phil! I'll let you know when its done :0)

Hey Pokeydots can you make that in a size 5, burgundy velvet? I would love it for Valentines day :)

Hey Phil, how about a link to your tutorial, so everyone can see how Pokey came to create this wonderful dress :)

ladynimue

Attached Link: http://www.philc.net/tutorial2.htm

Oh Pokey, you did an outstanding job with it! I can't wait to see it finished!

Thanks for sharing Phil :) ladynimue

nice work pokeydots. I have been VERY tempted to buy PhilC's clothing CD for some time... it's not the cost that puts me off... but I think it will be over my head or beyond my meagre capabilities. Unfortunately, I can't judge you as an average user, because... from the work you do and post, I am surprised that you even needed Phil's CD. But... in your opinion... is Phil's CD as easy as it sorta sounds..? Is it suitable/feasible for Poser Dummies..? :)

I went to the talks PhilC did at DragonCon on how to make clothing. PhilC walked through the steps and breaks the process down it to easily managed chunks. I'm not a 3d artist by any stretch of the imagination but I found the way the PhilC presented the material and explained things to be very informative and easy to follow. I definately recommend getting his tutorial.

thanx jkm. Are you related..? ;) Joe King

Nope, not related. Just impressed by his ability to turn a complex subject into something I could understand.

I would say to go for the cd, because his way of doing things are easier than most. Believe me, I'm not a modeler by any means! I've done one dress before and a character, bbboy. I haven't even gotten through the whole cd yet, but I would recommend it to anyone. I used rhino for the dress. If you know something about the modeling program your using (I know very little about Rhino) you can follow along! His modeling style seems to work with any program :)

I think it is because Phil used to own a plumbing business. In order to get water into a house and waste out of it, you need to link a lot of pipes, one piece to the next, with oodles of little connector-whatzits, and not get anything confused or misled in the process. If you can do that and deal with inspectors and bureaucrats, then describing step-by-step how to make a garment so that everyone is happy with the results ought to be easy. (Of course, after dealing with our housing inspectors, wrestling piranhas would seem easy.) In any case, Phil has the right sort of mind and patience for this, and his explanations have been very clear. Carolly

That CD is on my "MUST GET" list! (Gotta pay off the CreditCard man first though!)

That CD is on my "MUST GET" list! (Gotta pay off the CreditCard man first though!)

Can we use Amapi 3D instead of Rhino?

While PhilC's CD does cover modelling, it covers a lot more than just that aspect, so the modelling program doesn't matter as much. If you are comfortable making the mesh in another program, the CD is still worthwhile for learning the process. You need to be able to do is turn that mesh into .obj format, though. Amapi 3D does that in version 6, but I don't know about version 5. (I hope it does in version 5 as a free version of Amapi 5 is coming out soon on Computer Arts Magazine.) If you want to follow along with the full CD, PhilC uses trueSpace as his program of choice and you can get trueSpace 3 for free if you purchase 3D World Magazine, issue 32 or 33. (The mag is $14 in the U.S.) The only drawback is I don't know of a free .cob to .obj converter. There are a few tS plug-ins, but they work with tS 4 and beyond. If you like the tS program from the magazine, you can get tS 6 with native .obj handling at about 1/2 off if you order by 30 April through the magazine. Cheers! (Not meaning to be a walking advertisement ...) ;-)

I though Crossroads did a COB to OBJ conversion ?

Thanks Crescent. I got all the magazines - which has Truespace 3, Amapi 3D 5.15 and Lightwave Discovery Edition. I tried installing them all. Noticed that Amapi 3D v5.15 does not have WinXP version but the interface seems the least intimidating. The Lightwave one freaked me out at first glance. Is it worth it upgrading the Truespace one or the Amapi 3D one ?

tasquah - Ummm ... where's the Crossroads conversion? Inquiring minds need to know! firebirdz - I'm still waiting for the magazine with Amapi 5.15. I have XP so I may be SOL. I haven't found much in the way of trueSpace tutorials, but there are a few books out there on how to use tS. I haven't started the Lightwave tutorials yet from the magazine. (Well, actually, I started one of the tutorials on the CD, but I got really bored listening to the guy yak away without getting to the point.) I'd just go and play with both for a few weeks and see which one is easier to use. DAZ uses Lightwave, and it is one of the industry tools. Amapi and tS are lower end. I have Rhino, so that's probably what I'm going to use for clothing. (I have a shirt done, but the jp's aren't working for some reason. I may have to re-do part of the mesh.)

Attached Link: http://www.designaline.co.za/3DGSUV/3dgsuv_pages/3dgsVoice_programs_skinning.html

Yeah! Thanks so much! Cres

Just don't turn on any gravity simulation in your modelling software. She only has one (off-center) leg. :) The dress looks very nice.