Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Preview Modes question

Doorknob opened this issue on May 05, 2003 ยท 3 posts


Lawndart posted Mon, 05 May 2003 at 5:26 PM

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If your character is "Not" a Millenium figure, the creator may have used a texture map ONLY to color the eyes of the figure and not a material. Materials are what the cartoon rendering is based on. To show this, take a victoria character and look at her skin in cartoon mode. Now look at her skin in smooth mode. Now change the color of her skin by modifying the color of the MATERIAL for the skin. Now switch back to cartoon mode and you will see that her skin color is changed because the color of the material is changed. Ok... Now... If the eye of the figure is only one material (for the whole eye) it will only render out that material. You can use the grouping tool to fix this. 1. Select the grouping tool 2. Select new group 3. Name the group "Iris" 4. Select the polygons on the eyeball that make up the iris (do this for both eyes). > Now you have a group called "Iris" that contains the polygons for the iris for both eyes. 5. Now select "Assign Material" in the group editor palette. THIS is what assigns the new material to the eye that will be rendered in cartoon mode. 6. Close the Group edit palette and change the color of the new "Iris" material to your liking. 7. Switch back to cartoon mode and notice that the new material for the iris renders. I hope this helps, Joe www.3-AXIS.com