Hi

I realise these have just come out but was just wondering if any one as got these yet and if so what is the download size. It isnt on the page yet. seems to be a lot of maps there (especially with the bundle which I was thinking of getting) and not sure if my dialup will cope. hopefully they are in seperate downloads.

cheers

Dashing over to Daz to have a look, brb. Still nothing on the size of the download but I'd guess that it's pretty big judging from 3000x4000 pixels. Kristta

I got an e-mail too. Very intrigueing indeed as I have been musing on the Stephanie and M2 maps for quite a time. But then I wonder how these maps can be anatomically correct if none of the unimesh characters is anatomically correct on the shoulder joint. Even with an arm hanging loosley against the body there is no real place for a deltoid and pectoralis major. No map can change this. So postwork will be inevitable.

This said, even when one is not a member of the pc, this is much cheaper than before. And UTC can do its job for V2 and Steph. Download size: 16MB a piece for V3 and M3, freak (if you have that char) less than 10MB.

Heh. Just wait 'till you start working with full poses. Even in the Poser library (to say nothing of 3rd-party poses) I've seen plenty in which the upper arm is rotated 180, the elbow is bending backwards at the joint, and the hand is twisted about the wrist to put the palm back down. No muscle map is going to make sense of that.

If you buy the complete package, you get three downloads; one for the guys, one for the girls (That's Mike, David, Vicki and Stephanie) and one for the Freak. Each file is about 15 meg, except for the Freak which is 10 meg

"But then I wonder how these maps can be anatomically correct if none of the unimesh characters is anatomically correct on the shoulder joint." Well, by this point I think we're just going to have to live with that. :-) But yeah ... amusing to note that someone thinks that a man with no cremasteric muscle is anatomically correct. Oh well, predictable castration aside, the maps do appear to have been beautifully done.

might have to take the plunge, I can cope with seperate downloads, I they do look pretty good to me.

I haven't figured out what I would ever use them for though. I don't do zombie or death or monster scenes. I don't teach biology. Just can't figure what I would ever use them for. I probably won't get them. Kristta

Yes I suppose they are only useful for certain types of images, but I've got a few strange ideas i can see them in. lol

Well the maps could help of you are keeping your 2D drawing skills up to par and are using the POSER (as was orginally designed) as digital mannequins. Set the pose and see how the muscles flow in the body. I'm intrigued (and also BROKE!)LOL

Want we should start a discussion on this sometime, dlfurman? I'm also a paper-and-pencil pusher, basically lousy although I did once study artist's anatomy in college. I've experimented a bit with using Poser to rough out a pose. So far I've just been developing linework, but I'd also like to try using Poser to figure out some of the shadow planes. Even with this limited experience I found Poser was best at giving me the overall silhouette and the general position of some of the landmarks. All the actual detail, esp stuff like clavicles and nucheal notch, shoulder blades, rib margin, I drew for myself, not even attempting to follow the model. So at this point I see the possiblities of a god muscle map, but I would personally make only light reference to it, adjusting by eye and book for anything important.

I was a traditional artist origionally. I remember many an happy hour in the life class. I really should get back in to practicing my drawing skills with the aid of poser.