Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Exporting OBJ files out of Poser - need advice

bluecity opened this issue on Jun 08, 2005 ยท 8 posts


nomuse posted Thu, 09 June 2005 at 1:08 PM

That is not entirely correct. The Poser-exported .obj file contains nothing but the raw mapping zones (as well as the UVmap data); however, Poser also exports a seperate .mtl file at the same time. This .mtl file WILL set up many of the proper texture channels in most .obj importers -- including pointers to texture maps. Some problems, however; the exported .mtl file does not handle transparency (it doesn't even list the transmap), it does not use the full file location (meaning you have to point your importer at the texture maps), and, of course, different 3d packages have different ways in which they divide up the basic surface qualities. The best import will always start with putting the .obj, the .mtl, and copies of all the texture maps in a new folder, then pointing your importer at that. The other advantage to doing it this way is that when and if the importer boggles on something (like a transmap), you have all the correct files in a convenient place to fix it.