I am wanting to make my own working earring and necklace set and in need of a good tut or very specific information on getting them to work correctly for V3. Thanks for any help in advance!

Brooke

You should post the program you will be using to model the items so that people can point you to something specific to your needs.

I have them already made as .psd files in PSP9, and I use Poser 6. Thanks...

So you have no 3d modelling software, and no experience in modelling?

You really can't turn PSD files into props. At least, not easily and not well.

Your best bet, IMO, is to take jewelry someone else has modelled, and apply your designs to it as textures. For example, Trekkiegrrrl has a gold necklace with a square pendant. You can apply any design to the pendant, to change the look of the piece. (With transmaps, you can even change the shape of the pendant.)

Another possibility would be to do it with postwork, rather than trying to model it.

PSP9 is a paint app, not a modeling app. I would suggest trying Wings for a modeling app. It is Free, you can import your image into it to see what your doing and the Wings forum here at R'sity is very helpful with all your questions.

Cross posted again, Damn slow dialup.

Attached Link: Example of transmapped Jewelry with Drop Shadows.

You can use something like the Morphing FantasyCollar I made for V3 and use texture transmap.

Use false drop shadows in your transparancies, like in the chain on the dress. It will give the issusion of geometry.

Also you can use parented planes and displacement for earings. Your texture is on a black backround and the whtite transmap layers use a white drop shadow on a black bacground. The chain, netting and almost everything in this imade uses drop shadows to get the realistic look. Again, look closely at the chain across the chest. It is a transmapped shadow

Message edited on: 07/12/2005 19:35

Attached Link: http://download.mcneel.com/rhino/3.0/eval/