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Subject: script to reverse pose of a character

dennisharoldsen opened this issue on May 15, 2007 · 7 posts

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dennisharoldsen ( ) posted Tue, 15 May 2007 at 2:34 PM · edited Tue, 26 November 2024 at 7:29 PM

thanks for the previous crucial help from nruddock and PhilC.

it would be nice to have a script to reverse the pose of a character.
i got the idea from the folowing script.
this is a script i downloaded.
sometimes it works but the result is not always what i expect.
i can send images to show this.

#------------------------------------------------------------

Swaptotal.py

Flip the symmetry of the whole figure with one button push.

Copyright (c) 2005 David G. Drumright (ockham)

#------------------------------------------------------------

import poser
scene = poser.Scene()

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

In currently selected figure, swap right and left.

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
try:
TheFigure = scene.CurrentFigure()
except:
exit

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
scene.SetFrame(0)

TheFigure.SwapTop()
TheFigure.SwapBottom()
MidlineList = ["BODY","Neck","Upper Neck","Head","Chest","Abdomen","Hip","Left Eye","Right Eye"]
for Name in MidlineList:
    try:
        OneActor = TheFigure.Actor(Name)
    except:
        pass
    try:
        TwistParm = OneActor.ParameterByCode(poser.kParmCodeYROT)
        TwistParm.SetValue(-TwistParm.Value())
    except:
        pass
    try:
        SideParm = OneActor.ParameterByCode(poser.kParmCodeZROT)
        SideParm.SetValue(-SideParm.Value())
    except:
        pass

PhilC ( ) posted Tue, 15 May 2007 at 2:51 PM

Rotoscoper has that and a number of other posing options.

svdl ( ) posted Tue, 15 May 2007 at 3:07 PM · edited Tue, 15 May 2007 at 3:08 PM

file_377652.doc

I can understand why it doesn't always work: the MidlineList is not valid for all figures (this one is valid for Victoria 2 and Michael 2, and will probably work on Posette, Dork and the Millenium 3 figures). It also won't work on non-English versions of Poser.

I've rewritten the script to swap all figures, independent of Poser language and body part names. See attached file. Save as SwapFigure.py.

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dennisharoldsen ( ) posted Tue, 15 May 2007 at 4:43 PM

PhilC

thank you.

i have done lots of research to understand poserpython.
you are one of the few who does.
Rotoscoper sounds very capable and i going to check it out.
i am looking at learning more about poserpython.
it is dramatically under-doucumented.
is the python code in Rotoscoper visible?
maybe we can talk.

dennisharoldsen ( ) posted Tue, 15 May 2007 at 4:50 PM

svdl

thank you.

your code is quicker and more reliable.
however, the result is still varied.
i am sending my test results as a jpg.
it shows an initial pose that is changed and changed again.
i am trying to understand poserpython but it is a challenge.
you know that better than i do.