ajmarti opened this issue on Oct 23, 2008 · 18 posts
hborre posted Thu, 23 October 2008 at 6:05 PM
Now that the others have spoken let me give you a few pointers on how to make a kick-ass emblem for the bodysuit. Definitely get a copy of the bodysuit template and bring it into PS, PSP, etc. Please note the initial resolution of your template. This is important. It will either be 1024x1024 or 2048x2048. Create a new file with the same dimensions and proceed to construct your emblem. Size does not matter, the bigger the better. The reason for this will become apparent.
After you have textured your body suit and created your emblem, select the emblem file and erase all traces of background leaving the emblem on a transparent layer. Drag the emblem to your bodysuit file and resize it to fit the chest area. Why start a large emblem? Resolution. When you render a low res emblem in Poser, it will look blurred and out of focus. By creating a hi res emblem, although you scale it down for the bodysuit, it will retain clarity and sharpness. The big drawback is pixelation around the edges. Rasterizing the emblem can clean that up. Adobe Illustrator is great for that but get your hands on Inkscape, freeware, it does an excellent job with minimum of fuss.
Once your bodysuit is complete, bring it into Poser and texture your bodysuit in the material room or create an Inj Pose with it. If you have any doubts, check out the avatar, then let me know how you fair.