I have been playing with Dawn and one thing that bothers me is her default Diffuse_color, it's set to a pale blue and makes her look like her picture was taken under flourescent lights. I know I can change it, but there are dozens of places it needs to be changed and invariably I miss something. Is there anyway to do them all in ONE swell foop?

Thanks...
Knickers

Scenefixer has an option to set diffuse color to white if a texture is attached.  Also ezskin, I think, will do this.

Bill

Sorry, but my ignorance is showing, what is Scenefixer? Is that part of Poser, or something else?

Knickers

http://snarlygribbly.org/3d/forum/index.php

free utilities to make your life easier

Bill

Indispensible and a must for all serious artists using the most current Poser version.

I've already downloaded it and will give it a try...

Knickers

I copied the Scenefixer (at least I think that's what I got) to Poser 10's Python directory, but I think Poser 10 might already have it installed.

In any case, if I click on:
Window->Python Scripts->WardrobeWizard->Utilities->Texture->Set all to white
the screen flashes likes it's thinking about it, but then nothing happens to Dawn. Is there anything else that I have to do? Like somehow select the Diffuse color thingy before doing it?

Thanks...
Knickers

Hey! I got it to work, took me longer than it should for me to realize there are 2 Python directories! One Associated with the application and the user one. I just had to tell File->Run Python Script where to really find it...

All the diffuse colors get set to white in one fell swoop! Yay! :woot:

Knickers

Wrong Script.  That is PhilC's Wardrobe Wizard.  The script is simply called Scenefixer.  Place the script into it's own folder within the main Poser runtime, like so:

Smith MicroPoser Pro 2014RuntimePythonposerScriptsScriptsMenuScene Fixer

It will open into a separate window.

Edit.  Good you finally got it.

Thanks hborre, I have it working. I am running Poser 10, and I think the directory structure is a little different from Poser Pro 2014, and the way the menu is generated seems to differ. I moved SceneFixer to:
/Applications/Poser 10/Runtime/Python/poserScripts/Wacros
which is where File->Run Python Script looks when it is first clicked.

Knickers

That's perfectly fine.  I prefer to pursue my scripts from the pull down menu just for convenience.

Quote - That's perfectly fine.  I prefer to pursue my scripts from the pull down menu just for convenience.

I don't know whether PP14 is the same, but in P10 I can click on a vacant menu entry, denoted by the ... and put the script in there. I was going to say: 'that was sure easy', but I just tried it and the menu entry is not remembered following a restart of P10. Putting it in a menu would sure be nice...

Knickers

The Scriptsmenu folder is where Scenefixer should reside.  I don't remember off hand if the script is in it's own folder (I believe it is, but it's been a while since I installed it into my Poser).  If not, you create your own folder and drop it in there.  The Wacros folder is generally reserved for scripts directly involved with the Material Room and can only be access directly from the MatRoom.

Quote - The Scriptsmenu folder is where Scenefixer should reside.  I don't remember off hand if the script is in it's own folder (I believe it is, but it's been a while since I installed it into my Poser).  If not, you create your own folder and drop it in there.  The Wacros folder is generally reserved for scripts directly involved with the Material Room and can only be access directly from the MatRoom.

I just did it. Now I can execute it from the Scripts menu, and I put it where you said. Couldn't be simpler...

Knickers

EDIT: on my Mac, it appears in the Scripts drop down just like it does in yours...

For those on Windows, you have to make sure you're unzipping it to the Python folder in the program folder, not the runtime folder. This day and age, they're usually separate. If you install it to the Runtime folder, the program doesn't know to look for it there. 

For the record, have you ever checked out V4's default diffuse coloring. Same pale blue. Why, it's like the same artist created both of them!

That was a cheat for earlier Poser versions which incorporated a reddish ambient to overcome lighting conditions.  With no gamma correction and the tendency to under light to avoid highlight blooming, they needed something to bring out textures.  Self-illumination.  The blue chip is to compensate for the red glow.