Forum: Freestuff


Subject: My Tutorials

boudicca36 opened this issue on Mar 17, 2016 ยท 103 posts


boudicca36 posted Fri, 29 April 2016 at 10:05 AM

The tutorial and mesh for the top have been out for awhile now.

Next on the agenda was to try "geografting". VERY basic, no extra bones. Something like sticks, oops, antenna. Now "once upon a time" geografting worked a certain way, then programs changed and so did workflows, a little bit. So what further changes may or not have happened concerning geografting, it is good to understand that tutorials are guidelines, in order to create "anything", one has to also "think". Now, I could put together a rather convoluted tutorial showing everything that goes wrong if one does a whole bunch of different things, or just show a way that works. That is preferable in my books for this topic.

"in a nutshell" ~ for those in a hurry ;-)

Genesis is the preferred figure for learning with. Genesis 3 is NOT.

So the tutorial is using Genesis 1 BASE Resolution. Export out an .obj.

In the modeler, select the required loop of faces to get the base for the graft and copy/paste those. Done with the figure model, delete it.

Only draw up a line of mesh inside the looped faces to start the antenna.

Then move the UVMAP for this new mesh "separate" from the graft's. MANUALLY add seam and unfold that.

Then carefully extract more tessellation lines on the antenna ONLY.

When done, with only the antenna in the program, export out the new .obj file. Wash as necessary.

Then in D/S load the BASE Genesis [option on Parameter Tab].

Import in the new antenna. Make it clothing to the "present NOT default" Genesis.

Then on Genesis select those looped faces which conflict with those on the base of the antenna and right-click, select the appropriate option for geograft. [on other computer]. Then again but maybe also including the inner face(s) to have them "hidden".

Then "unfit" the antenna from Genesis. Then "Fit" the antenna to Genesis.

And the geograft should be "glued" to Genesis. [morphing Genesis should not be causing broken seams to appear]

Then with no morphs applied to Genesis, select GENESIS and return it to "High Res". The antenna should automatically go to HiRes too and still be glued to Genesis.

THEN select the antenna and File > Save As > Figure/prop > to an appropriate folder under People > Genesis > Scifi or whatever ...

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