arabinowitz opened this issue on Dec 03, 2002 ยท 12 posts
ToolmakerSteve posted Wed, 04 December 2002 at 6:26 PM
Tried to adapt Red Velvet Dress from Vicky's Euro Wear to PT girl, using Tailor. 1. Per part of PT Vicky, Export OBJ as morph. (in export dialog, uncheck universe, then check just one part). 2. Select each part of Vicky 2, load corresponding OBJ as a morph named PT. Set morph to "1.0". Indeed, became shape of PT. 3. Memorize figure, and save to char lib. 4. Load that new char CR2 into Tailor. 5. Load dress. 7. Select menu option "Morphs selected like one body morph". 8. Per part, check that "PT" morph. 9. Create morphs in the dress. 10. Back in Poser4, loaded PT Vicky and the dress. 11. Turn on PT morph in dress. 12. With IK OFF, in Joint Ed, "Zero Figure" PT, to see how dress falls on her before attempt to conform. Problems: * neck and shoulder - transparent edges jagged - kind of a "scalloped" effect - rather than smooth curve. * hips poke thru at sides. * skirt area completely botched, with many vertices not moving into place (PT much shorter than Vicky, these vertices appear to be "left behind" during the morph). * texture scrunched up around the bosom. 13. Conformed dress to PT. * Complete mish-mosh. Clearly, joint parameters must be totally re-done. Conclusion: not useful in this situation. There are two separate issues: A. Tailor would need to be revised to better perform this morph adaptation. B. Creating good conforming parameters - how? - - - - - - - - - - I hesitate to say this here, after the hostile ranting by a few people against "commercial" messages in this Poser Forum and the gallery, but since someone has asked, here goes: In December and January, I will be offering some inexpensive solutions for adapting clothing between characters. I am tackling cases that Tailor doesn't handle well or can't do at all. For example, I can adapt clothes between Poser4 woman and Vicky, even though they are completely different meshes. There are many issues, so I am not attempting a "general utility" solution at this time. Instead, I feed clothes one at a time through some custom math I wrote, making changes as needed. My first product will be a large set of adaptations for Kaila, who is based on PT girl. (A teenage girl with almost no wardrobe, who I'm sure would love to be able to wear Vicky's and Posette's clothes!) Like with Tailor, you would have to own the original clothing item for each item you want Kaila to wear. Unlike Tailor, you can't adapt a cloth at all until I've fed it through my math and adjusted as needed. I will then tackle other characters, based on popular demand.