it wasnt the perspective/ortho it was his method     for the most part it was correct but he missed something          the end point does not have to be set as U

also there were some minor steps missing from the original   namely the orientation of the cylinder to the path

as long as they are centered to each other you can make it work

and yes you are part of the reasoning for the tut but truth be told its long about time for this irishman to give back

please relay any comments or questions to me here as well as suggestions for future tuts

Attached Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?nhwisya67e4yd8l

heres a new repaired version

if the link will not worl i can email it as well just need a few to verify that the instructions are viable prior to posting it publicly

Attached Link: http://http://www.mediafire.com/?00v3fh9hme5d7hi

also please tell me what needs to be done to make it better

so far i have the basics of using the curve modifier wrapped up as a .pdf if anyone wants test it for me. i can upload to a filehost and post the link before i post it on any site

ok i watched most of the tut and its as vague as trying to look through mud

but i went into 2.5 and found 1 major issue with the tut

he gives no details on how to do it on any other axis

ill rewatch and .pdf the results asap because that cat couldnt teach a monkey to poop

where are you located it almost seems if you are aussie

but probable brittish royal marines

we trained some anzacs in 96 on how to shoot over 1000 yards with a .308

please link to the tut you were using for the curves so that i can see what might have been missed and rewrite it in english

what about the curves is confusing you?

im actualy looking in to making a .pdf for 2.5+ for noobs that starts from day 1 and works into all details of modeling for daz/poser with blender

every question i can find an answer to is 1 more step to being able to help others get more out of the program at a cost that we can all afford          free

as to the bypass good luck with that i remember when my dad had his and that was the worst ive ever seen him hurt except when i told him id joined the marines

Attached Link: sculpting in blender 2.5+

and there is a tutoral on sculpting in blender on blendercookie in the archives that was done by jonathan williamson for 2.5 versions using a lowpoly base mesh

sculptris and bleder 2.55s sculpt properties were developed together

in blender make a lowpoly base duplicate on a new level  use the subdivide surface and divide as much as you need as long as poly count doesnt change   then bake as a normals map and apply

i will still never figure why people are so afraid of poly counts        i render 200,000,000 in 5 hours on a dual core

easiest way is in face mode choose draw normals

select all incorrect faces and flip

if you raise the nomrals draw size it makes them easier to see but anything over 1 level gets annoying

test render in blender and reversed faces will show as black

ive talked with thespies and she knows of the issues but i restarted a new version

this one is a bit more detailed overall but will be on hold until i get 2 commissioned meshes done because i need the cash

so far the basics are there id add loopcuts above and below the knees and elbows to get it to deform and rig well

for a first try its ambitious but sometimes its sink or swim and when you know that the possibility of failure will be public you work 10 times harder to get it right

i stay away from soft bodies myself because theres too much to go wrong

theres almost nothing that cannot be done in blender and its getting better every day while keeping a small resource footprint

and just a quik peek at what im working on for a freebie

trust me you arent the odd one out im better with videos as well

i learned how to rebuild an engine by watching a video  then rebuilt my own and it ran for another 200,000miles

but its all about prefferences and for some its better to have a text based item with images to look back to

for the easiest way create the base mesh for the dress

duplicate a loopcut to extrude for the lowest ruffle and subdivide it       then extrude it several times to make it move more like cloth

from there when you are happy with the poly count you can duplicate it and rescale to fit the next ruffle

but seeing the sheer fabrics of the ruffles you will need to seperate them by material zone and assigned color to make the difference in opacity

for the lace vertical trim an added plane with a tranparency map should work is set solid