did you know in photoshop newest versions you can paint on 3d models? Slowly. Buggily. With ugly stretches. but you CAN

So I have a large complictaed layered psd with all the markings as separate layers so I can mix things togetehr. I've already found a few things i need to add to my mixer and found a couple small issues. (the dobermans chest triangles aren't symmetrical for example)

The wolves use stock photos for the agouti pattern as well as a lot of brush work. pretty much most of the rest is all filterforge, brushwork and pure photoshop. I'm not entirely happy with it as it stands, and I may add a disp map for the wolves later to fluff up the heavy fur a bit

I have options for pink skin, black skin, pink pads, pink nose, freckled nose. The fur can be any colour and all the shadings and markings go over top the colour and under the texturing layer.

Now I get to look at breed morphs and take notes on what texture I need to mix up and save out as well as additional layers needed.

LM

oops

and there are textures! Still need to do - wild dogs, foxes, hyeanae, dalmations, more brindles, and merles

thanks parkdale... but it will be a long while before I need testers. I'll put out a call then, so you should keep an eye out for that :)

LM

Hai Gan If by any chance you have a brindle some nice all around shots of the coat would be nice .. thats one of the few coat types where I need a full set of the same dog to get the markings lined up. I think the new ear rig will make all the sighthounds much easier to make now, although I have not tried yet. Are the paws significantly different? as I recall they are mostly smoother and elongated. My afghan hound (after you wetted down all the shag) had very delicate feet for such a tall dog. I havent had a chance to examine any greyhounds or the like in person.

As I recall a long long time ago Lynne? or maybe Capsces? did a decent greyhound on the poser4dog (of all poor creatures)

I read a bit by Gerald Durrell about his attempts to film a ferret for a tv nature show. The thing moved so fast it literally crossed the set stage between camera frames ( back in the mm 80s or so) I don't know how fast greyhounds are compared to ferrets but I can imagine trying to get a shot of one at speed must be tricky :)

LM

Progress!

My Paul projects are temporarily stalled while i wait for Smith Micro to sort out a little technical issue. In the meantime I have finished remapping the mildog. This was not an easy task. Some parts of the geometry really did not want to get unwrapped, like the inside of the mouth and between the toes.

A snapshot of the original uvmaps (in UVL) you can clearly see stacked and intersecting mesh as well areas of stretch and compression (blue and red respectively). For the time of creation this wasn't bad (12 or so years ago).

I have completely remapped the entire mesh. Some pieces will look pretty much the same, but I chose to cut in different places. The odd snip at the back of the ears for example removes the distortion areas on the under chin and back of neck areas. I also pulled the eyes to a new map and made them much larger to get more detail. I also completely unwrapped each claw and tooth. I did snip off the belly, which adds a seam, but it much improves the mapping of the sides and groin area and removes that difficult arch on the stomach area which makes shaggier fur and markings so difficult on the mildog.

Next step: All New Maps and then All New Morphs.

Release date: Don't even ask. Later. Much Later.

Do NOT start textures on this map, there is a chance it will be changed.

LM

yeah those are the creature creator legs. There are several textures sets for the legs at DAZ, not sure about here. Theres also m4 versions.

You also might want to check out this little independent site - they have a bunch of anthropomorphic m4, v4 and k4 based characters.

http://philosophersegg.com/

Lyrra

Boni

Yes I know. I said so at the end of the tutorial :) I figured this feature was new and odd enough that people could use a guide on how to set these things up. It took me a few trial and errors to sort it out. :)

Lyrra

Lyne

After I get the Improved Mildog together enough to distribute I can send you a copy to work with. So far I have added rigging for the ears, moved and rigged the jaw and tongue and added loads of JCM to fix the bend issues. I havent finished the new UVS yet but I'm using uvlayout to make therm nice and tidy.

Lyrra

Sorry. Still busy with poser 11 stuff. I did say I would have a delay on this project while I worked on other sets that I had already committed to.

Probably another week for the batch of Pauline skins and then a week or two to finish up and do promos for Paul's Morphs Plus, bodysuit and Fit Room kit. Then I should be able to get back to this set .. so .. in theory .. Januaryish.

Maybe. Longer if I get annoyed.

Just to note - I've had some people harassing me here, via PM, and on other forums so if that behavior continues I might very well take all my toys and find someplace nice and quiet to work without the trolls. I'm going to give the admins here a chance to do their jobs, but since they haven't stomped these people thus far I don't have high hopes.

LM

actually someplace there is a 'convert props to figure' tool. someplace. been a long time since I looked for it ....

first get your props all hooked up together via parenting and the hierarchy editor

then click the button in the hierarchy editor for 'create new figure' in the bottom right

it will look like nothing happened. Nothing changes in scene.

Now go to the Library folder for characters and look in the (possibly just created, so refresh) folder "New Figures"

There you should find your new figure. you should be able to load it in as a figure now and start adjusting its joints as needed

This is for props with attached moving parts.

to make a bunch of things into one thing just export as obj, import it and save as a prop.

For props with unattached moving parts (like drawers) parent the drawer to the base and save the set all together.

For props with swinging parts you need to adjust the center of the swinging part (door) with the joint editor, and then save as just above

LM

nope. this thread is about comparing the figures. you want to rebuild Pauline, go make a new thread "How to Improve Pauline' and dont cross topics. That way people looking to rebuild Pauline can find you.

I however have much too much work to get on with to keep an eye on forum postings. I'm pretty certain people would much rather I spent my time making things than explaining over and over how to stay on one bloody topic.

You want to compare say miki4 or Posette-Nea to any of these figures this is your thread. for anything else .. start a new one., Its not like they charge.

Lyrra

I am no longer following this thread

Thank you all for reminding me why I avoid the forums

Lyrra

I'll pencil a Pauline downgrade version in for after I finish the Paul Morphs plus. Unless someone beats me to it. In theory one should be able to convert the bodyhandles to regular rigged handles and make her compatible back to mmm poser 7? where they added WM.

I dont think she's open source, she was stated as being a merchant resource. I'll ask Nerd for clarification.

LM

Pauline uses specialized poser 11 prop handles for face and some body rigging. I'm not certain how this would translate to earlier versions of poser.

Someone should try that and see what happens.

LM