holy chit, bagginsbill!

what a DIFFERENCE in my skydome!  thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Very much better, beos.... i have no question in my head that its a short adult rather than a curvy child.  much better body shape =D

I'd say that is the mil baby.... but i could be wrong (i usually am at "guess the figure" games)

but i think its rendered in vue or lightwave.  no matter how - it was very well done. - thanks for sharing the link!

(as for tell-tale poser joint issue.... there was quite a bit of postwork done on the movie, bet most of any of THAT problem got dealt with).... the foggy bathroom, for instance, was all postwork from what i could see (again, i could be wrong)

I say "short adult", but there's no way for me to be completely objective....

33yrs old & i  stand 4'9", 105lbs.  Unfortunately, unlike this mesh in question, i wasn't gifted with large boobs so people can make the distinction between "child" and "adult" easier.

when i was pregnant, i couldn't walk around with my dad - he actually had one "concerned" (read nosey) couple call cops on us one day.  (i was 22 - they claimed i was 10 or 11).  The same time frame, i went to a store with my mom - she sent me off to pick up "one more thing" and by the time i waddled back, my mom was about to strangle the cashier, because without any preamble, the cashier had looked at my mom and said "how can you let her walk around like that?  all of 14 years old and pregnant?  and who's the father, her DAD?"

i handed over my ID, which caused the cashier's jaw to drop, and profuse apologies to start spewing forth.

That's just two of the many MANY stories i have where people look at SHORT and see CHILD.

another reason my figures in my images don't usually get resized LOL.

As for your "short adult" - i, too, would recommend wider hips, perhaps a slightly wider waist (not too much, or you lose the womanly shape), and slightly thicker thighs as well.  perhaps a bit more "bottom"?  upper arms are also a place where age shoes.... slightly thicker upper arms might help, too..... perhaps a tiny touch of a belly?  a little less rounding in the facial cheeks, too.... i've noticed for most (shorter) females, the last of the "child-like facial curves" vanishes around the age of 20 or so.... especially if they are one of those blessed women who will always look  "young for her age".  my thoughts on that is that the growth hormone contributes drastically to the aging process, thus shorter people tend to look younger?  but that's beside the point....

im interested in seeing where you go with this short adult, beos - and i have to agree, the princess in arthur and the incredibles was... very loveable =D - and so's your "short adult"

"Once you get that down,  if you have Poser 6 or 7 you can work on using some of your conforming dresses and skirts in the cloth room too. "

errmmm..... uhhhh....

poser 6....

but i STILL haven't figured out  " ...after that its just play with the settings for different types of cloth , leather, silk " yet LOL.

(not sure WHERE these settings are.... i suspect hiding under something that appears to be totally unrelated)

first things first ;)  i need to get consistant results, and keep the various steps in mind ;)  then, figure out the various functions of the room - THEN expand upon it by bringing in conforming.... mmmm.... now THAT i cant wait to learn......

grins

Ahhh, ok.... the hair file had only one actual area to apply a texture to (besides the "preview"), so i saved it as a single rather than a collection...

ok, will go correct it =D

thank you!

Haven't played with much beyond the default settings (and what's needed to make it happen)... its been pretty cool checking out those neat outfits i've had, but couldnt figure out how to use chuckles. (see attached pic LOL.... i keep going through each character's "dynamic" wardrobe, which i realized - is painfully small)

have had one issue keep cropping up, however...

i get everything set up, and i tell it to calculate the simulation (think that's the button) and it starts chugging along... frame 1, etc... until it gets to a point somewhere beyond whatever my halfway point is.... then it hangs up for about 15 minutes, appearing to be thinking - and then, it just stops the "simulation".

is this a lack of memory issue on my computer's part?

Would it help if I kept the collisions on that i need on, and invis the figure the clothing is on?  I've already figured out not to add texture maps or anything that might make the computer have to think a little harder. 

What difference does "draping" have on the end result?  And do "number of draping frames" have to be the same number as the end of the simulation (presumably where your ending pose is)? 

What if you want your character to have body morphs?  How do you get dynamic clothing items to work then?

i'm sorry for all the questions..... you folks have been great, and have opened the door onto a whole new realm of possibilities for me.... thank you =D

oops... i feel a bit silly now.. was hitting the wrong button LOL.

oh well =D  live & learn..... now am working through PhilC's excellent video... getting interesting results to say the least, but i'm working out what i did wrong inadvertantly (or the differences between props).....

thanks for all the help, and am pretty sure i'll have more silly questions.....

meli
(diving back into the cloth room, to start from scratch yet again to see if she can make it work again LOL - practice makes perfect, yes? and repitition enforces habit)

Ok. one more quick question - how do i reset a "cloth" to its original state of being (before i clothified, or at least before running the simulation) so i dont have to keep deleting the cloth/square and reloading it from the prop room?  or is there a way?

Weeeeeeeee, this is FUN!

Mark, thanks yet again!

still playing with his "very simple" cloth room tut giggles

(there's something about watching that "cloth" draping over the cube that tickles my fancy LOL)

after this, yes, it'll be watching the video repeatedly.... PhilC, if you happen to catch this thread - if that's your voice on the video - its very nice and soothing =D

laughs and throws her hands in the air in surrender

ok, will try to work through the tutorials listed - the starlight dress one, i'll have to hold off on =/

Hey MarkSchum!  i met you over a year ago at (i think) the "other" rendo place ;)  you made a wonderful prop for me (the yin-yang), which is STILL sitting in my runtime, waiting for me to use it.

i haven't forgotten it =D  and yes, i'll try your "push here dummy" version, then follow that up with the tutorials.  thanks again =D

And no offense to DrGeep, or naysayguy.... but of all DrGeep's tutorials - that one got me REALLLLLLLLY confused (i usually dont have a problem with his tutorials, they make me giggle while i struggle to learn)

had a nightmare last night.... that i was stuck literally INSIDE the cloth room, and someone was trying to drape cloth on me and ended up suffocating me.

maybe i should take more care with my figures when i stuff 'em inside the cloth room (clothes closet? LOL)

ok, ive goofed off long enough (did a couple of "just playing around" images lately to clear my head)... today is "wade through cloth room tutorial day" - and darling hubby's laptop is about to be taken over, cus i intend to print these out (the ones i can print anyway)

thanks again, and will let ya'll know how terribly (or brilliantly) i do at this ;)

I vote Acadia "God/dess of Link & Tutorial Gathering" (and that doesnt even cover her/his? wonderful explinations of things...)

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Can we get this thread stickied?  Its very useful.... (and thanks everyone!!!)

grins - yup.. its why I'm trying to track down all the info, and get a copy of the video.

besides, i'm curious.... i want to learn poser's animation, but i just can't wrap my mind around any of the helpful tutorials... i need to actually watch, and i'm hoping this person would be so kind as to let me study animation under them.

Ever have one of those, "this just feels right" moments?

grins
thanks, Acadia - i enjoy reading your posts, btw..... you've answered quite a few of my questions without me having to ask them =D

Annibel....

laughing almost too hard to type.....

thanks, i needed that =D
meli

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still laughing