Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL

Subject: Alright, how do I make this guy posable?

Desdemmonna opened this issue on Mar 27, 2003 ยท 8 posts

Desdemmonna posted Thu, 27 March 2003 at 9:58 AM

Someone was kind enough to post a really cool sock monkey mesh in free stuff not too terribly long ago...unfortunately the zip didn't have a readme so I don't know who to credit :o(

Anyways...How do I turn this guy into a posable figure with Poser 4.0? I have a friend who would get a kick out of an animated gif.

Links to previous threads and tutorials would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for your time,
-Des

cruzan posted Thu, 27 March 2003 at 10:30 AM

Well, the first thing to ask is whether this "sock monkey" has groups? I could not find the object. If it has the groups and is not just one mesh object - you should be able to find instructions looking for PHI. This is a text file that sets up the movement dependencies (to best of my knowledge). Like if body moves forward then hand moves with it (z trans) or if hand moves up (y trans) forearm, etc moves up too. If it doesnt have groups - believe that you have to create them with the grouping tool but not sure as only have done the "bone" creations in PPP and P5. Good luck! PS this is a "to my knowledge post" ;-)

ringbearer posted Thu, 27 March 2003 at 10:55 AM

Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/messages.ez?Form.ShowMessage=1126405

Here's the thread, it was in the marketplace wishing well. Done by cplymill. Sharen (SAMS3D) has an article in this months Renderosity magazine on how to make a posable figure from an object. Hope this helps. Arleen

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Desdemmonna posted Thu, 27 March 2003 at 11:42 AM

Thanks, I was wondering where he came from :o)

cowboy posted Thu, 27 March 2003 at 1:56 PM

Attached Link: http://www.jabberdoggy.com/Tutorials/Gingerbread/GBMatrix.html

I saw this fine tutorial try it

Desdemmonna posted Thu, 27 March 2003 at 2:20 PM

Thanks so much for that link...I know what I'm getting myself into now ;)

cruzan posted Thu, 27 March 2003 at 2:49 PM

wow that gingerbread is so nice as i use carrera and took me 2 weeks to figure out just the basics of grouping! Thanks for link cowboy.

Desdemmonna posted Thu, 27 March 2003 at 3:31 PM

Ack, is there a more precise way of selecting areas, especially the curved ones in UV Mapper? Grouping tool in Poser is just a little better, especially since you can flip the little bugger over to select his tail...ugh, I hate having shaky hands :o/