aritc10600 opened this issue on Nov 28, 2000 ยท 6 posts
aritc10600 posted Tue, 28 November 2000 at 8:30 AM
i have heard about using "cosmo" hair in poser i have the cosmo program but how do you import it to poser? please help...
Destiny posted Tue, 28 November 2000 at 8:44 AM
If you have the first Cosmo CD, you will notice the hair files are in .tga form. They can be taken right off the CD and by importing them into a graphics program such as PSP or Photo Shop, you can use the alpha channel to "lift" the hair and place it on your figures head. Just copy and paste. But if you have the newer version, you can't import the hair into any program, you have to literally take your poser figure and run it thru the Cosmo program and put the hair on like that. I find the only drawback in using Cosmo hair is that the face on your figure usually has to be a dead on shot...no side views, etc. But if you are really good with cutting and pasting, you can get around that, too. I hope this has helped :o)
black-canary posted Tue, 28 November 2000 at 10:23 AM
I think you can get the files out of the new version by loading a plain white background as your photo in cosmo, and then loading hair on it and saving the resulting file. I've seen cosmo hair used in poser by mapping it onto an otherwise transparent square and sticking the square on the poser person. You can get a little wiggle room this way with the straight-on-face thing, and the hair will cast a shadow this way. The one I've seen get the best results with this hair-on-a-square technicque is renapd. Canary
picnic posted Tue, 28 November 2000 at 11:49 AM
The plain white background worked for me and I got past the straight on situation by using the cloning brushes in my graphics app. That worked terrific. I just kept making new layers and cloning/erasing until I got what I wanted-and some of my images were with faces turned quite a bit. Used a little smudge too G. I have both versions of the Cosmo hair and prefer the .tga files the best--really easy to use, but if that isn't what you have, then the other way is okay--just a bit more work. Diane
rain posted Tue, 28 November 2000 at 12:15 PM
Thanks for the tip, Diane. The smudge tool is a great idea as is using the cloning brush. I must try it! Claire
voodooninjax posted Wed, 29 November 2000 at 3:01 AM
WOW, I never thought of using the virtual makeover cd for poser (hitting self in head) God knows it has no other use. My wife made me buy it for her, and she used it ONCE! ONCE!!!!! heh....sorry.......ahem... Voodoo