Have you ever tried applying a pose on a figure and found that the fingers looked all crooked and broken? And Poser wouldn't let you fix it no matter how you tried? Sure, there are a couple "fix it poses" that you can apply, but wouldn't it be better to fix the poses so they won't ever do that broken fingers again? I think so... :)

UnTranslate will help you fix your pose files so they do not contain translation values. This is especially useful on fingers -- depending on your IK settings, applying poses (usually those meant for a different figure) might lead to ugly broken looking fingers. :-S

It will also edit your files so that translations on the X and Z axis of character hips are removed -- this means that applying a pose will not recenter a figure in the scene, therefore if you have a figure set in front of a prop elsewhere in the scene, applying a pose that was fixed for X and Z translations will keep the character where it was. Applying poses that aren't fixed means the figure will go back to the middle of your workspace.

You can also have it edit all translations values on the body (except the hip since a Y translation on the hip is actually something useful to have!) so there is no chance of limbs being translated and looking broken.

With UnTranslate, you can fix your entire library of poses to be user friendly once and for all. Also a wonderful application to have for all you merchants out there - your pose packs will have that added value that users will thank you for. :)

NOTE: the utility is made to understand poses for figures which contain standard body parts -- the millenium figures (Vicky, Mike, Aiko, etc..), the Poser 6 people, Apollo Maximus, for example are supported figures. The utility might not work on absolutely all poses for all figures, but human figures with standard names for body parts are all supported. If you are unsure about anything, please let me know and I will check compatibility for you. :)

Message edited on: 07/22/2005 11:51

Caroline (laetia)

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