Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Building a face looking like a specific person you know...

liftan opened this issue on Mar 14, 2001 ยท 3 posts


liftan posted Wed, 14 March 2001 at 7:05 PM

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_Hi ! _Who can tell me how to make a Poser 3 face ressemble my face or anybody's face I know with Poser 3 ? _I would thankful to the one who can describe me in simple terms (I am french and my english isn't that good !...) the whole process making Poser 3 characters and specifically Poser 3 faces looking like more or less the person you want to draw with Poser 3 (of course, I got their photographs). I will deal with the hair, the problem is for me to have the Poser face ressembling exactly the person I want. ...And you know what ? I did it before...!!! I just can't remember how I did it ! Please remind me if you can. (See the attachment: It was exactly my wife's face !(well, when she was cute...hi hi) Thanks in advance. Cheers to all. Jean-Pierre Mayet (liftan/Alf)

Poppi posted Wed, 14 March 2001 at 8:07 PM

Well, I think you did a great job on her. I guess, first...start with a photo...and try and put it, using layers, in photoshop, or whatever....eyes...exactly where the eyse are, mouth, etc. When that doesn't look exactly like you want...go off in search of morphs to add the desired effects. If all else fails, you may have to open the mesh you are working with in a 3d program, to change it a bit. (Run it through the uvmapper, free here, under Poser utilities, first...and, don't do anything to it.) Make some morphs of your own until it is just right. I am working on one, now, for someone...thought I was almost done...but, they want a short animation, as well. Good luck. I think you have the "eye" for what you want, so you should be fine.


Anthony Appleyard posted Thu, 15 March 2001 at 10:48 AM

Best start with the Ultramorph Woman. She is the Nude Woman with a lot of extra face morphs. When she looks like what you want :: The next stage is complicated if you have Poser 3. With Poser 4, you could export her head only as .OBJ in "make a morph target" mode. With Poser 3, try this: Make sure that all x/y/zTran's and rotations / twists / bends / side-to-sides / etc of her BODY and hip and abdomen and chest and neck and head are all absolutely zero (as fond by double-clicking each parameter dial) and that all IK chains are set to off'. (Pressing the2' key will select the BODY :: it is an invisible part which is the parent of the hip.) Export the .OBJ file. Try to make sure that ONLY her head comes out (not the eyes etc). Try using the result as a morph target. I can't guarantee the result. Or get Poser 4.