Hi Folks,

This one appears to be a very attractive but confusing subject.

Let's see if we can unravel some of the mystery behind Poser's magnets. :blink:___Ok ... ???

cheers,
dr geep
;=]

Bookmark this thread now and ... stay tuned ... ;=]

Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"

cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

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Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"

cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

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Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"

cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

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Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"

cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

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I got the Front Row. Now I just have to try not to get sent to the Principal's Office again.

Before they made me they broke the mold!
http://home.roadrunner.com/~kflach/

Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"

cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

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Quote - I got the Front Row. Now I just have to try not to get sent to the Principal's Office again.

Don't forget to bring the popcorn and peanuts.
DPH

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That resizing the pictures thing is a PITA.

Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"

cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

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I can just imagine taking a dance class and having the teacher shout out, "OK people, let's shake that Xtran!" Oops. Sorry for distracting the class with that Xtran-eous comment...

Before they made me they broke the mold!
http://home.roadrunner.com/~kflach/

Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"

cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

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Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"

cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

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Don't stop NOW ...it was just getting exciting!
David P. Hoadley
PS BTW, can you do a tutorial on UV Mapping?

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Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"

cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

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Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"

cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

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Quote - Don't stop NOW ...it was just getting exciting!
David P. Hoadley
PS BTW, can you do a tutorial on UV Mapping?

Hi David,

UV Mapping? ........ What's that? (just kidding)

I will add it to my list of "things to do."

cheers,
dr geep
;=]

Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"

cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

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Dear Dr Geep;
I'd appreciate that very much.  I find myself lately doing more Mapping than Posing; when I at best have but a rudimentary knowledge of that subject.  Using UV Mapper Pro, I find myself working by hit and by miss (mostly miss) in trying to achieve my goals.
My list of failures is a long sad litany, the telling of which I'll spare the forum members.
Yours truly,
David P. Hoadley

BTW, I'm copying the tutorial gifs to my Hard Drive.  When you're finished posting, I'll assemble them into a single unit in Adobe Acrobat.  I definately have a need to master magnets too!
And I think I speak for all of us when I say, that I very much appreciate the trouble that you go to, to aid your fellow Poserites.

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Dear David,

Shalom and ... Thank you.  It is nice to know that at least one person is "watching." ;=]

After all, one would not like to think that one's efforts are in vain and only taking up "valuable" space on the "net" with no one deriving any benefit from them, n'est pas?.  ;=]

cheers,
dr geep
;=]

Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"

cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

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Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"

cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

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Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"

cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

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בס"ד

Dear Dr Geep;
I'm assuming that even though the external graphics might be different, that everything that you do here is also essentially viable in Poser 4 and Pro Pack.  I think that point needs to be made for some of your viewers.
Yours truly,
David P. Hoadley

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Quote - בס"ד

Dear Dr Geep;
I'm assuming that even though the external graphics might be different, that everything that you do here is also essentially viable in Poser 4 and Pro Pack.  I think that point needs to be made for some of your viewers.
Yours truly,
David P. Hoadley

Dear David,

Yes, you are absolutely correct ... Thank you for pointing that out. :biggrin:

This information may be used for:

• Poser 4
• Poser Pro Pack
• Poser 5
• Poser 6
• Poser Artist   (same as Poser 4)

cheers,
dr geep
;=]

Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"

cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

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Your efforts are definitely not in vain Dr Geep! Love esther

MY ONLINE COMIC IS NOW LIVE

I aim to update it about once a month.  Oh, and it's free!

To see magnets, you have another choice (3 of them actually), look in the "Display->Deformers" menu, to find:

"Show All"

"Hide All"

"Show Current selection only"

..the default is Currently Only, which is why you need to select the magnet or the body-part it's selected to.  If you switch to Show All, you see them all in the editor window and if you switch to Hide All, they stay hidden, even with the body-part selected.

Cheers,

• Keith

 

Cinema4D Plugins (Home of Riptide, Riptide Pro, Undertow, Morph Mill, KyamaSlide and I/Ogre plugins) Poser products Freelance Modelling, Poser Rigging, UV-mapping work for hire.

Hi Keith,

Thanks for the input, it's welcome at any time. ;=]

But, ....... I deliberately did NOT include that info because it wood take all the fun out of learning if Woody told you everything, n'est pas?! :biggrin:

cheers,
dr geep
;=]

Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"

cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

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Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"

cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

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Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"

cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

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I see that Woody's become a Beach Boy -'Surfin' USA!'
DPH/

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No problem DG... I find it particularly usefull to "Show All", when I go to save out all the magnets for later use (you're going to cover that, right?! :) ), so the thumbnail shows them all.

Cinema4D Plugins (Home of Riptide, Riptide Pro, Undertow, Morph Mill, KyamaSlide and I/Ogre plugins) Poser products Freelance Modelling, Poser Rigging, UV-mapping work for hire.

Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"

cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

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Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"

cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

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Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"

cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

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Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"

cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

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"It is nice to know that at least one person is "watching." ;=]"

Been watching, not done watching...:-))

It's a real pity that this sort of detail isn't included in the manual. OTOH, in another way, it's not, 'cos it allows maestros like Dr. Geep to shine!!!

Cheers,
Diolma

:b_grin:___ Thank you sir.

;=]

Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"

cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

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Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"

cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

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Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"

cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

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Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"

cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

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Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"

cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

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Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"

cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

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בס"ד

Dear Dr. Geep;
Just as a check to confirm my count, is it 23 images that you've uploaded so far?
Yours truly,
David P. Hoadley

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aggrees with my check, didn't count the title page.

I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit

anahl nathrak uth vas betude doth yel dyenvey..;)

pakled: If you got 23 images without counting the title page, then I'm misssing an image, because I've got 23 including the title page.  Damn and blast!
David P. Hoadley

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(Please click on the image and all will become perfectly clear .............. maybe.) ;=]

Page numbers ... you want page numbers?

Who could you possibly want page numbers? :blink:

They just clutter up an otherwise beautiful render, n'est pas?

Anywho ... for those of you who would like to know the "secret," please refer to the above graphic. ;=]

cheers,
dr geep
;=]

Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"

cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

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Dear David,

Yes.

cheers,
dr geep
;=]

P.S. Shalom!

P.P.S. If you have a total of 23 pages thus far then you are not missing any pages ...
You have 'em all!

Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"

cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

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Quote - Dear David,

Yes.

cheers,
dr geep
;=]

P.S. Shalom!

P.P.S. If you have a total of 23 pages thus far then you are not missing any pages ...
You have 'em all!

Then poor pakled must have one too many.  All well, better to have too MUCH than too LITTLE.  As we all know, the saying that its technique that counts rather than size is somply what out sweethearts tell to make us feel better.
Shalom VeLehitraoat!
Ma Salame!
Ave atque Vale!
David P. Hoadley

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"Shalom VeLehitraoat!
Ma Salame!
Ave atque Vale!"

Huh?

Translation, please ...

;=?

Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"

cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

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Here is another interesting thing.  If you pull the magnet up away from the base
it of course pulls the mesh up.
But if you push the magnet below the base it repells the mesh.
So instead of getting a bump on the box, you get a dimple.
I haven't seen that mentioned anywhere, but it would be great
if you wanted a character's finger to look like it was
pushing into something, just put a negative magnet
on the object the finger is pushing against.

Here is an example

Here is the magnet below the base

Quote - "Shalom VeLehitraoat! :[Hebrew] Peace (Goodbye) and see you again!
 
Ma Salame! :{Arabic] (Go) With peace!

Ave atque Vale!" :[Latin] Hail and goodbye!

Huh?

Translation, please ...

;=?

Translation complete.  Living abroad for the last 30 years in a country that physically joins the continents of Europe, Africa and Asia, I've picked up a few odd bits of knowledge along the way.  Lately, I've learned a few phrases in Russian, along with its alphabet.
David P. Hoadley

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could be..Pakleds are not smart..;) now you've peaked my curiosity..
I save them as 'geeptut_momagnetsx' - where x is the number. Of course, I think I started saving them at work, and started again at home..sigh..now I'll just have to check to make sure.

PS-Mo' magnets, because I have the old Geep tut for magnets..done those many years ago..;)

Ok, I stuck 6 in one Directory, and 17 in another..so we're all 'on the same page'..and 1,327 in the overal Geep directory..;) but that's another story..;)

I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit

anahl nathrak uth vas betude doth yel dyenvey..;)

I save mine to a folder named Geep.  So far I've got Geep.01.gig to Geep.23.gif.   I've got a slew of other Geep tutorials downloaded and saved as pdf files in even anoter Geep folder, which is a subfoldre of my 'Poser Tutorials' folder.  When I finish downloading all the images, I'll assemble them into a new pdf file, which I'll save in my regular Geep folder in my Poser Tutorials library, and then delete my tempory Geep download folder.  It may sound complicated to some, but living in the ratehr convoluted Levant, it makes perfect sense to me.
I'm not quite sure yet how to treat Fazzel's addition information, maybe add it as an appendix.
Yours truly,
David P. Hoadley

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Fazzel's point is a good one and the graphics are excellent.

Note - The same thing can be accomplished by changing xRotate for the Base to 180 degrees which turns the magnet upside down and then increase yTran of the Magnet.  That will, also, pull the vertices inside the Zone in a downward direction as shown.

cheers,
dr geep
;=]

Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"

cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

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(click for a larger image)

If you want all my tuts, why not just get the CD? (while supplies last)

cheers,
dr geep
;=]

Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"

cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

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But Dr Geeeeeeeep!  It's moer fun doing it THIS way!
;-Q

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I thought one only used the "moer" to cut the grass, no?

;=]

Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"

cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

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Oops! Typo!  Blast, when will Renderosity, with all theitr so-called improvements, add a spellchecker.
Yours truly,
David P. Hoadley

PS: A "moer" is also what my wife wishes I'd occassionally use on my beard.

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Spellchecker?  Heck, I need a "document" checker.

;=]

Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"

cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

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Quote - Oops! Typo!  Blast, when will Renderosity, with all theitr so-called improvements, add a spellchecker.

Apparently, I can't spell 'THEIR' correctly either.  As someone suggested in another thread, maybe I DO need to get my glasses checked.
Yours truly,
David P. Hoadley

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(click the image to see what Woody is saying) ;=]

BTW ...
THIS IS PAGE # 24 !
cheers,
dr geep
;=]

Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"

cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

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Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"

cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

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But I thought that THIS was page 24/////1?  Now what do I do? David P. Hoadley

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Nope, That was Page 23a and I forgot to label it. ;=]

Actually, it's not officially part of this tut which is why it's smaller and does NOT have a Page #.

'k? ........... ;=]

What to do? ... Hmmm ... that is up to you.

My suggestion would be to delete it and if you want that information to be included, let me know and I will incorporate it later on in this tut. .............. (if you remind me) ;=]

cheers,
dr geep
;=]

Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"

cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

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Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"

cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

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Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"

cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

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"if you want that information to be included, let me know and I will incorporate it later on in this tut."
I think it should be included, because it is highly pertinent to the subject at hand.  But this is just my humbly biased opinion. ;-)
David P. Hoadley

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This is cool... idiot resistant instructions (there is no such thing as idiot proof). Cant wait for the next!! Thanks Doc

"Dance like nobody's watching; love like you've never been hurt. Sing like nobody's listening; live like it's heaven on earth."
  --  Mark Twain --

"Idiot resistant" ............. hahahahahaha ........... You haven't met NaySayGuy yet, have you?! :blink:

Well, have you?

;=]

Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"

cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

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Nope...haven't met NaySayGuy yet! Does he say the same?

Also, I hope you CD has the same style teaching as what your showing us here.... I just ordered it and cant wait to see!

"Dance like nobody's watching; love like you've never been hurt. Sing like nobody's listening; live like it's heaven on earth."
  --  Mark Twain --

(look for this banner)

Hi Scot,

Thanks for your order ... Your CD will be shipped out tomorrow.

If you go to Dr Geep Studios website and click on the Adventures banner ... you can meet da NaySayGuy in person ... sort of.  (insert evil grin here)

Volume 1 - Issue #2 is devoted to da NaySayGuy.

cheers,
dr geep
;=]

Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"

cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

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"Idiot resistant" :-)) I like that phrase!

BTW, Naysayguy (NSG for short), is the exception that proves any rule.
(Another aside - did you know that in the phrase "the exception that proves the rule", the word "proves" in it is used in the sense of "to test", not in its more usually accepted modern sense of "to show that it is so"?)

Anyway, NSG can "prove" anything. And usually gets things right only when he makes two contradicting wrongs... (thus "proving" the rule that "2 wrongs don't make a right") :-)) - and proving it wrong...

Cheers,
Diolma

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"Proving Ground' is a phrase that still harks back to the original meaning of the word Prove.  Somewhat halfway between the old meaning 'to test', and the newer meaning 'to confirm', is the folk saying: 'The Proof of the Pudding is in the Eating!'  This references the fact that the quality of the pudding is both tested and confirmed by being eaten.
DPH

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well, considering you live in a country that uses a different alphabet, and reads right to left, I'd say it's not that big a problem..;)  I just tell people that I'm not dyslexic, but my fingers are..;)

Yup..got many of the old PDF's from Ebonshire.whateveritisiatthemoment..;) it's all good..;) Actually, since I back up all the geeptuts to CD, I in effect already have a Dr. Geep CD..;) several, in fact..;)

I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit

anahl nathrak uth vas betude doth yel dyenvey..;)

These tuts are excellent Dr Geep.
They really help me (Poser novice here) get over the intimidating and overwelming amount of tools. Especially when I'm used to using an entirely different 3D application.

 

Carrara 7 Pro, Anime Studio Pro 8, Hexagon 2.5, Zbrush 4.6, trueSpace 7.6, and Corel Draw X3. Manga Studio 4EX, Open Canvas 5, WACOM Cintiq 12WX User

I am still quite new to Poser so forgive me if this is a silly question but can you use magnets to create morphs for characters even if you don't have the head and body morph packages? And also though I am sure you will get to this in the tutorial, how do you do that? Thanks, and sorry about the dumb quesion.

http://www.drgeep.com/MagentaTheater/MorphTarget.htm

 

yep this one explains it all!

Carrara 7 Pro, Anime Studio Pro 8, Hexagon 2.5, Zbrush 4.6, trueSpace 7.6, and Corel Draw X3. Manga Studio 4EX, Open Canvas 5, WACOM Cintiq 12WX User

Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"

cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

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