Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL

Subject: Spawning a morph, or extracting it

giorgio_2004 opened this issue on Jul 29, 2008 · 7 posts

giorgio_2004 posted Tue, 29 July 2008 at 4:26 AM

Ciao,

another complex question for you Poser bosses  (I mean, complex for ME, maybe actually it's really simple, I'd hope so!)

I have a character created with V4.0. The body is almost standard, but the face has been created with these steps:

  1. Transferring the face shape from a V3 through a Python script;
  2. Spinning a lot of dials here and there;
  3. Caressing her a lot with the Morph tool.

I mean, it's a highly customized character. I would not been able to re-create her from scratch.

I have noticed that when I apply some V4 poses to her, sometimes funny things happen (limbs disjointed, awful deformations, and so on). Maybe the Python script or the Morphing tool have done something wrong. I'd like to "move her face" on a clean V4.2 body, so I can re-start from scratch, and take advantage of the new morphs++.

Question is:  given that there is not a simple morph dial for her look, is it possible to "move her face" on a new base body?

Thanks in advance,

Giorgio

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EnglishBob posted Tue, 29 July 2008 at 4:53 AM

If it's purely for your own use, export the head to Wavefront OBJ format, checking only the "as morph target" option. Then use that export to add a morph target to a "fresh" V4. Of course, you wouldn't be able to distribute the morph in that form.

giorgio_2004 posted Tue, 29 July 2008 at 5:00 AM

Yes, Bob, it's only for my own use, obviously!  Thanks!

Giorgio

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EnglishBob posted Tue, 29 July 2008 at 5:23 AM

You're welcome! It would still be possible to make a distributable version - but a lot more complicated, which is why I didn't mention it. ;) 

TheOwl posted Tue, 29 July 2008 at 9:11 AM

wait..... you mean you can export a Victoria 4.2 head as a morph target then apply it to a Victoria 4.0? Or a V3 to a V4??????

AM I HEARING THIS RIGHT?

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EnglishBob posted Tue, 29 July 2008 at 9:19 AM

Quote - AM I HEARING THIS RIGHT?

Yes and no. ;) V4.2 to V4, yes; V3 to V4, no. Giorgio's V3 head is already transferred to a V4 mesh.
 

giorgio_2004 posted Tue, 29 July 2008 at 9:37 AM

Quote -
Yes and no. ;) V4.2 to V4, yes; V3 to V4, no. Giorgio's V3 head is already transferred to a V4 mesh.

Correct. I had done the transfer through the Spanki & Cage TDMT script  (http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php?thread_id=2677445&page=1)

Giorgio

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