Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Expressions Made Easy by MatrixWorkz - A Short Tutorial

MatrixWorkz opened this issue on Feb 06, 2009 · 19 posts


MatrixWorkz posted Fri, 06 February 2009 at 2:21 PM

Ok folks after just reading someone's thread about how hard expressions are I'm here to totally disagree...... And I'll show you why.

First off, there's a handy little python script that comes with Poser called randomExpression.py in the :Runtime:Python:poserscripts:GeomMods: directory that is called by a Random.FC2 facial pose file that will randomize all the facial morphs in any figure. The trick here is to load the base figures which have only their expression morphs loaded. You don't want all the bells and whistle morphs of Ultimate Morphs ++ Morphs and what have you. Just the basics mum!

The reason you only want base morphs is that the pose file will randomize any and all head morphs on your figure and if you have all the extra morphing and shaping morphs loaded you're just going to get a bunch of weird alien looking creatures instead of just expressions.

If you can't find a copy of Random.FC2 just cut and past the code below into a text editor and save it as Random.FC2:

[quote]
{

version
    {
    number 4
    }

runPythonScript :Runtime:Python:poserScripts:GeomMods:randomExpression.py
}
[/quote]

All you now have to do is run this random pose on your base figure and save any facial expressions you like and just skip the ones you don't like. Viola!!!!  You now can create millions of your own custom expressions with the touch of a single button in your library! EnjoY!

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