Softsnow opened this issue on Jan 19, 2000 ยท 6 posts
Softsnow posted Wed, 19 January 2000 at 3:09 PM
I'm trying to alter some clothing on a Poser4 figure and someone suggested using magnets. I've been working with it for about 2 hours and am nothing but frustrated. Of course all I have is the useless Poser4 manual to help me.. I looked in the Tutorial section here and couldn't find anything on magnets... Anybody know of any tutorials out there? Also, can anybody reccommend a GOOD book on Poser4? There is so much I want to do with this program and can't seem to figure out the basics!! HELP!!
Sprout posted Wed, 19 January 2000 at 3:12 PM
Morph world has an Excelent tutorial to do with magnents I believe. The link is on the right. Sprout :O)
JeffH posted Wed, 19 January 2000 at 3:15 PM
And here's a Magnet Tutorial from the Poser creator himself: http://host-1.ghosteffects.com/poser/magnetTutorial/magnets.html -JH.
PhilC posted Wed, 19 January 2000 at 3:50 PM
I do it this way:- 1) select part to me altered 2) create magnet 3) move magnet in the direction I want the item to go taking no heed to what it looks like at this stage. ie if I want a longer turned up nose I just bring the magnet forward and up abit. 4) position and scale the green Mag Zone sphere on the parts I DO want to move 5) position and scale the red Mag Zone sphere over the parts I DONT want to move. I have found no merit in moving the mag base. I ignore what it looks like till I have completed step (5) If I like what I see I spawn a morph Hope this helps. PhilC pcooke@mis.net
bloodsong posted Wed, 19 January 2000 at 4:38 PM
hey... phil, where'd you get green and red mag zones from?? ive heard of inner and outer mat spheres for jp's, but even those dont come in red and green on mine. :) the base is the starting point, or reference point for the distortion. (ie: if you rotate the magnet, what are you rotating it around?) the zone is the falloff area, with the center being the most distortion. and the magnet is NOT a magnet, but a representation of what you are doing to the vertices. (ie: moving, scaling, rotating, etc.) check out those tutorials, they'll make everything clear. :)
Cage posted Wed, 19 January 2000 at 8:10 PM
Thanks to the above tutorial, I now understand magnets well enough to use them. They are a great feature!
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Cage can be an opinionated jerk who posts without thinking. He apologizes for this. He's honestly not trying to be a turkeyhead.
Cage had some freebies, compatible with Poser 11 and below. His Python scripts were saved at archive.org, along with the rest of the Morphography site, where they were hosted.