1 Poser Tutorial Clothing Designer Fri Sep 24, 2010 9:48 am
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The Clothing Designer Suite of tools enables Poser users
to create their own clothing models within Poser.
to create their own clothing models within Poser.
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Basic Clothing | Scissors | OBJ2CR2 File Converter |
A set of generic clothing models that may be used to form the starting point for your designs. | A tool to cut imported OBJ files and library props. | Easily convert imported OBJ files or library clothing props into conforming figures. |
Suitable for Poser 5 and later, PC & Mac
Ensure that all Poser service releases are installed.
Basic Clothing: installation, details and method.
You could now take the clothing prop into the Cloth Room and allow it to drape over the model. Another option would be to export out the OBJ file for editing in a third party modeling application. If you had the OBJ2CR2 module you could convert it into conforming clothing.
The completed clothing model is yours to do what you like with. I view the Clothing Designer as a tool to create a clothing model. You can not reditribute the tool but you can redistribute the result.
Registering the plug in
The plug in needs to be registered before it can be used. Details are in the readme.
]Ensure that all Poser service releases are installed.
Basic Clothing: installation, details and method.
Start by extracting the downloaded ZIP file to your Poser folder. (Mac users extract to a convenient location then copy the files over). They must be installed to the version of Poser that you are running, they can not be installed into the Poser Downloads folder or an external runtime. When using the Clothing Designer basic clothing, you will primarily be loading the clothing from the figure library then manipulating the model in the Poser scene however there are a couple of Python script tools that you need to be aware of.
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As an aid to keeping track of which node is currently selected Python scripting is employed to cause the selected node to "high light". For Poser 6 users this is automatically enabled when the Base Control figure is loaded into the scene. Poser 5 users will need to turn the function on manually by using the button in the Utilities section. Deleting the Control figure then reloading another one may cause this function to fail. See notes about restarting Poser below. |
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Load the basic clothing from the Figures library. They will be in the PhilC Designs:Clothing Designer folder. Pant and skirt suits for children, males and females are provided. These include:- Children BallJointDoll, BenG2, ChibiBel, Gumdrop, KateG2, Laura, Luke, Maddie3, Matt3, NearMe, P4 Boy, P4 Girl, P5 Penny, P5 Will, P6 Ben, P6 Kate, Sadie Female A4, Aiko, BelBel, Cookie, Furrette, Gladys Emmanuel, Glam Jessi, Glam Vicki, Gloria, Ingenue Vicki, Jessi, Judy, K, Kiss, Koshini, Kururu, Maya Doll, MDP-F202, Miki, Miki2, P4 Female, Sara, She Freak, SP3, SSV4HH, Starfox Krystal, SydneyG2, Terai Yuki, The Girl, V2, V3, V4, V41 Male Apollo, Chip, Clark, David, Freak, Furraldo, G2 Males, Hiro, Ichiro, Lycanthropos, M2, M3, M4, P4 Male, P5 Don, P6 James, PhilC Ogre, Rikishi, SimonG2 If you own Wardrobe Wizard you can obviously expand upon that range by converting the finished clothing. |
Next load your figure. This is for reference only, there is no Python scripting interlinking the figure with the basic clothing. None is needed. Select the Control figure which contains the basic clothing and apply the required pose to it. Poses will be in PhilC Designs:Clothing Designer folder. The pose will apply the figure morph to the basic clothing and adjust the control figure where required. A "Zero Figure" and "Zero Control" pose is also provided for your convenience. | [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] |
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] | Click the red nodes and turn the node control dials to create the required shape for the clothing. Additional morphs are included which affect the full sleeves or skirt. Poser magnets may also be used to good effect. For a comprehensive magnet tutorial including an on screen video presentation click this link. |
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At this point I recommend that you:-
The reasons for this are:-
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After restarting Poser and reloading the saved clothing prop from the library you can use the grouping tool to make further selections and create the dress shown below. Note that the morph dials from the Control figure are not trasfered into the prop. If you had the Scissors module you would be able to make cuts that were unrestricted by the positioning of the existing polygons. | |
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The completed clothing model is yours to do what you like with. I view the Clothing Designer as a tool to create a clothing model. You can not reditribute the tool but you can redistribute the result.
Registering the plug in
The plug in needs to be registered before it can be used. Details are in the readme.