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Pose mixing question

WillowRavenWillowRaven Posts: 3,787
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I'm playing with 3DUniverse's Little Ones bundle and want to make a blend of two of the poses that I bought for the series of characters. I'm not trying to blend poses from other figures or even use other g3 poses just yet (although it would be nice if I could for future needs), I just want to use the top of one and the bottom of another. 

I've had scripts in the past that allowed me to mix and match poses for the gen 4 figures, and I have one that allows the mix n match of g3 to g8 and visa versa, but I don't know how it's done with the same figure and same pose product. Any ideas? Is there a manual way for me to do this?

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  • blazblaz Posts: 261
    If you Ctrl click on the pose preset, a dialogue opens that allows you to apply the pose to specific bones.
  • richardandtracyrichardandtracy Posts: 5,922
    That's another case where adequate documentation would be invaluable. Could have gone a lifetime without ever finding that out. Thanks.
  • RiverSoft ArtRiverSoft Art Posts: 6,647

    If you have Pose Details (https://www.daz3d.com/pose-details), it will work with V4/M4 through G8.1

  • WillowRavenWillowRaven Posts: 3,787

    blaz said:

    If you Ctrl click on the pose preset, a dialogue opens that allows you to apply the pose to specific bones.

    Thanks ... one of those little tricks no one talks about much.

    richardandtracy said:

    That's another case where adequate documentation would be invaluable. Could have gone a lifetime without ever finding that out. Thanks.

    Lol ... I know, right? I've learned so much more here in the forums than I ever did through Daz tutorials.

    RiverSoftArt said:

    If you have Pose Details (https://www.daz3d.com/pose-details), it will work with V4/M4 through G8.1

    I am so going to be grabbing that on payday!!! I love your scripts. I see it also works on some non-people figures. Is it only for Daz pose files or also Poser pose files? Either way, this is going to be a very helpful tool.

     

    Thanks for the help, everyone :)

     

  • WillowRavenWillowRaven Posts: 3,787

    blaz said:

    If you Ctrl click on the pose preset, a dialogue opens that allows you to apply the pose to specific bones.

    I'm doing something wrong ... can you explain it step-by-step for me? I can't buy the friendly script till this client pays me, frown.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,701

    WillowRaven said:

    blaz said:

    If you Ctrl click on the pose preset, a dialogue opens that allows you to apply the pose to specific bones.

    I'm doing something wrong ... can you explain it step-by-step for me? I can't buy the friendly script till this client pays me, frown.

    Hold down ctrl (cmd for a Mac) and double-click the preset to load it.

  • WillowRavenWillowRaven Posts: 3,787

    Richard Haseltine said:

    WillowRaven said:

    blaz said:

    If you Ctrl click on the pose preset, a dialogue opens that allows you to apply the pose to specific bones.

    I'm doing something wrong ... can you explain it step-by-step for me? I can't buy the friendly script till this client pays me, frown.

    Hold down ctrl (cmd for a Mac) and double-click the preset to load it.

    I tried that ... It just changed the entire figure pose to the new pose. Then I tried right-clicking and it brings up a drop-down list, none of which reads 'preset'.

  • blazblaz Posts: 261
    edited August 2021

    Select, for example, pelvis. Hold down ctrl and double-left-click on the pose you want to apply.

    A window will open. If you change Node to Selected and Propagation to Recursive, the pose will apply only to the lower body. (to pelvis and it's children bones)

    If you wanted to pose only selected bones, you would then set Propagation to Selected only.

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  • WillowRavenWillowRaven Posts: 3,787

    blaz said:

    Select, for example, pelvis. Hold down ctrl and double-left-click on the pose you want to apply.

    A window will open. If you change Node to Selected and Propagation to Recursive, the pose will apply only to the lower body. (to pelvis and it's children bones)

    If you wanted to pose only selected bones, you would then set Propagation to Selected only.

    That helped .. thanks :) I'll have to remember which thread this was in till I can buy the script, lol. 

  • jimmyzpopjimmyzpop Posts: 118

    Wow! Love this tip! 

  • FSMCDesignsFSMCDesigns Posts: 12,779

    Holding down the crtl key also works with other things, like applying textures. it gives you other options like keeping the same textures, but applying the material settings, etc.

  • WillowRavenWillowRaven Posts: 3,787

    Wow ... I have been going nuts making the LO kids custom poses using this tip. Why on Earth did I never see this tip since DS3? lol ... But it's not stopping me from buying River's script so I can use it on EVERYTHING. I LOVE TOOLS THAT MAKE MY LIFE EASIER ... lol ... Worth their money, for sure.

    FSMCDesigns said:

    Holding down the crtl key also works with other things, like applying textures. it gives you other options like keeping the same textures, but applying the material settings, etc.

    Hmmm ... please explain the difference between textures and material settings ...

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,701

    WillowRaven said:

    Wow ... I have been going nuts making the LO kids custom poses using this tip. Why on Earth did I never see this tip since DS3? lol ... But it's not stopping me from buying River's script so I can use it on EVERYTHING. I LOVE TOOLS THAT MAKE MY LIFE EASIER ... lol ... Worth their money, for sure.

    FSMCDesigns said:

    Holding down the crtl key also works with other things, like applying textures. it gives you other options like keeping the same textures, but applying the material settings, etc.

    Hmmm ... please explain the difference between textures and material settings ...

    Textures are image files, material settings specify which shader to use and which textures and values to apply to its different properties (or a subset thereof)

  • WillowRavenWillowRaven Posts: 3,787

    Richard Haseltine said:

    FSMCDesigns said:

    Holding down the crtl key also works with other things, like applying textures. it gives you other options like keeping the same textures, but applying the material settings, etc.

    Hmmm ... please explain the difference between textures and material settings ...

    Textures are image files, material settings specify which shader to use and which textures and values to apply to its different properties (or a subset thereof)

    I'm still not understanding ... is there a video or something that shows the difference?

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,701

    WillowRaven said:

    Richard Haseltine said:

    FSMCDesigns said:

    Holding down the crtl key also works with other things, like applying textures. it gives you other options like keeping the same textures, but applying the material settings, etc.

    Hmmm ... please explain the difference between textures and material settings ...

    Textures are image files, material settings specify which shader to use and which textures and values to apply to its different properties (or a subset thereof)

    I'm still not understanding ... is there a video or something that shows the difference?

    Try a texture is an ingredient, a material is a recipe.

  • WillowRavenWillowRaven Posts: 3,787

    Again ... that doesn't tell me how the end look is different or can be made different with the control key. I need a visual to understand the difference. I just select the figure and apply whatever MAT is usable. Is it an iray-thing or also 3DL? Or it doesn't matter. I just don't understand the difference.

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