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Camera control with F2/F3
For all my scenes I rely on a F2/F3 setup for the camera. Before I begin to pose I select a camera angle to work from. This is the same angle I will render from in the end. Through the entire posing process I never change it. It is a great time saver, because what's outside of the camera, I don't have to care about. Anyway, F2 saves the camera settings, and F3 loads the saved camera settings. What I do is that I press F2 as soon as I have picked the camera angle to work from. Then as I pose and move around the camera I return with F3 every now and then to see how it looks. Be aware though that the saved camera settings are lost when you quit XPS. So before I save a scene I always press F3. Making sure it is saved with the right camera settings.
Version control with cloning
I use the clone command to create versions of my poses in the same scene file. For example, say I have completed a pose, but wonder if it would not look better if the hand moved to another position. What I do is that I clone the model. The original is my backup so I hide it. And for the clone I re-pose the hand and see how it looks. The different versions of the poses can then be compared by hiding/Showing the models. It is quick and you don't destroy your work.
Selective loading of poses
When you load a pose you get a window with check boxes for every bone. If you uncheck a box, the corresponding bone data won't be loaded. This is great for loading parts of poses. Face expressions and hands comes to mind. Imagine you have a library of hand poses. You are working on a scene where a character is holding a sword. Instead of posing the hand, you could just load a pose file that contains a hand grip for holding a sword, staff or whatever. Load the pose and select only the wrist and fingers.
If you download pose packs, remember that you can load parts of the pose. You don't need to use the entire pose. Maybe the face and hair from one pose will look awesome on another pose. Look at a pose file as a car mechanic look at spare parts
For all my scenes I rely on a F2/F3 setup for the camera. Before I begin to pose I select a camera angle to work from. This is the same angle I will render from in the end. Through the entire posing process I never change it. It is a great time saver, because what's outside of the camera, I don't have to care about. Anyway, F2 saves the camera settings, and F3 loads the saved camera settings. What I do is that I press F2 as soon as I have picked the camera angle to work from. Then as I pose and move around the camera I return with F3 every now and then to see how it looks. Be aware though that the saved camera settings are lost when you quit XPS. So before I save a scene I always press F3. Making sure it is saved with the right camera settings.
Version control with cloning
I use the clone command to create versions of my poses in the same scene file. For example, say I have completed a pose, but wonder if it would not look better if the hand moved to another position. What I do is that I clone the model. The original is my backup so I hide it. And for the clone I re-pose the hand and see how it looks. The different versions of the poses can then be compared by hiding/Showing the models. It is quick and you don't destroy your work.
Selective loading of poses
When you load a pose you get a window with check boxes for every bone. If you uncheck a box, the corresponding bone data won't be loaded. This is great for loading parts of poses. Face expressions and hands comes to mind. Imagine you have a library of hand poses. You are working on a scene where a character is holding a sword. Instead of posing the hand, you could just load a pose file that contains a hand grip for holding a sword, staff or whatever. Load the pose and select only the wrist and fingers.
If you download pose packs, remember that you can load parts of the pose. You don't need to use the entire pose. Maybe the face and hair from one pose will look awesome on another pose. Look at a pose file as a car mechanic look at spare parts
Venus Scripts 4.3
About This is a collection of blender python scripts for Doa VV models. Included in the download: - Venus Rig - Venus Organizer Both has instructions (bottom of script) on how to execute them, so I won't cover that here. The rig script converts the default rig to a user friendly ik rig. The organizer script sort meshes into collections, renames them, and add materials. My intention is that you run both scripts to prepare a model for rendering. Supported Models DOA VV models - as ported by shuubaru. DOA5 - standard xps bone layout (e.g. xps-fanatic) Supported Blender Versions Blender 4.0 Version History Version 1.0 First Release. Version 2.0 (2021-12-26) - Added IK for arms and legs - Added Eye Tracking with automatic eyelid movement - Added Head Tracking - Added Bone Shapes and Bone groups - Reorganized bone layers - Added more bone names for better support of different models. Version 3.0 (2023-11-20) - Updated to work with blender 4 (not backwards compatible with blender 3) -
DOA Eye Shaders
The Simple Setup Here we have a simple setup. A diffuse texture and low roughness. It may be what beginners choose for their first renders. The problem with this setup is that the reflections we get (white dots) appear in the wrong place. In isolation the eyes look fine, but when the face cover part of the eyes, it tends to cover the white dots. Many render artists wrestle with the white dot problem and have strange workarounds. We are not interested in those work arounds. Let us continue with more setups. The Fake Setup The fake setup as I call it, is the traditional setup, as seen in the DOA5 games. It utilizes the specular texture. However, there are a few things to know about this setup. It is not as simple as connecting the specular texture to the specular slot. The image below illustrate the problem. Reflections in one eye only! Why does this happen? First we need to deal with mirrored UV. As seen in the image below, the white dots in the specular texture appear in
2020
2020 has been a pretty crappy year. COVID, bad economy, people act crazy etc, censorship on the internet. The dull world has an effect on my creativity. I produce less. But...I try to see my lower activity as some vacation. You know, until some months ago, I had released a pic every week for 4 years. It strains your energy to dedicate yourself to a hobby like that and work at a job. Having two jobs is what it is like.
But I haven’t stopped rendering. No no. It’s just that I don’t push myself to release. I still educate myself, pose new projects and play around in blender. I think I have 4 WIP blender scenes, and 10 posed
DOA Skin Shader
This is an overview of my body material. It has three groups: Tanner - Darkens the albedo texture. Skin Pores - add detail normals (such as skin pores) to the normal map. Skin Shader - contains a principled shader with specific settings. A group can be included in many materials, but it is global. If you tab into a group and edit what is inside, every material that utilize the group is effected. This become useful when making renders of several characters, as it is inefficient to alter a setting in several body/face materials, compared to edit the setting once inside a group. More reading on groups: https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/editors/texture_node/types/groups.html The tanner group: The tanner contains color edit nodes to manipulate the skin hue. I find a little increase in gamma can help skin from being too pale. A multiply node with black or dark brown can also be helpful to dull down the skin if it appears too bright in a render. Skin Pores This group adds
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aaaa I was trying to find those camera commands forever
thanx a bunch
thanx a bunch