Poser 8 Revealed: Creating A Face and Facial Expressions - Part 2
Creating a Custom Expression
When the head element is selected, the Parameter/Properties panel includes all the parameters for creating a custom expression. The available parameters for the head element for creating expressions include those listed in Table 9-2.
Table 9-2: Head Parameters
Category | Parameters |
Brow | Brow Up All, Brow Up Left, Brow Up Right, Brow Up Center, Brow Furrow, Scowl, Scowl Left, Scowl Right |
Eyes | Look Up, Look Down, Blink, Blink Left, Blink Right, Eyes Dilate, Eyes Up-Down, Eyes Side-Side, Eyes Smile, Eyes Wide, Eyes Worry, Wince, Lower Eye Lid Up
|
Nose | Nostril Flare, Nose Wrinkle
|
Jaw | Jaw Shift Left, Jaw Shift Right, Mouth Open |
Lips | Smile, Smile Full, Smile Grin, Smile Left, Smile Right, Smile Thin, Smile Teeth, Smile Small, Snarl, Snarl Left, Snarl Right, Lip Corner Depressors, Lip Lower Depressor, Lip Upper Raiser, Lip Stretch, Lip Stretch Left, Lip Stretch Right, Pucker |
Tongue | Tongue Out, Tongue Roll, Tongue Tip Up-Down, Tongue Curl Up-Down |
Phonemes | Mouth A, Mouth CH, Mouth E, Mouth F, Mouth TH, Mouth O, Mouth M, Mouth P, Mouth R, Mouth U, Mouth W, Tongue L, |
Load an Expression from the Library
1. Open Poser with the default man visible.
2. Select the Face Camera from the Camera Controls.
3. Click the side control to the right of the interface to open the Library palette or select Window, Libraries.
4. Click the Expression category at the top of the Library palette and navigate to the Ryan folder.
5. Select the Angry Face thumbnail and click the Apply Library Preset button at the bottom of the Library palette.
The selected expression is loaded into the Document Window, as shown in Figure 9-25.
6. Select File, Save As and save the file as Angry expression.pz3.
Save a Material to the Library
1. Open Poser with the default man visible.
2. Select the Face Camera from the Camera Controls.
3. Select the head element in the Document Window and select Window, Parameter Dials to open the Parameters/Properties palette (if necessary).
4. Expand the Eyes category in the Parameters palette and set the Blink parameter to 1.0. Then expand the Phonemes category and set the Mouth A parameter to 0.5.
The new expression is shown in Figure 9-26.
5. Select File, Save As and save the file as Grit teeth.pz3.
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