Poser 7 Revealed: Set Figure Properties and Style

Learn how to set figure properties, height and style in the latest excerpt of Poser 7 Revealed by Kelly L. Murdock.

By Kelly L. Murdock | Tuesday, April 3, 2007 at 12:00 am

Posted In | Magazines: VFXWorld

[Figure 6] Cartoon style figures of different heights.

Name Figures

2. From the Figure Selection drop-down list at the upper-left of the Document Window, select the Figure 3 option.

3. Select Window, Parameter Dials to open the Parameters/Properties palette if it isn't already open.

4. Click the Properties tab in the Parameters/ Properties palette.

5. In Name field, type the name, SimonG2 Clone. Each of the figures now has a unique name.

6. From the Figure Selection drop-down list at the upper-left of the Document Window, select the SimonG2 option.

7. Select Figure, Figure Height, Heroic Model.

8. Select Display, Figure Style, Flat Shaded.

9. From the Figure Selection drop-down list at the upper-left of the Document Window, select the SimonG2 Clone option.

10. Select Figure, Figure Height, Adolescent.

11. Select Display, Figure Style, Cartoon with Lines. Each of the figures is displayed using a different height and style, as shown in Figure 6.

12. Select File, Save As and save the file as Unique figures.pz3.

Find out more about how to put the power of Poser 7 to work as you learn how to use the new Talk Designer to automatically sync facial animations to an audio track, combine the power of Poser 7 with other software packages, create new motions using the new animation layers feature and much more. Check back to VFXWorld frequently to read new excerpts.

Poser 7 Revealed: The e frontier Official Guide by Kelly L. Murdock. Boston, MA: Thomson Course Technology, 2007. 592 pages with illustrations. ISBN 13: 978-1-59863-296-5; ISBN 10: 1-59863-296-5 ($29.99).

Kelly L. Murdock has a background in engineering, specializing in computer graphics. He has worked on several large-scale visualization projects, created 3D models for several blockbuster movies and has worked as a freelance 3D artist and designer. Murdock is the author or co-author of several books, including seven editions of the 3ds Max Bible, two editions of the Illustrator Bible, Adobe, Creative Suite Bible, Maya 7 Revealed, LightWave 3D 8 Revealed and Poser 6 Revealed. He works with his brother at his co-founded design company, Logical Paradox Design.