Second Life Forums Archive - Gaze LookAt (ALT+CLICK) override for all poses and anims

NickArthur Night

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Join date: 2 May 2005

Posts: 20

05-03-2005 13:13

All poses/anims should be allowed to be frozen, and there should be a control to allow the head/neck bone rotations to be overridden/modifiable via the LookAT (ALT+Click) functionality.

That gives a virtual photographer infinite options to adjust the head by having the model look at a prim once the pose it set.

The poses and anims are great in SL! This ability to free the head to Look at objects would go al long way to allowing pose Refinements particularly as it applies to the art of Virtual Photography.

blaze Spinnaker

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Join date: 12 Aug 2004

Posts: 5,898

05-04-2005 03:33

Ahhhhh.. now I know what you're getting at.

Yeah, a huge marketing muscle of LL is the virtual photography that seeps out into the blogosphere.

Tools to improve rendering would go a very long way to buffing that marketing muscle.

A 'ray tracing' feature of some sort would be cool as well. I guess there are a lot of things that could be done. I wonder how easy they would be to add. They're just filters, after all.

Something which further renders the avatar would be a great idea too.

Again, LL, take note - let us add these as developer plugins!

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Strife Onizuka

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Join date: 3 Mar 2004

Posts: 5,887

05-04-2005 04:16

You know if you edit your BVH with a text editor and delete the head and neck joints the animation won't effect the head and neck, allowing for free motion.

Also be sure to remove the right floats from each line at the bottom of the animation. As the number of floats need to match those required.

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Without the political will to find common ground, the continual friction of tactic and counter tactic, only creates suspicion and hatred and vengeance, and perpetuates the cycle of violence.
- James Nachtwey

Eggy Lippmann

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Join date: 1 May 2003

Posts: 7,939

05-04-2005 04:22

Have you tried zooming on yourself? I think it resets the head position.

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Gaze LookAt (ALT+CLICK) override for all poses and anims
NickArthur Night Registered User Join date: 2 May 2005 Posts: 20	05-03-2005 13:13 All poses/anims should be allowed to be frozen, and there should be a control to allow the head/neck bone rotations to be overridden/modifiable via the LookAT (ALT+Click) functionality. That gives a virtual photographer infinite options to adjust the head by having the model look at a prim once the pose it set. The poses and anims are great in SL! This ability to free the head to Look at objects would go al long way to allowing pose Refinements particularly as it applies to the art of Virtual Photography.
blaze Spinnaker 1/2 Serious Join date: 12 Aug 2004 Posts: 5,898	05-04-2005 03:33 Ahhhhh.. now I know what you're getting at. Yeah, a huge marketing muscle of LL is the virtual photography that seeps out into the blogosphere. Tools to improve rendering would go a very long way to buffing that marketing muscle. A 'ray tracing' feature of some sort would be cool as well. I guess there are a lot of things that could be done. I wonder how easy they would be to add. They're just filters, after all. Something which further renders the avatar would be a great idea too. Again, LL, take note - let us add these as developer plugins! _____________________ Taken from The last paragraph on pg. 16 of Cory Ondrejka's paper "Changing Realities: User Creation, Communication, and Innovation in Digital Worlds : "User-created content takes the idea of leveraging player opinions a step further by allowing them to effectively prototype new ideas and features. Developers can then measure which new concepts most improve the products and incorporate them into the game in future patches."
Strife Onizuka Moonchild Join date: 3 Mar 2004 Posts: 5,887	05-04-2005 04:16 You know if you edit your BVH with a text editor and delete the head and neck joints the animation won't effect the head and neck, allowing for free motion. Also be sure to remove the right floats from each line at the bottom of the animation. As the number of floats need to match those required. _____________________ Truth is a river that is always splitting up into arms that reunite. Islanded between the arms, the inhabitants argue for a lifetime as to which is the main river. - Cyril Connolly Without the political will to find common ground, the continual friction of tactic and counter tactic, only creates suspicion and hatred and vengeance, and perpetuates the cycle of violence. - James Nachtwey
Eggy Lippmann Wiktator Join date: 1 May 2003 Posts: 7,939	05-04-2005 04:22 Have you tried zooming on yourself? I think it resets the head position. _____________________ Help us document Second Life history at http://slhistory.org!

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