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Dragon Steele
Artist/conservationist
Join date: 3 Jan 2005
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05-28-2005 07:44
Are there any Free open source programs like poser that can handle animations in SL?
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Lecktor Hannibal
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Join date: 1 Jul 2004
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05-28-2005 09:41
Are there any Free open source programs like poser that can handle animations in SL? blender.org _____________________
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Chosen Few
Alpha Channel Slave
Join date: 16 Jan 2004
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05-28-2005 10:59
Blender could do it, but you'll need to be fairly 3D savvy to make it work. You'll have to build a skeleton that matches the SL avatar skeleton exactly, not a simple task for the novice.
Daz Studio is the free alternative equivilent to Poser. It's still in beta, so it's a little buggy & a bit incomplete, but it's got a lot of promise. DAZ Studio is more or less a copy of Poser, so in that regard I can't help but hate it every bit as much as I hate Poser, but I gotta respect it for what it is, a perfect free alternative. I usually hate "cheapo" 3D packages like Blender & Poser, but I'm a big fan of the DAZ people. The character models they have available for sale are really quite stunning, and their software is great for what it is. _____________________
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Lecktor Hannibal
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05-28-2005 14:09
Hmmm looks to be a good proggy for sure Chosen. Next question, how to convert the resulting files into bvh? Daz doesn't have this native.
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Jeffrey Gomez
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Join date: 11 Jun 2004
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05-28-2005 17:06
Daz Studio, as I understand it, is done by some of the same people behind Poser (so it seems). It's strange to me that it doesn't have BVH support, and I could find no plugin for it either.
Compounding the problem is the fact they encrypt or otherwise obfuscate the data - so I can't write a BVH exporter for it without figuring out their algorithm, coding system, etc... and I'm not in the mood to do that. Anywho, Blender is a decent alternative, but only if you want to spend considerably more time getting each animation to work. Your best bet, even if it's Poser, is Poser Artist. It's a little over the $100 price point, but will almost certainly save you the hassle of debugging your animations later. And believe me, if a cheap coder/creator like me endorses it, it's probably worth it.  _____________________
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Dragon Steele
Artist/conservationist
Join date: 3 Jan 2005
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05-28-2005 17:15
Daz Studio, as I understand it, is done by some of the same people behind Poser (so it seems). It's strange to me that it doesn't have BVH support, and I could find no plugin for it either. Compounding the problem is the fact they encrypt or otherwise obfuscate the data - so I can't write a BVH exporter for it without figuring out their algorithm, coding system, etc... and I'm not in the mood to do that. Anywho, Blender is a decent alternative, but only if you want to spend considerably more time getting each animation to work. Your best bet, even if it's Poser, is Poser Artist. It's a little over the $100 price point, but will almost certainly save you the hassle of debugging your animations later. And believe me, if a cheap coder/creator like me endorses it, it's probably worth it. Can Poser be used by someone who never even figured out Photo shop yet? _____________________
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Jeffrey Gomez
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Join date: 11 Jun 2004
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05-28-2005 17:30
Can Poser be used by someone who never even figured out Photo shop yet? Yes. It's designed with the "casual user" in mind - which is one of the reasons I love to hate it. Poser leaves a lot of the hard stuff out entirely, so you should be fine. _____________________
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Dragon Steele
Artist/conservationist
Join date: 3 Jan 2005
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05-28-2005 17:39
Yes. It's designed with the "casual user" in mind - which is one of the reasons I love to hate it. Poser leaves a lot of the hard stuff out entirely, so you should be fine. Great I' ll get it!! Oh yah, Can I borrow a couple hundred US dollars? _____________________
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Jeffrey Gomez
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05-28-2005 18:40
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