chaging colors with relationships/poses/whatever

[jon]

heyo,

 

it's been months since i left v8.5 for the latest production version of a:m, but i'm still struggling with some of the new tricks.

 

fer instance, how do i set up a relationship that changes one or more group's colors. ideally, i'd have 6 or 8 color sets in one pose, but i'll take what i can get. ' ' )

 

thanks!

-jon

[mtpeak2]

Create a new pose. When in the relationship window click the red X, next to the shortcut to model in the PWS, to show more than drivers, now you'll be able to see the groups folder of your model.

[johnl3d]

Did this in V13

 

got a model started a percentage pose and at 0 ,25,50,75,100% I changed the color of each group

 

I put 5 copies into the chor and animated their position and size and set the pose to different values for each one at 0 10 20 and 30 frames

 

 

 

posec.mov

 

 

posec.zip v13 project

[Fuchur]

The PWS-Tree-Symbol (show more than drivers-symbol) is one of the most hidden and most powerful things in you PWS...

It can be found if you for example make a new pose, go to the Relationship-Action which is temporarly there when you click on the pose itself / the relationship of the pose. At the action click on the PWS-Tree-Symbol next to the action which is marked with a red cross.

 

Now you can manipulate many things like surfacecolor, the percentage of a decal and so on.

If you model has decals on it you will need to give the decals a new image equal to the first one, but with a different "main"-color. (That should be done in your 2d-graphics-programm, for example Photoshop.)

Than you can change the percentages of the two images under the decal and by that blending from the first to the second one.

 

*Fuchur*

[jon]

thanks everyone! it's a new way of thinking, but i've just about figured it out.

 

i'm creating a metacharacter with variable body types and coloring, and now i can litter the chor with copies and add a little variety.

 

muhaha!

-jon