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After SquallLion asked me about Puppeteer, I figured I'd throw together a quick tutorial showing how it can be used for making poses and expressions. The most important thing is to remember that each dot you place saves EVERYTHING, so it's best to decide whether you're going to work on expressions or poses first and save anything you like as a real preset. It's a very useful tool though, and can really help you adjust expressions easily without having to manually change all the dials.

Hope it helps someone! I'll get back to real Smacky pics soon, just have to finish some unexpected work. Thanks for taking a look!

Puppeteer is included with DAZ Studio, available at www.daz3d.com.

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~sinsation May 30, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
I'm glad I found this. I took one look at the Puppeteer when I first got Daz, closed the pane, and never re-opened it. Maybe now I actually won't mind doing my own posing since this gives an easier way to mix them.
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*SnowSultan May 30, 2013   Digital Artist
I'm glad it helped! I really find it most useful to 'quick save' poses and morphs so I can go back to them if I experiment and mess up an earlier version that was better.
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*0Snow-White0 Aug 20, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
I don´t remember seeing this tutorial before. :confused:
Pretty cool! But I need to practice to better understand. I still find this puppeteer a bit confusing. :)
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*SnowSultan Aug 20, 2012   Digital Artist
Yes, it was a little confusing for me at first too. :) Basically it saves a pose (with all morphs) as a dot. By moving the cursor in between two dots, it gives you a mix of the morphs and poses from the dots that it's between. It's really more useful for posing than morphs; for example, you place one dot with the figure's arm up, then another with their arm down. You can then easily animate or pose the arm by moving the cursor between the two dots.

I hope that makes sense! ;)
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*0Snow-White0 Aug 20, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
hmm I think I understood.
I'll try experimenting!8-)
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Thank you for sharing I am sure I will use this :heart:
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*SnowSultan Aug 20, 2012   Digital Artist
Thank you, I hope it can be helpful!
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You know as a way to give a hint of an expression it is a great tool. Never thought of it that way. Thank you for sharing..some of us are learning as we go and it helps when people like you take the time to share :heart:
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*SnowSultan Aug 20, 2012   Digital Artist
I'm very glad I can help! Learning 3D is tough (especially when Studio users have gotten less than a complete manual), so I do try to help when I can. :)
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It means a lot :)
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