Interface and Pose Room Installation and Pose Room
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Main Interface and Pose Room Installation and Pose Room Editing Tools Tool Name Current Figure Menu Manipulate scene objects Drag to reposition and customize interface. Select Actor Menu Double-click name to Document Mini Camera Controls Select figures, body parts, Name Quickly adjust your current camera Room Tabs open/close tools props, cameras and lights Switch rooms by clicking these tabs Show/Hide Library Library Palette Render Dimension Choose your desired render size Document Window Options Click for a popup menu with options for shadow mapping, texture Camera Controls loading and collision settings Quick Scale Right-Click Context Menus Allows you to quickly Select and modify figures, actors, resize the render to a lights, cameras, and more by just quarter or half size. right-clicking on them. Render Menu Choose a render engine Render Render your scene Studio Color Picker Dots Change the display colors for Light Controls the Background, Foreground, Shadow and Ground Parameter and Properties Palette Access an element’s properties and parameters Display/Tracking Buttons Select tracking modes (Box, Fast or Display Controls Full) and toggle depth cueing and shadows on/off Memory Dot Type Pop-up Control Choose from Pose, Memory Dots Camera and UI Dots Area Render New Render Window Pan Render Wipe Animation Controls Click and drag the box Creates a separate Allows you to pan back and Allows you to scrub back over part of your scene to window of your render forth when the image is bigger and forth between your render just that area than the render window latest renders Installation For Windows: For Macintosh: 1. Read the EULA. 1. Read the EULA. Read and agree to the Poser End User License Agreement (EULA). Read and agree to the Poser End User License Agreement (EULA). 2. Insert DVD. Insert the Application DVD into your DVD drive. 2. Insert DVD. Insert the Application DVD into your DVD drive. The Install Poser dialog window automatically appears. Double-click icon to open the DVD window. 3. Click on the “Install Poser” button. 3. Double-Click on the “Install Poser” icon. QUICK The installer guides you through the installation options. This will launch the installer application. REFERENCE 4. Choose Installation Location and Type. 4. Verify Installation Type and Install Location. CARD Normally, you would choose Full Install. Normally, you would choose Easy Install. 5. Click the Install button to proceed with installation. 5. Click the Install button to proceed with installation. 6. Register. We encourage you to register this product with Smith Micro. 6. Register. We encourage you to register this product with Smith Micro. Palettes and Controls X=Side/Side Talk Designer Camera Palette Y=Up/Down Light Controls Input Files Z=In/Out Light Position Specify a sound file and add Drag to set light Select position in studio optional transcript text Camera Menu Face Camera Light Options Menu Viseme Map File Choose camera Zooms to face Add Light or view Select light Maps speech sounds to Left Hand Camera options Right-Click facial expressions Right Hand Zooms to left hand To select new Camera light type Figure Fly Around View Light Intensity Select a figure to animate Zooms to right hand Drag to reduce Current Camera Animation On/Off or increase light Start/End Frame Icon indicates camera in intensity Specify a Start and End frame Toggles ability to Delete Light use. Click and drag on icon Light Color for your lipsync animation animate current to select other cameras camera on/off Click to set Light Properties Controls light name, Create Keyframes In Move X and Y light color Select a new or existing Move Y and Z visibility, shadow behavior, Moves camera color, parent, and infinite/ animation layer for your Moves camera up/down, side to side lipsync animation keyframes Up/Down and spotlight characteristic In/Out Enunciation Move X and Z Library Palette Amplify or reduce Scale Moves camera In/Out, Side to Side energy influence Zooms In/Out view Current Dock/Undock Roll Runtime Undocking transforms library Head Motions Focal Length Add realistic eye and Rolls camera left Pop-up menu Breadcrumbs drawer into floating palette Adjusts focal length or right head movements of camera Emotional Tweaks Frame Selected Orbit Selected Customize your animation Fits camera around Rotates camera by adjusting emotion currently selected Rotation around current morph targets actor Trackball actor Rotates camera Add Additional Runtimes Docking Controls Group Editor Click to open and select Docking options Use the Group Editor to create and edit polygon or vertex groups. Some features Docking options (e.g. Dynamic Hair, Cloth) require the Group Editor tool Select Tree View Hierarchy Editor Groups Item List Panel Create or Display Options Delete Check items to Groups Add Preview display or hide Add Polygons/ Select the preview to view on the Hierarchy list Edit vertices to group detail. Double-click or click- Selected drag to apply the setting Polygons/ Remove onto scene Collapse Icon Properties Vertices Remove Polygons/ Extended Details Click to collapse Double-click an item Vertices from group all child items to open its properties Choose Add to Library below this item Display Create New Adds new content item Options Folder to current category from Visibility Icon scene selection Toggles visibility Change Figure Add to Favorites Expand Icon ofthe item in the Create Prop Replaces the Click to expand document window from Selection current figure Library all child items with one from Delete from Library Preferences below this item Figure Creation Setup Advanced the library Removes selected Click to Use these options Smoothing Group Create New Figure content item from library open and set tocreate figures or Group Function Adds an additional preferences set up IK chains figure to your scene Palettes and Controls Edit Palette Rotate Tool Translate Direct Taper Color View Magnifier Morphing Tool Rotates In/Out Manipulation Scale one end Picks color Zooms in-out of element Moves Visually translate, of element from selected scene without Exaggeration Controls element rotate, and/or element affecting camera Adjust Morphing Custom Morph Tool sensitivity In/Out scale elements Allows you to name and create a new morph Clear Morphs Action Buttons Click this button to erase your Select the action you wish to changes and start over use to modify vertices Morphing Tool Tool Options Directly manipulate vertices Displays options for the using the Morphing Tool current brush Chain Break Grouping Morphing Tool Clear Pins Select Translate/Pull Scale Twist Tool Removes all pins Selects an item Repositions Increase/ Twists Breaks chain of Selects and Visually sculpt Brush Style in the scene element Decrease element parts affected by groups specific morph targets by Select a brush style Add Pin element size around translation tools polygons/ clicking and Radius and Magnitude Pin vertices in place to prevent uniformly its center vertices dragging Customize the way in which your further modification Dependant Parameters changes will affect the mesh Parameters/Properties Tabs Master Parameters Switch back and forth between the Parameter Name Parameters and Properties palettes Current Actor Menu Parameters Menu Value Slider Select an element in Add, remove, and Click /drag or enter your scene control dial groups numerical values for Grouped Dials Master Parameter Master Parameter Expand and collapse Icon indicates a master dial groups and move parameter, click to Selected dials between groups Dependent Parm open editor Select to edit values Parameter Change Parameter Options Dependent Indicator Pop-Up Parameter List Indicates when Parameters to be parameter changes driven by Master from default setting Parameter Start Teaching Parameter Dial Click to start/stop Graph Editor Click and drag to recording of Edit selected increase or decrease Driven parameter value changes dependent parm value, double-click to Numeric Value Double stacks of values indicate value by click/drag bring up dialog box Clicking this value driven parameter. Top number in graph lets you directly is controlled by master. Bottom enter new values number is editable. Display Controls Choose to apply display styles to your Document, (current) Figure, or (current) Memory Dots Element (such as a body part or prop). Figure and Element modes allow you to Click on an empty dot to apply a higher category display style to your current selection. save a pose, UI or camera setting. ALT-Click (Option- Save Copy As Wireframe Hidden Flat Cartoon Smooth Texture Click on Mac) an occupied Save a copy of your morph target Line Shaded Shaded Shaded dot to clear its setting. Lock/Unlock All Zero Morph Disable or enable Reset the mesh to its neutral state modifications on all morph Mirror targets Change across various axes Display Options Morph Targets Help you visualize your changes Control which morphs are affected by the Morphing Morphing Tool Create Options Outline Tool Lit Flat lined Cartoon Smooth Texture Configure the degree and range Silhouette Wireframe Lined Lined Lined of mesh modifications Animation To Start To End Previous Next Animation Controls Next Keyframe Display Frame Frame Scrubber Drag to preview Current Frame Animation Stop Play frames or set new time Total Frames Previous Keyframe Controls Cycle Entire Animations Add Keyframes Toggle looping of animation frames on/off Time Line Delete Keyframes Skip Keyframes Toggle frame dropping during playback on/off Animation Palette Current Frame Tab Current Timecode Move