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SnowSultan β€” Using Puppeteer

Published: 2012-01-06 02:22:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 7801; Favourites: 63; Downloads: 339
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Description 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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larsporsenaIV [2024-12-12 23:44:10 +0000 UTC]

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V3Digitimes [2014-03-25 20:32:13 +0000 UTC]

wow! Thanks so much for sharing!

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SnowSultan In reply to V3Digitimes [2014-03-26 06:05:16 +0000 UTC]

There's a lot more you can do with Puppeteer, especially for animation, but hopefully my little tip here can at least get you started.Β  Β  Thanks!

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V3Digitimes In reply to SnowSultan [2014-04-16 07:49:06 +0000 UTC]

Thanks to you, I've opened the puppeteer window for the first time of my life (except when I opened it by accident)!
I have just used it for playing with camera framing, and this is a really great tool, so fluid! Thanks again for your advice!

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SnowSultan In reply to V3Digitimes [2014-04-18 00:04:08 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome, I'm very glad it can help!Β 

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RissingFlower [2014-02-24 07:33:03 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for the inside. It will defiantly help me in my scenes.Β Β 

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Vaskania [2013-05-31 04:53:01 +0000 UTC]

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 In reply to Vaskania [2013-05-31 06:08:26 +0000 UTC]

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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Telperion-Studio [2012-08-20 17:01:55 +0000 UTC]

I donΒ΄t remember seeing this tutorial before.
Pretty cool! But I need to practice to better understand. I still find this puppeteer a bit confusing.

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SnowSultan In reply to Telperion-Studio [2012-08-20 20:01:33 +0000 UTC]

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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Telperion-Studio In reply to SnowSultan [2012-08-21 01:27:58 +0000 UTC]

hmm I think I understood.
I'll try experimenting!

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orchid22 [2012-08-20 15:39:20 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for sharing I am sure I will use this

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SnowSultan In reply to orchid22 [2012-08-20 19:58:57 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, I hope it can be helpful!

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orchid22 In reply to SnowSultan [2012-08-20 22:02:48 +0000 UTC]

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

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SnowSultan In reply to orchid22 [2012-08-20 22:33:58 +0000 UTC]

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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orchid22 In reply to SnowSultan [2012-08-20 23:13:55 +0000 UTC]

It means a lot

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Lord-Crios [2012-08-20 09:12:57 +0000 UTC]

Can be usefull, thank you.

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SnowSultan In reply to Lord-Crios [2012-08-20 19:58:49 +0000 UTC]

I hope so, thanks!

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Lord-Crios In reply to SnowSultan [2012-08-21 05:59:55 +0000 UTC]

YW

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TKdazman [2012-06-23 07:57:57 +0000 UTC]

thank your image tutorial!

daz do not have detail manual how to use papettier,
pupettier is free powerful tool!

I think it can use for making morph too.

(so I do not like 4.5RC )

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SnowSultan In reply to TKdazman [2012-06-23 16:00:45 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, I'm glad it was helpful! It does change morphs too, so be careful if you save a pose from a saved dot. I just read that the problem with it will be fixed for the next 4.5 version, so we can use it again soon.

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allwaysjudee [2012-01-06 15:05:48 +0000 UTC]

Great info SS - I never would have thought of using puppeteer this way, in fact, I've never really bothered with it. Thanks for posting this!

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SnowSultan In reply to allwaysjudee [2012-01-07 20:55:04 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome, I'm glad it can be of some use!

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SquallLion1 [2012-01-06 13:58:08 +0000 UTC]

thank a lot for this tuto!

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SnowSultan In reply to SquallLion1 [2012-01-07 20:54:51 +0000 UTC]

No problem, thanks for inspiring me to put it together. Hope it helps!

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SquallLion1 In reply to SnowSultan [2012-01-08 00:15:47 +0000 UTC]

I think it helps others members too!

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Shade-Duelist [2012-01-06 07:58:48 +0000 UTC]

Wow, I didn't know that!! Thank you very much for this!

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SnowSultan In reply to Shade-Duelist [2012-01-07 20:54:36 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot, I'm glad it helps!

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OakEgg [2012-01-06 07:09:52 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot very useful

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SnowSultan In reply to OakEgg [2012-01-07 20:54:27 +0000 UTC]

Very welcome, hope it can help.

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OakEgg In reply to SnowSultan [2012-01-08 00:00:59 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I'm sure it will

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