Daz 3d

If you have a version of daz less than 1.8, go download the new version which fixes a bug that used to require a Escort DeFarge patch!

Tutorial Follows

This might not be the BEST way to do things in Daz, but I am introducting people to important parts of the animation menu.

The goal here is to make a simple animation. There are tutorials to death on how to get just the "right" animation, This is out of the scope of this tutorial.

1. First, go to Daz 3d and set up an account.
2. Put the free Daz Studio into your cart. Download.
3. If you have time M3 and other free stuff in your cart. Look for...
   • Aiko 3.0 Base
   • Michael 3.0 Base
   • EmotiGuy
   • The weekly freebie. (new freebie every week)
4. Install Daz and its content.
5. Go to http://secondlife.com/community/avatar.php Download Second Life Avatar Mesh
6. Install the avatar.
7. Load the SL_Avatar into daz.
8. You can easily arrange tabs by click-n-drag. Find PowerPose in the "Tab" menu. Drag it into a spot that works for you.
   
9. Using the power-pose tool, select each of the hands & feet by clicking on the part (or by using the new power-pose tab) and toggle pins in the "Tool" menu.
   
10. While frame 0 is still selected, memorize the figure.
    
11. Move the frame slider at the bottom over to the end.
    
12. Restore the pose. This is how you make poses loop. Then when you play, things still come together.
    
13. Set the animation bar to the middle somewhere. Grab the avatar's waist and move around. Choose a couple more random places. Wiggle some more. Hit Play. Hit stop.
14. Daz is useful for making 3d movies, pictures and more. They make it easy for 3d artists to get started... but I digress. If you want to thank me for this, go buy some stuff at Daz. I get a small chunk of it for a duration if you followed my link. If not, I accept daz3d gift certificates.
    
15. Select Export BVH from the menu (while the Sl_avatar is selected)
16. Upload to secondlife.

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