Perspective command, 167 perspective lines, 155, 156–158 environment, 192 perspective points, 156 28mm focal length, 157 50mm focal length, 157 100mm focal length, 158 phonetics, animating, 52 photographic images, applying to channels, 258–260 Photomerge dialog box, 306 Photoshop CS4 automatically creating selection based on shape of pixels, 308 black and white information to create brush, 170 3D engine, 19–51 3D layers, 94, 104, 207 3D lighting, 28–35 displaying images within Filter tab, 35 editing texture maps, 416–428 environment creation, 192–196 fine-tuning background, 275–282 fine-tuning character, 267–275 fine-tuning clothing, 441–446 finishing touches, 267–282 formats, 94 HDR image, 394–427 imported lighting information from Poser Pro, 22 importing 3D model, 403 integrating with Poser, 160–164 interface, 4–18 landscape, 306–320 Mac OS X, 2–3 modifying textures, 22–27 Options bar, 4 palettes, 12 plug-ins, 94 recognizing lights from Poser, 107 rulers, 353 scene creation using HDR image, 401–416 system requirements, 2 Tools bar, 4–10 two-dimensional UV map, 330 UV maps, 344 Windows requirements, 2 X (horizontal) and Y (vertical) axes, 52 pixels, transparent, 220 Pixlogic website, 330 Plastic Wrap smart filter, 272 Playback dialog box, 47 plug-ins and Photoshop CS4, 94 point light, 78, 297 point lighting, 32 Polar Coordinates command, 434 Polygonal Lasso tool, 405 Polygonal Selection tool, 192 portrait skin.tif file, 360 portrait UV map 01.tif file, 339, 346 portrait UV map 03.tif file, 340 Pose camera, 54 pose dots, 77 Poser character, 307 Poser library, 95 Poser Pro Advanced Nodal Texture engine, 244–254 applying textures, 54–58 body morphs, 87–90 Camera presets, 83 Camera views, 59–63 camera’s focal length, 158–159 character creation, 236–241 character display style, 63–65 Content tab, 236 3D environment, 52 3D head creation, 94–103 directly accessing artist, 52 Document Display Style option, 63 editing tools, 64, 67 exporting model, 190–191 Facial Expressions presets, 84–86 Hair presets, 84–86 imported background, 207 importing 3D objects, 399 integrating with P hotoshop , 160–164 interface, 52–90 inverse kinematics, 72–76 layout, 52–54 libraries, 52 The Art of Poser and Photoshop: The Official Guide468 library of poses, 241 library of predesigned 3D objects and shapes, 94 light goddess, 139–148 lighting presets, 80–82 lighting techniques, 78–80 Mac OS X, 3–4 Main camera, 397 matching focal length of lens, 397–401 Material room, 54–58 neutral brown colored interface, 61 presets, 77, 80–86 Prop presets, 84 textures, 344 UV mapping, 22 viewports, 61 Windows requirements, 3 Z axis, 52 Poser Surface panel, 152, 187, 244, 247, 264 PoserPro.net Internet connection, 3–4 poses applying to character, 241 basic concepts, 67–72 deleting, 77 dials when building, 67 divided into subfolders, 77 inverse kinematics, 72–76 library of, 241 presets, 77 saving as preset, 77 saving for future use, 242–244 Poses library, 77, 241 Poses submenu, 242 posing characters, 182–186 3D character, 139 left hand, 146 legs, 141 right arm, 146 right hand, 146 Posing camera, 59, 141 positioning characters, 72 models, 64–65 predefined camera positions, 83 predesigned 3D objects and shapes, 94 Preferences dialog box, 13 presets, 77 digital images within, 81 Poser Pro, 80–86 saving poses as, 77 Preview Image (Ctrl+Alt+ Shift+O/Command+ Option+Shift+O) keyboard shortcut, 306 previewing 3D objects, 44 images, 39 lighting and bump details, 152 shader node, 80 thumbnails, 395 UV maps, 344 primary light source, 78 primitive objects, 245 printing and dimensions, 220 procedural textures, 247, 249 Prop presets, 84 Properties panel, 297 props, 84 Props library, 245 Pull option button, 97 Push option button, 97 Q Quick Selection tool, 346 QuickTime 7.2, 2–3 R Radiance format, 395, 397 raised texture, 380 raster-based imagery, 247 Rasterize 3D command, 112 Raytraced rendering, 439 raytracing, 303 rear wall, 193 rear wall texture.jpg file, 195, 198, 203 recent files, 37 rectangle, conforming to shape of curve, 222 Rectangular marquee, 374 Rectangular Marquee tool, 220, 233 rectangular shape, turning into circular shape, 434 red wall.jpg file, 209 Refine Edge command, 346, 348 Refine Edge dialog box, 346 reflection maps and textures, 103 reflections and glass, 268 Render button, 100 render creation, 100 Render (Ctrl+R/ Command+R) keyboard shortcut, 159, 245, 287, 291, 299, 399 rendering 3D head, 100 lighting, 108, 297 scenes, 159 Index 469 Render > Render Settings command, 159 Reticulation filter, 380 Retouch layer, 378 Reveal mode, 39 RGB values, adjusting, 198 right arm, posing, 146 right foot, 182–183 right forearm, bending, 183 right hand parameters, 69 posing, 146 Right Hand camera, 69 Right Hemisphere website, 330 rim light, 78 rim lighting shaded portion of figure, 325 ringed planet, 428–436 Background Layer group, 434 blurring rings, 431 distorting texture to rounded shape, 430 peaks and valleys, 430 rings, 431 shades of blue, 428 smart objects, 434 terrain, 428 texture, 430 rolling models, 20 rooms, 52 roots crawling toward figure, 315 reflecting sunset lighting coming from behind, 321 selecting, 321 Rotate View tool, 5, 10 rotating body parts, 72 canvases, 5, 277 characters, 241 3D objects, 44 models, 19–20, 64, 142 Rotation tool, 142, 241, 277, 437 Runtime folder, 237, 344 S sampling color, 172 saturation and landscape, 129 Save As command, 338 Save As (Ctrl+Shift+S/ Command+Shift+S) keyboard shortcut, 338 Save As dialog box, 395 Save (Ctrl+S/Command+S) keyboard shortcut, 24, 105 Save Frames dialog box, 242 Save Option dialog box, 335 Save Workspace command, 11 Scale option, 80 Scale tool, 65 scaling body parts, 72 light source, 80 Scene View panel, 28 scenes adding details, 428–453 angle that viewer observes, 155 applying shallow depth of field to, 324 creation in Photoshop CS4 using HDR image, 401–416 integrating 3D head into, 104–106 lighting, 107–111 listing elements, 28 mood, 155 receding elements, 175 rendering, 159 ringed planet, 428–436 Screen blend mode, 123, 127, 212, 268, 277, 357, 362 Scripts > Export CS3 OBJ command, 191, 207 sculpting head, 390–394 seam guides, 333 second light source, 153 Select All (Ctrl+A/ Command+A) keyboard shortcut, 433 selection from channels, 434 filling with black, 209, 348 pasting, 346 viewing, 346 Self Illumination, 29 Setup room, 56 shader node, previewing, 80 shaders, 80 shading layer, 209 Shadow Blur Radius option, 299 Shadow Min Bias option, 299 Shadow option, 141 Shadow wheel, 78 shadows, 407 amount cast, 78 detail in, 78 on figure from lighting, 439 opacity, 413 spreading outward, 303 The Art of Poser and Photoshop: The Official Guide470 shallow depth of field effect, 316 Shape Dynamics, 119 shapes altering, 311 bulging outward, creating peaks, 97 illustration purposes, 10 outlines, 10 pushing inward, 97 refining, 346 restricting, 308 Shift F5 > Fill with Black command, 209 Shift+F5 > Fill with Color command, 267 shin, bending, 142 shirt bump 2.jpg texture, 444 shirt texture.tif file, 24 Simon G2 Casual actor, 54 SimonHeadTex texture layer, 105 single frame, 103 single-point perspective, 192 sketch layer, 113 sketching to visualize new ideas, 112 skin changing color, 105 glossiness, 382 skin image, 360 skin layer, duplicating, 378 skin texture, 182 UV map, 139 sky Curves adjustment layer, 318 desaturating, 232 foreground elements warm light across them, 322 orange lighting appearing in highlights of clouds, 322 richer in tone and greater in contrast, 318 sky.tif file, 114 smart filter, 316, 324 background layer, 410 smart filters, 160, 168, 174, 212, 213 converting layers to, 272 Gaussian blur filter, 228 masks, 160 motion blur filter, 228 smart objects converting 3D layer into, 450 Gaussian blur, 413 layers as, 307–309 planet ring, 434 ringed planet, 434 Smith Micro/Poser Pro/Runtime/Textures/ G2/ directory, 344 Smooth Shaded option, 95 Smudge command, 171 Smudge tool, 177 Smudging tool, 7 soft light, 24 Solid rendering, 441 Specular Color channel, 264 texture maps, 187 Specular Value channel, bump applied to, 382 Spot command, 107 spot lights, 32, 78, 107, 297 modifying, 108 repositioning, 108 Spot Lights subfolder, 107 stairs, 192 stairs.jpg file, 192 Stamp tool, 447 sticky palettes, 12 stone detail layer group, 225, 228 stone figure on wall layer group, 197 stone slabs adding definition, 226 flipping, 225 storage cards, importing images from, 37 straight hair brush, 171 streaking clouds.jpg file, 228 streaking effect, 167 submenus, cascading, 11 sunlight, 297, 405, 450 sunray layer group, 450 Sunset layer group, 316 sunset photo, blurring, 316 sunset.jpg file, 295 support slabs layer group, 226 surface adjusting quality, 447–452 brightening, 264 defining texturing, 153 luminous, 263 surface panel, 187 Sydney G2 character, 67, 139, 182 restoring to original pose, 72 skin texture, 182 texture map, 150 Sydney G2 Strand 2 hair, 154 Index 471 T T-shirt - 4 material, 439 T-shirt and UV map, 55 t-shirt-bump.jpg file, 438 tabs, adding to windows, 7 Taper tool, 65 templates for texture creation, 351 texture 02.jpg file, 233 texture layers duplicating, 195 editing, 416 repositioning, 195 transforming, 195 Texture Manager, 187 texture maps disconnecting, 150 editing in Photoshop CS4, 416–428 Specular Color channel, 187 Sydney G2 figure, 150 Texture Shaded option, 139 textured wall.tif file, 448 texture.jpg file, 228, 259, 261 textures, 54, 220 adding, 182 altering color, 24 applying, 32, 54–58 attributes, 249 changing illumination, 29 characters, 264 Clone Source, 448 clothing, 437–441 comply with UV coordinates, 333 3D head, 114 3D layer, 22 3D models, 55 3D objects and, 330 defining as pattern, 442 Diffuse Value, 153 editing, 407 editing through nodes, 182–190 evening out, 360 exporting, 103 highlight brush, 125 image-based, 247 light goddess, 149–155 lighting, 29 modifying, 22–27, 149 moss, 123 not applied, 22 painting, 203 Poser Pro, 344 previewing, 152 procedural, 247 raised, 380 rear wall texture.jpg file, 195 receding into background, 126 reflection maps, 103 rendering, 287 resizing to body, 198 restricting with layer mask, 214 ringed planet, 430 saving, 24, 105 shaping, 228 stronger effect, 214 template for creation, 351 transparency, 438 two-dimensional views, 105 vector-based, 247, 249 viewing, 29, 139 visual, 187 thighs, parameters for, 142 3D acceleration, 108 3D characters increasing brightness, 405 posing, 139 3D contour, 114 3D engine, 19–51 capabilities, 19–21 3D files, updating, 407 3D > New Layers From 3D Files command, 104 3D head adding detail to nostril area, 126 changing skin color, 105 clay-like modifications, 95 creation, 94–103 drastic contour, 98 exporting format, 103 integrating into digital scene, 104–106 modifying, 95 outlining lips, 117 pasting UV map onto, 346 positioning, 104 rendering, 100 saving file, 103 symmetry, 98 texture, 114 updating, 105 3D head layer, 112 3D interface, viewing background, 139 3D layers, 94, 104, 207 converting to smart object, 450 lights, 107–111 textures, 22 3D lighting and Photoshop CS4, 28–35 3D (Lights) icon, 107 3D Lights navigational tool, 197 3D Lights panel, 32, 108 3D Materials, 29 3D Materials panel, 447 3D Materials tab, 438–439 3D meshes, 29 The Art of Poser and Photoshop: The Official Guide472 3D models importing, 197–200 importing into Photoshop CS4, 403 textures, 55 3D models layer group, 403 3D move tool, 198 3D objects adding textures, 330 importing, 44 importing into Poser Pro, 399 integrating into artistic scene, 19 integrating into contour of hillside, 112 isolating adjustment layers to, 198 navigating, 10 painting on, 447–452 previewing, 44 rendering into PSD (Photoshop Document) file, 159 rotating, 44 selecting to export, 190 textures, 330 tone and color, 198 3D objects and shapes, predesigned library, 94 3D Open GL environment, 287, 290–291 3D paint programs, 330 3D Pan tool, 20, 104 3D panel, 28, 197 activating, 107 light source, 437 3D Resize option, 198 3D Roll tool, 20 3D Rotate and 3D Roll tool, 104 3D Rotate tool, 20 3D Scale tool, 20 3D scene layout animation controls, 52 camera and lighting controls, 52 camera styles, 54 3D model, 52 ground plane, 141 navigation controls, 54 Rooms, 52 user interface presets, 52 3D Slide tool, 20 3D software challenges, 52 3D Studio Max format, 399 3D textures submenu, 249 3D texturing, 244–254 3D tools, 10, 19, 198 three-dimensional surfaces, editing, 330 thumbnail grid, 40 thumbnail view, 40 thumbnails, 339 Camera presets, 83 lighting styles, 80 previewing, 395 watermarks, 48 TIFF format and LZW compression, 338 toes, direction and angle, 144 Toning Curve and Histogram dialog box, 401 tools, visual representations, 4–10 Tools bar, 4–10 Blurring tool, 7 Burning and Dodging tool, 7 Clone stamp, 7 3D tools, 10, 19 default view, 10 Eraser, 7 Gradient tool, 7 Healing brush, 7 Paintbrush tool, 7 painting tools, 7 Quick Selection tool, 346 Rotate View tool, 5 sets, 7 single row, 10 Smudging tool, 7 tool options, 7 tools moved on, 10 Vector tools, 10 Tools palette 3D Pan tool, 20 3D Roll tool, 20 3D Rotate tool, 20 3D Scale tool, 20 3D Slide tool, 20 3D Tools icon, 20 Tools > Photoshop > Merge to HDR command, 394 traditional media, intuitiveness, 49 Transform menu, 80 Transform tool, 138 Transform tool (Ctrl+T/ Command+T) keyboard shortcut, 269 transform tools, 138, 308 Translate tool, 72, 74, 142 transparency and texture, 438 transparency nodes, 220 transparent pixels, 220 transparent tube, 226 tree bark texture, 311 tree bark texture layer and layer mask, 308 tree trunk 01.jpg file, 315 tree trunk 02.jpg file, 307–308 tree trunk 03.jpg file, 308, 311 Index 473 tree trunk 04.jpg file, 311 tree trunk texture, 313 Turbulence node, 254, 258 Turbulence_2 node, 258 Turbulence procedural texture, 245 Turbulence texture, 254 attributes, 249 cube, 249 variables, 252 Turbulence_2 texture, applying image map, 259 tutorial files, downloading, x, 4 tutorials/ch3/clouds 001.jpg file, 134 tutorials/ch3/coastalscape.j pg file, 134 tutorials/ch8/3D Objects subfolder, 399 tutorials/ch1 folder, 19, 24 tutorials/ch2 folder, 104, 113–114, 117, 122 tutorials/ch3 folder, 139, 149, 168 tutorials/ch4 folder, 182, 192, 198, 201 tutorials/ch5 folder, 220, 228 tutorials/ch6 folder, 287, 290, 295, 315 tutorials/ch7 folder, 335, 344, 346, 360 tutorials/ch8 folder, 394, 438 Twist command, 182 twisting models, 64 two-dimensional UV map, 330 two-point perspective, 156 U U3D (Supported format within Adobe Acrobat) format, 19, 94 unselected areas, representing with white, 348 Up - Down motion, 146 user interface presets, 52 UV coordinates, 330 applying digital images, 335–339 UV maps, 22, 105, 330, 333, 344 adding detail back into, 374–380 applying painting to, 447 basic pose creation, 335–372 changing clothing, 55 editing, 139 examples, 344 face, 55 fine-tuning, 441–446 increasing exposure, 335 integrating side view into, 357–373 James G2, 351 opacity, 357 outlining, 357 pasted on to 3D head, 346 positioning profile, 357 previewing, 340, 344 selecting outside, 357 skin texture, 139 T-shirt, 55 UV templates, 333 UV texture face, 105 viewing in new window, 22 V vanishing points, 155, 156–158 vantage point, 155 vector-based textures, 247, 249 vector mask, adding Layer style, 419 vector shapes as vector mask, 416 Vector tools, 10 vertical axis, coordinates on, 330 video cards, 108 viewports, 61 View > Rulers command, 353 Visible in Raytracing option, 141 Visible option, 141 Vista, 3 visual 3D content against black background, 29 W Wacom, 49 Wacom Cintiq 12WX, 49–50 Wacom pen pressure sensitivity, 112, 206 Wacom properties, Pen tab, 275 Wacom tablet pressure sensitivity, 97 Wacom website, 112 waist, 185 wall, painting liquid coming from cracks, 203–206 warm lighting to separate figure from background, 325 The Art of Poser and Photoshop: The Official Guide474 Warp command, 117, 126–127, 168, 228, 315 Warp (Edit > Transform > Warp) command, 222 Warp tool, 117, 138, 163, 225, 234, 311 water surface, hotter reflection on, 206 waterfall, 117 waterfall.tif file, 117 Watermark dialog box, 48, 49 watermarks, 48 windows from tabs, 7 Windows requirements Photoshop CS4, 2 Poser Pro, 3 Windows > 3D command, 28, 107, 197 Windows XP, 3 wing.psd file, 168 wings accentuating, 174 edge highlights, 173 light goddess, 168–172 motion blur, 168 wrapping around body, 174 workflow options, 11 workflow styles, 11 Bridge, 40–44 workrooms, 52 workspace default, 11 workspace menu, 11 workspaces multiple, 12 X X channel, 258 X (horizontal) axis, 94 X Scale channel, 258 Y Y Scale channel, 258–259 Y (vertical) axis, 94 Z Z axis (depth), 94 Z Brush, 330 Z channel, 258–259 zone layer, 225 zooming models, 64 Index 475 ShaderX6: Advanced Rendering Techniques 1-58450-544-3 Maya Plugin Power 1-58450-530-3 Maya Feature Creature Creations, Second Edition 1-58450-547-8 Essential Skills, Indispensable Books Course Technology PTR has the resources you need to master essential animation and 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