Documentation:MHBlenderTools: MakeTarget - Revision history

Joepal: /* Introductory video */

2015-08-30T08:58:56Z

‎Introductory video

Joepal: /* Introductory video */

2015-08-30T08:57:40Z

‎Introductory video

Fairytail: /* Loading the Base Mesh */

2015-08-19T07:22:21Z

‎Loading the Base Mesh

Fairytail: /* Additional Fit Helper Buttons */

2015-08-19T07:17:42Z

‎Additional Fit Helper Buttons

Fairytail: /* Save Target Section */

2015-08-19T07:15:31Z

‎Save Target Section

Fairytail: /* Symmetry Section */

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‎Symmetry Section

Fairytail: /* Discard And Apply Target Section */

2015-08-19T07:12:42Z

‎Discard And Apply Target Section

Fairytail: /* Load Target Section (After The First Target Is Loaded) */

2015-08-19T07:11:44Z

‎Load Target Section (After The First Target Is Loaded)

Fairytail: /* The MakeTarget™Version 1.09 Panel (After Loading A Target) */

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‎The MakeTarget™Version 1.09 Panel (After Loading A Target)

Robbaer at 16:24, 15 August 2015

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 For the information below to make sense and be useful, you will need to first install BlenderTools, see [[ Documentation:MHBlenderTools: Download and installation|MHBlenderTools: Download and installation ]]
-== Introductory video ==
+== Introductory videos ==
 If you find this page, this is a youtube video which might be useful:

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		+	A longer and somewhat more gentle intro is provided by VScorpianC. If you're new to the subject, it will probably make sense to watch this:
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	== What is a Target? The MakeHuman Morphing Process. ==		== What is a Target? The MakeHuman Morphing Process. ==

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 == Loading the Base Mesh ==
-  [[File:maketarget131-area.png|right]] While it is possible to create targets using Blender without using the MakeTarget™ tool for Blender; that tool has many useful features that simplify the target creation process and will be explained by the help that follows.  Once the MakeTarget™ add-on has been enabled (see the previous "Get and Install MH Addons for Blender" section), a panel labelled MakeTarget™ version 1.xx appears in theBlender User Interface, to the right of the viewport. The visibility of the Blender User Interface can be toggled on and off with the N-key.
+  [[File:maketarget131-area.png|left]] While it is possible to create targets using Blender without using the MakeTarget™ tool for Blender; that tool has many useful features that simplify the target creation process and will be explained by the help that follows.  Once the MakeTarget™ add-on has been enabled (see the previous "Get and Install MH Addons for Blender" section), a panel labelled MakeTarget™ version 1.xx appears in theBlender User Interface, to the right of the viewport. The visibility of the Blender User Interface can be toggled on and off with the N-key.
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   [[File:maketarget131.png|left]] Prior to loading any targets, the initial the MakeTarget™ panel consists of three main buttons. The first two buttons load the base human mesh, respectively with and without the special fitting tools. The third button labeled "Set As Base" sets an existing mesh (that must be MakeHuman™compliant and derived from the A8_v74.obj file distributed with the MakeTarget™  release within the maketarget/data/ folder) as a human base mesh.  This third option is for users that have done editing of the base mesh in another 3D modelling program and that have saved or exported the model as a Wavefront .obj file.

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 === Additional Fit Helper Buttons ===
-  [[File:MakeTargetFitTargetButton.png]]
+  [[File:MakeTargetFitTargetButton.png|left]]
-  [[File:MakeTargetSkirtEditingAffectOnly3.png]]
+  [[File:MakeTargetSkirtEditingAffectOnly3.png|left]]
 When the fit helpers have been included as part of the target, the additional options of the MakeTarget™ panel shown in the images above appear.  These buttons are included to work with the helper objects.  When the helpers have been loaded, an additional button labeled "Fit Targets" is available under the Load Target section.  This button should be pressed after making alterations to the body that disconnect it from the helper objects, but prior to making modifications to those objects.  This button will refit the clothing to the body, and if pressed when the default All option under the "Affect Only: section is selected, all clothing helpers will be refitted to the body.  However, the refitting process will cause any modifications previously made to a refitted helper objects to be lost.  To limit the Fit Target button behavior to a single helper object, you should specify the object that you want to have refitted under the Affects Only section appearing at the bottom of the panel.  This will cause the refitting to only affect the chosen helper (for example the Hair), while leaving all other helper objects unaffected, preserving your edit modifications to those helpers (for example, the Tights and Skirt helpers will not be refitted and your modifications to those helpers will be preserved if the Hair Affects Only option is set).
 The additional helper options also include buttons that improve the fit of the skirt specifically by snapping the skirt to the character's waist ("Snap Skirt Waist" button) or straightening the skirt ("Straighten Skirt" button).  It is recommended that you still select the Skirt as the Affects Only option prior to pressing either of these buttons.

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 === Save Target Section ===
-  [[File:MakeTargetSaveTargetSection.png]]
+  [[File:MakeTargetSaveTargetSection.png|left]]
 Finally, press the "Save Target As" button to save the .target file once all secondary targets and edits have been completed.
 The checkbox labeled "Selected verts only" is a very important option.  This option when checked will permit you to select a set of vertices in edit mode and then save only those vertices into the target file. Such targets are useful when you want the target to only morph the selected vertices and leave all other vertices completely unaffected by the morphing target.  For example, an artist could design a morphing target that is limited to the hands only, a single hand only, or to the head only, and save a target containing vertices that will only morph those body parts, while having no effect on other parts of the body that were not explicitly chosen by the artist.
 The checkbox labeled "Active Target Only" will cause the "Save Target As" button to only save the last target only.  This option normally applies when one or more secondary targets have been added using the Load Target section after adding the initial target.
 === Additional Fit Helper Buttons ===

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 === Symmetry Section ===
-  [[File:MakeTargetTargetSymmetryButtons.png]]
+  [[File:MakeTargetTargetSymmetryButtons.png|left]]
-The two buttons in the "Symmetry" section are modelling tools, and are very useful.  They has been designed to produce very reliable target results. Using the symmetry buttons will cause the mesh to become symetrical on either side of the X axis, with the option to apply edits from the left side of the character to the right side (Left->Right), or vice versa (Right->Left).  Pressing these buttons will also align center vertices that have been unintentionally moved away from the center back to their center position.
+The two buttons in the "Symmetry" section are modelling tools, and are very useful.  They have been designed to produce very reliable target results. Using the symmetry buttons will cause the mesh to become symetrical on either side of the X axis, with the option to apply edits from the left side of the character to the right side (Left->Right), or vice versa (Right->Left).  Pressing these buttons will also align center vertices that have been unintentionally moved away from the center back to their center position.
 === Save Target Section ===

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 === Discard And Apply Target Section ===
-  [[File:MakeTargetDiscardAndApplyTarget.png]]
+  [[File:MakeTargetDiscardAndApplyTarget.png|left]]
 The first two buttons under the "Discard And Apply Target" section will either discard all of the targets (returning you to the original base mesh) or only the last target appended (which will either be the last secondary target applied or the primary target if no secondary targets have been applied).  The button "Apply targets" under the "Discard And Apply Target" section is used to join all targets into a single unique morphing target combination.
 === Symmetry Section ===

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 === Load Target Section (After The First Target Is Loaded) ===
-  [[File:MakeTargetLoadSecondaryTarget.png]]
+  [[File:MakeTargetLoadSecondaryTarget.png|left]]
-The three buttons that now in the "Load Target" section are used in exactly the same way as they were before any target was loaded, except that any targets that are now created or loaded with these buttons become a secondary target that can be applied to the previously loaded one.  These buttons are used to append one or more additional targets to the first target and combine them in various proportions.
+The three buttons now in the "Load Target" section are used in exactly the same way as they were before any target was loaded, except that any targets that are now created or loaded with these buttons become a secondary target that can be applied to the previously loaded one.  These buttons are used to append one or more additional targets to the first target and combine them in various proportions.
 === Discard And Apply Target Section ===

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   [[File:maketarget131-panels.png]]
-  [[File:maketarget3.png]]
+  [[File:maketarget3.png|right]] At the top of the panel there is a numeric slider that determines the amount of morphing to apply from the target. The maximum value is 1.0, which means that the target morphing is fully applied. A value of 0 will show the original base mesh without any target morphing.  The minimum value of the slider is -1.0.  Using negative values usually creates weird effects as a projected inverse of the target morph is applied, but these settings are useful to subtract unwanted morphing results when multiple targets are combined. The effect is shown in the image beginning on the left with the full inverse of the morphing target, to the original base mesh in the middle, and finally to the fully applied morph target design on the right.
 === Load Target Section (After The First Target Is Loaded) ===

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 == Introductory video ==
-If you find this page TL;DR, this is a youtube video which might be useful:
+If you find this page, this is a youtube video which might be useful:
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