Hi @operaguy

No need for apologies!
Happens all the time to me that I confuse some of the latest updates with the previous versions
One day I reverted the changes I made the previous day to what it was in an older version because I confused the versions!

After some time working on a project one inevitably gets square eyes and the still remaining brain is acting funny...

Some nights I have nightmares about SASHA:
I made a very beautiful girl with her, and just when she comes near to embrace me she dissolves into hundred thousands lines of code errors, totally distorting her!

K

Zitat von operaguy

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About the strength situation ...

With the strength dials at default (1.00), make a direct manipulation with the mouse of the arm.
That does not change the easy-pose dials. It changes the actors.
If you then change the strength dial from 1 to 0, the arm goes back in place, but now you can't move the arm.
If you spin the strength dial back to 1, the arm goes back up, as directly manipulated.

This is not a bug, obviously.

It just brings up the subject "hmm.. direct manipulation affects actors, not EasyPose."

Which requires a deep philosophical question about EasyPose vs ActorDials vs DirectManipulation.

We might need vodka for that.

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Note on "G-Rated." The two bottom dials indeed did not appear on my new virgin Sasha-1400 (I didn't load KV yet), but the upper one "spread" is still there. I'm not complaining, just noting.

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To start with the easiest:

Yes, the "Spread Lower Buns" is still an official "S-16" morph because I don't consider it anything "sexual"
It can help posing in a seated position too!


To explain what the "Pose Strength" dial SHOULD do, it will need a little more time, and another vodka.

Just a quick explanation how it SHOULD work:
It SHOULD control all affected body part rotations by multiplying their values by the dial value.
But actually I'm short on vodka, so this will have to be resolved later... AFTER much MORE VODKAS

K

Zitat von operaguy

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Ok, hold on the philosophy then (priorities). I really wish you'd try some Mezcal. It might cure you of vodka forever.

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But - I don't WANT to be cured of drinking vodka - I like it, and I can get it everywhere here - so no need to travel to Mexico for a bottle

K

As I already announced some posts ago I made some more changes to the groups and "Easy Pose" dials:

All Morphs dealing with the "behind" ()() were moved to a new "BUNS" group in the hip.
I found that it's more practical than moving them to the ButtCheeks actors only, because e.g. if the figure is lying on it's back you can't easyly access the ButtCheeks (because they are on the back), but you can access the hip from any angle of view.
Makes it easier to use the ""Glute Flat Lying" etc. morphs.

I also moved all the "BREASTS" poses from the BODY to the chest.
> First, it makes the BODY's Easy Poses a bit more lean.
> Second, if you are working with the breasts, you look at what actor? Aye, the chest!
So it seemed logical to move them there.

These changes do NOT influence the working of the dials - they work as usual, they were just moved to another body part's "Command Post".

I also fixed some minor flaws with other dials (esp. the "deactivated KV" caused me some headaches).
But I think all is well now.

K

Today I finished moving about and improving the Easy Pose dials.
Most of the changes were about editing dependencies and other stuff you don't really want to know

However there was a major change to the "Legs Sitting" dial which was completely rewritten.
Now it goes beyond 1.000 and is in sync with the according "thigh bend" dials.
I also modified it to look more "Lady-like": before there was a spread of the thighs involved which I derived from my own body "sitting down".
The new dial keeps the knees more closely together while slightly turning the shins outward (think of a Lady in a skirt sitting down!).

I hope the "Easy Pose" dials are perfect enough now (unless you come up with more suggestions).

Here's an example of what I did with the new Easy Pose dials (and ONLY them - no other dials used except an xRotation of the hip!)
I used the "Command Posts" in the body, and one in each hand ("Thumb Grasp" and "Knuckles Bend Opposite").
It took me barely five minutes to make this pose.:P

(No render, just a screenshot from the preview window)

What we need now is a hero who will write a Python script to translate all the Easy Pose dial values into a regular pose, sort of like "PoseWriter Panel" does...

Any ideas?

K

To be precise:

The reason why I want such a script is because the "Easy Pose" dials are "SASHA" specific and may also become a problem because of certain limits set.
Thus it would be nice to "translate" all the Easy Pose dials into a regular pose before continuing with fine-tuning the pose, the regular way.

I know how to parse a figure to read and set dial values.
So that is not the problem, and I can probably do it myself.

The problem is to read the limb rotation's total value (local value plus dependency-induced, see red arrow):


Then all that remains to do is to reset the "Easy Pose" dials to zero, and set the limbs to their real rotation values.

Such a script would be an absolute "killer" feature! (IMO)

K

@Lost Alien:

Thank you.
The hair is a heavy modification of Lisbeth's "Perla Hair" for V3 (sic!):
https://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/perla-hair/38028

If you want, I can send you the morphs and settings to fit it to SASHA.

Zitat von operaguy

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Karina, I'm sure one "Python Genius Wanted" post at Rendo would get someone interested.

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I doubt that.
I posted help requests in the past, but as soon as I mention that it's for SASHA, it's ignored...

Maybe I should pretend that it's a script for LaFemme?
But then, LF has no "Easy Pose" dials...

K

Hello Esther!

Yes I know who you are.
Service Release 1 is ready to be released in a week or two; just some more final testing of the latest features that I added, a quick check over the manuals, and some promo renders left to do.
B.t.w., the expressions issue is fixed - it was indeed a double dependency.

Cheers!

Karina

Hello @Perpetualrevision,

Yes, I use PWP too for all my pose saves: no frills, no unnecessary overhead like in Poser pose saves, and of course the REAL values of the bendings are saved, so this is a real boon when using either "Easy Poses", but it's also a good method to either override or include SASHA's "Collar Control" in a saved pose.
There's a chapter in the manual about it...

No, you didn't misunderstand me.
What PWP does is exactly what I'm looking for.
But firing up PWP for each time you just want to "normalize" a pose would be a bit overkill. Also, it won't reset the "Easy Pose" dials (which is a must)!
Given the multitude of Easy Pose dials in SASHA is why I thought of a dedicated script.

My idea is:
Create your pose with the Easy Pose dials, as much as you need it.
But sometimes the Easy Pose dials get in each others' way because of rotation limits.
This is the time to "normalize" the pose with the script, and continue.



B.t.w., you can perfectly use the translation tool for posing:
Just click and drag the body parts you want to pose (I create 90% of my poses like this!).

The only cases where the translation tool won't work is for "twisting", so you either have to use the gizmo (which often is useless because you can only grab and rotate it's orbits it from half a mile away, at least in PP2014), or use the old-fashioned dials.


The reason for all this fuss is simple:
I do my posing in the preview window almost exclusively.
I don't like clicking around for dials much, neither do I like to permanently change tools. It is a big time waster!


Try my method on SASHA.
It's fast, intuitive, and often gives you more natural poses than spinning dials on a single actor.
SASHA was explicitly made for this method of posing!

Start simply:
Load SASHA, then move her torso side-side, simply by dragging at the chest.
Now grab the head and do the same.
Grab a forearm and move the whole arm up-down.
Grab a hand, or a finger...
Ditto for the legs, feet, toes.
Now look at her from the side and see what more you can do!

IMO this is the fastest way to pose a figure!


K


P.S.: dials:
Have you noticed that SASHA has an extra dial "jumellaged" to the shoulder rotation?
I use it if I drag the forearm (so it's in the parameter's pallette anyway), and then need to twist the shoulder.