Modeling Poses -> AOs

By Luth Brodie | May 21, 2008
Filed Under Luth Nonsense, Pose -> AO |

Dig it kats and kittens: a new service. Starting this week, I’m taking requests to turn any modeling pose into an AO. How it used to work is that someone would suggest it and I’d maybe eventually get around to it.

Here’s how it will work now:
- Send me or Sara Primrose a notecard with the pose name(s) you want converted. Or you can use our emails found in the contact page.
- I will convert and release them every monday that I have requests in the order the notecards are recieved. If I get too many requests, it may take a while to get yours in but I will.
- I will post here with the names of the modeling poses and what the new AO pose is called and give it it’s own catagory of pose -> ao.
- I may or may not send a list out to those that requested poses. I’m going to try but I’ll have to see how it goes.

I’ve had many people ask why I don’t release “AO ready modeling poses,” but there is no simple answer to that. Personally I see the poses as something other than a natural way to stand which is what an AO should be. Most of my current AOs are converted poses because I don’t like making AOs (or using them) and because they have been requested. However, I do have a couple of AO sets that are being worked on slowly, but I want to give the chance for people to choose. Chances are if there is a pose you want as an AO, others will too.

The differences between a modeling pose and an AO pose are rather minor but important:
- Priority. Animations are uploaded with a set priority to decide which will override. I set my modeling poses as the highest priority so nothing will mess up your shot. However, AOs will be uploaded with a lower priority so gestures and the typing animation will show through.

- Head and Neck:
If you don’t animate the head and neck, your head will turn with the direction of the camera. Most people like this for AOs, but it doesnt work well for modeling poses. Plus with my poses I like to have specific head movements that will not work for an AO.

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