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RE: Changing parts in drawing programs gimp, photoshop etc.

shantybaba — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:57:20 GMT

Thanks for all the input to my query. I want to create my own characters so the Draw Plus route is fine for me.
Cheers,
Shanty

RE: Changing parts in drawing programs gimp, photoshop etc.

jlittle — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:46:24 GMT

To change the parts of a character I export that character from CTA as a SWF file (1 frame in length).
I then use a SWF decompiler ([url=http://www.sothink.com]Sothink SWF Decompiler[/url] $80) and export the SWF resources (shapes) to svg files which can be edited by Drawplus.
Using a decompiler is a cheaper alternative to buying Adobe Flash.

You do have to import each piece of the character you change individually back into CTA.

Jeff

RE: Changing parts in drawing programs gimp, photoshop etc.

vidi — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:40:31 GMT

[quote]As I understand Vidi says Draw Plus cannot be used for the creation of body parts (and whole bodies) and then imported into CTA[/quote]

No, I mean you can't modifying swf files in Draw Plus.

RE: Changing parts in drawing programs gimp, photoshop etc.

wizaerd — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:26:41 GMT

DrawPlus can be used to create new characters from scratch. But if you wanted to modify an already created character, and export it as a SWF, then I do not believe DrawPlus would be able to do that. it comes down to creating a brand new character, or modifying a character.

RE: Changing parts in drawing programs gimp, photoshop etc.

shantybaba — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:36:52 GMT

I am still a bit confused about this Flash vs Draw Plus issue. As I understand Vidi says Draw Plus cannot be used for the creation of body parts (and whole bodies) and then imported into CTA as swf files, but in this post:
[b]how to create CrazyTalk Animator Hand Files and body parts Eey,nose,brow,ear......... ect[/b]
I get the impression from Peter that it can.
Please can someone give me a definitive answer.
Cheers,
Shanty

RE: Changing parts in drawing programs gimp, photoshop etc.

vidi — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:30:48 GMT

[quote]I guess I really need to get flash.[/quote]

I bought Flash just for CTA. Now it is my favorite vector Drawing tool.
I love it. It is the perfecte symbiosis to CTA .The most vector programms works only with closed shapes , not so with Flash. :)

RE: Changing parts in drawing programs gimp, photoshop etc.

Duncanduncan — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:23:13 GMT

Vidi, thanks, I guess I really need to get flash.

RE: Changing parts in drawing programs gimp, photoshop etc.

vidi — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:19:56 GMT

[quote]render a picture or just the character as a SWF (or png?) and then import it into flash ( I only have drawplus)
[/quote]
That what you see in my video, SWF import and break to back the original vector Shapes, is not possible in Draw plus only in Flash.

RE: Changing parts in drawing programs gimp, photoshop etc.

Duncanduncan — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:39:14 GMT

Wizaerd, If I understand you right I think you are saying ( remember I am still new to all this) render a picture or just the character as a SWF (or png?) and then import it into flash ( I only have drawplus) and then change it and use the character composer to get it back in or the individual parts back in? right? I will try. Seems like they were trying to make the vector files proprietary.
thanks for the ideas!
Aidan

RE: Changing parts in drawing programs gimp, photoshop etc.

wizaerd — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 09:15:32 GMT

Hello as well from Arizona!! You can export a video to SWF format, then pull that SWF into Flash, and make edits. But you'll still have to re-import the changed piece 1 piece at a time as if you were importing a new character. Vidi had put together a very quick little video showing how to do this... http://forum.reallusion.com/FindPost93499.aspx

RE: Changing parts in drawing programs gimp, photoshop etc.

Duncanduncan — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:33:03 GMT

Peter, I guess I should have said vector character. I am assuming you cannot do that with vector based characters? thxs!

RE: Changing parts in drawing programs gimp, photoshop etc.

Peter (RL) — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:22:50 GMT

Hi..

If it is a morph based custom character and you have the original image then you can do this easily.

First edit the original image in your image editor to get as you want it.

Then in CTA take your head to Character Composer and select Face Fitting.

Click the Replace Image button on the right bottom of the page, and load your edited image.

Now the original image will be replaced with the new image, while leaving the wireframes and feature points unchanged.

Changing parts in drawing programs gimp, photoshop etc.

Duncanduncan — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 03:00:31 GMT

Hello from Arizona, I think I read somewhere that you cannot take a head from a character and send it out to an image manipulation program to change it because the CTA files are proprietary. Is there any way to do this?
For example I have a standard head on a character and I wanted to export the head and make it look like it was burned in drawplus or gimp, can you do it?
thanks amundo!