{"id":2952,"date":"2020-03-14T15:45:10","date_gmt":"2020-03-14T15:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/?p=2952"},"modified":"2023-09-07T15:52:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T14:52:29","slug":"imvu208","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu208\/","title":{"rendered":"IMVU 208 &#8211; Hair (clothing)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69fa8a65806d3\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69fa8a65806d3\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu208\/#description\" >Description<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu208\/#timestamps\" >Timestamps<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><video poster=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu\/imvu-208_mp4.jpg\" controls=\"controls\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"><source src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/media\/_08 - clothing hair.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\" \/><!--<source src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/collections\/collection-shortcut.ogg\" type=\"video\/ogg\" \/>\n<source src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/collections\/collection-shortcut.webm\" type=\"video\/webm\" \/>--><\/video><br \/>\n<!-- i>Making articulating hair for IMVU using Blender 2.8+ and the Clothing Starter File.<\/i --><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"description\"><\/span>Description<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>In this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/blenderimvu\/\">IMVU Basics<\/a> we take a look at using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu-starter-files\/\">Clothing Starter File<\/a> for Blender (<i>female used but male works just as well<\/i>) to make articulating <b>hair<\/b> that deforms with the avatars (upper) body (body-part) rather than just the head (accessory). Using the clothing file as the basis of the project, a mesh is built up around the avatar incrementally, detail being added as the shape is refined. This is then <b>UV mapped<\/b> and <b>Weight Painted<\/b> to the avatars armature so it articulates before being exported as an FBX file for IMVU, imported and assembled ready for use.<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color: #ddecf3; color: #000;\"><p>\n<b>Download<\/b>: Starter Files for this exercise.<br \/>\n &bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/files\/imvu\/KatsBits - Blender Avatar Starter Files.zip\">Avatar Starter File<\/a> | c. 8 MB.<br \/>\n &bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/files\/imvu\/KatsBits - Blender Alt Clothing Files.zip\">Alternative Clothing Starter Files<\/a> (<a href=\"#alt-clothes\"><i>cf. more info below<\/i><\/a>) | c. 2 MB.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color: #fc0; color: #000;\"><p><b>Important<\/b>: hair can be made in two ways; as an <b>accessory<\/b> (using the Accessory Starter File) or a <b>body-part<\/b> (using the Clothing Starter File). As an <b>accessory<\/b> hair is linked to and moves with the avatars head only. As a <b>body part<\/b> hair can be associated with different areas of the entire body, depending on the hairs design, and will deform and articulate as the avatar moves.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Duration<\/b> : c. 02:20:00 mins (2 hrs 20 mins).<br \/>\n<b>Info<\/b> : *.mp4 | 1080p | c.800 MB.<br \/>\n<b>Project file<\/b> : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/files\/imvu\/katsbits - hair.zip\">KatsBits &#8211; Hair<\/a> (zip c.2.5 MB \u2013 *.blend, *.fbx, *.tga, *.png).<br \/>\n<b>Product ID<\/b> : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imvu.com\/shop\/product.php?products_id=48600567\">48600567<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"timestamps\"><\/span>Timestamps<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Times are approximate;<br \/>\n(not available)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><b>Design note<\/b>: see links below for more on topics shown in the video;<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/left-click-select\/\">Setting up left or right mouse click<\/a>.<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/smoothing\/\">What is Mesh Smoothing?<\/a>.<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/blender-basics\/\">The basics of Blender<\/a>.<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/material-basics\/\">Material basics, using Nodes in Blender<\/a>.<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu-materials\/\">IMVU compliant material names<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a style=\"float: left;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu207\">&lt; Back (IMVU 207)<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: block; position: relative; float: right;\">Next (coming soon) &gt;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,606],"tags":[687,605,670,686,688,194,604,734,684],"class_list":["post-2952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-imvu","category-imvu201","tag-armatures","tag-blender-for-imvu","tag-clothing","tag-clothing-starter-file","tag-hair","tag-imvu","tag-imvu-basics","tag-uv-mapping","tag-weight-painting"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2952"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5918,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2952\/revisions\/5918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}