{"id":3421,"date":"2020-08-05T08:32:03","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T07:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/?p=3421"},"modified":"2023-09-07T15:52:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T14:52:12","slug":"magicbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/magicbook\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic Book Exercise for IMVU"},"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-69fa9b2bca474\" 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-69fa9b2bca474\"  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\/magicbook\/#videos\" >Videos<\/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\/magicbook\/#description\" >Description<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/magicbook\/#time-stamps\" >Time Stamps<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"videos\"><\/span>Videos<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a id=\"video1\"><\/a><video poster=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu\/magicbook-start_mp4.jpg\" controls=\"controls\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"><source src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/media\/magicbook - 1.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<a id=\"video2\"><\/a><video poster=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu\/magicbook-meshing_mp4.jpg\" controls=\"controls\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"><source src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/media\/magicbook - 2.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<a id=\"video3\"><\/a><video poster=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu\/magicbook-poses_mp4.jpg\" controls=\"controls\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"><source src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/media\/magicbook - 3.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><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"description\"><\/span>Description<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Learn how to make custom products for IMVU using Blender 2.8+. In this exercise we learn about different products by making a simple &#8216;book&#8217; mesh that is then used to create a number of basic types of product, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/tag\/accessory\/\">Accessory<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/tag\/furniture\/\">Furniture<\/a> item and accompanying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/tag\/poses\/\">Poses<\/a>. Suitable for beginners<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><b>Design note<\/b>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/blenderimvu\/#imvu-101-%e2%80%93-introduction\">installing Blender for the first time? See here<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color: #ddecf3; color: #000;\"><p><b>Download<\/b>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu-starter-files\/#download\">click here for the Accessory, Furniture and Pose Start Files<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In the <a href=\"#video1\"><b>first video<\/b><\/a> we take a look at making a &#8216;book&#8217; mesh by shaping the default cube in Object Mode, then making some simple edits in Edit Mode to add &#8216;cover&#8217; and &#8216;page&#8217; details. A basic material is then assigned and mesh UV unwrapped and mapped with an image before being turned into an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/tag\/accessory\/\">Accessory<\/a> item.<\/p>\n<p>In the <a href=\"#video2\"><b>second video<\/b><\/a> we look at using the exact same mesh used for the Accessory item and turning it into a standard furniture item (no seat) before adding a standard avatar spot placed using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu-starter-files\/#download\">Furniture Starter File<\/a> included &#8216;dummy&#8217; seat elements, and then simple custom pose spot using the same base elements brought into the Pose Starter File.<\/p>\n<p>In the <a href=\"#video3\"><b>third video<\/b><\/a> we continue the theme using the original magic book mesh and this time create an &#8216;accessory pose&#8217; item, a mesh (accessory) that includes an avatar pose when used. For this again the avatar Pose Starter File is used to position the item and create the necessary pose.<\/p>\n<p><b>Duration<\/b> : total c. 2 hrs 30 mins (02:30:00).<br \/>\n<b>Info<\/b> : 1080p | Total c. 700 MB.<br \/>\n<b>Project file<\/b> : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/files\/imvu\/katsbits - magicbook.zip\">KatsBits &#8211; magicbook.zip<\/a> (zip c. 8 MB &#8211; *.blend, *.fbx, *.png, *.bmp).<br \/>\n<b>Product ID<\/b>: <a href=\"#https:\/\/www.imvu.com\/shop\/product.php?products_id=50654146\">accessory (50654146)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imvu.com\/shop\/product.php?products_id=50656209\">furniture (50656209)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imvu.com\/shop\/product.php?products_id=50656358\">furniture + standard seat (50656358)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imvu.com\/shop\/product.php?products_id=50656429\">furniture + custom seat (50656429)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imvu.com\/shop\/product.php?products_id=50656536\">accessory + pose (50656536)<\/a>.<\/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 2.8<\/a>.<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/material-basics\/\">Material basics, using Nodes in Blender 2.8<\/a>.<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu-materials\/\">IMVU compliant material names<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"time-stamps\"><\/span>Time Stamps<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Times are approximate (<i>YouTube videos included above shown chapter\/timestamp markers in the timeline highlighting the sections outlined below<\/i>).<br \/>\n<a href=\"#video1\">Video I : Meshing<\/a> &#8211; c. 55 mins (55:00).<br \/>\n&#8211; 00:00 : Overview &#038; Start.<br \/>\n&#8211; 15:00 : Materials, UV Seams &#038; UV Maps.<br \/>\n&#8211; 30:00 : Accessory prep &#038; FBX export.<br \/>\n&#8211; 42:30 : IMVU Import &#038; Assembly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#video2\">Video II : Furniture<\/a> &#8211; c. 55 mins (55:00).<br \/>\n&#8211; 00:00 : Overview &#038; Start.<br \/>\n&#8211; 16:00 : FBX Export &#038; Assembly.<br \/>\n&#8211; 20:00 : Add Seating.<br \/>\n&#8211; 23:30 : FBX Export &#038; Assembly.<br \/>\n&#8211; 29:00 : Add Custom Pose.<br \/>\n&#8211; 45:00 : FBX Export &#038; Assembly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#video3\">Video III : Poses<\/a> &#8211; c. 25 mins (25:00).<br \/>\n&#8211; 00:00 : Overview &#038; Start.<br \/>\n&#8211; 08:00 : Armature Posing.<br \/>\n&#8211; 16:00 : FBX Export &#038; Assembly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,37,230],"tags":[575,689,195,194,727,630,474,655],"class_list":["post-3421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blender","category-imvu","category-tutorials","tag-accessory","tag-alternative-pose-file","tag-furniture","tag-imvu","tag-magicbook","tag-poses","tag-starter-files","tag-uv-editing"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3421","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=3421"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5073,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3421\/revisions\/5073"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}