{"id":8185,"date":"2023-12-02T10:30:42","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T10:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/?p=8185"},"modified":"2024-09-19T17:11:45","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T16:11:45","slug":"macos-blender-imvu-pose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/macos-blender-imvu-pose\/","title":{"rendered":"MacOS, Blender 4 &#038; IMVU Toolkit &#8211; Pose"},"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-69fde262a8640\" 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-69fde262a8640\"  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\/macos-blender-imvu-pose\/#description\" >Description<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/macos-blender-imvu-pose\/#toolkit-installation\" >Toolkit Installation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/macos-blender-imvu-pose\/#pose-mode\" >Pose Mode<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/macos-blender-imvu-pose\/#timestamps\" >Timestamps<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: black; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top: 25px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%;\"><center><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ipg9Zw5CLVw?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"description\"><\/span>Description<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>In this quick test exercise we take a look at making an avatar pose using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/tag\/imvu-studio-toolkit\/\">IMVU Toolkit<\/a> in <b>Blender 4.x<\/b> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/tag\/macos\/\">MacOS<\/a> (MacBook). First the toolkit has to be installed correctly so it works on MacOS before we can then use the <b>Animation Tool<\/b> to make a <i>static pose<\/I>. Once the pose is done, using the <b>Export<\/b> tool, it can saved as an FBX for import and assembled in <b>IMVU Studio<\/b>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><b>Design note<\/b>: some additional points to keep in mind;<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"toolkit-installation\"><\/span>Toolkit Installation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>the IMVU Toolkit should work as normal on a MacBook or other MacOS device with Blender 4 so long as the Add-on is installed correctly, just make sure to note the directory path the script is initially saved to [1]. For more info on doing this refer to &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/macos-imvu-toolkit-blender-4\/\">MacOS &#038; IMVU Toolkit for Blender 4.0+<\/a>&#8220;. For Blender 3.6 LTS (recommended) on MacOS see &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu-toolkit-macbook\/\">Installing IMVU Toolkit on Mac (Macbook Pro\/Air etc.)<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu-mac\/macos-toolkit-file-path.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 98.5%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu-mac\/macos-toolkit-file-path.jpg\" alt=\"Toolkit file path\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Initially IMVU Toolkit won&#8217;t correctly install to Blender 4 but will provide the necessary file path [1] information to complete the process.<\/i><\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"pose-mode\"><\/span>Pose Mode<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>After loading the <b>Animation Tool<\/b> avatar, if the control skeleton (rig) is an orange wireframe, its in <b>Object Mode<\/b> and can&#8217;t be used to create a pose. To do this select the rig and switch to <b>Pose Mode<\/b> setting that option from the <b>Interaction Mode<\/b> [2] list (<span class=\"shortcutkey\">Control<\/span> (<span class=\"shortcutkey\">\u2303<\/span>) + <span class=\"shortcutkey\">Tab<\/span>). The rig will change to a series of coloured wires [3] that can then be selected and manipulated pressing <span class=\"shortcutkey\">G<\/span> to move and <span class=\"shortcutkey\">R<\/span> to rotate. For more on making static\/statue poses refer to &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/toolkit-pose\/\">IMVU Studio Toolkit \u2013 Static (Statue) Pose<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu-mac\/macos-toolkit-pose-mode.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 98.5%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu-mac\/macos-toolkit-pose-mode.jpg\" alt=\"Switch to Pose Mode\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>The Animation Toolkit might not be in the correct &#8216;mode&#8217; to create a pose so use the Interative Mode selector [2] to switch to Pose Mode [3].<\/i>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\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 &#8211; 00:00 : Install Toolkit<br \/>\n &#8211; 04:30 : Animation Tool<br \/>\n &#8211; 08:30 : Export &#038; Studio Import<br \/>\n &#8211; 11:00 : Action &#038; Assembly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,37,1045,230],"tags":[622,871,200,120,1059,203,194,835,1049,1044,744],"class_list":["post-8185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blender","category-imvu","category-macos","category-tutorials","tag-animation","tag-animation-tool","tag-avatar-poses","tag-blender","tag-blender-4-x","tag-fbx","tag-imvu","tag-imvu-studio-toolkit","tag-imvu-toolkit","tag-macos","tag-pose-mode"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8185","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=8185"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9361,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8185\/revisions\/9361"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}