DressShop 2.0
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1. i Save n Cut ALT 1 AM E Di Step 2 In the Cut tab unclick Cut button and select highlight pants Click on Save button Save pants under a name such as Pants This will place the item into your Library Step 3 Under Edit menu open Library By un clicking the radio button next to Pants hide pants This will prevent you from accidentally cut pants Step 4 Now using the Cut and Mirror buttons and the Arc tool cut both arms see previous chapter Name and save both arms such as Larm and or similar Hide both arms Step 5 Rotate torso to side view and using the Cut button and the StraightLine tool cut a vertical line as shown Use Shift key to constrain second point end of the line Name back as Back and hide Fie Edt View Help Cut 3 EL Ta EH ENGO Step 6 Rotate torso back to front view and using the Cut and Mirror buttons and the Polyline tool cut a shape as shown Once cut highlight shape and delete using the Delete button ww Cut Shape Accessories o MANGN gt Step 7 all parts visible and open DAZ Studio Don t close DressShop e E Perspective View 318p 1 Invert Postive Drecbon Invert Poste Owection Invert Poste Drection Reed Groups y Read UV Coordinates Re2. 5 Using the slider on top you can change the length of the skirt Here we will make the skirt shorter as shown Step 2 Use Shape button to shape skirt Notice that there is a hole on the front of the skirt as it intersects with the skirt below We need to fix this by shaping the skirt wider T e UL SE ao me ee a TT File Edit Tab Shape Tab Accessory Tab Materials Tab Stage Tab Navigate Help Cut Shape Accessories Materials Po os No eee 1 Highlight the skirt and select the Shape button 2 Establish a horizontal line at the hemline 3 Right Click This will give you a rectangle where you can drag the corners to cover the entire skirt 4 Using the slider on top shape the skirt wider as shown Accessories Tab In this tab we will add accessories to the model Note You can watch a video of the process under the Help menu Video Tutorial Part 2 Accessories and Materials Step 1 Adding hair to the model Fe ia Waga Toe Aney Toh Mar Tak Wage Tob M ternak 1 Open the Accessories Library by clicking on the Open button 2 Choose a female hair and drag it over into the right position 3 Using the side views adjust position until it fits Use the zoom in tool to see better Note You can add your own accessories to the Accessories Library Simply click on the Add new button and browse for saved OBJ files DAZ Studio user
3. by Abalone DressShop 2 0 QuickStart and User Manual www abalonellc com info abalonellc com Abalone LLC Second edition June 2014 Author s copyright holder of the DressShop program is Abalone LLC AbaloneLLC 2013 Publishing copyright holder of the DressShop program is 2013 Abalone LLC AbaloneLLC 2013 Copying merchandizing public exhibiting or other commercial utilization of the software without licence 15 strictly prohibited The DressShop User s Manual is under global author and publishing copyright 2013 AbalonLLCe This User s Manual was written and edited by Laslo Vespremi Abalone LLC Copying extraction or translation to another language is forbidden without the written approval of the holder of this right Abalone LLC 190 Arbor Lane Moss Beach CA 94038 USA Web www abalonellc com E mail info abalonellc com ABALONE LLC IS IN NO CASE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DIRECT OR INDIRECT DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USAGE OF THE DRESSSHOP PROGRAM OR THE DRESSSHOP USER S MANUAL Abalone LLC and the DressShop are the registered trademarks of Abalone LLC Windows is the trademark of Microsoft About the manual Chapter 1 QuickStart Simple Dress Chapter 2 Advanced Modeling System requirements Required hardware WIN DressShop runs with the following minimal hardware A Windows based personal computer or laptop with the following minimal requirements Windows computer 1 GB RAM inte
4. be 5 1 This time in addition to Cut also click Mirror button 2 Create an arc shape for the cuff area 3 This will be repeated mirrored on the other arm Step 9 Saving parts to Parts Library E 3 5 x co S me om File Edit Cut Tab Shape Tab Accessory Tab Materials Tab Stage Tab Navigate Help 81 DressShopPro Cut Shape Accessories Materials Stage Bottom 1 Highlight each new part and using the save button save them as collar leftarm rightarm top belt and skirt into the Parts Library Note that you can show or hide each part by simply clicking on the checkbox next to their names 2 Highlight the skirt 3 Using the Duplicate button create a Copy skirt This concludes the work in the Cut tab time to move on to the Shape tab Shape Tab Fle Ida hee Acer Mami Tee Sange Tob Hep Cut Shape Acceseores Materials gt Now Li Step 1 Now we will do some basic stretching and shaping Click on the Shape tab on top and unclick the Shape button for now 1 Highlight the garment you want to shape it will turn yellow 2 Now click on the Stretch button and establish a straight line holding the Shift key from the top of the skirt to the hemline 3 Right click This will create a rectangle around your centerline 4 You can stretch this rectangle to the desired shape here to cover all of the skirt
5. Now click the first of two points that describe the straight cut As we want to cut to be perfectly horizontal hold the Shift key for the second click This creates a horizontal line 4 Unclick the Cut button This will finish the cut 5 Use the delete button to delete the bottom cut off part D Step 8 Highlight the lower cut part it turns yellow and click on the Delete button Step 9 Create the Belt area Boe ou um A gt File Edit Cut Tab Shape Tab X Accessory Tab Materials Tab Cut Shape Accessories Materials 3 1 Highlight the garment by clicking on it Select Cut button This time select polygon tool Holding down the Shift key create a shape as shown Unclick Cut button to finish cut pr meu IM Step 10 Create open neck BB DressShopPro TER X B A a A A E us scm m 8 NN File Edit Cut Tab Shape Tab Accessory Tab Materials Tab Stage Tab Navigate Cut Shape Accessories Materials Stage EC E 1 This time select the Arc tool 2 Place three dots as shown to create arc for the neck shape 3 Click on the Cut button to finish cut Delete excess Repeat shape to create collar Step 10 Create Cuffs DressShopPro EE T BB DressShopPro E s s d e a File Edit Cut Tab Shape Tab Accessory Tab Materials Tab Stage Tab Navigate Help Cut Shape Accessories Materials Stage o NE oe 5
6. rectangle in the upper right corner of the Materials Library This will open up an additional color picker 3 Select color and click Add to Custom Colors Click OK 4 In the Material Library click on Pick Solid Colors This will add the color to the part Stage Tab In this tab we will learn to pose or animate model create background and take snapshots of our work Note You can watch a video of the process under the Help menu Video Tutorial Part 2 Accessories and Materials 30 DressShopPro 8 XS File Edit Cut Tab Shape Tab Accessory Tab Materials Tab Tab Navigate Help Gut Shape Accessories Materials L 05 4 iy SG a z Backgrounds SES D a 274 1 di Wi Smoothen may take longer Open Stages Library Notice that some items don t fit correctly and there may be holes in the garment By clicking on the Smoothen button in 20 50 seconds all problems are fixed Time to add background Bor IT Note as with other libraries you can add your own backgrounds jpg format your own poses and animation in collada format Step 2 Posing Snapshot 4 1 Moving the sliderup and down you can alter the pose 2 Take save a snapshot using the Photo button How do export garments from DAZ that I want to alter in DressShop 2 0 Place garment on stage Make sure that you set all other items including Genesis or other models invisible U
7. about to start a new project Please enter a new project name and select a location for the project folder All project items will be saved in this new folder Project name Project Project folder C Users lasio Deskiop DS2Betal New Project 9 Open Saved Project Step 1 Select image you want to use as a template Image will appear in the box and the file name displayed below Step 2 Choose a Project Name Enter project name in the box labeled Project name Step 3 Create a new destination folder IMPORTANT This destination folder will contain all files for your new project Step 4 You may either launch a new project or reopen a saved project If you chose to reopen a saved project you need to browse to its location Press Apply The Selection screen appears Here you need to select one of the two models Male or Female 1 Select one of the three basic garment types Dress Suit or Cape In this case click on Dress default selection NOTE these default dresses fit Genesis V5 M5 V6 etc If you design for a different model for example Victoria 4 or a Poser model you can use the Import OBJ to import garments with the right polygon count rigging for those Abalone will also make base sets available for a number of non Genesis models www abalonellc com Note the three icons on the right are Manual Video b and About i Manual button will launch PDF Manual Arrow will launch How to video an
8. ad Su pees usamti vV Read Uatertal Ubrary miii Hide Indovidua Settings lt Step 8 In DAZ Studio import the last saved part Use Bryce as scale Step 9 Using the Transfer Utility dialog under Edit Figure choose the figure here Genesis as source and your imported garment name as target This will fit the garment to the chosen figure Rotate around to ensure that the garment fits Shape Accessories E EN Kar Step 10 Now go back to DressShop and hide Back Larm and Pants You will create the lapels using the Cut and Mirror buttons and the Arc tool Once cut is completed save and name lapels as Llapel and Rlapel or similar Step 11 Do the same to cut pockets using Cut and Mirror buttons and the Polyline tool Cut shape ACC 1 EN ne Step 12 Save pockets as Lpocket and Rpocket or similar Now delete the rest of the jacket and close DressShop You are done here EVIL EM 38 Hep Liriding Creating Posing Shaping Lighting Cameras Surfacing Rendering Building Scripting CEPFEZEZIE Scene Content Library Too sea L ky s Genesa Ry 0 Dae Hai 6 Em an Step 13 Import into DAZ Studio the last file you saved Using the Transfer Utility function make this item also fit your figure as shown before E DAZ Studio Pri cw Fle Ect Cr
9. d i button will launch About NOTE Please see how to export garments from DAZ and Poser to be use with the DressShop Import button in the next chapter of this manual on Page 17 Step 5 The main interface opens at Cut Tab default File Edit Cut Tab Shape Tab Accessory Tab Materials Tab Stage Tab Navigate Help 3 Cut Shape Accessories Materials 8G M Save M Delete M oo The main screen is divided into two halves 1 Sketch on the left 2 3D model and Dress in the right 3 There are five tabs on top Cut Shape Accessories Materials and Stage By default program starts with the Cut tab 4 Each tab comes with a set of buttons and tools 5 Navigational controls are all located on the right on top you have pan rotate zoom and center icons note if you want to use tools please deselect navigational icons Below you will find the Fastview cross Left Top Right and Bottom Back Get familiar with the screen controls Click on any of the navigational icons to see how they work Also try using the Fastview cross and see how it turns the models 90 degrees Step 6 Now we start to construct a dress similar to the one in our sketch Note You can watch a video of the process under the Help menu Video Tutorial Part 1 Cut and Shape Seana es Oa m Highlight the garment by clicking on it It will turn the selected item yellow Select the Cut button 3
10. esis Toes ender Connect Wadon ing Shaping Lighting Cameras Surfacing Rendering Building Scripting E mao Cri T WO Orang Moder 56 Smoottung Modifier Base Sake Smoothed Morphs ppty Push Modifier sh Modifier 4 Step 14 Since we want the pockets and lapels slightly offset in front of the jacket we will use the Apply Push Modifier under Edit Figure Geometry This will offset push these parts in front of the garment Sadar DAZ Studo Defaut All Currently Used Show Sub tems Step 15 In the Surfacing Rendering tab paint the jacket and also use a pattern to paint the lapels and pockets Use Horizontal Tiles and Vertical Tiles sliders to get the pattern right Finally pose light and render g E Perspective View v e A ie A Video
11. nder File Export choose Wavefront OBJ Name garment and save it in a folder Click on Save Next male sure that your export settings are exactly as shown below SN OR IExnodOntion JA SJEXxportUptio Convert From DAZ Studio Scale 0 410105 Mu Axis Conversion Lateral X Vertical Y Depth 2 invert Positive Direction Invert Positive Direction Invert Positive Direction Write Groups wi Ignore Invisible Nodes MA Use Existing Groups A Use Bone Welds Use Node Name s Use Surface Name s v Remove Unused Vertices Use Figure Name s Write UV Coordinates Write Surfaces Write Material Library Write Normals No Maps Collect Maps Write Object Statements Convert Maps for Bryce Hide Individual Settings lt lt Export settings from DAZ Studio How do export garments from Poser that want to alter in DressShop 2 0 Place garment on stage Make sure that you set all other Under File Export choose Wavefront OBJ Select Single Frame Click Make sure you uncheck Ground Check the boxes as shown Click OK Advanced Modeling The following is an example project where we will discuss some advanced modeling techniques Feel free to explore and create your own solutions Our template is a contemporary suit as represented in this sketch Name male wee NU Dress a mim Step 1 Select Male and Suit Click Next
12. rnal memory TrueColor video card Screen of a resolution 1024x768 250 MB free disk space Needed system software DressShop runs under the following system software Windows VISTA WIN7 and WING operating systems To read pdf manuals Adobe Acrobat is recommended To watch How to videos Windows Media player is recommended https www youtube com watch v BmCqDtodc M Installation DressShop is delivered with an installer To run installer you will need a license key Default installation installs DressShop 2 in the Program Files x86 folder Chapter 1 QuickStart Simple Dress In the following we will describe the steps needed to finish a simple project in DressShop and integrate it with a Genesis figure in DAZ Studio 4 6 Create or find a suitable sketch that will serve as a template for the project Note for convenience we have included this photo in the library folder Launch DressShop 2 0 by double clicking on the DressShop icon The first time you launch DressShop a tutorial pane appears This pane will be shown as long as you don t click the bottom right checkbox Do not show this panel again If you want to revisit the tut pane again it can be accessed from the Help menu on the main work screen Here s the Browser screen Create new or load project Create new project Select template jpg image image you want to use as a template Template C Users Vasio Deskiop DS2Beta Tsketch2 jr m You are
13. s can export these from items they purchased and saved as OBJ files It is worth mentioning that export should be set to Custom 0 4 Step 2 Add Belt Shoes 1 Select belt and drag it into position If size is not correct you can use slider to adjust 2 Add leftshoe and rightshoe Again care must be taken to make the fit well in all views aan lo ANZ File Edit Cut Tab Shape Tab Accessory Tab Materials Tab Stage Tab Navigate Cut Shape Accessories Materials Materials Tab In this tab we will add materials to the model Note You can watch a video of the process under the Help menu Video Tutorial Part 2 Accessories and Materials Step 1 Selecting pattern for the top F e tot Cat Tab Shape Tab Accom Ts Matera Toh Sage Tas Mage Gut 57806 Accessones Aa a 4 04 Wt 3 KM 422 AT m wu MINE wa 9 PAN a AT a 4 E x 1 Open Materials Library via the Open button 2 Highlight part you want to pattern 3 Choose a pattern from the library 4 Change size of pattern angle transparency as needed Step 2 Select solid colors BM DressShopPro DEM File Edit Cut Tab Shape Tab Accessory Tab Materials Tab Stage Tab Navigate Help Cut Shape Accessories Materials EH e a 2 0 x Hue 160 Red 0 4 Sat 0 Green 0 3 Blue 0 Add to Custom Colors 1 Select part you want to add color to Click on the white
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