Lower Res Background Figures?

Deke

I know I asked this before, but can't find it when I search, so here goes again. How do you make a lower res figure for a background "extra" in the scene. Could be wearing the same uniform, only lower res.

Ati

Have a look at these: http://www.daz3d.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=lorez

Deke

I was referring to a regular character I'd make from g2 or whatever with wardrobe and hair...and then somehow save that at a lower resolution for use in the background.

fixmypcmike

You can reduce the SubD level on background figures and ake sure HD morphs are turned off.

larsmidnatt

turning to base resolution may be enough and if not you could decimate the figures to even lower poly depending on need. there are lots of paths/tools to do that. If you only need one, than base resolution may be enough (base resolution is 1/4 the resolution of a non-hd character at sub-d 1). But if you needed 20, then decimation would be handy.

RobotHeadArt

You can convert a figure to a prop which reduces the RAM that they take up.  Doing this, however, prevents you from posing the figure or modifying their morphs or adding clothes/hair to them after they have been converted.  If you need to make a crowd you can then take these props and use create node instances on them to effeciently clone them without using up too many system resources.  I can post detailed steps if you're interested in this approach.

SteveM17

RobotHeadArt said:

You can convert a figure to a prop which reduces the RAM that they take up.  Doing this, however, prevents you from posing the figure or modifying their morphs or adding clothes/hair to them after they have been converted.  If you need to make a crowd you can then take these props and use create node instances on them to effeciently clone them without using up too many system resources.  I can post detailed steps if you're interested in this approach.

I used this method before, although I can't remember how I did it. But it's useful if you want a bunch of people who look the same, a bunch of uniformed characters like stormtroopers or whatever.

 

Deke

I'll try the base resolution method. Saving as a prop would be great for filling bleachers with a lot of bodies, but I need folks walking up and down a street. Can you apply animation blocks to a prop? 

 

larsmidnatt

Deke said:

I'll try the base resolution method. Saving as a prop would be great for filling bleachers with a lot of bodies, but I need folks walking up and down a street. Can you apply animation blocks to a prop? 

 

not the way you want. once a prop, its not a figure with bones and what have you. though if you just needed them to slide side to side like cutouts in that home alone movie...