Puppet Master

	Puppet Master: Biped (click here for Puppet Master Quadruped)

Puppet Master Biped is a joint project by PhilC Designs and Kamilche Consulting

Concept, Python scripting, & figure support: Kamilche Consulting
Help documentation and customer service: PhilC Designs

This software is no longer available through the PhilC store.

Click here for an on screen flash video overview of how the Puppet Master works.

Introduction.
Puppet Master accurately transfers poses created for one Poser character to another. With it, you can transfer poses developed for one generation of figures, such as Posette and Dork, to entirely different figures, such as DAZ Vicky 3. The reason a pose created for one figure will not always work with another is because their zero poses and joint parameters are different. This program takes that difference into account when transferring the pose, to obtain a more accurate conversion than you can get with Poser alone.

Method.
1) Use the Poser menu Window\Python Scripts to open the Python Scripts window. (You do not need to have any knowledge of Python scripting to be able to use this plug in.)
2) Go to File\Run Python Script and browse to Runtime\Python\poserScripts\PhilC\Puppet Master\Biped\Puppet Master Biped Menu.py This will set the Puppet Master buttons.
3) Load the two desired figures into a blank Poser scene. Select the one that has the poses you wish to transfer, and click on the. 'Set Source Figure' button. Next select the other figure, and click on the 'Set Target Figure.' button. Then apply the pose you wish to the source figure, and click 'Copy Pose', or if you have a multi-frame animation, 'Copy Pose All Frames'. Your pose will be transferred to the target figure.

A comprehensive set of additional tools and utilities are also included. Puppet Master currently supports 171 figures. Tools are included to set up new ones.

Poses.
Garbage in, garbage out. If your existing pose over stretches a joint then using Puppet Master to copy it to another figure will probably make it worse. Check your source figure, possibly turn on "Use Limits" to see if any body part has been over rotated. A Repose button has been included as an aid in these situations. See the included documentation for details.

Compatibility
Suitable for Poser Pro Pack, Poser 5 and Poser 6 on both the Windows and Mac platforms.

Tutorial
Setting up new figures

Supported Figures (listed by their OBJ file for accuracy)
3DUSara2 AMSilver Adam2HiRes ApolloMaximus2005 * Behemoth Ben Betaboy Blendloboy Blendlobusman Blendlobuswom Blendlocasboy Blendlocasman Blendlocaswom Blendloman Blendlowom BoyT Britta CasBoy CasGirl Dylan Elle Elle_Lorez Furraldo2 Furraldo2D Furrette2 Furrette2D G_A_L_Geometrie Glamorous Jessi 36 Glamorous Vickie UM HER HIM Ichiro Ichiro2 Ingenue Vickie UM James	JamesCasual JamesHiRes JamesLoRes Jenny Jessi JessiCasual JessiHires Kate Kiki Koshini Koshini2 Krystal-K2 MDP-F202 MayaDoll01Basic Miki MsTrog07 NudeGirl P4NudeWom P5CasualBoy P5CasualGirl P5CasualMan P5CasualWoman P5NudeBoy P5NudeGirl P5NudeMan P5NudeWoman PHFemale PHMale P_A_L_Geometrie PumpkinMan R-lina SKMonkey Snowman SolondraIII SolondraIII_V3 Staci StaciLR TeraiYuki	TeraiYukiHighRes UG UGHR Ugly Boy XJ-5d XJ-6a bizwomHi blAfricManBiz blAfricManCas blAfricWomBiz blAfricWomCas blAiko3 blAlien blAsianManBiz blAsianManCas blAsianWomBiz blAsianWomCas blBigft blChimp blDavid blDemon blElf blFREAK blFairy blFatmanUp blFatwomUp blGinger blGirl blGremlin blGrim blHiro blInfant blKnight blMilGirlPS blMilGirlPT blMilMan blMilManLoNG	blMilMan_M3_M2 blMilMan_m3 blMilWom blMilWomLo blMilWomLoNG blMilWom_V3_V2 blMilWom_v3 blNudeInfant blNudeMan_Gen blOgre blOldman blOldwomUp blP4Michael blPSBoy blPSBoyPS blPSGirl blPSGirlPS blPenguin blSkeleton blStephanie blStephaniePetite blSumo blTroll blVickiP4 blWitch blYTBoy blYTGirl blYTGirlPT childCasHi childCasLo childNudeHi childNudeLo childStick creeper dsiDina dsiDinaLo esmeralda femaleCasHi	femaleCasHiP3 femaleCasLo femaleNudeHi femaleNudeHiP3 femaleNudeLo femaleOrig femaleSkeleton femaleStick femaleSuitHi femaleSuitLo hardHi jt01_TrollGeometry laroo2 maleCasHi maleCasLo maleNudeHi maleNudeLo maleNudeWithEyes maleOrig maleSkeleton maleStick maleSuitHi maleSuitLo mannequin newMaleBizHi newMaleCasHi plantpixie sheFreak stemHi trog14 zombie zombie3 tree ent Ugly Boy Natalia PowerPixie
ApolloMaximus2005 * Because the zero pose and jointing of this figure varies considerably from the majority of other Poser figures some use of the Puppet Master's "Repose" button will be required. A number of poses work fine, however a number of other poses do not and will require manual adjustment. To enable you to make your own judgment you are invited to download and test these sample poses. They were created for the Poser 4 male figure then copied to Apollo using the Puppet Master. They were saved before any adjustments were made. Making an adjustment is straight forward and tools are provided in the plug in to facilitate this.