Mermaid Line Dress & 10 Styles for the G2 females

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(c) karanta / 2007

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All of this product's content was created by karanta (Kerstin Weihe)

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For using this product you need to have one of the G2 females (Sydney or Jessi 2)
available at Content Paradise.

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Unzip all files into you Poser directory

Please follow these steps for your first clothing simulation, or have a look at your 
Poser manual if you are not familiar with the Cloth Room: 

The dress in this set can only be used with the Poser Cloth Room.

Load the G2 female and the dress into your scene. 

- Click on "Figure --> Use Inverse Kinematics and make sure all is unchecked.
- Click on  "Window - Joint Editor" , select the G2 female and click on "Zero Figure"
- Open your props library folder and load the dress into your scene.

- Open the Cloth Room and click on "New simulation"
- You can leave the setting as they are or if you just want to make a quicker try - lower the end frame for example to 15.
- Click on "ok"
- Click Clothify and choose the dress - it will be listed under props - then hit Clothify to exit the dialog box.

Select Collide Against, then Add/Remove, and choose the G2 female. 
(The simulation will be quicker if you uncheck all bodyparts which will not affect the cloth)
Hit "ok". I would suggest to select the floor too for a more realistic result.

Back in the Collide Against dialog, make sure that the 'Current Collision Object' has the G2 female displayed.
You may want to enable the 'Start draping from zero pose' option. 
(Quick hint on Collide settings: 
Collision Offset is the distance of the cloth from the collision object and Collision Depth is the thickness of the cloth. 
Play with these numbers as needed to get the results you want). 

Hit "ok"

If you left the default settings (30 frames), go to about frame 20 and add a pose to the G2 female . 
I never apply the pose in the last (30th) frame. You will get nicer and smoother folds if you have some frames after the 
frame you added the pose. When the simulation is finished and the result is to smooth for your taste, you can always 
go a few frames back.

- Click on "start simulation". 

It will take a bit time until the simulation will be done. How much time depends on you computer. 

If you are not satisfied with the result you have, you can play around with the fabric settings. Changes in the settings
can give a large difference for the end result of the simulation. I often use different fabric settings for different poses. 
There is nothing like "best settings" for a pose.  Please have a look at your manual for further, detailed informations to 
get the best settings for the look you want.

When the simulation is done, go back to the Pose Room, add hair and you are ready for making some beautiful renders :)

I included templates in this set too. You will find it in the same folder as the textures.

You will find the MATposes (pz2) in the folder "Pose\KARANTA\G2 Fem Mermaid Dress"
and the P6 or higher material settings can be found in the folder "Materials\KARANTA\G2 Fem Mermaid Dress"

I hope youŽll have a lot of fun with your new set :)

Happy Rendering :)
Kerstin (karanta)

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Filelist:

license_karanta.txt

..\Runtime\Geometries\karanta\G2Female\
   KW_G2FemMermaidDr.obj

..\Runtime\Libraries\Materials\KARANTA\G2 Fem Mermaid Dress\
   01.mc6
   01.png
   02.mc6
   02.png
   03.mc6
   03.png
   04.mc6
   04.png
   05.mc6
   05.png
   06.mc6
   06.png
   07.mc6
   07.png
   08.mc6
   08.png
   09.mc6
   09.png
   10.mc6
   10.png

..\Runtime\Libraries\Pose\KARANTA\G2 Fem Mermaid Dress\
   01.png
   01.pz2
   02.png
   02.pz2
   03.png
   03.pz2
   04.png
   04.pz2
   05.png
   05.pz2
   06.png
   06.pz2
   07.png
   07.pz2
   08.png
   08.pz2
   09.png
   09.pz2
   10.png
   10.pz2

..\Runtime\Libraries\Props\G2 FemClothes karanta\
   KW Mermaid Line Dress.png
   KW Mermaid Line Dress.pp2

..\Runtime\Readme\
   karanta_G2F_MermaidDress.txt

..\Runtime\Textures\KARANTA\G2F_MermaidDr\
   KW_G2FMermDr01.jpg
   KW_G2FMermDr02.jpg
   KW_G2FMermDr03.jpg
   KW_G2FMermDr04.jpg
   KW_G2FMermDr05.jpg
   KW_G2FemMermaidDrT.gif