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Posing Your Characters Like a Pro - Daz+ Pro Artist Series

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Overview

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Learn advanced character posing techniques for Genesis 9 figures in this comprehensive live workshop covering Daz Studio's complete suite of posing tools. Master the built-in helper dials, PowerPose tool, and Puppeteer tab while discovering how to adjust figures for any situation. Explore professional workflows for posing characters using both 2D and 3D reference materials directly within Daz Studio. Gain hands-on experience with joint pinning, understanding the Genesis 9 skeleton structure and joint limits, locking joint rotations and parameter dials, and creating custom Puppeteer controllers. Understand the fundamentals of twist bones, center of gravity principles, and importing reference pictures for accurate pose recreation. The workshop includes practical demonstrations of importing 3D references and working with professional pose reference materials from 3D.sk. Note that some sections contain artistic nudity as part of the reference material demonstrations, and the final segment on 3D reference importing was affected by technical issues but will be provided separately.

Syllabus

00:00 Holding Loop
10:10 Welcome and 3D News
14:55 Session Overview
16:20 Overview of Posing Tools in Daz Studio
23:20 PowerPose Overview
33:30 Puppeteer Overview
37:20 Posing Helper Controllers Overview
46:20 Pinning Joints
51:50 The Genesis 9 Skeleton and Joint Limits
1:05:10 Locking Joint Rotations and Parameter Dials
1:08:10 Creating a Puppeteer Controller
1:23:10 Quick note on Twist Bones
1:27:00 Importing 2D Reference Pictures contains nudity
1:39:00 Quick note on Center of Gravity/Mass contains nudity
1:41:20 Posing from 2D References contains nudity
2:00:30 Importing a 3D Reference and the stream breaks

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Daz 3D

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