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Originally Posted by canadiancreed
very cool montage 
how hard is it exactly to merge a face with a uniform? like is it a simple as 1-2-3, or does it take quite a while? |
More like 1-2 without even the 3. (with one exception written about below)
Its simply a matter of "see a face", "right-click-a-face", "drag-the-face-into-uniform" ...done
I'll have a full readme file that will come with the uniforms that gives full instructions, suggestions, etc. along with some sort of 'walk-thru' example....its not that I don't think that others couldn't figure it out on their own...just that I always like it when others make and include readme files that give me a good sense of how to work with the file.
I'm going to get the correct sized necks on the faces before posting them up so that they should fit into Deft's uniform template right away without need of adjustment (unless you would, for whatever reason wish to make your own adjustments).....except...
and here is the one exception...the larger heads (there are some heavier set players that don't quite fit the standard uniform size... I will clearly label them in the set ...maybe even keep them to a 'rack of heads' of their own...
and, what I'll do is include a photoshop automation file that will automatically take any uniform you wish and generate a slightly larger version of that same uniform for use with those larger heads. (actually, the automation isn't really necessary to do that since it is a small adjustment, but it will save time for people with a bunch of uniforms to just be able to apply the 'action' and it will be able to create a 'size large neck uniform' for all of their teams....
the instructions for using the 'action' will be written out in explicit step-by-step detail so as to make this set-up as user-friendly as possible.
Also, I would like the heads I post to be available to people who don't have photoshop (or are allergic to it)
So, provided I can get someone to host the download, I will make a generic uniform and put every player in a generic uniform and save them all as .bmp files and zip that into a zip file and post that collection of heads in generic uniforms for download ...so that that way someone who doesn't have photoshop could still use the heads I make...I'll probably do more than just one generic uniform...but they'll be simple and that way the heads can all be used in that way too. At least, that is, I am hoping that someone would be willing to host such a download...I shouldn't really assume that...but its what I'd like to be able to do.
Also, once I have set-up an automation for uniforming entire sets of teams with one click of a button...
then, it can be even faster...
it would simply be a matter of copying all of the heads you'd want for a given team to a certain team file...then running an automation file (that I will post) on that file...and, poof, there they are...
And, as that will be quite fast and easy to do I would think that there will be people with photoshop who would be willing to run that uniform applying action file to heads and uniforms for someone who does not have photoshop...
Said in a clearer way:
Suppose person A is "allergic" to photoshop but they have a set of uniforms they want to use...they could then send those uniforms and the heads they want to use for those uniforms to...
person B = someone with photoshop willing to help out the person without photoshop...
Person B could just load the files, click the mouse a couple of times...let the computer go to work...well, they would actually have to repeat a short process for each team's uniform...
but then, once that is done they could just send the uniformed players back to player A
I hope I wasn't being too pendantic in how I wrote all of this...I'm just having some difficulty tonight with it seeming to me like my words are getting very tangled up so I wanted to try to write in a sensible and clear way as I could.
Hope my explanation covered anything you might have wondered about the 'rack of heads' idea.