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LL Upper for GF8 / GF8.1
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MANUAL
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FRONT VIEW or REAR VIEW - THAT'S the QUESTION

You have to decide whether you want to blot your favourite model from the front or the back. Use 
"A LL Upper Front" for the front view and "B LL Upper Back" for the rear view.

Reason: If you use the front object but show the back, you will experience a nasty surprise due to 
the so-called "UV Seams", as the textures (the "liquids") are suddenly cut up when you move them.



BRINGING the MATERIALS to "LIFE"

Simply select the object, switch to the "Surfaces" pane and scroll down the list of options until you see 
"Horizontal offset" or "Vertical offset". If you change the values (slightly!), you will see how the 
liquids change their position on the body of the model. That's it :)

Tipp No. 1: Select the desired material / preset before (!) you move it - otherwise (if you have found a 
great position and then change the material) the position will be reset.

Tipp No. 2: All materials can also be recognized in the "Texture Shaded Mode" of your viewport - so you 
don't have to position them in "Nvidia Iray Mode" all the time.



UV's and CHANGING DIRECTIONS

If you wonder why the liquids change direction when they are moved: This is due to the way paintings are 
"projected" onto the 3D object (for experts: the UV maps). There are ways to change this ... but these 
would either lead to distorted or interrupted paintings (for experts: twisted UV maps or seams). Neither 
is nice. So - accept it as it is ... and make the best of it.



POKE THROUGHS, ARTEFACTS and MISCOLORS

As the mesh objects are very close to the model, poke throughs can occur (the selected material is "interrupted" 
in some places). In addition, Iray tends to render black artifacts and / or false colors in places where 
transparent and opaque materials overlap or are too close together.

If this happens, you can use the object's activated "Push" modifier to increase the distance between the object 
and the model. To do this, switch to the "Parameters" pane with the object selected and then to "Mesh Offset". Increase 
the value slightly (preferably with the "+" sign) until the poke thoughs / artefacts/ miscolors disappear.



COMBINE MATERIALS

You can combine two "Wardrobe" objects and their materials. To do this, select the first "Wardrobe" object and assign another 
"Wardrobe" object to it. This way worked better for me than assigning two (or more) objects to the model. Of course, you can also 
try this - just don't be surprised if the second (or third) object is not displayed.



GOING FURTHER with SMOOTHING

You may already be familiar with this from normal clothing with the "Smoothing" modifier activated: if, for example, a hand is 
positioned (too) close to the garment, the clothing starts "creeping" over the hand. This also applies to my "LL" series.

Although it is not an official feature (it is too difficult to control), you can produce very interesting close-ups with 
"Smoothing", a little patience and luck. Here's how it works:

After you have assigned an "LL" object, position for example a hand close to the body / clothing. Important: the hand must (!) 
belong to the body of the model wearing the "LL" object. With the "LL" object selected, now switch to 
"Parameters" pane -> Mesh Smoothing.

By carefully increasing the "Smoothing Iterations" value, you can now get the liquid to cover parts of the hand as well. 
IMPORTANT: do not use values that are too high, as this will slow down your system! Instead, start with a value of 5 and 
do not increase this further than 10.

If you have not yet positioned the material, do so now and observe what happens.


As I said: it's a bit more difficult ... but with a little patience and luck you can create very (!) stimulating close-ups. 
Promised!