CartesiusCreations 'Practickal Magick, Volume I-V' © Anders Kjellberg September 2005 All of this product's content was created by Cartesius (Anders Kjellberg). --------------------- Thanks for purchasing Cartesius' 'Practickal Magick, Volume I-V'! 'Practickal Magick' is a set of books I created with the fantasy artist in mind, something to fill the shelves in your virtual library and something that would evoke a sense of knowledge and scholarship of old times. In 'Practickal Magick' you will find 5 books (all books share the same geometry) with 5 different textures, all conveniently packed as Poser 6 props. The title 'Practickal Magic' is found on all but each texture also has the subtitle 'Volume' and a unique number. You can add the books to your Poser scene 1 by 1 or all 5 at once as a stack. --------------------- Installation: Run the zip extractor into your Poser directory (DO NOT unzip the archive to the Poser Runtime directory, or the files will not show up in Poser's library palettes). 'Practickal Magick' will now be available in Props > CartesiusBooks. --------------------- Poser 4 users: If you are using Poser 4 you will need to convert the "_BMP.jpg" files to bump maps BEFORE adding the figure to the scene! Here's how to do it: 1) Go to the Materials Editor (Render > Materials). 2) Select the Ground. 3) Click the "Load..." button next to the "Bump Map" and browse for the "_BMP.jpg" files. Poser will then convert it. 4) Click the Cancel button when done (this will cancel the material change, but not undo the conversion). Poser will save the BUM file to the same folder as the jpg file (to be used later) and will also retain the bump map in memory (to be used now). 5) Go to the Props > CartesiusBooks and add the book/books to your scene. --------------------- 'Practickal Magic, Volume I-V' contains: 1 obj 6 PP2's (5 separate books plus 1 book stack) 5 1024x1024 color textures 5 1024x1024 bump textures 1 1024x1024 UV-template - please note that this map show a simplified UV-layout without all geometry; it is perfectly fine to use as templates for painting (I used it myself) but if you want the more complicated UV-layout just drop me a mail! --------------------- For use in your favorite 3D application:: The basic fileformat is *.obj which means that it's widely accepted in most 3D applications - simply import the *.obj file into your preferred 3D modelling application and re-assign the textures if necessary. You might have to scale the model once it's imported. The textures for 'Practickal Magick' are all 1024 x 1024 and based on real books in my possession (although I have edited them quite extensively) and should be suitable for most renders except extreme close-ups. Each color map comes with a corresponding bump map. The book is modeled with CINEMA 4D R9 and exported as Wavefront *.obj using the Riptide plugin. The book is completely UV-mapped with BodyPaint 3D R2 and comes with a UV-template so you can create your own textures. The naming of the texture and bump maps are pretty straight forward, with the name of the model it belongs to first, followed by volume number and finally if it's a color or a bump map. For example: PractMa1_BMP.jpg - Bump map for Practickal Magick Volume I PractMa1_Color.jpg - Color map for Practickal Magick Volume I PractMa2_BMP.jpg - Bump map for Practickal Magick Volume II PractMa2_Color.jpg - Color map for Practickal Magick Volume II It should be very easy to understand once you see the actual files :) --------------------- Exact list of all files included in this pack: License.txt PractickalMagick_ReadMe.txt PractickalMagick_thumb.jpg \Runtime\textures\cartesius\ PractMa1_BMP.jpg PractMa1_Color.jpg PractMa2_BMP.jpg PractMa2_Color.jpg PractMa3_BMP.jpg PractMa3_Color.jpg PractMa4_BMP.jpg PractMa4_Color.jpg PractMa5_BMP.jpg PractMa5_Color.jpg PractMa_UV.jpg \Runtime\libraries\Props\CartesiusBooks\ MagickSTACK.png MagickSTACK.pp2 MagickSTACK.rsr PrackticalMagick1.png PrackticalMagick1.pp2 PrackticalMagick1.rsr PrackticalMagick2.png PrackticalMagick2.pp2 PrackticalMagick2.rsr PrackticalMagick3.png PrackticalMagick3.pp2 PrackticalMagick3.rsr PrackticalMagick4.png PrackticalMagick4.pp2 PrackticalMagick4.rsr PrackticalMagick5.png PrackticalMagick5.pp2 PrackticalMagick5.rsr \Runtime\geometries\cartesius\ PractickalMagic.obj --------------------- System Requirements: Poser 4 and higher, or any application that can import the Wavefront *.obj file format --------------------- Have fun and don't hesitate to contact me if you need any help! Anders Kjellberg www.cartesiuscreations.com cartesius@cartesiuscreations.com