| | To create a Poser 4, MAT Pose for a figure, using a text editor:
In Poser 4 load you figure and set up the materials the way you want them to appear in the MAT Pose. Save the figure to a pallet as (for example) "Temp".
Create the following pz2 template in a text editor:
{
version
{
number 3.0
}
figure
{
//---Paste materials section under this line.---
}
}
Now open the "Temp.cr2" in a new text editor window.
Use the editors Search function to do a case sensitive search for the string 'figure ' (don't include the quote marks, note the space after figure), this should take you to the start of the figure block. Next do a search for the string 'material', this should take you to the start of the materials section. Starting with the currently selected line, select everythoing down to the the end of the materials section, copy and paste it into the indicated place in the template. The materials section ends with a closing brace '}', usually just above the 'displayMode' line. Save the template file to a pose folder with an appropriate name and a 'pz2' file extension.
Note that Poser 4 PC version may sometimes save map references in Windows path format (using slashes "\"), and as an absolute path reference. This format is not suitable if the file is to be distributed. If you need to distribute the file, the path reference should be the file name preceded by a colon and enclosed in double quotes, e.g:
textureMap ":MyTexture.jpg"
Poser will search the 'Textures' folder and its subfolders untill it finds the file. Alternatively the path may be specified as a relitive path from the root 'Textures', e.g:
textureMap ":SubFolder1:SubFolder2:MyTexture.jpg"
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