Saving custom information as materials
When you make a pose that you like and want to use again later, you can save it and apply it to other pages or character models. This is especially useful if you are creating a comic in which the characters strike the same pose a lot (think of some magical girl or martial arts comics, where the characters have special attacks or transformation sequences).
Getting ready
Follow the directions in the Manipulating 3D objects recipe and make a custom pose before following the steps in this recipe.
How to do it…
Now follow these steps to save your custom 3D pose:
- Make sure that the Object tool, which is under Operation, is selected.
- Click on the figure to be saved to select it.
- In the menu bar below the figure, click on the Register pose to material palette icon, which is circled in this screenshot:
- Fill in the Material property window with a title and tags. Choose the Pose folder under 3D to save the material in. The following screenshot shows an example...