¶ Basic Overview of the Character Creator
The character creator can be a complex tool and therefore it is better to treat it like a creation tool similar to other programs, but for the in-app features of Fvne.
You will never have to use all the features within the app to make a good looking and functioning character.
It really depends on you, the creator.
In FVNE, it is easy to start learning by example.
- Open up a pre-made character using the Upper Left Menu Bar: File > New Character > Character > Bunny (or another character entirely.)
From then on, you can fiddle around with the apps features on its Upper Left Menu Bar,
or the vertical menus (Outliner and Properties) on the Right where the actual work that goes in creating the character.
When looking into the character, play around and see how you can navigate and make edits to the existing character.
It is recommended that you keep on reading this page and learn about:
Camera Controls and Menu names and function, although you may skip and start Creating a New Character.
¶ Camera Controls
- Hold Right Mouse Button and move to turn/orbit around with the camera.
- Hold Middle Mouse Button or Ctrl+Right Mouse Button and move to Move the camera around.
- Use the Mousewheel or hold Shift+Right Mouse Button to move the camera closer or further from orbit (Effectively zooming in and out)
- Press F to center the camera to the character. (To hips, or to selected parts)
- Press L to turn the camera light On or Off
¶ Upper Left Menu Bar
The upper Left menu bar holds many options which are important when progressing with creating a character.
The Menu bar also shows you certain Keyboard shortcuts to familiarize yourself to, so keep that in mind.
- File (File drops down a selection of very important selections such as Saving, Loading, opening a new character or Exporting Mesh and Textures from the character to be used elsewhere.)
- Edit (only features some important functions such as Re-do/Undo, focus selection and Camera Light. Tip: Keep the keyboard shortcuts for these memorized.
We recommend learning CTRL+Z keyboard shortcut to undo any mistakes and reverting your steps quickly. Edit also holds the Preferences menu which is effectively the settings for FVNE. When selected, it reveals options in the Properties menu and from there you can reconfigure certain graphical options, music and effects. - Import (drops down a selection of specific things to import for the current character. Textures, Models, Cloth (For garment Feature) and Custom Offset.)
- Environment (Environment allows you to select a set of different stages and backgrounds, which are good for lighting purposes and perhaps character size purposes.)
- View (Viewing Local Assets allow you to see all the custom assets of a character. This is a good way of extracting custom assets from another character for you to keep and re-use later. Or to clean up any unused custom assets.)
- Pose Mode (Simply put, This toggles Pose mode which allows you to test your character in a simple scenario of posing them around. Either for screenshots or other purposes.)
- Cloud (Open up the Cloud feature from where you left off, or at its home site.)
- Publish (Sets up the character to be ready for publishing into the cloud.)
- Help (A selection of resources that guides to other sites and places that can help you further.)
¶ Outliner and Properties
The big vertical menus to the right is where you will make most of, if not all the details that make a character.
¶ Outliner
Outliner is your menu for selecting each item within the character such as: Colours, Body parts, Bone Shapes, Masks & Layers, external Parts, Fur and Fluff Decorations as well as some advanced features like Clothing and Custom Offsets. Generally it is where you navigate around the details of your character.
Note: some options have a Right click function that opens up extra actions for you to use. Such as moving them up or down, deleting or exporting or creating duplicates.
Tip: It is recommended to collapse each section (Body, Head, Hands, Privates etc) when you believe those areas will not be touched any more, just for the sake of cleaning the workspace and making things easier to read.
¶ Properties
Properties is where you can make the meaningful changes based on your Outliner selection.
For example: at the Outliner Character > Name (very top) you can now see in the Properties the function of giving your character a name.
Another example: at the Outliner Colouration > Colours, the properties menu will display the characters colours for you to make edits on.
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