{"id":757,"date":"2016-02-06T21:43:36","date_gmt":"2016-02-07T04:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistedancediva.co.uk\/wp\/?p=757"},"modified":"2016-02-06T21:48:14","modified_gmt":"2016-02-07T04:48:14","slug":"behind-the-curtain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistedancediva.co.uk\/wp\/?p=757","title":{"rendered":"Behind the Curtain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After teaching the Intro to Artiste course, I realized that even though I had tried to strip things down to the bare bones, people were still having issues and difficulties with visualizing how all the puzzle pieces fit together.<\/p>\n<p>A discussion with Zed led to the idea of doing a &#8216;walk-through&#8217; of a routine &#8211; to take a completed routine and to break it down into the various parts, to show how everything works together come showtime.<\/p>\n<p>Since I had already made a video of an Artiste routine, I thought it would be easiest to use it. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>The routine is one I did for a Christmas show and it&#8217;s really fairly simple. Here is the finished routine:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ugt_MUKWjZ8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you can&#8217;t see the embedded video, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ugt_MUKWjZ8\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To make this routine, I needed the following puzzle pieces:<\/p>\n<p>a dance sequence (on the *sequence1 nc)<br \/>\nevents for each piece (on the *events nc)<br \/>\nappropriate RLV folders\/subfolders for costume pieces<br \/>\nadorn\/remove commands for costume pieces\/changes (on the *autoadorns nc)<br \/>\nchat commands for my set faders (on the *autofx nc)<br \/>\na configuration for the HUD buttons so I could push-n-play (on the *config nc)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>DANCE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>To create the routine, I first picked out my music. \u00a0Once I had my music picked, I created the rough choreography using my Barre HUD and its recording feature.<\/p>\n<p>I then tweaked my choreography, added in some beginning and ending poses, and put the sequence in the Artiste HUD.<\/p>\n<p>The finished sequence went on the *sequence1 notecard like so:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ci6.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/WKNKUg85aPiKHjrWvRDYTY6A5XshSPXQwLnv3UJ335jQSBZHPfh-TS_vtH2QKS7YdwXMbSyUtXSCT2rOWpu1yuI76Y8oNevDTpntJo3_f7ljZDrflXY5K3w=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/akatandamouse.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/02\/xmas-sequence.png\" alt=\"Xmas Sequence\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Xmas Sequence<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The first line (palette=) is to activate the palette mover, something I haven&#8217;t taught you yet. However, you can see my sequence, including the beginning and ending poses, along with the dance animations and times.<\/p>\n<p>Now that I knew what animations I would be using, I could load those into the Artiste HUD as well. With the *sequence1 notecard loaded, \u00a0the dance piece of the puzzle was complete.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">EVENTS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Next, I added my events. Since I wasn&#8217;t sure how many events I would need, I just entered about 15 events with 10-15 second durations. Doing it this way lets me &#8216;tweak&#8217; the durations of individual events as I need to make all the timings work the way I want.<\/p>\n<p>I ended up making several changes to my events notecard as I progressed in creating the routine. \u00a0Since I made several changes, you&#8217;ll notice that the final *events nc actually has 19 events, not my original 15.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ci6.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/YFRf2Tliu3tGgE3LFl5zUWCFN0H38n5Ag98xi_QRvJ2VXdyu0HR82t65kmte1rOWpxIMU8DvKIp9O9Eykj4Dd9OBQlqXx_8SqbWRUB2MNmIcKHMhz-SWgg=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/akatandamouse.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/02\/xmas-events1.png\" alt=\"Xmas Events\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Xmas Events<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Notice that I did not use the quotation marks around the event names. \u00a0For safety&#8217;s sake, you should use them. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>ADORNS\/REMOVES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The next puzzle piece I needed to work on were the costumes. Since I planned to change outfits in this routine, I had to figure out when, where, and how I was going to do that. I had also decided to wear my mesh body (which presents its own set of challenges), so careful planning was required.<\/p>\n<p>The first outfit was going to be a winter costume &#8211; a mesh coat and some boots. The second outfit was a risque Boudoir costume with strings of Christmas lights strategically placed. To hide the costume change, I was going to use a rather large particle effect that I could wear.<\/p>\n<p>First I created &#8216;outfits&#8217; for each costume, including hair, clothes, shoes, makeup, tattoos, etc. Once I knew what I would be wearing for each costume, I could then figure out which pieces I would need to add or remove and when I would need to do that.<\/p>\n<p>I was also going to be using several different particle effects (worn on my hands), so I needed to be able to add\/remove them as well.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>RLV FOLDERS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The first step in setting up your adorns\/removes is to set up the necessary RLV folders. In my case, I would need 6 RLV subfolders.<\/p>\n<p>I had 2 folders for the 2 different hand particles I would use. I had 1 folder for the large wearable effect I was using to mask the costume change. \u00a0I had 1 folder to remove the pieces of the winter costume and 1 folder to add the pieces of the risque costume. I also needed 1 folder because I would be removing a mesh body. (I&#8217;m not going to explain why here, if you&#8217;re interested in knowing, just ask me.)<\/p>\n<p>Once I knew how many folders I needed, I created them and then pasted each item I wanted to add\/remove as a link into the appropriate folder.<\/p>\n<p>So my RLV subfolders (created under the !Adorn folder) looked like this:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ci5.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/fcjwdt3RsmV236GDiMLdERJwrLsz4kXJOff8gojdvBokLjQUhIAkuGqpMmU736_gujyfUwXes9zP3HGCrvrFIqx3n5ZDusV9E66LZ01BUNNrMcE1OYfAnm0oagg=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/akatandamouse.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/02\/xmas-rlv-folders.png\" alt=\"Xmas RLV Folders\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Xmas RLV Folders<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>All the subfolders follow the required nomenclature (a). So the aLMXMBaubles and aLMXMSnowHands folders are for the two different particle effects I wanted to wear.<\/p>\n<p>Notice that even though I plan to both add AND remove them, I only need one folder.<\/p>\n<p>The aLMXMWinter folder removes the appropriate pieces of the winter costume, the aLMXMBigLight folder adds a large particle effect to mask my costume change, and the aLMXMLights folder adds the appropriate pieces of the second risque costume.<\/p>\n<p>Now that all the RLV folders are set up, I can create my *autoadorns notecard so that the HUD will know when I want each of those things to be added or removed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ci6.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/yLB03TsNn7mlJcnGDpgJTEaFu1qsBBsgbAjhUbbuR67qc8GXty0nXrRP0ICh-ANYSm8mg6IqtwVI2zXjWpwlTW7g1sUbCjlOZJYyqgACzm_iERHBasWe7Rvr6Q=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/akatandamouse.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/02\/xmas-autoadorns.png\" alt=\"Xmas AutoAdorns\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Xmas AutoAdorns<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ok, a bit of explanation here, because this will confuse people. In the course of practicing my routine, I decided to add some particles I&#8217;d worn in a different routine (those in the aWOTWPixie folder).<\/p>\n<p>Reading through the *autoadorns nc, you can see that on event #1, the HUD will add (&#8216;a&#8217;) the WOTWPixie particles. On event #2, the HUD will add the LMXMSnowHands particles.<\/p>\n<p>On event #6, the HUD will remove (-) the LMXMSnowHands particles, and on event #7, will remove the WOTWPixie particles.<\/p>\n<p>On event #10, the HUD will add the LMXMBigLight effect, on event #11 add my alternate mesh body, on event #12 remove the pieces of the winter costume I have specified, on event #13 add the pieces of the risque costume I have specified, and finally, on event #14, remove the &#8216;big light&#8217; particle effect.<\/p>\n<p>That seems like a lot of things going on, and it is. However, if you look back at the *events nc, you will see that events #10-14 only take a total of 10 seconds. When you watch the final routine, you will see that everything happens very quickly.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">AUTOFX<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Because I wanted to change costumes in this routine, I also decided to do a set change. The first set is an outdoor snowy scene, and then I wanted it to fade into an intimate indoor setting.<\/p>\n<p>So I created both my sets, placed everything where I wanted, and then added my fader scripts to the pieces (using the ShowHideFade script).<\/p>\n<p>I would need to trigger the fade commands via the *autofx nc, as well as activating a couple of particle effects that I would be rezzing (not wearing).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/Ui1YxRzxGsq_x_NUjHIpo1iTuEEPJeBo8FBOtNZ1yiaiXKZHPVpKm2GnhoZxLldlgpCpw4SeaXVCAJOhTlg8FNZmHMzLSikPDMTmtxgTBOV9GyWw9IZT=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/akatandamouse.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/02\/xmas-autofx.png\" alt=\"Xmas Autofx\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Xmas Autofx<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As you can see, my *autofx notecard doesn&#8217;t have much on it. I have a start and stop command for my snow effect, a hide command and a show command for my sets to crossfade, and then start\/stop commands for an additional particle effect.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it. (Yes, I know I have two commands on one autofx line; that&#8217;s something I haven&#8217;t shown you how to do, but it is very simple.)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>CONFIG<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The last piece of the puzzle is to update my *config nc. \u00a0Because I am going to be using various tools, I will want to make sure those buttons are set to &#8216;on&#8217; in my *config nc so that I don&#8217;t have to remember to turn them on each time I wear my HUD and perform.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s my *config nc, showing the buttons I have set to be green\/on for the HUD:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/NO888rKOsnNzuABrXBy0yLz-ywdmouI2_NddsEIlVwRZs1GWcOh5xXkV1P-AVfLZvm492uYMwJ2xfb0yctja8rAHP0_A4QqlDDVN1lF_enl0Spu95tYR=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/akatandamouse.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/02\/xmas-config.png\" alt=\"Xmas Config\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Xmas Config<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here, I have set AutoAdorn to on, AutoFX to on, and AutoSequence to on. (AutoStrip is on as well, but you don&#8217;t have to turn it on if you only use the *autoadorns nc.)<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">FINISH LINE<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Once all of these notecards are done, I did a HUD reset to make everything reload and update.<\/p>\n<p>You may, of course, need to tweak your timings and other items to make everything work the way you want, but that&#8217;s all there is to it. The HUD does all the heavy lifting from here on out. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>If you go back and look at what I created, you&#8217;ll notice that even though I put 19 events in my *events nc, I didn&#8217;t use that many. I used only 5 events in the *autofx nc, and only 10 events in the *autoadorns nc. So really, I only needed 12 events for this routine (3 of the events in the *autoadorns nc are the same events as in the *autofx nc).<\/p>\n<p>I could have gone back and changed the event numbers and timings, but since it doesn&#8217;t hurt anything to have extra events, I just left it how it was.<\/p>\n<p>Now that you have seen how I created the routine and how I set up my notecards, go back and watch the video again and see how it all works together.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not as complicated as you think! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p>Preview YouTube video Let&#8217;s Make Christmas Merry<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ugt_MUKWjZ8\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After teaching the Intro to Artiste course, I realized that even though I had tried to strip things down to the bare bones, people were still having issues and difficulties with visualizing how all the puzzle pieces fit together. 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