Zone Texture Baker
Render a graph of the Falloff Curve applied to a sphereZoneProp, which can be saved to the Poser Library as a PNG icon.
Installation
After extracting the zip archive, merge the folder structure with your chosen runtime. The "Zone Texture Baker.pzz" scene file will be found in :Runtime:libraries:Scene:Zone Texture Baker.
Execution
In Poser, load the Zone Texture Baker scene and ensure that the Mag Zone 1 prop is selected. Either choose properties from the Parameters Palette and manually edit the Falloff Graph or load a Falloff Curve pose you have created and Render. The default Render engine is P11 SuperFly, but the shaders should also work in P10 with FireFly. Once rendered, choose Export Image... from the Render window triangle dropdown, navigate to where you want the icon to be saved, and select the Falloff Curve pose file you loaded (which copies the name part) and save as PNG. Refreshing that folder in the library should then show the newly rendered icon representing the falloff curve. If you manually adjusted the zone falloff curve, make sure you save a pose to the library before exporting the icon.
Falloff Curve Pose Files
There are only a few things needed within such pose files. Poser will automatically save much more information than is required, so it is often worthwhile editing the file you have just saved in a text editor. Preferably choose an editor based on it's ability to automatically handle and edit gzip compressed files invisibly, like Notepad++ on Windows, or BBEdit on macOS.
This is what you'll find in a bare-bones Falloff Curve pose file (This is the default deformer falloff curve):
```
{
version
{
number 7.2
}
sphereZoneProp $CURRENT
{
newFalloffCurve
falloffCpt 0 1
falloffCpt 0.2 0.93
falloffCpt 0.8 0.07
falloffCpt 1 0
endFalloffCurve
}
figure
{
}
}
```
Note that the actual zone's name should be replaced with "$CURRENT" so that Poser can apply it to whichever zone prop is currently selected. Nothing else is required in the file. You can remove the entire channels block from the sphereZoneProp, and everyting outside the "newFalloffCurve" and "endFalloffCurve" lines. Whatever number and build Poser saves in the version block is ok to leave as is. The figure block is an optional dummy.
Caveat: The scene contains a dummy figure, since Poser (up to Poser Pro 11.1.0.34764) is unable to apply poses to unparented props in scene which do not contain any figures.
An0malaus (GeoffIX) 20180819
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