Guides & Helpful Links

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Guides

The following links include both general GPosing tips and Ktisis-specific information. Oftentimes too, understanding the principles of IRL photography and scene composition can help you make and take better pictures in-game!

• Tips for DT Face Bone Posing by Nya & StrayCatte_XIV - detailing the different sets of bones made available with Dawntrail, plus how & when to use them
• Basics of Lighting by Nya - covering the vanilla lighiting controls that are available during GPose
• Ktisis Lighting Quick Guide by Uros - guiding principles for how to light a scene using Ktisis' different light settings
• Ktisis Lights + Portrait Gpose Tutorial by Snow - an exhaustive walk-through of Snow's process for posing and lighting portraits & headshots using Ktisis, Brio, and ReShade

• TimelineAnimator - Basic Guide by Leyla - introduces the pose and camera controls offered by the TimelineAnimator plugin plus Ktisis v0.4

Resources

The following are links to useful plugins, tools, and Discords for GPosing and working with FFXIV mods.

• Sea of Stars Plugins - one central download link to all the 3rd-party-plugins you could need, including Ktisis!
• TimelineAnimator - built by Leyla, this plugin integrates with Ktisis to let you keyframe and make custom animations using GPose!
• GPosingway - an easy install process to add ReShade and its shaders/presets support to XIV
• The Reniguide by Reni - offering a step-by-step process to get started with Penumbra, Glamourer, and other common appearance mods
• Aetherworks Discord - the home server for Anamnesis, Customize+, and Brio development along with general screenshot and GPose info
• GPOSERS Discord - the main hub for over 40,000 GPose enthusiastis!
• Gposing Central - Leyla's server for GPosing and support on the TimelineAnimator plugin
• XIVLauncher & Dalamud Discord - support or discussion of 3rd-party-plugins is not allowed, but it's the place to go for any info on Dalamud itself and how to get started with XIVLauncher