I cant seem to ad clothes to my model no matter what I try. Every time I add the clothing textures the model turns all one color. only thing I can do is render skins.Sometimes I can get the clotes to show up but they arent where they should be. also what are all these names like victoria/daz,etc? I would just like to start learning how to apply clothes before trying to make clothes or textures. Sorry for the dumb question. As i read some of the other questions in this forum,it kinda makes me feel like a dumb arse for asking.

If your clothes is in the figures library, most likely they will be conforming, but not always. Daz3d is the company that makes the character victoria. You can check their website, www.daz3d.com To create new figures, i.e. clothes, you need to click the double check mark button. Then go to figure, conform to, and select the model you want it to conform to, say like victoria. Clothes are made for specific objects, and so are textures. The texture you use must be made for that item or it won't work. The item probably turns all one color (gray) when you apply a texture because you are working in smooth shaded mode, try texture shaded and see how it looks.

sounded to me like they were applying a clothing texture file directly to the model mesh not the clothing mesh. Maybe you can show us a render of what you are talking about . It would be easyer to help.

"The only dumb question is the one you didn't ask" Which version of Poser are you fighting with? There is a big difference between 4 and 5. If it is Poser 4, the short and rude answer is "read the manual" although it will still leave you asking questions. If it is Poser 5, the short and rude answer is the manual stinks out loud and your best bet is to come here. There are tutorials on line for P4, reachable via the links on this site, but P5 is new enough that the tutes are still thin on the ground. For either, it is time well spent to go back to the beginning of the forum and scan through it for topics of interest, for two reasons: chances are your question has already been answered, and you will get acquainted with the regulars who are mostly nice people. DAZ is an aftermarket vendor that sells props and upgraded figures. "Victoria" is their female character, which is a substantial improvement over the stock Poser female (depends on what you're doing, of course). The male counterpart is "Mike". Don't worry about that till you get a handle on the program itself. Hang in there and don't beat on yourself. Once past the first part of the learning curve, you'll have a ball. Cheers...

Sorry, I am using poser 4. I guess my biggist mistake was downloading a bunch of clothing props and textures. I figured they would work on either the poser 3 or 4 female. now I dont know what works with what. I'm all confused now. This has always been a dream of mine to create graphics. Guess I got a little to carried away looking at the galleries. =(

well you have to start some were and most of us probly did like you did and got pulled into this by looking at gallery photo's . I know i did . The more you orginise stuff the better you wil be . Like joenorris said one you get by the first part the rest goes allot faster. Get the basics down first then move on to other things. Poser 4 comes with tutorial follow alongs . Give then a whirl.

Thanks for the help. It really means alot. Didnt even know there was a tutorial on the cd. DUH heh

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Poser Forum FAQ is a good place to start. You can get to it either via the link in the masthead or just click on this link. Other newcomers have expressed similar confusions - In the hopes that it will help orient you, here's an extract from a reply I wrote to one a while back; "This is a pretty fundamental problem that causes a LOT of trouble for folks until they understand a bit of the history of Poser & it's characters. Poser 4 comes with a fair starter selection of characters, clothes, hair, poses, etc. The basic Nude female (nicknamed POSETTE) and the basic Nude Male (nicknamed DORK) are included in the starter selection. The company that designed basic figures that come with Poser 4 was Zygote. Their Poser division has been "split off" into a new company called DAZ. (you'll see their products referred by both names). DAZ sells a number of Add-In & extra characters, & accessory files for Poser. Over a year ago, DAZ developed and started selling a higher-detailed, more versatile character they called the "Millennium Woman" which was marketed as Victoria, an enhanced but mostly compatible update to Victoria is available as a separate product called Victoria 2, an an even more advanced mesh has been recently released as Victoria 3 (not fully compatible with Vic 1 or 2 for technical reasons). In the same vein they later developed a male character they call the Millennium Man, or Michael 1, or Millennium Mike {since updated to Michael 2). A specialized female variant of the Michael mesh has been developed as the Stephanie figure. Variations on the Victoria figure have been developed and marketed as "the millennium girls" and the "millennium boys" (PreSchool and preTeen child figures. A lot of other companies & individuals make & distribute variations, clothings, & add-ons for the millennium characters; some are free, some are sold. All of these require the previous purchase of one or another of the DAZ Millennium characters to work. There are also other completely original & separate characters available that don't require the DAZ characters (such as the even higher-Rez Dina, Natalie, Etc), or are based on the basic P4 figures or the newer basic Poser 5 characters nicknamed Judy and Don. When you look over the offerings in free stuff, or in the market, look for these terms in their names or descriptions to determine if you could use them. If you're uncertain what you need for a particular product, you can Instant Message or EMail the creator of the product for clarification. Although special variations have been made for the Millennium figures from DAZ that can use regular Posette & Dork clothing, generally each character can only use clothes specifically made for that figure (has to do with the part names and articulations), so Posette cannot use clothes for the Dork or Victoria or Michael, Dork cannot wear clothes made for Posette or Michael or Victoria, etc. There are exceptions, as I said, where people have chopped figures up & re-combined them in different ways, but this is the general rule. Another complication is where you morph the body of a figure to make it fatter, more voluptuous, more muscular, etc. You have to play with any clothing you put on them as well, or it no longer fits the new shape. Some clothes (Most of them, in fact) aren't capable of this shape modification without special re-shaping software outside of Poser." Confusing? Complicated? Until you catch on to these basics it can be. Hope this helps orient you. :-)) Render On! leather-guy

The Poser 3 people are either naked or come ready clothed - ie you can not change their clothes, the Casual man always has trousers on. Poser 4 people (known as Posette and Dork) are baasically naked and you can then add seperate clothes for them. You can also change the pattern of the clothes by adding different textures to the clothes.