I have beeen Incredably Frustrated with Poser.....Here are my Problems....and they are Numerous, I'm using poser 4 pro 1. Poser never seems to get the files in the right spot when I install new Models, ETc 2. P3do ....How the heck do you even open this??? 3. I can't seem to be able toi install textures onto a model ........They stay the same putrude red, purple, green etc. 4. BIG PROBLEM....I save my work and then when I go bafck and select that particular piece and error message comes up saying that it does not exist.......I go into exploere and click directly on the file that I created and it gives me the same error. 5. every time I open a model it says it can not find .bum...Do I have to create these bump files or what? Like I said above I installed P3do and it soujnds like a good program but I can't seem to open it, I've installed and uninstalled and reinstalled to no avail. 5. Pboost has been no help? I know all these may seem like I am a newbie (Yes I'm still learning) but I have been using poser 4 for along time and have had these problems from the start. I have been working around these HUGE stumbling blocks and have managed a lot of images but I feel like I am wasting a lot of valuble time in set up time. Can any one help me, I'm sure I have other issues with poser (to many to list here at one time). Thanx for listening to a very FRUSTRATED poser user

1. Poser does not install new Models, you do, you can't blame Poser for this. 2. Double click on its icon. 3. Install textures via the menu bar option; Render>Materials>Texture Map>Load. The colours and various other material settings can also be set from the 'Surface Material' box. 4. I don't understand if the file does not exist how can you go to it in Explorer? 5. Offten the *.bum files are not distributed with an installation package, instead a JEPEG is distributed and you have to convert it into a bum yourself, there will usually be instructions for doing this in the readme file that is normally part of any distribution. One way is to load a poser primative, then manually apply the JEPEG via Render>Materials>Bump Map>Load, the JEPEG meant for conversion to BUM format will usually be called somthing like "nameOfTexture_BUM.jpg". Always read any supplied readme files befor installing an item. 5a. I don't have Pboost but I have heard good coments about it. Before we can really help you we need specific information about your problems, the exact procedure you are following, the result you expect, and the result you are getting. Rather than trying to solve all your problems at once I sugest you post one problem at a time, each in a diffrent thread, and with as much detail as posible. For instance "Poser does not install new Models" does not help us to help you, we know that Poser does not install new modles people do, but you have not tolde us the procedure you are following, so how can we know where you are going wrong?

OPk I can understand that You need specifics, I was a little frustrated last night. Lets work on the BIG PROBLEM first. 1. I have created a new scene. 2. I render image with anti aliasing. 3. Itaskes first to save the Rendered image as a .pz3 (default poser)I do this. 4. It then askes to save it as a graphical image I do as .tif 5. I close the scene down and then try to reopen, it shows the ICON is there so I click on it. 6.Poser says there is NO such item. 7. I Close Poser down completley 8. go into windows explorer 9. go to the folder where I have saved the pz3 10 check properties and sure enough it is the correct file 11. I double click file 12. poser opens 13. same result 14. VERY FRUSTRATED I hope this is what you meant by details, I've marked every step I took. and oh I know poser doesn't install models. I was specifically talking about models such as DAZ and others.

You can save an image without saving a pz3, after rendering, from the File menu select Export then Image. The real problem though is that you do not seem able to reopen a pz3 after saving it. I'll asume that you are usuing Windows 98 SE. First in Windows Explorer from the View menu (might be in the Tools menu in other versions) select Folder Options > View, un-tick 'Hide file extentions for known types' this will alow you to see what file types you are working with. Now we will go through a simple drill to test what happens, please follow thest steps exactly. 1. Open Poser. 2. From the Prop Types pallet load a Poser Box prop. 3. From the menu bar File menu select Save. Navigate to the 'My Documents' folder, name the file "Test1.pz3" and save it. 4. From the File menu select 'Close'. 5. From the File menu select 'Open', navigate to 'My Documents' and select the file 'Test1.pz3' and click the Open button. Your document with the box prop should now be open in Poser, if it is not then we need to move on to the next step which will be examining the 'Test1.pz3' file to see if it is corrupt. But first follow the steps above and let me know the results.

A pz3 is not an image. A pz3 is the whole scene including all figures and camera positions etc. Les bentley I just clarified that to avoid confusion...

Andariodonomon If you use a texture on a model then you should change the model colour to white.

Ok I will try that ..........as for the PZ3 problem ..I still get the error cannot find files, but mysteriously when I TELL IT TO CONTINUE to look for file it finds it now. Whats up with this. If I have to I'll continue this way but there should be a fix for this. I'll let you know about the texturing problem when I get back in front of the computer tonight.

The pz3 problem, maybe the textures are not in the place that they should be or maybe you have moved them since installing or changed the drawer name. if it is a zip you are installing and if it has the full path in it then you install into your poser 4 directory NOT metacreations or any other. If the zip doesn`t have paths then read the text with the zip and that should tell you where to put the things. I hope this helps...

yes you are probably right about me moving the files (didn't think about that) I've been struggling with this PUTTING THE FILES IN THE RGHT PLACE for quit awhile now. will start looking at the zip files more closely (I had no idea that you could just highlight the zip nd it would show you the path) Thanx to everyone for all the help. I can tear apart a computer and put it back together with no problem but this poser program has gotten my brain Frazzled.

If you followed the steps outilned in post #4 then Poser can't be looking for a graphic file, that means it is almost certainly looking for a geometry file, but could you confirm this by saying which of the above error messages you are getting, A or B?

If you are getting error A the geometry file for the box prop is in the wrong location, or the rsr is corrupt, as the Poser installation should have installed the file to the right location, this sujests that there is a serious problem with the installation.

Please use the Windows Find utility to assertain the path for the 'BOX.PP2' file, and post the results here in this thread.

I am getting error B ........since most of my files are completly wacky I;m thinking of uninstalling everything (including Poser and starting over) Now that I have more information on how Poser works, thanks to everyone here.

You wont believe this now, but using poser does get a lot easier when you get used to it.

OK, now we are getting somewhere. Error B has nothing directly to do with the pz3 files, it happens when a graphic map file (Texture, bump, or transparency) associated with a prop or figure in the document can't be found.

This could happen because either, the map was moved to another folder, it was renamed, or it was not installed to the correct folder in the first place.

Props (which have a pp2 file extension) and figures (which have a cr2 file extension both contain information which tell them where to find there textures, this information was put in these files when they were created.

If you are getting this error when you only use the default figures and props that came with Poser, then a complete uninstall/reinstall may be the best option. If it only happens with a few third party figures or props then it may be easier to just to reinstall those particular items, it depends how many there are.

Generally speaking map files should be in or under the RuntimeTextures folder, for many cr2 or pp2 files including I think all those that come with Poser 4 it is sufficent that there maps are in the Textures folder or any of its sub-folders, for some third party files the maps must be in a specific folder or they will not be found.

I have non of the standard Poser items including the default figure so I guess a reinstall is necessary

You shouldn`t delete any of the standard items unless you really need to.

Yes, a full reinstall looks like the way to go.

Yes, but I meant don`t delete any of the default figures AFTER you reinstall.