I just bought poser 5 and i'm already running into a problem. I'm trying to add clothing to a figure so I selected the figure and then went to the library palaette and picked hair and double clicked it and that went on fine, but I want to add a clothing item ( a top for the figure) so I selected it and it says i'm suppossed to hit the "apply library preset button" to add the top but the only problem is I have no idea where that particular button is. Help!

If you look at the bottom of the library you will see a double check mark, click on that. Do not click on the single or you will replace your figure with the clothing item.

I know that the Poser 5 manual isn't the greatest, but isn't this basic step covered in the manual? -jsemp

hehehe, the manual must be great otherwise how many times do you see this or similar question?

You can download the poser 4 manual from www.curiouslabs.com. It tells you much more about the basics of poser than the poser 5 manual does. You just have to ignore the materials part of the poser 4 manual, it is the only part that doesn`t work with poser 5.

Nickelshield this question was asked a lot before poser 5 came out and the answer is in the poser 4 manual.

honestly I could not find it in the poser 5 manual. I have not seen the poser 4 manual but all it said was "hit apply library button" but I couldn't find any mention of where the button was. I went so far as to look in the index for it and it wasn't listed. Not good for someone new to the software.

The poser 5 manual is very bad because it seems to assume that you have used poser 4 before or have read the poser 4 manual. I hope this is one of the things fixed in poser 6.

Both the Poser 4 & Poser 5 manuals are not worth the paper they were printed on.

Lets get real on this forum people. If the manuals were so great there would be no need for a Forum Every time someone asks a questions we should not say "Oh didnt you read the manual?" Lets just help them out. Pity people get paid to produce manuals that are not worth an equal weight in cow dung. I have this problem at work too (try Taxation - same issues - different drongs producing the literature).

"If the manuals were so great there would be no need for a Forum" that is not actually true, even the best manuals dont tell you everything about a program. This forum isnt just for telling people how to use the program, people post freebies here and mention poser being used in tv etc etc.

Message edited on: 11/02/2004 10:16

xantor, you're right about manuals. I have a bookshelf full of them and only one was a pleasure to read because it worked and was well writen.

I have to laugh whenever certain people continually tell people to read the manual for answers to their questions. Perhaps those people haven't read the manuals themselves? That's the most charitable response I can give in public. Some of those same people say things like: "Ok, so there is some incorrect information, spelling errors, etc. You should be able to read past those problems and get the real information." Nope.

The poser 4 manual does have most of the standard information. If someone with poser 4 asks how to add clothes to a figure I would say to read the manual, it does tell you stuff like that and a lot of other useful stuff. I have read the poser 4 manual, it is not very well written but does cover the basics.

"I have to laugh whenever certain people continually tell people to read the manual for answers to their questions. Perhaps those people haven't read the manuals themselves? That's the most charitable response I can give in public. Some of those same people say things like: "Ok, so there is some incorrect information, spelling errors, etc. You should be able to read past those problems and get the real information." Nope." Agreed! Bobbie Can see where Xantor is coming from too. So Poser is bigger in scope than any manual can describe. But I can tell a good set of instructions when I see one. The Poser 5 manual is definately not good. They assume one knows too much + there is no logical sequence. They would be better off producing a CD Rom to accompany the Poser 5 CD that covers the basics upwards in a sort of Dr Geep style tutorial package than a text choked manual that reminds me of a instructions for a Xerox machine.

emearg, correct me if I'm wrong but at one time I had seen some reference to a Poser5 training CD, don't remember who produced it-CL , or a third party.

Nickedshield possibly "Poser Demystified" package maybe? If has a CD + a 2 hour video tape + other bits and pieces I am considering getting that. Dr Geep gives it the thumbs up so that gives me confidence it is worth while.

That was it! Need more Ginko Baloba:)