I've been having a hard time reading dials at high res in Poser, so I went around looking for a font hack. Came across the Poser 2.0 interface trick, and THEN I started using it. Good grief, way easier to use! And very responsive under Os X Classic, to boot. I find using the PO2 mode is great for adjusting lights, cameras and general posing, but for materials, finishing touches, etc, best for the default UI. Anyone else here use PO2 mode? Big surprise for me. The controls work very similar to other 3d apps I've used in the past. Does Poser 5 still have this?

I just purchased and installed Poser5 after years of P4PP. I was SO GLAD to get rid of the italics on the dials. What a relief. What is PO2 mode like? ::::: Opera ::::

What IS the PO2 trick... where does one find it.. and what does one do with it when and if they do find it..?

The PO2 trick doesn't work any more in Poser 5. I agree that it's easier to see, but I didn't find it easier to use overall. Maybe I just got thoroughly accustomed to the normal Poser interface before somebody told me about the PO2!

I still end up using my good old PPP... dont like the dial adjustments on P5... I think mine is wonkie... every time I use a dial and release it... it jumps backward or forward 2-3 clicks. Pity.. cos I liked the folder structure. Does PO2 work for PPP...?

Yes. And I heartily agree with your sense of P5. It may be OK for folks who mainly use mouse-moves, but it's just maddening for dial adjustment.

Message edited on: 12/07/2004 22:41

Maybe you should look into wonkie.

I'm in my first week of Poser5, I am dial crazy, and everything is working splendidly with the dials. Sometimes I spin them, sometimes I click on the number and type in a value, sometimes I DClick on the dial to get to the graph for animation.

Now, I do notice that when I grab the dial and spin to a certain value, when I let go (un-click) the numerical value DOES change a tick or two. However, the position of the body part does NOT move. I figure that is some sort of rounding or equalizing or maybe even limits interaction. I never even noticed it before, because the body part change is rock solid when I let go. I don't even know if that's the way it was in P4PP!

I love the collapsing file structure.

Poser5.0.4.332 WinXP home
Pentium4 2.4 GHrz 1.0 Gig Ram nVidia Gforce FX 5600 256MB

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Message edited on: 12/08/2004 01:48

operaguy: I figured the same thing, but... personally I find it VERY annoying. When I am putting together all the parts of my models under construction I like to know it is all lining up precisely. I rely on the dial settings a great deal as I set things up to numbers rather than looking at the actual item on screen as I move them. So my eyes are on the dials most of the time and not on Posers viewports. Yes.... I could type in the values but that is time consuming and frustrating. In PPP the dials are spot on and stay where they are when you release the mouse button. My P5 is gonna stay back in its box till a fix comes out... if it ever does. I am not f... f... flaming by the way.. just making a personal observation. ziggie

How do you do this "trick" please? Thanks, Marque

You just type po2 in poser 4 or propack. Type po3 to change it back to normal.

Message edited on: 12/08/2004 03:29

type it where

With the Poser window in focus (the active window) just type "po2" on your keyboard. Type "po3" to reset. Then after you have finished saying "ohhh" and "ahhhh" type "hair" :)

Poser 4 and pro pack only.

VERY interesting. Had no idea that was there. I wonder if Geep knows about this, or plans a tut on it... How does one use this? (properly, that is)

lol Phil, knew about the hair trick. Thanks! Marque

ziggie, Now that I understand your approach, yes, that would drive me out of my mind also! And I agree, typing in every value would be unacceptable. That would make me uninstall Poser5. What does Curious say? Do they admit it is a bug in Poser5? Or do they claim it is a feature, an improvement over ver4? ::::: Opera :::::

Oh man, I don't know whether to laugh or cry. I just launched my old Poser4PP and typed po2. YEARS I cursed the italics. Years. I posted against them. Why or why did I not know of po2. "Why?", I rail against the gods. ::::: Opera :::::

buddy36s: looks nice... but, do you still get the dial jump syndrome when you release the mouse button..?

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I have a question... If there is this "po2" trick (and then "po3" to get it back) and the "hair" trick... are there others as well?

This sounds an interesting topic. I'm still using Poser 4.03.and I was thinking .would it be worthwhile for some of the older (relatively), more experienced users to post a list of these undocumented 'features' and what they do, and how to apply them ?

As far as I know, the po2 trick and the hair one are the only two undocumented features there are.