I don't own a copy of poser... yet. I do however work some in Bryce, but find myself in Truespace more and more. Now.. when I've created models in TS and imported them into Bryce, I find that they are very faceted. That is, something that looks smooth in TS doesn't look all that good in Bryce. I believe Poser was once Metacreations as well, so the rendering engine might be the same. Not sure. Anyway.. to the offer. I would like someone who does have a copy of poser to import a couple models to see how they are handled. If they come out looking ok, I might just be prompted to create a few props for the free area. :)

I will give it a go if you like.. Do some renders to see how they turn out as well as general handling of the files. jodie@hunterlink.net.au Oh just incase you get confused too LOL Jodie was our pooch..

I've sent you a couple files. Since I'm at work, I can't pull e-mail from the 'reply' address on that e-mail. If you could post your results here.. :) or I can reply again once I get home. - Rim

Just checking my Mail now.. I will post the results here... Might be easier for you. :)

heyas; did you use the bryce smoothing option for your imported objects? and no, bryce and poser dont use anywhere near the same rendering enginges! :) poser doesnt even use ray tracing. anyway, rim, create props in obj or 3ds format, they wont just be for poser folks. though we can use them. :) thanks!

Have to admit that I totally forgot to edit/smooth the object. just tried the same object I sent to Helen.. actually came out pretty close to what TS rendered. Now of course, the shaders/materials don't always transport across.. but that's normal. laughs. Thanks for the tip.. and.. I guess this means you might start to see some props from me soon in the free-stuff. -Rim

I had no problems importing the brazier into Poser. No problems with manipulation or rendering.. Everything worked fine.. It renders well ,although when not textured, or with some textures you get two black spots show up. I tried several lighting effects and rendered with shadows turned off.. Same result with the spots. Not a big problem as I would think most folks would texture it. See Example 1 on the graphic Example 2 is where I exported as an obj file and then re-imported it into Poser.. Black Mark is still there. Examples 3 and 4 are just textured versions in Poser. The other two are rendered in Bryce.. Used Bryce Smoothing so there is little if any difference. If anything the 3DS rendered better.

Meant to resize that graphic before posting it... sorry folks..

if they are obj's run them through uvmapper and hit the "insert" key that'll get rid of the black spots/degenerate facets........Steve

Helen, Thanks for the testing BTW. Simple object I admit.. but worth the test run.

I think its a great prop.... With a bit of inventive thinking it can serve many purposes.... :)

You're welcome to it. There are a couple more on my site, but I think I only have the COB format there. I have to double check on the curtain that is there as well, to make sure I exported more then the rod/rings. And as I said, there will be a lot more coming. :)

A Poser utility call compose in Freestuff will convert cob to obj format. I haven't used it for that yet, but the two file ext for compose are cob and obj, so I'd assume you can load up a cob file and save it out as an obj file.