Quote - I don't know what kinds of problems you have in the material room. You can preview what does what in the window at the bottom of the screen so a little experimenting should give you an idea.

The problem I have is that it is too confusing. Nodes, buttons galore... I think I stand a better chance at learning how to fly the Discovery than I do in learning the Material room; I haven't even figured out what the material room is for actually. I thought it was a place to apply textures, but it turns out you do that in the Pose room. I do everything in the Pose room. The material room and cloth room just have way too many dials and windows and 'stuff' in them.

I have patience galore when it comes to stuff I'm interested in. I can spend hours and hours in PSP and need to force myself to close it up when I realize I've been engrossed in it for 5 hours or more sometimes. On the other hand I have to force myself to open up Poser and after 1/2 an hour and a render I've had enough. It's just not fun for me :(

I don't get any joy out of playing dress up dolly. I want to make stuff, not stick stuff on a figure and render it.

I've heard people here saying that some people figure that poser is pretty much 'press a button and make art', and frankly that's what I'm feeling it is; at least to me. Press a button add someone's clothes, turn a few dials and make it fit. Press another button and add someone's texture to the clothes. Press another button and add a pose, turn a couple of dials to adjust the clothes. Click another button and someone's hair. Click a button and add someone's lighting. Click a button and render the image. I don't find that fun...or creative.

I spent 2 days trying to pose a figure from scratch and it ended up like a pretzel. I looked at some tutorials for posing; I even have that book called "Secrets of Figure Creation". I think the reason I can't figure a lot of stuff out in Poser is because I'm not really interested in figuring it out. I want to make stuff and Poser doesn't "make" stuff.

i realize that making good textures takes time and effort and practice. I'm not looking to be good in it over night; I realize it will take time, but I want to try it. I want to learn how to do it. I love to make stuff, and I have a great eye for colour and design, and want to create things instead of just playing Barbie. Message edited on: 03/30/2005 02:02

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