Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Housekeeping of files inside Poser - Question...

AnnaKirsten opened this issue on Jul 04, 2005 ยท 10 posts


Acadia posted Mon, 04 July 2005 at 8:19 PM

http://www.ebonshire.net/tut-posb/p-file-locations.php Here is a visual of where files are located in Poser. If you are looking for a Character or a piece of clothing/shoes, in Poser you will find them in libraries/character If you are looking for hair, you will find them in either library/character/hair OR library/hair If you are looking for character texture addons, hair textures, clothing textures, you will find them in library/poses If you are looking for props, they are located in library/props Sometimes you will find clothing and hair or shoes in library/props too, depending on whether the item is actually created and saved as a figure, or it was created and saved as a prop. Figure items are "conformed" or "parented" Props are parented. If you are just starting, it's best to get started on the right foot. DO NOT just install files into the runtime! That will only lead to frustration because you won't be able to find anything. Here is a link to a tutorial on using multiple runtimes. http://forum.daz3d.com/viewtopic.php?t=9060&start=0 This thread talks about multiple runtimes too. I have a post in there about how I organize my folders. http://www.renderosity.com/messages.ez?Form.ShowMessage=2303505 When I first started Poser, I installed everything into the main Poser 5 runtime and I couldn't find anything!!!! I was so frustrated. Hope this information helps you. I'm just in the process of reinstalling my runtimes after a reformat (stupid CD's won't unzip). It's a lot of work to get organized, but once you have done it, it pays off. ************************************** I save my master poser files to CD's based on the artist, except in the case of DAZ files, which are saved by catalogue number. When I am installing files onto my hard drive, I put a copy of that master file into a folder called "Installed". This folder is highly organized: V3 character addons: contains a copy of all of the base and head/body morph files, as well as every character addon that I have installed. These files are further sorted by artist. For example if I have 5 character addons from one artist, all those addons are in a folder under that artist's name. V3 clothes: contains a copy of all of the clothing files that I have installed to my hard drive. I have them sorted by "outfit". So everything for the MFD is in a folder called "MFD". Everything for the MCD is in the MCD folder. In cases where I have multiple items by an artist (IE: BVH), I put those outfits in a folder named for the artist. For each character I have, I have each of those folders above. Lights: a copy of all of my master light files are in this folder. Poses: a copy of all of my master poses files are in this folder. Animals: a copy of my master animal files are in this folder. Hair: Again a highly organized structure. I have a copy of the master hair files I have installed organized by hair style, as well as artist. Some hair styles have many texture addons, the hair and all of the texture addons go into a folder named for the hair, and in the case of multiple hair styles by an artist (IE: Koz), into a folder named for the artist. I do this for each type of runtime folder that I have. I then burn the files to CD for ease of future install. This way I don't need to search through all of my CDs again looking for what I had installed.

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