There's something to be said for learning a quirky interface through extended effort, but IMO the Poser magnet metaphor/interface is so funky, I'd rather spend the time using a better tool. Whether you want to spend the money is another matter but if you do a lot of modifications then it's probably worth it to buy something like Blacksmith 3d which looks like it is much better at the task. I think there is still a free version of Morph Master and while it has a somewhat unusual interface itself, I think it's better than magnets, at least for some jobs.

While Daz Studio's DForm tool copies Poser's tripartate gizmo design, it improves things quite a whole lot by hilighting the vertices that will be deformed and using color, IIRC, to show the degree/strength of the effect. The latest version of DS has some capabilities to export things so that they can be used in Poser but I don't know if that will apply to DFormed things. If it does, I may start using DS for my "magnet" work.

I should add, I don't disagree with the notion that Poser's magnets are a great feaure. I just think that the implementation leaves a lot to be desired and that is witnessed by how little used they are by many people. Of course, like anything else, there are always some folks who get the zen of a particular thing immediately.

Message edited on: 01/31/2006 16:13

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