hogwarden opened this issue on Feb 11, 2006 ยท 26 posts
layingback posted Sun, 12 February 2006 at 11:51 AM
For these answers and more, why not go to Hogsoft's website? (You get 1 guess as to its URL... 2 clues: It begins with www. and ends in .com ;-) Or if you have Hogsoft's Utility Hub running, just click and pick any one of the links. Seriously, if you think PBooost was even average you are going to LOVE PBooost II. And if you liked PB, then ... I was skeptical initially that the new thumbnail driven PB II would be just a glossy upgrade. All snazz and no real value. Who needs all that, to slow down the interface? Well was I seriously wrong! (apologies, Howard!) It's not any slower, and the thumbnails are truly useful, and the entirely new PB II is so much easier to use, it is inconceivable to go back to the old one now. Examples: - You don't even have to switch to the PB II window to change banks, you can do it right from the Hub. - A 1- (One-) click bank switch. - Can't remember where a particular product is? Then view any number of banks/folders, without switching banks, or even use the search feature. - So you've found the item that you want to load? Then load it - no need to go back to Poser and find it all over again in the Poser Library. (Even in P4!) - You can install new products way easier by doing it in PB II - you can see which banks are in play, and if you want, say, a .pz2 in Camera, then just go ahead and drag it there from any folder (or even straight from WinZip) to PB II, and it will verify that it's a legal switch, and change the extensions for you on-the-fly! - Need to move something between banks, no problem, drag-n-drop; need to rename, no problem; need to see source and target folders at the same time, no problem, open as many PB II windows as you need. - Multiple Runtimes? You can switch between them, or have them all open. - PB II doesn't run in the background anymore when you are not running Poser, but it can be called up from the Hub at any time. Honestly, the step up from the original PB to PB II is nearly as big as the step up to the first PB - it has that much potential to impact your workflow.