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Subject: Coming soon to Renderosity: PBooost II will rock your runtimes!
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.
Any chance this will show up in the store here? I'd love to buy the upgrade directly from you, but PayPal doesn't work for me. With all the folder locks I get since upgrading to Win XP, PB 1.4 has almost become more of a pain than it's worth. Plus, I'd really like to have all those new features! Coldrake
Howard, just got it and have had an initial play (took the opportunity to get ZPad too!) It's fantastic (PBoost2) I've got a highly divided runtime (well actually a series of runtimes) The thing I like best is the ability to switch all the folders to a same name set_ (I have my folders set up to cover the various figure types and scenes/animals/plants/environment/vehicles etc) It's such a snip now to keep it all consistent. Top marks and a very good upgrade price! Nigel
Attached Link: Download the PBooost II windows help file
It's really nice to hear that you're all enjoying the new system:))) The beta-testers and I spent a lot of time on getting the responsiveness and ergonomics as tight as they are. Better spend time on that than making it look swish and XP'y if you get my drift:)Re: tutorials: None as yet... I've not had time to write any more than what appears in the help-file. Again, I've tried to keep things there as simple and to-the-point as possible. Remember the PBooost 1.4 tutorial/help stuff? shudders:) I have linked to the current PBooost II help file for download...
I'm sure that folks will write tutorials on their own particular methods and systems with PBooost II in the next few months... Anyone feeling the urge, please feel free to post them as stickies in the PBooost II forum at Hogsoft as well as at your usual tutorial depository:)
The idea (beauty is too exhuberant a word!) of the bank system is that each user can make what they like of it and organise things just the way they want. I've made the code as flexible as possible so it will help absolutely every Poser user get the most from their libraries (and hopefully they will never know how they managed without it!) Even if you've set up 20 runtimes, creating an organisation system which doesn't require further splitting into PBooost Banks, you'll still find the ability to load content from any of the hooked runtimes straight into Poser without the usual 50-click library shuffle charade a breath of fresh air.
Thank you all for your patience in waiting for this to finally come to fruition!
Howard:))
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Check out the deal above, in the latest post by Howard/Hogwarden in Product Showcase. A routine that we've been waiting for someone to automate for over a year now is yours for FREE!
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PBooost II is a library manager for Poser... and a whole lot more. Designed from scratch for both professional and hobbyist Poser user alike, PBooost II offers a straightforward and clear Explorer-style interface for optimum workflow. The PBooost Bank System allows content in each library category to be grouped into banks to reduce the number of items shown in the Poser library tab. You only see the content you want! Fully customisable Bank Groups allow you to group banks across the categories for further imporvement to the workflow.
PBooost II can fully replace the Poser library tab for figures, hair and props. Items, even many at once, can be loaded directly from PBooost II into the running Poser scene in all Poser versions thanks to Hogsoft's innovative P4PyE technology. You can even drag files from PBooost and drop them into Poser!
What makes it so powerful and easy to use:
Designed to be fully compatible with Poser 4, 5, 6 and Propack.
Explorer-style browser interface with full drag/drop and cut/copy/paste functionallity makes it really easy to organise your library just the way you want it.
Thumbnails shown for content (rsr or png). One thumb represents the content file, thumbails and any other associated files.
Load figure/hair/prop content straight into the Poser scene with a double-click
Find Content tool makes it easy to search your runtimes for content.
Multiple runtime support! Many libraries can be viewed simultaneously, each open in it's own PBooost II window.
Switching banks is as simple as clicking on a bank's red dot.
Function to switch to all banks with that name across all categories in one click.
Library Quick Switch panel gives even quicker access to switching banks.
Folder Lock Wizard eradicates folder locks through a clear checklist of known causes.
All functions quickly available with a right-click.
Convert selected content into a new bank in one click.
Bank Groups give you the power to switch many banks at once in a single click.
Preview content or open it in your favourite text editor from the browser.
Content Properties dialogue shows you information on content or content folders.
Automatically checks content to see if there are any items in the wrong categories or with incorrect extensions when you move/copy files.
Clear and concise windows help file included.
The installer includes the Hogsoft Hub which gives you a mini PBooost Remote Control so you can switch banks anytime.
Extra tools and features:
Loader Plugin system allows PBooost II to be expanded to pre-condition files while they are being loaded into Poser**.** **
** Content Plugin system expands PBooost II to open/edit files in specialised utilities.
Tool Plugin system expands the tools and functions of PBooost II in a modular way.
Installs a Python script into Poser 5, 6 and Propack Python menu palette to allow launching of PBooost II from Poser.
Check content to see if there are any items in the wrong categories or with incorrect extensions.
Automatically checks and repairs library problems which could occur after windows re-install or system restore.
The main interface:
The right-click menu::
Setting up bank groups:
Hogsoft Hub PBooost remote control:
The folder lock wizard (Simulated display)
Message edited on: 02/11/2006 18:46