Does anybody know about a Poser 7 release date? Just curious.. . . .

I thought you were announcing it and was going to start counting my pennies LOL I haven't heard when they will release it.

latest rumor is this year but not "soon"

The important question (to me, anyway) is will it really be a new Poser...or just another P4/PP with more stuff heaped on its back?

YaaaaH! I just bought Poser 6 last May, and I'm still trying to adjust to it! Go away! :-)

Poser 7 already? So soon? What happened to something like every 4-5 years? Maybe Poser 8 will come out a month after Poser7.

I just got Poser 6, and it doesn't matter what bells and whistles that Poser 7 has, I won't be getting it. I don't see a need to upgrade a program each time a new version comes out.

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what if it has a "make art" button? then you'd get it :P

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Who is Art?

Does he know there is a button with his name on it?

Does the button really work?

What does it do?

What does it do if you double-click it?

What if you only right-click it?

Does it respond to the scroll wheel?

Is this two many questions? ;=]

geep: You forgot one very important question. Do we really need another Art? I mean isn't one enough? :) As for the question about Poser 7, I haven't heard anything about it but am still trying to figure out Poser 5.

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I luv 6!!!!! Started off with P4/PP, graduated to P5 and now have 6 - more cash than sense you may say (or Nay Say Guy may not say, lol)

Is it the even number software one should avoid or the odd number software one should avoid. I get confused. Poser 6 is pretty stable, has great features, and seems to load pretty fast. Installing and play testing another version would be a pain right now. Where do I sign up? ;) Rance

Acadia is right in certain respects about staying with Poser 6 and not buying Poser 7 when it comes out but consider this, I don't know too much about E-Frontier's finances but it seems to me that what with programmers and staff to pay etc. How do they stay in business and continue giving us support, making bug fixes, adding new features and keep Poser alive unless customers buy their upgrades and their products? PXP

no..it's the even number Star Trek movies that are supposed to be good, and the odd ones aren't..;) Gad, I'm still using P4/PP, and I haven't even started figuring it out..;)

...Can't wait till Poser 8, with the inevitable bugs, then we can see the desperate cry for help in the forum: "Poser 8 My File!!!"

I just bought Poser 6 last month. Freaking A!

well, im just guessing here but if your the kinda person that is just now upgrading to poser 6 then chances are your not the type to jump on the new version when it comes out... so whats the big deal? (not aimed at anyone specificly) besides....you think EF is turining them over too fast you should see what Autodesk is doing with AutoCAD.... 12months between releases.

Um, is that 12 earth months, or 12 Poser months? Just curious. ;=]

12 Autodesk months. they are more consistant than poser months and precise to 32 decimal places.

Ridiculous. I don't believe EF will release a Poser7 until a SR3 or 4...

I just got Poser 6, and it doesn't matter what bells and whistles that Poser 7 has, I won't be getting it. I don't see a need to upgrade a program each time a new version comes out.

Um...isn't that what you once said about Poser 6? ;-)

I thought eF said it would be closer to the end of the year. If so, that would make it close to 2 years between releases. For those of use that bought P6 when it first came out, seems reasonable to me to upgrade to P7. Plus it is usually a better upgrade price to buy early. Casette wrote. "Ridiculous. I don't believe EF will release a Poser7 until a SR3 or 4." Don't hold your breath on it. They might and that would be a bonus.

I'm waiting for this thread to go tragically wrong so we can all start throwing ourselves off of buildings like a bunch of hate filled lemmings. :) It's great to see that we all aren't ripping at each others necks. Is Renderosity growing up? This is nice.

Money makes the world go around The world go around The world go around Money makes the world go around It makes the world go 'round :P

"Ridiculous. I don't believe EF will release a Poser7 until a SR3 or 4..." No, Poser7 IS Poser6 SR3 or 4. That's how you get to pay to get the bugs in the old one fixed.

Yes, it's nice, but it's all speculation and rumor. At least people are admitting that instead of acting like their desires and expectations have actually been promised by e-F, as has happened in the past. Seems to me that if you'd like some info regarding release schedule or imagined P6 service releases, one would do best to contact e-F directly. If they aren't willing to say anything, then speculation here is strictly that. Just bear in mind that if you believe or want something, that doesn't mean that e-F said they'd deliver it. No matter what Poser 7 delivers, there will be those who whine to high heaven that they didn't get the features or fixes that they talked themselves into believing were forthcoming. :-)

I have Bryce..is a Poser year a long time between releases?..;)

No matter what Poser 7 delivers, there will be those who whine to high heaven that they didn't get the features or fixes that they talked themselves into believing were forthcoming.

LOL
Not to mention the die-hard P4/PP users are going to insist how much better P4/PP is, really, how much more stable and better and how P7 just sucks, and P4/PP is much better, because it doesn't support crosstalk and...and...and...and...
Did I mention that P4/PP is better, and the best thing since sliced bread?

flutters lashes

I'll go order the cheese now, hm? So we have it ready to serve with the whine. :)

I went from P4 to PP to P5 to P6. I will go to P7, just like I've gone from Photoshop 3 to 4 to 5 to 6 to CS to CS2.
There are some programs where moving with the times is not such a bad thing, and no matter what nay-sayers say... P6 was worth every penny.
And I've never really had major problems with P5 after SR1, either. (I guess I was lucky.) BTW -I'm not dissing those who are more comfortable with P4/PP. There are programs I've downgraded because I didn't like the new versions at all and where I'm more comfortable with the older version. It's just the "P4/PP is better" litany I often see is... getting old. :) And if the Standard CL Year is anything like a "Moment" on the phone with Continental Airlines... then we won't see P7 before the year 2050 anyway. ;-) Silke Message edited on: 03/17/2006 19:51

No clue on the release date but I'd like to see a updated version of it rebuilt from the ground up to take advantage of dual cores etc.. I bought version 2 when it came out then let that sit for years, finally upgraded to 4 probably right before 5 came out then just last month finally got around to getting 6. To me it still feels like version 2 so thats why I said I hope they rebuild it, not just slap new features into the same UI. It's dated and sluggish and still relies upon the big icons and subfolders instead of a decent straight forward menu system thats sortable/moveable.

I,ve been reading a piece about Vista, and its frightening what hardware it'll need. But Microsoft have already annoucned the end-date for XP support, no more security bugfixes. So do I go for 32-bit Vista, hopefully compatible with Poser 6, and will Poser 7 handle be able to exploit a 64-bit OS? Vista will be insanely cheap if you buy it with a new PC, and horribly expensive otherwise. Right now, even if I had the cash, it looks dumb to buy an XP machine. I think I'll wait for stable 64-bit Poser. This is a hobby for me, and Poser 6 will be enough for what I want to do.

Microsoft have already annoucned the end-date for XP support when is that?

The report I saw is here, and reported Microsoft spokesmen twice confirming a cut-off date at the end of this year.

When I checked the URL, I found this later report, It looks as if Microsoft aren't quite as stupid as I thought.

two years after the release of the next version.... Works for me.

So there's this couple at the Zoo throwing peanuts to the monkeys. This one monkey picks up the peanut, shoves it up his back-end, retrieves and eats it.

The lady is so put off by this that she summons a Zoo keeper and tells him "That is the STUPIDEST monkey I've ever seen". She then procedes to tell him why.

He replies: "No lady, That is the SMARTEST monkey you've ever seen. Last week he ate a peach and couldn't pass the pitt. Now he checks everything before he eats it". :)

I'm not saying that Microsoft is smart. I'm saying that Bill Gates is a monkey. LOL

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