I've read just about every tut on poser 4 thumbnails and I just can't get them to work.

 I have poser 4.03, made the thumbnail in psp9, resized to 91x91 16 bit color, saved it as a pct. and converted with the pct to rsr converter...saved in the same spot as my pz2 file (with the same name) and still won't work.

I know there's some silly like box or something I haven't check but I can't figure it out. Please help lol

My best suggestion is to use Hogwarden's Quickmat (available here) to make the thumbs.  It automatically creates both .png and .rsr files for you.  You can then delete the type you won't be using.

I love this program and wouldn't be without it.

Thank you for the quick reply, I'll have to check that out! Thanx again.

P3do explorer can convert rsr files to png and back (available at the link):

http://www.senosoft.com/

With that program and the plugins installed all you have to do is save the thumbnail from psp9 as a png file and then convert it.

Quote - I've read just about every tut on poser 4 thumbnails and I just can't get them to work.

 I have poser 4.03, made the thumbnail in psp9, resized to 91x91 16 bit color, saved it as a pct. and converted with the pct to rsr converter...saved in the same spot as my pz2 file (with the same name) and still won't work.

I know there's some silly like box or something I haven't check but I can't figure it out. Please help lol

Huh?!

Why don't you just render  it in poser at a dimenstion of 91x91 and save the file as a .png file or whatever format poser 4 uses for thumbnails?

You still have to convert the .png files for Poser 4 because it only uses .rsr files.  That's why I like Quickmat so much, it creates both and, since my characters and textures are compatible with P4 and above I don't have to create .rsr files separately.

Thanx for the replies, but yeah I'm gonna get Quickmat..seems like the easily way to get ir done lol

Thanx again!

Heh. You should try doing it with a Mac. That routine is create image, save as PICT graphic, then open ResEdit, delete the existing PICT resource in the .cr2 and paste in the resource from the graphic you saved. Then you can always run MartinC's converter on it, backwards, to generate an .rsr for those PC people. Unfortunately, the PC handles the PICT resource slightly differently than the Mac does, so some images that worked fine on the Mac will not work on the PC.....

Have you tried using Quickmat on your MAC?  Since it runs as a Python script it should work.

use thumbnailer 1 or 1.1 for mac thumbnail files, poser 4 (OS 9).

:ohmy:
... or you could just use Poser and compose what you want to see for the thumbnail picture in the (square) Document Display window and then ...
SAVE it in the Library and ... :blink:___Wow, that was easy.

Walla !!!

... Poser will create the thumbnail for you right then and there! ___ Uh huh, uh huh, uh huh!

What, you don't like the thumb you just made ???

Readjust the camera, lighting, etc. and .... save it again! :thumbupboth:____ Yeah!

cheers,
dr geep
;=]

Yah. After all, all I did was comp a custom background, text, and the occasional special effect. All I'd lose by going Poser Native is I couldn't use photoshop levels and unsharp mask to sharpen up the thumbnail.

You do know the traditional spelling is "voila," right? ;)

It's Voila on a MAC and Walla on a PC ... at least, that's what NaySayGuy thinks ... and he uses (sort of) a PC ..... which he thinks is politically correct. :biggrin:
(or was that politically corrupt ... hmmm ... ?)

cheers,
dr geep
;=]