I hope Bryster isn't viewing because this is heresy.  
I've always used DS for what little model manipulation I've done in the past.  Now its latest version is included with the B6.   About the same time B6 came out Poser 5 was offered free.  I couldn't pass up free.

I haven't installed P5 yet so I'm not sure how much is included with the free pkg.

Two questions:  
1)  When installing some models, the installer looks for poser content to upload to.  If I install a model or morph pkg designed for Poser, will it seek Poser over DS?  How should I file contents to be useable in both programs if I desire?  

2)  Is the wolf model in the free Poser5 content?  I need a wolf model, so can I retrieve it fm the files of the uninstalled Poser5 and use it in DS?  I can't find any other wolf on google outside of this one mentioned and some wolf maps for the Poser model.   

Does this make sense what I'm asking?  I'm  happy with DS but am I missing out by not using Poser5?  I've got tons of stuff from Daz and I want to start using it without much hassle.

Tks for the advice in advance.  
Willie

No, the program won't choose Poser content over DAZ.  You just tell it where the Poser content is, and DAZ creates a directory in the content folder for you to be able to look in to find your Poser stuff.

The Poser stuff works in DAZ more or less the way it should.

I don't know if the wolf model is free in Poser 5, I know I got it free from somewhere, but I can't remember where.  Judging from where it is in my downloads, I think it came free with DAZ Studio.

I got P5 and the content. I don't remember the wolf being in there. Dark Whispers has a searchable database; and someone recently came out with another one, though I don't remember the name.

You are going to have to install P5 before you can get to any of it's content.  I use D/S primarily because I like the way it gathers all the material files together when I export an obj to use in Bryce.

Sandy

I think the only poser content you can't get at from inside daz is the items that come as part of Poser, other poser stuff that you install seperately IS useable by Daz Studio directly.

**skiwillgee: Relax, my son! Both Poser and DAZ/Studio are two of those blessed apps that have been created soley to enhance the purity of Bryce....
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**Cardinal Bryster
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Tension level of my existance just became lower to find out I'm not on Bryster list for excommunication.   

Yes I prefer DS over learning Poser because I know its controls and it has direct linking to Bryce that exports mats along with obj well.  Judging fm prevous post here I believe that can be an issue with Poser.  And at some point wolf was included with some other animals in Poser.  There are references to it on web.  And because it was free with the program there apparently hasn't been much incentative to build others.  I did find another priced at $75.  Too rich for me.

Attached Link: http://www.contentparadise.com/us/user/mtr_classic_wildlife_maps_product_18974

I'm not sure, but I thought when I was downloading all the extra's that came with Bryce 6, I thought I saw  "wolf". I'll try to take a look and get back. bbl

That must be where I got it.  It came installed with My Poser 5.

ps_an019_wolf
Came from DAZ when I bought bryce 6 - I tried to open it and look at it, but I'm not having any luck tonight.

Attached Link: http://www.daz3d.com/shop.php?op=itemdetails&item=342&spmeta=ab

@ Ang25

Where are you finding that file?   I got B6 upgrade with extended content and the CD (haven't looked at the CD yet)

I didn't pay extra for a cd, I had to download and I'm on dialup so it was hell. But it was one of the freebies in my downloads from them. But like I said, I haven't been able to figure out how to open it. Doesn't help that I've had a horrible cold and decided tonight to use up the last of my margaretta stuff. My brain just isn't figuring out how to get this into DAz, maybe I need to open poser. But those were the letters on the download item. Sorry I'm not much help.

Oh cool, just got it to work. Silly me, I was trying to find it using "Open" in DAZ when I just needed to click "Import" in daz and there it was! :)
I hope you find it.

grrrr, it had a nice material on it in DAZ but when I imported it to bryce it became a grey thing. Not sure what I did wrong but oh well, it looks like a really nice model. its way past my bedtime, gotta go.
Good luck.

The wolf, the lion and the frog are installed with Poser (v4, v5 and v6). (Check the ZygoteAnimals directory in the directory Runtime in the Poser5 directory) If you do a seach, you will find some other mats for these animals.
You can have also some very nice wolfs and coyotes at Lynn's Creation site.
(Please excuse my english)

Michel

Yay!  Well I installed the free P5 and it has a wolf.  Now I'll try to export file to DS5 or learn how to use Poser which ever comes first.  I'm afraid if Ang25 can't figure how to get mats to Bryce I'm in trouble. 

Never fear, I figured it out, was very simple, which is why I had trouble with it, if that makes any sense. And I gotta admit, I love the daz button in the Bryce interface. That made it so so simple. Went into bryce, clicked the daz button, imported the wolf, posed him and (somehow) went back to bryce and there he was just like I posed him. with his mat and all.

Ang,  I 'm about where u were the other day.  I can pose it, render it, export it fm Poser.  When I import to Bryce the mats are missing.  I'm stumped so far, but I must admit I'm learning pretty much by trial and error instead of reading manual.  

The posing interface in Poser is slick.  

Did you load the wolf in poser and export:; or,  did you somehow load the poser file into DS straight from Poser file?  If you exported, what file type...obj?   If you did other file type ... then what?

I think the simple explaination is.....

Install a character in Poser and leave it here.
Open Bryce
Click on the DAZ/Studio icon
Wait for DAZ/Studio to load up
Your Poser character will be in the D/S catalogue.
Pose character in D/S
Click on BRYCE icon to return to Bryce.

In other words 'you don't need to use poser.

One word of warning though.......
If you have more than one character in your Bryce scene, you need to delete the link between Bryce and D/S for that character before going to work importing another character from D/s

EEEkkk Now I have to figure out how to delete the link? Oh boy, another challenge.

Cardinal Bryster,  I seems you have a mighty intimate knowledge of some forbidden aps.  Could it be..............?

Ang,  That is the same wolf.   The face parts would not individually select for manipulation in Poser either. 

Bryster,  I'm still not getting what you described.   I IM'd you just now with a description of my steps and where it leads.  Msg may be a better forum lest everyone here that doesn't know it already think I'm one dumb dude.