Well, I render in Vue, 64 bit, 8 gig RAM system, so it aves me that problem :p

I did a tutorial on optimizing Poser figures for Vue.
SOme of it applies to pure Poser.
get VSO IMAGE RESIZER, which is uber handy gadget, right click any image, it shows up as an action you can do in WIndows, and it lets you resize pics.

So what I do is...copy original textures back into same folder, so I have high rez originals if I need them.
For most renders you do NOT need 2000 or larger textures (pin ups, yes).
Then resize originals down to 1024 or similar.

Thus when items load, they use the smaller originals. Saves TONS of RAM ;)

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