I've been using Poser AND Carrara to make shorts and they are really good applications. I'm now starting to tinker with 3DS and still like Poser.

I don't think people realize how powerful the application is, you guys (and gals) should post your animations, films, movies in the group so others can see that Poser is not just "kids stuff".

Started the group the other day after a remark that Poser and Carrara were "that amateur stuff" - let's bust it out, give them the what for - and since they don't come to Renderosity, let's take it there.

Here's the link: http://www.vimeo.com/groups/posercarrara

I also posted this in the Carrara forum too - if you can think of anyplace else where Poser/Carrara peeps with animations frequent, post it there too. I'm heading over to Daz to inform the folks there. Hope to see your stuff soon!

Amateur stuff my arse!  :)  I'm working on something myself but it's not done just yet - when it is I'll get it on there. With as many people using Poser  I'm surprised there wasn't a bigger response.  Maybe most people aren't using poser for animations? Interesting.

For me, it's a simple matter of wanting to keep all my animations in one spot. If I can embed YouTube videos there, I'd be interested, but it doesn't look like I can. If I'm wrong, let me know and I'll happily contribute.

How hard is it to bring Poser characters etc. into carerra?

Is there a step by step work flow?

I tried it some time ago and couldn't even get the poser character to show up in the carerra scene.

not very hard at all.. I use the Transposer, the plugin for Carrara. Some people hate the Transposer and use the Native Import but like because it keeps the morphs etc. intact. Just moves really slow... everyone has their own workflow though... all about results.

I usually create/save the characters in Poser (complete with animations) then:

• launch Carrara Pro 6
• create a New file (File > New)
• Then go to File > Import
• Locate my Poser file
  * Import as either 'Native Import' or 'Transposer'

Depending on which one you use you may have to adjust the size of the character a bit. Not sure why you wouldn't see the character.. unless their overall size was set to like 1 (out of 100)

Hope this helps. Feel free to ask any questions... :)

Getting Poser content into Carrara is simple; just point Carrara to your Runtimes and load everything right into your scene; just like Poser :)

Quote - For me, it's a simple matter of wanting to keep all my animations in one spot. If I can embed YouTube videos there, I'd be interested, but it doesn't look like I can. If I'm wrong, let me know and I'll happily contribute.

Don't think there's a way to embed YouTube videos there - but there's a growing audience on Vimeo and it's a different audience than YouTube because Vimeo only accepts videos that were created by the people who are uploading them, so you don't have music videos and commercials etc. Better feedback too. :)

Good luck with the animations - I take my hat off to anyone who creates them, because they can be a pain in the @ss!!!