Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Alternative to TC2?

HeWhoWatches opened this issue on Oct 02, 2009 · 146 posts


lkendall posted Tue, 06 October 2009 at 4:27 PM

???? Outrage, moral indignation, denunciation of others over the objectionable LACK of genitals. The universe is an astonishingly amusing farce.

Why would I punish myself by not buying a product I can use, because I disagree with the ideas and opinions of the vendor? I read their explanation, shrugged, and bought the product. I can't convert the textures for myself without it. I have about 100 textures for more than a dozen different figures compatible with TC2. I can’t afford to buy drow, racial, or distinctively different textures for all of them. I buy stuff from websites that have products that I do not appreciate. Most of you would laugh at me if I passed up a good product because some of the products in a store made me uncomfortable. What would you advise me to do? Grow up.

It is as morally arrogant to judge some one else for what they choose not to do, as it is for them to judge you for what you choose to do. That applies whether people call themselves artists or not. This is simply not a pivotal civilization busting issue. I think many people in this thread feel judged and rebuked, which might not actually be the case, and you don’t like it. I don’t feel judged, and I wouldn’t care if I had been.

I don't really do nudes myself, but I don't care if other people do, nor condemn them. I can appreciate good artwork without being embarrassed over nudity. If I were talented enough to do textures, I would do the genitals for completeness sake. But, I respect people who feel differently, and if I see a texture I really like without a genital texture, I will probably buy it, and adjust a genital texture if I ever need one. I have dozens of them in my runtimes, want to see my collection?

As a health care provider I see way more people parts than I really care to see. The genitals of most males are not the same color as the rest of their skin. Does buying a texture mean that you have to use the genital texture if it doesn't quite match-up with the affect you are trying to achieve? In PhotoShop, one can alter the colors of a genital texture to coordinate well with the other body parts. If you have a lot of textures you have a lot of choices. I believe that Jepe has provided some texturing resources for some figures at another website. Yes, I visit every website I can find, even the ones that are not consistent with my interests. You never know where you will find a good product that you can use.

There are several generic male genital figures available that have been mapped to take several different figures’ textures. It seems to me that people who are really good at remapping whole figures would probably find the genitals much easier. Maybe one of the good remappers could be encouraged to do a little public service?

TC2 is one of those do something for yourself programs. Even if it converts a texture successfully, there will still be work left to do, if you want to use the textures well. If the vendor doesn't want to do everything for me, I can find other ways to do the job for myself. Apparently, no one who would know how to do so has felt morally worked up enough to make a plugin for TC2 to do this job. But if some one did make a plugin, I would probably buy it too.

Well, far be it from me to actually encourage people to violate their high moral standards and buy a product from a vendor whose lifestyle and mindset so offends their scruples.

LMK

Probably edited for spelling, grammer, punctuation, or typos.