Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: I declare a moratorium on the following things:

Photopium opened this issue on Jun 05, 2010 · 106 posts


Klebnor posted Wed, 09 June 2010 at 1:38 PM

Quote - Also using vanity naming conventions.  If your outfit is called say "Alice Dress" and the name of the directory in the Character section is "Alice Dress by Whoever" then why in the name of hades would you name the mat directory "Artist Who've I've Never Heard of MAT", or worse yet "My Third Party Texture Set with no mention of the outfit it's actually for MAT".  Ok, if I only have 3 or 4 mat file directories in that runtime, sure I'll track it down pretty easy.  But if your like most and have 30 or 40 mat file directories in that runtime, not having the name of the outfit directory and the name of the mat file directory at least somewhat related is a royal pain in the keester, and it's not like I'm going to remember which artist I bought the "Alice Dress" outfit from 6 months from now.  Same with the texture file directory names.  Finding them in Poser is possible but it's also a pain, so please for goodness sake try to name them something that actually has some relation to the name of your item, burying it under your artist name pretty much gaurantees I'll have to do some serious looking to find a specific texture or mat file I want to edit 3 months down the road when I've long since forgotten who I bought "Alice Dress" or "Mike's Mighty Pants" from.  Your a vendor of 3d artwork who I might have purchased one or two things from all total, your not a rockstar or someone famous who's name and works will be permantly etched into my conciousness.   Please start conducting yourself accordingly.

I agree completely, but would reinforce this a bit more forcefully.  Having purchased quite a few things over the years, I now select items, in large part, based on their user friendliness.

If you do not start the folder name for a texture set with the exact name of the character for which it is intended, I am highly unlikely to buy your items.  I am tired of renaming folders just so months later I can determine what something applies to without a relational database.  This also goes for vendors who like to put everything under a folder of their name - I understand you are proud of your work, and want me to associate it with your name, but I want to find things later and your name is little help.

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