Hi!  Thanks for reading this.  I have DAZ Studio3 (free) installed, having downloaded it with Bryce 5.5.

I haven't played with DAZ much until this year.  Since I started, I grabbed up all of the free items I could find - characters, clothes, textures, hair, etc. Well, the problem I am now having is all the stuff I have installed in DAZ has slowed it to a crawl.  Too many "content directories", it said.   

So, how would I reduce the directories?  Short of deleting and re-installing DAZ, I am unsure of the proper way to remove some of the stuff I've installed.  Will simply deleting the "extra" directories and files work?  Should it be done from within DAZ and a particular way?  Or just delete the above from the hard drive?

I have purchased most of what I use now, so the free stuff is mostly just taking up space.

Thanks again.  Any help is appreciated.

Kevin

These days having "excess" content directories shouldn't be an issue - when DS searched for textures that weren't where the library file said they were having more content directories meant slower searches, but now DS always prompts you if the file path isn't correct. If you have auto-refresh on in Edit>preferences?Directories that might be the problem - try turning the option off (you can always force a refresh by clicking the triangle button at top-right of the Content palette and switching to another view mode, but you need do so only if you add new content while DS is runnign and want immediate access)/

 You should have no problem removing stuff from your "runtime" if you use the "Read Me" files as a guide.  Be careful if you have a number of items from the same freebies vendor, they sometimes share the same folder and you may delete something you intend to keep!!

  I do it every once in a while to remove the useless "Sludge" from DAZ | Studio, and then defragment my drive.

Thats an excellent t tip Richard thats what was also causing Finder 2 to crash when i tried to build the database so this also resolved that issue.

Quote - These days having "excess" content directories shouldn't be an issue - when DS searched for textures that weren't where the library file said they were having more content directories meant slower searches, but now DS always prompts you if the file path isn't correct. If you have auto-refresh on in Edit>preferences?Directories that might be the problem - try turning the option off (you can always force a refresh by clicking the triangle button at top-right of the Content palette and switching to another view mode, but you need do so only if you add new content while DS is runnign and want immediate access)/

Thanks so much for the pointers.  I have done as you suggested and there IS improvement...

Thanks to everyone else, too!  A BIG jump from Bryce to DAZ....  

Kevin

Hi All,

I'm a newbie here and to DAZ. I've managed to illustrate images for a book of mine and I'm startig to see limitation in DAZ that, from what I read, don't exist in Carera or Poser. I spend a ton of time getting my figures in the right poses or can't find poses online.

What should be my next step. If you look at my Gallery, you're welcome to comment or maybe give me a hint on how to expand so I can do things like some of the people here. Any help is appreciated.

Marineguy

Quote - Hi All,

I'm a newbie here and to DAZ. I've managed to illustrate images for a book of mine and I'm startig to see limitation in DAZ that, from what I read, don't exist in Carera or Poser. I spend a ton of time getting my figures in the right poses or can't find poses online.

What should be my next step. If you look at my Gallery, you're welcome to comment or maybe give me a hint on how to expand so I can do things like some of the people here. Any help is appreciated.

Marineguy

Personally, I find DAZ | Studio to be more versatile then Poser as far as posing figures!!!!  Posing figures is not one of my strong points either!!!  I try to using a pose close to my needs and then use "Power Pose" to finish up.  Check out the tutor on "Power Pose"  if you haven't already.

Personally, I find DAZ | Studio to be more versatile then Poser as far as posing figures!!!!  Posing figures is not one of my strong points either!!!  I try to using a pose close to my needs and then use "Power Pose" to finish up.  Check out the tutor on "Power Pose"  if you haven't already.

Ok, thanks I'll check it out. One of the things I see here are the great Hi Quality renderings and almost perfect posing and positions. Unless I find a good pose, I have to create it and they always come out "stiff"

**marineguy,

One other option is to look at the "aniMate" plug-in by GoFigure!  Although it is made for animating figures, it can also be an endless source of still poses!!!  They are a huge number of aniBlocks to choose from.  You can go through the aniBlocks and save any frame as a pose!!  All aniBlocks are done from motion capture and will do away with that "stiff look"!!

Ckeck your version of DAZ | Studio, to see  if you have  Lite version aniMate first!!!!!**

Quote - **marineguy,

One other option is to look at the "aniMate" plug-in by GoFigure!  Although it is made for animating figures, it can also be an endless source of still poses!!!  They are a huge number of aniBlocks to choose from.  You can go through the aniBlocks and save any frame as a pose!!  All aniBlocks are done from motion capture and will do away with that "stiff look"!!

Ckeck your version of DAZ | Studio, to see  if you have  Lite version aniMate first!!!!!**

Hey, I have it! That tells you how much I know ... I'll give it a try. Thanks for the tips!!!

Also if anyone can help. I see people listing what they used. Can this be done automatically? I wojld be embarrassed because like a newbie, I don't know what works or not and I just click stuff. I know each of my figures have stuff and parts I didn't need.