Hi

I am almost afraid to post this, I was looking for some help and reading post that struck a chord with me, all very reasonable, a confused person asking for and getting help from someone who knew what they were talking about. Then this

your'e making a mountain out of a molehill, as do the majority of new Poser and DAZ Studio users, and also a lot of people who think they know what they're doing but actually don't have a clue

Gosh if anything is designed to destroy ones inclination to ask for help, that certainly is.

However I read on and while this persons subsequent posts got a little better, everyone else was prepared to not to be quite so judgemental. Hence this somewhat tentative post. Imo getting on a bit in years, past retirement age anyway, and I spend lots of time in my kitchen wondering why I am there, so my memory sometime lets me down which can be worrying in and of itself. I totally identify with the post starter who found himself bemoaning the fact that he was confused about not being able to find content in Daz. I had the same problem. And got so frustrated and fed up that I decided to give it up. I was checking out other things when I found the offer of Poser 7 at a knock down price and I thought go for it, if you spend money on it, you will feel more inclined to persevere. I found installation simple enough, and after I had read parts of the manual and found some pretty useful tutorials I was going quite well after only a few hours. But I do have some problems that I cant find a solution to.

In the library thingy on the right of the window, I cant get any reaction at all when I click on the folders. Double click, right click, click ever so hard, no joy, except the folder high lights itself. Now why is that, I am using Imac os 10.5 leopard, maybe its that. Oh and I thought I would buy something from the content store, and after I did I couldnt get the download link to work, so Imo not all that happy really. Particularly as the contact the company mail seems designed to thwart any attempt to do so.

I hope someone can give me a little advice about the clicking on folders. And hey, be gentle with me, no lectures please

David

The following is a great deal of information to process, but it's only meant as a guide and not to be memorized.  I have it broken up into sections. My advice is to read it through once, print it out and keep the print out next to your computer for reference as needed.

Here is an essay of information that I have been compiling which is geared to the brand new user. **It has links for free characters, tips on clothing, file organization, newbie tutorials etc.
**
V3, M3  and Aiko are free.  3D Models Pack  Free from Daz at Download.com

You just need the morphs packages to change their shape. 

A picture to show you the file structure of a Poser Runtime can be found here:

http://www.daz3d.com/support/faq/index.php?id=94

Basically, what it boils down to in a nutshell:

If you are looking for a Character or a piece of clothing/shoes, in Poser you will find them in libraries/character. These files have the extension cr2 (uncompressed) and c2z (compressed)

If you are looking for hair, you will find them in either library/character/hair OR library/hair

If you are looking for character texture addons, hair textures, clothing textures, you will find them in library/poses. These files have the extension pz2 (uncompressed) and p2z (compressed). Sometimes on the rare occasion, a merchant will package their textures so that they go into the "Camera" folder (.cm2 files). If that is the case then you can either apply them from there, or do what I do and change the file extension to .pz2

If you are looking for props, they are located in library/props. These files have the extension pp2 (uncompressed) and ppz (compressed)

Sometimes you will find clothing and hair or shoes in library/props too, depending on whether the item is actually created and saved as a figure, or it was created and saved as a prop.

Figure (cr2) items like hair and clothing are "conformed". Figure items like wings are "parented"

Props are parented. Some props that are made for a specific figure will seem to go where they are supposed to and "stick" without you having to do anything. Those are called "smart props". You can use those on other figures, but you have to use the XYZ trans dials to place it where it belongs on the different figure. Then you need to parent the item to that new figure's body part.

If you are just starting, it's best to get started on the right foot. DO NOT just install files into the runtime! That will only lead to frustration because you won't be able to find anything, and not all files are packaged equally and land up all over the place.

Here is a link to a tutorial on using multiple runtimes.

http://forum.daz3d.com/viewtopic.php?t=9060&start=0

http://www.drgeep.com/p5/run/run.htm

Another tip is to never just unzip or install anything directly to your runtime. Always unzip or install to a separate folder. Then browse through the folder to have a look at the structure of where things are going and make sure that it's in "proper runtime structure" so that when you move it to the runtime, they get into the proper folders.

Once you get your files installed, the next thing you want to do is to start making things :)

Here are some great newbie tutorials that will get you through the bare basics. They are for Poser 5, but it is still the same in newer versions:

http://trekkiegrrrl.dk/tut1.htm

http://www.poserguide.nimprodaction.com/issues/issue2/cover.htm

http://www.poserguide.nimprodaction.com/issues/issue3/cover.htm

http://www.poserguide.nimprodaction.com/

http://www.canary3d.com/tutorial/3d-intro.htm

http://www.ebonshire.net/tut-posb/index.php

http://www.cooltuna.com/poser/poser-tutorials.html

Dr. Geep Studios ( Basic to Advanced Tutorials. Periodically offers free classes for Poser)

http://www.anniescorner.net/posertuts/GettingStartedinPoser5.htm

Getting Started in Poser

Video Tutorials

If you don't have the Daz  V3 or the V4 figure, you should pick one or both. I'd personally suggest that you go with the V3 one as it's been around for years and there is a TON of freebies around for her, as well as a TON of stuff in the various Poser stores.  It will be a couple of years before V4 catches up with clothing content and stuff, especially FREE stuff  and  V3 stuff won't work on V4 because they are different figures. There are work arounds to getting clothing from a figure to fit another figure. I've included information on that further down. 

Victoria 3

3D Models Pack  Free from Daz at Download.com

Victoria 4

But if you want to change the look of her face and body, or use any of the available character addon packages, you need to buy the head and body morphs.

The V3 head and body morphs are here:

http://www.daz3d.com/shop.php?op=itemdetails&item=3008

There is also "Michael 3".  He is available free at the link above at download.com.  Again, like Vicky, you need the head and body morphs to change the shape of his head and body. Those can be found here:

http://www.daz3d.com/shop.php?op=itemdetails&item=3009

If you have both figures, you can get both of their head and body morphs in one package, here:

http://www.daz3d.com/shop.php?op=itemdetails&item=3010

NOTE:  You can use the textures from the character addon packages without having the head/body morphs. 

If you want to change the look of the head/body and have the head/body morphs, do the following:

Install the head and body morphs. 

Locate the morphs you want to use in the "Poses" folder.

Find the set of morphs you want to inject IE:  Full Body, Full Head.... or just certain parts. 

Left  click the picture

Click the Single Checkmark at the bottom of the page.

Go to your Parameter Dials and start turning dials.  (make sure that you have the part of the body you want to adjust as the active one IE:  Morphing the ears, make sure you have the had selected.

Also, you can find many, many free morphs and textures for Vicky, and Aiko, and some even for David and Michael.  So you don't have to turn any dials if you don't want to.  Here are a couple links to get you started.

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/index.php?user_id=55140

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/index.php?user_id=178490

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/index.php?user_id=105158

Using ready made character addons is pretty easy.   You need to have the figure and it's head and body morph packages installed.

Load up the figure IE: Vicky

Go to the Poses folder, and instead of looking for your morphs from the packages, look for th character you want to use.  Left click the image that has INJ, click the SINGLE checkmark at the bottom and the morphs for that character's look is injected into your figure.  No dial turning necessary.  Of course if you want to tweak the settings you can, but that's not mandatory.

Next locate the textures (if the package has some). They will be usually in the same library menu as your INJ that you used.   Left click the image for the texture and use the SINGLE checkmark to apply it.  If you don't like that texture, apply another one overtop. 

You can even use a texture from another package.  IE: Morphs from package A  and textures from package C.  Or morphs from packag A, texture from package C, eyes from package D, lips from package E.  the combinations are endless :)  If the packages have their head morphs seprate from the body ones, you can mix and match morphs too. IE: body morphs from package A with head morph from package D.  That allows for even more versatility.

There are lots of sites out there that has free V3 character addons, and some that have for Aiko, Michael and even David.

Hair, clothing and textures are all figure/item specific, which means:

Michael 3.0 needs hair and clothing and textures made for Michael 3.0
Victoria 4.0 needs hair and clothing and textures made for Victoria 4.0
Victoria 3.0 needs hair and clothing and textures made for Victoria 3.0
Victoria 2.0 needs hair and clothing and textures made for Victoria 2.0
Aiko needs hair and clothing and textures made for her.

Like figures, a texture made for one hair style can only be used on that hair style.

Clothing is also specific when it comes to textures. A texture for a pair of pants, won't fit all pants... just the pants that it was made to fit. Same with all clothing items.

Sometimes you can manage to  clothing item to fit another figure by tweaking of dials and increasing or decreasing the scale percent, but that doesn't always work. Sometimes a clothing item for Victoria 2 will fit Victoria 3, but their joints are different so posing a figure wearing clothing not made for it specifically will be hard.

Some figures can share items more easily than others, here is a link that will help sort that out:
http://market.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php?message_id=2682279

There are 3 types of clothing:

Dynamic:  This is clothing that you use inside the Cloth room. It takes longer to work with and there is a bit of a learning curve, but it's not too bad, but the results are more appealing in that the clothing actually looks more natural instead of "posed and stiff".  I have included information about this type of clothing further down.

Confroming- Non Morphing:  This is clothing that you conform to a figure. The clothing is made to fit the base figure.  If you change the shape of the figure you will also have to refit the clothing, which isn't always easy if there aren't any corresponding body morphs in the clothing.  Plus posing a character in positions where they are not nearly upright is difficult.  But many prefer this type of clothing over dynamic.

Conforming-Morphing: This is the same as conforming-non morphing, only there are morph dials that you can turn that have corresponding body morphs for easier fitting.  This is the preferred type of conforming clothing because it's easier to fit.

Using a clothing item on a figure that it is meant to be used on, after you have added morphs and adjusted the shape of the body,  can be problematic because the clothes are made for the default figure shape and not the new morphed up shape. So the clothing no longer fits and you get parts of the body showing through the clothing after you add morphs and change the shape of the body.

There are programs that can help fit clothing from one figure to another, or even from the same figure to one that has been "morphed up" using their morph packages.

The Tailor, which can be bought here:
http://www.daz3d.com/shop.php?op=itemdetails&item=677

Wardrobe Wizard (I use this one and it's great). It can be purchased from PhilC's site here:
http://www.philc.net/WardrobeWizard.htm

Clothes Converter, which can be bought here:
http://www.daz3d.com/shop.php?op=itemdetails&item=3069&cat=131

Things like hair can be used across all figures just by tweaking the scaling and trans dials and then parenting the hair to the figure.

Poses are something else that can be used across most human-like figures with just a bit of tweaking to dig out a hand, or fix a shoulder.

Dynamic Clothing (more information):

A nice thing about dynamic clothing is that you can easily use clothing on various figures.Here are some tutorials on how to use dynamic clothing in the cloth room:

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php?thread_id=2665209

http://www.philc.net/CC_sampleVideo.htm

http://www.poserfashion.net/howvic3dress1.htm

http://drgeep.com/p5/cr/cr.htm

Here are some links to some great FREE dynamic clothing:

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/index.php?username=mapps

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/index.php?username=svdl

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/index.php?username=Stegy

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/index.php?username=carib98

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/index.php?username=teyikung

It's also possible to make conforming clothing into dynamic clothing:

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/tutorial/index.php?tutorial_id=868

And it's possible to take a conforming outfit and work with it in the cloth room so that parts of it act dynamic.

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php?thread_id=2517340&page=1

Organization in Poser is very important.  Libraries grow quickly and it soon gets to a point where you can't find anything.

So far as organization goes...

You have 2 options that can help you with organizing and being able to find things:

1.  Create sub folders inside the library folders.

This is the preferred method for many. It uses one single runtime with lots and lots of sub folders within the main library folders, in order to organize the content.  The learning curve is minimal. If you can right click and create a new folder and drag and drop, you can do this.  The learning curve is knowing what folders you can move files around in and what folders not to touch.

You can move around the files inside the library sub folders. 

Don't move, touch or rename files or folders  in the top level of the library folder that carry the name of the merchants, or the "Morph" or the !DAZ  folder because those are morphs and need to stay where they are.

Just work with the standard ones inside the Library folder such as camera, faces, hand, pose, props, hair, lighting, character. 

Leave the files inside the geometries and texture folders alone.

Right now you have a hodge podge of files for various figures in each folder plus props, poses, lights etc.

Open the character folder and create sub folders for each of your figures IE: V3, V4, M3, D3, Aiko, Apollo etc.  Do the same for each of the other library sub folders.  You can also create other folders too, such as "Poses" or "Props" or "Backgrounds" or "Hair" etc.

Then go through your files in each of the library subfolders and move them into the appropriate folder for the figure they belong.

Things like lights, and poses and hair and props are universal items really, and can be used across figure, so I like to have those separated instead of filed by "figure" because I often use V3 poses on Aiko and hair for Posette on V3 etc.

You will run into a problem for items that are for more than one figure. Like where do you file those?  For exxample an outfit that is for V3 and M3 and Aiko and SP3: where do you file them? If you put them in the V3 folder, then you forget that they can be used for M3 and Aiko and SP3 too. It was this complication that prompted me to move onto using external runtimes (described below).

I did it this way at one time and it worked well enough,well except for items that could be used on a few figures like I described above.   I decided I wanted even more organization, and I didn't like having one huge runtime because it was impossible to really burn it to a CD/DVD without having to break it into bits and pieces.  Plus it took Poser forever to load because the runtime was so big.  So I tried option 2 below.

**2. Multiple External Runtimes
**

This is my choice for organizing my installed content.  I did the first method first and it worked for awhile, but as my content grew, it became cumbersome, so I switched to multiple external runtimes, which works out great.

It's really pretty easy.  The problem is that most people over think it.  

Just remember that an external runtime is exactly the same as the runtime in your Poser folder, only it's just sitting in a different location.  

It functions exactly the same way. 

And files are installed / added to them in exactly the same way. 

And they have the same folders in them as the main runtime does. Well almost the same folders.  Scripts for example have to be installed into the main Poser runtime and won't work from an external runtime.

Here is a sample of an external runtime.  Simply download it and unzip it. You will have a folder called "Runtime_Sample"

www.divshare.com/download/8531562-1f6

Find a place on your hard drive that you want to have your external runtimes living. For me it's on my partitioned drive D.

Make a folder called "Poser Runtimes"

s263.photobucket.com/albums/ii124/Acadia_ca/

Then simply copy that sample runtime you unzipped into that "Poser Runtimes" folder and make as many copies of it as you want to.  Change "Runtime_Sample" to whatever name you want.  Here is what I named some of mine:

s263.photobucket.com/albums/ii124/Acadia_ca/

Then all you do is simply install your content into whichever runtime you feel it fits best into.

Once you have finished installing your content look in the Runtimes where you have Daz characters such as V3 or V4 etc.  Go into the Library folder and look for the !DAZ folder.  Make a COPY of that folder and place the COPY in exactly the same place in the main Poser Runtime. 

Poser looks there first so by placing a copy of them in there, you are helping Poser out.  Don't delete the !DAZ folder from your other runtimes though. That defeats the purpose of having external runtimes, which is not only to allow Poser to work faster, organize your content better, but also to not lose your installed runtime content in the even of a crash because hopefully you have also saved your external runtimes to a couple other places for easy access in case of the need to reinstall.

Hope that helps.  If you have more questions, just ask.

Oh yeah, never install anything directly to your runtime. Always unzip / install to a folder on your desk top so you can see what is in side and what the folder structure is.

All that being said, I wish to apologize to you on behalf of those who you feel offended you.  I know how daunting it is to be new at something and have little self confidence and just plain lost!

Many forget that they were once just like that and because they now know how to do it and it seems so simple and logical, that they feel that others should know it too, or even take to it quickly.

When I first started with Poser using Poser 5, I was so completely lost. I didn't know how to do anything!!! And I do mean anything!  From file structure to installing files, to finding the files inside Poser (which is why organization is so important), to changing clothing, applying different textures and even rendering the image.

I was frustrated beyond belief and cried many times because I would ask questions, but because I didn't know what I was doing or needing help with, the answers were basically directed to the exact question that I asked, which most times wasn't what I had meant, which resulted in a whole lot of tears on my end and some pretty flippant responses because I assume that some people thought I was either really dumb or pretending to be. Neither was the case.

I uninstalled poser more times than I can remember.

It wasn't until someone at Daz recognized my frustration and got me into MSN Messenger and literally held my hand walking me through every little step to create my first render. It was a simple scene using Vicky 3, a simple outfit, a texture for the outfit, a ready made pose, ready made lights and ready made hair, and then I finally had my very first render!  That was more than 6 months after I bought Poser 5.

One of the things he did was to give me a link to show me the file structure and where to find the different types of files inside the runtime folder.  That was a huge help!!  The extensions were all new to me and I didn't know what file was for what.

So be patient.  Take the essays I posted and read through them. I apologize if any of the links are dead. I have amassed a great deal of information and put it together, but it's ages old and I have never revisited it to update it.

Never be shy, afraid or embarassed to ask questions.  We were all new once, and sometimes we all have to stop and remind ourselves of that fact before we step in and try to help someone new to the program.

I don't know if they install the updates on the download version, so you should check to see if your copy is up to date.  Go to the Help Menu>About Poser and see what the version number is.  The latest version is 7.04 (mine reads 7.04.220, but I'm on Windows, so your last three numbers may be different).  The update is called 'Poser 7 Service Release 3' and can be gotten here...

poser.smithmicro.com/updates.html

There is also an update to the models included right below it.

Good Luck, and Have Fun!!

This may be a bit further advanced than where you are, but Acadia made a really good point about getting an understanding of the Poser runtime file structure. Meaning: where all those Poser files live, in which folder, and what sorts of files should be in there. I remember having the wrong type of file in a ... say, hair folder ... and then looking for it under the hair library. Turns out it was a .cr2, not a .hr2 (the type of file is described by the file extension).

Oh, and to commiserate: Daz's file system nearly drove me to drink. I couldn't figure out what was where was what in that system. It reminded my of later versions of Windows: in an effort to make things easier (the Desktop at the top of the hierarchy tree thingie, for instance) they confuse much.

There are lots of people that both know what they are talking about, and who will help with any question, stupid or not.  It gives us something to do and helps with the feelings of superiority ;)

With the library panel in windows, a single left click in windows opens the selected library, a single left click at the top will close it and bring back the libraries list.   click on any library folder to open it, click on the arrow thing at the top to return one level. 

The manual is available off the help menu item , or navigate to the Poser 7 program folder and look for the pdf file.

I dont know about macs so cant help.
 
Develop a thick skin, ignore stuff thats not helpful. Any question you dont know the answer to is worth asking but RTFM (read the furnished manual) is wise.   Bear in mind that renderosity is a community of people and like any community has all sorts. ;)  

Single left click opens a folder in Poser 7, Mark? 7? Arrow thingy to go up? I haven't used it in ages but I thought it was all double clicks.

Hello Poorclare, more nice people here than not I think, and big high five to Acadia for a wealth of information and just plain good hearted-ness! besides that, nothin to add.

@baginsbill, er, I rhink single clicks is all you need  for the top level , then it is double clicks within each library and for the up arrow icon at the top.

my bad :(    - to the OP, read the manual for Mac :)

I use my own library script , so its been a while since I used the base poser library .

Acadia,

How kind of you to remember and understand what that person was going through. I, myself am just learning to use Poser. And I bookmarked this whole page. I am sure I will find a lot of your info helpful.

You sound like a wonderful, and considerate person. Don't see many like you now days!!

Oh there's quite a few nice persons here. A lot more nice than nasty IMO. But yes there will be the occasional a-hole.

THOUGH... keep in mind that not all that seems rude is meant to be perceived as such.

Sometimes (most of the times, I think) it's a language barrier thing. There are many people here with English as their second language, and not all are good at getting their thoughts accurately translated. What may sound perfectly fine in one language will come out rude and/or snarky in English. Also some are just not into mollycoddling. They'll tell you, in precise words, what's wrong and what you should do to fix it. Being brief and to the point doesn't mean they're not nice people :)

 Massive thanks to hose who have restored my faith in the basic decency of people, which was only dented not actually broken. I thank acadia for the sheer volume of assistance and everyone else for just posting. Particular thanks to the guy who said helping newbies makes him feel superior, made me laugh out loud.
I will do a lot of reading and practicing
Thanks Clare xxx

There are some Knowledge Base Articles over at Smith Micro Support and Tutorials at Poser.SmithMicro.com on Content Packaging, File Naming and where they go, Content Management, etc... You may want to check those out as well

What I tell all users (not just new) Do the introductory Tutorials.... they are designed to show you the features and avaialble tools (more so than how to do a scene) To paraphrase my Great Grand Mother...(Apologies to Animal Lovers... she was adding her two cents to an old adage...) There are many ways to skin the cat, but you have to know how to use the knife to even begin.

Remember,you can also ask for help at Smith Micro Support... I have heard there are good people there... (c;

 Hi again
I think that i am making progress. Decided to try and approach the problem from the other end. and delete something from the library. Then checked that it was gone to make sure i knew the correct path to the correct file. It worked. Now i have much reading to do thanks to acadia and others, but i am at least at the end of the beginning, i hope.
Many thanks
C

Hi again

First I would like to say to acadia that there really is no need to apologise on someone elses behalf, and that in truth while the words did kind of surprise me, they are not typical of the people I myself have encountered. Especially you acadia, the information you gave me has been a huge help, in particular the link to video tutorials which introduces geekatplay, I would recommend anyone to check the tutorials out.

Much of the mystery for me is related to the fact that I use a Mac, I do have a PC which is not used for anything except to relay movies from my mac to my plasma. I suppose I could hitch up a monitor to the PC but I like the comfort of my desk and my Mac sits on top of that, its easier for me in a lot of ways, and more complicated also. I was elated to actually obtain Victoria 3 and get her into the correct runtime folder and find I could access her in the programme. I was so elated that I went for Michael 3 and bought the head and body morphs package, which incidentally offer a saving over buying them seperately.

I got a little above myself then, flushed with my earlier success, I decided to download everything to a new folder on my desktop and things sort of went awry from then. So much so that I have not actually downloaded the head and body morphs yet, because I got very confused over getting Michael onto the library. I know the path for installing Victoria, and I assumed it would be the same path for Michael, but it seems I was wrong. Cant get good old Mike to make an appearance in the programme yet, but I will crack this, one day there will be blinding flash of understanding and off I will go. I hope.

In the meantime, if anyone knows of any tutorials that cover library and content installation specifically for the Mac I would be so grateful. My OS is 10.5 Leopard by the way.

Many thanks, this has been a very pleasant experience to date

You should find a file in productlists folder located here for Poser 7 on windows C:Program Filese frontierPoser 7ReadMe'sProductLists

that list tells you what files are in the Daz installer and where they belong.

Quote - Much of the mystery for me is related to the fact that I use a Mac,   

 

Sorry, can't help you with any of that.

When I was looking for a new computer a few years ago I thought about a Mac. While I was waiting to talk to the sales person I sat down and played around with a Mac. I liked it, a lot.  However, the reason I went with another PC instead of a Mac is because I had heard so many things about Macs and not being able to use .exe files (Daz installers), and every program I own is .exe. And that some programs won't work on a Mac system at all.  So rather than take a chance, I stuck with a PC.  If I were to get a Mac it wouldn't be for my primary computer, at least not at first. I would invest in a simple basic one as a second computer just to try it and slowly integrate myself into it.  

My knowledge of Poser above version 6 is non existent and my knowledge of Macs is limited to using Mac Paint back in the 80's but...

When it comes to installing content, it's really easy to get yourself in a knot if you don't keep track of what you're doing.

The best way I found is to extract everything into a dummy Runtime then drag the whole shebang over to your real Runtime.  Things like Readme files can go anywhere but I keep them all in the main folder above Runtime.  The rest of the stuff gets shoved in my Runtime folder, then I tidy it up from there.

Some people here use multiple Runtimes.  I - and several others - believe this is an unnecessary complication which can lead to all kinds of faffing about when you're using Poser.  I have a single, huge Runtime, which takes ages to load but once it's there, it's there.  The wait time on startup is more than made up for by the time gained in not switching from one Runtime to the next ad nauseum.  In any event, you pick the way you want to work.

Anyhow, within my Runtime, I use sub folders within the main categories, so in Character, I have Animals, Clothes, Hair, People, Scenery, Vehicles, Weapons.  Within each of these I have sub categories; for instance, my People folder is further divided into Custom figures, Daz, Toons, SF, and ZZPoser.  The ZZPoser contains all the native Poser stuff, which I hardly use.  The ZZ prefix keeps it at the bottom of the list.

All my other main folders are divided up in similar ways.  The one folder I take particular care of is Pose.  The DAZ INJ/REM poses are in the root of Pose.  Some folks have been able to move them from this location without trouble.  I never have, so there they remain.  In order to keep things in a usable state, I created another folder called !!!!Poses (the !!!! puts it at the top of the list) and all the other pose stuff goes in there.  Again, it's divided into Animals, Clothes, Hair, etc.

All of which means I need to do a lot of moving stuff around in order to keep things ship shape.  The upside is, I pretty much know where to find anything without scrambling through miles and miles of stuff.

Final thing:

As a relative newbie, I strongly recommend you read the Readme files which come with your products.  You'll get a better idea of file structure and Poser's idiosyncrasies.  When you get more experienced, you can do like the rest of us and ignore them completely.  ;)

Just remember the only stupid question is the one not asked. I don't know how many times I've come in here and someone is asking a question and getting answers and I'm thinking to myself, whoa never knew that! Just remember to take it slow. The main thing is to have fun with this stuff, if it gets frustrating get up and walk away. Go make coffee, tea or whatever and then come back to it. Oh...and welcome to the addiction!   8^)

Acadia...I love you. Seriously, I LOVE you. :wub:

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Awww!  Thank you! I love you too!  

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Awww!  Thank you! I love you too!  

What's not to love!

HEHE!