OK I'm in the materials section of poser. I want to select a map for the P4 woman for example. I find a directory where some maps are stored. So the question is, is there a way to see an image preview of the maps in that directory so that I could choose the map I want without having to go through all the hassle of rendering the scene to see what kind of map was applied? When you have a lot of maps it's hard to remember all the names of them and what they look like. I just want to be able to select a map in Poser and be able to see a preview of it before I actually load it. All modern programs seem to have this feature. Is this feature included in Poser and I just haven't found it yet? Maybe I'm blind or something.

There is nothing built into Poser that I am aware of, however, some operating systems have that feature built in. For example, in Windows2000 you can change the file list display options to either "Thumbnail" or "Preview" depending on which version of the file browser the program supports. Poser supports the version that uses the Thumbnail option. You can then see a thumbnail of the graphic file of your choice. Tom

If you run poser explorer (in frestuff) at the same time you can get all your previews of maps here.

Do a search on 'Yarp' in the free stuff - best little utility ever made for poser (and he's a good-lookin guy to boot).

Mac also has previews...

doozy that's exactly what I'm talking about. But I don't have a mac:(

Doozy !! another MAC user.... Allright!!

What's a Mac ? :o)

If you have QuickView installed and enabled in Windows, you can right click on the file and select QuickView and see the image. Ed

-I have a PC, & since I work with a LOT of graphic files of all kinds, I'm always tracking down viewing utilities to help keep them under control - I finally found a shareware utility called Invisible Viewer V1.01, does 80% of what I need to do so. Once loaded into memory, (I put it in my StartUp folder), in any file-management-view-box (or whatever they're called), just pause the cursor over the name of a graphic file that it recognizes, and a small pop-up displays the contents of the file. It works on most graphic-type files (not, oddly enough, on GIF files, but Poser doesn't use those, that I know of). Doesn't work on .BUM files, as that's not a common extention. DOES work on BMP, JPG, TIF, & others. Rwgistered for it online after trying it for a couple of hours - contact info here. Invisible Viewer 1.01 is shareware by BKK Software. bkksoft.netfirms.com Invisible Viewer single user license costs $12.5. I use it in Poser's texture selection popup all the time. Now if I could only remember what template format goes to what poser file, I'd be set! :) ps I'm not assoc with them - just recommending it because I use it with Poser constantly. ;)

But I don't have a mac:( << Well, why not????