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Subject: What happened to poser 8?

wayneout opened this issue on Nov 14, 2011 · 13 posts
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wayneout ( ) posted Mon, 14 November 2011 at 5:07 PM · edited Mon, 09 December 2024 at 2:40 AM

Due to my money situation, I have to buy things when they go on sale.
I bought Poser 7 from Content Paradise when they had it on sale for $50.
I have to admit that I like it better than Poser 6. So, I was hoping that Poser 8
would go on sale now that Poser 9 is out. However, I cannot find it on Content
Paradise website or SmithMicro website. I find a French version and a German
version, but no English version.   When I google "Poser 8 for sale", I get a few
websites selling Poser 8 for around $50, but I have never heard of these websites.
Is it possible that Content Paradise will bring Poser 8 English version back when
they are ready to put it on sale?   I bought Poser 4 from Metacreations, Poser 5 and
6 from Curious Labs, so I would like to stick with buying from the creator.
Thanks,
Bill

RobynsVeil ( ) posted Mon, 14 November 2011 at 5:46 PM

MySmithMicro is, to my understanding, part and party to the company itself. They run specials from time to time... personally, I'd be shooting for PP2010, MUCH stabler and fantastic features, Bill.

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wayneout ( ) posted Mon, 14 November 2011 at 6:10 PM

Thanks for the info. I will keep watching to see if they have any deals.
And I noticed it was 64 bit too.
Bill

WandW ( ) posted Mon, 14 November 2011 at 6:14 PM

Buy.com has Poser 8 for $50 with free shipping...

http://www.buy.com/pr/product.aspx?sku=211579085&sellerid=32315939

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PrecisionXXX ( ) posted Mon, 14 November 2011 at 7:08 PM

http://www.purplus.net/poser8.html

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wayneout ( ) posted Mon, 14 November 2011 at 7:14 PM

Purplus was one of the places that google mentioned but I had never
heard of them and didn't know if it was a good copy. (not a pirate copy)
But that is the same place that sells it on buy.com.
Thanks everyone

Bill

vilters ( ) posted Tue, 15 November 2011 at 2:23 AM

If you buy Poser8 be sure to upgrade to SR3.

Poser 8 Service Release 3 (SR3) 8.0.3

This critical Service Release for Poser 8 will update any previous English version of Poser 8, including the hotfix, SR1 versions and SR2/SR2.1. Simply download SR3 and launch the installer to update to Poser 8.0.3.11793. For full details on what the updater includes, please refer to the Read Me file linked below. Mac users will need to re-enter their original Poser 8 serial number after updating to SR3. - This update will only work on an installed copy of Poser 8.0.x.

Macintosh
Download the SR3 for Poser 8 - (63 MB .dmg)
Download the SR3 Read Me - (.rtf)

Windows
Download the SR3 for Poser 8 - (20.1 MB .zip)
Download the SR3 Read Me - (.rtf)

Happy Posering

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PrecisionXXX ( ) posted Tue, 15 November 2011 at 6:43 PM

http://www.purplus.net/smmipopro20.html

 

Might want to look at this too.  Good price.

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Plutom ( ) posted Tue, 15 November 2011 at 6:56 PM

Purplus.net is a reputable site, I received Carrara 5 from them, came new in a sealed box.

nobodyinparticular ( ) posted Wed, 16 November 2011 at 9:55 AM

Poser 8 is a big improvement over 7. You will be happy with it. The new library alone was worth the price of admission for me. Of course 9 and PP2012 are further improvements. If and when you have the money, you won't be sorry.

vilters ( ) posted Wed, 16 November 2011 at 2:41 PM

Poser8 brings the new library but it also brings IDL.

And In Direct Light was the BIG jump to realistic light from all the AO and or IBL faking before.

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wayneout ( ) posted Thu, 17 November 2011 at 7:48 AM

Thanks again for everyone's help. I ordered the Poser 8 from buy.com.
I will probably wait until after Christmas and order PP2010 from PurPlus.
Thanks,

Bill

imax24 ( ) posted Thu, 17 November 2011 at 11:22 AM

If you're going to spend $50 on Poser 8, then another amount on PP2010, why not just spend a bit more for Poser 9 or 2012? You're going to end up getting it anyway, eventually. I believe SM has an upgrade price from P7.

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