I have lots of runtimes to keep things seperated, about to 40 of them right now. I have been using Poser for years and have a lot of stuff...

Anything thats new goes into a runtime that I can delete later, that way I can easliy find what I just installed and figure out where I want to put it in the other runtimes.

If I get a set that has lots of things in it. Ie charaters, props, lights mats, etc. I may not always put them into the same runtime either.

Things like props get seperated into different runtimes depending on what they are.

Clothes are sorted by character runtime, and type.

Poses are sorted by character runtime as well.

Lights and camera settings usually get deleted. I don't use many preset light sets since a lot of my renders are interior ones with internal and external lights based on the room.

Everything from Poser 5 and prior, is lumped in one runtime. I used to keep everything in one runtime but it got to the point that finding things was next to impossible. That runtime is huge and I still use things from it a lot...

I have an animation runtime, that is just for storing things used for animations. That one could really use some cleaning up, I have been putting stuff in there for years and it is a mess... lol

I need to make a hair runtime, but I have been putting that off for a while now. Many of the hair sets out there will work on lots of characters. And technically you can use any hair set you have, on any character with a little work.

If you use Poser for work, also keep in mind that you should seperate things based on comercial usage rights as well. There are lots of sets out there, that can not be used for comercial work. Just about every runtime I have has a Non Comercial section in it.

Seperating runtime like I did can be very time consuming depending on how much stuff you have. But once it is set up the way you want it, it is worth the effort.

In the end, the best way to set it up is whatever works for you. We have search now, so one runtime will work fine, if you can remember what it is called.

Backing them up is something that you should get in the habit of doing on a regular bases, especially if you invest the time to rearrange it. My runtimes are mirrored on multiple machines and synced on a daily basis well.

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