I can not afford this,but even though my wife has left me,took the kids and everything and left me in debt,im gonna get it,i need something to look forward to and another reason other than the kids to live for,sad i know,but at the mo i will take anything i can to not be in my own head,cant wait for the 21st

Yes, if there is one thing about poser it is that it is very distracting.

Quote - Well this time around just getting 2014, can't see any reason for both. Am getting excited, just found out a few minutes ago in an email. Haven't been here for a while but guess I need to come back and see you all.   8^)

 

waves at Marque Howdy stranger! ;)

Anything new for the Hair Room?

Quote - > Quote - This is going to change my life... finally will have things I wished for ages... thanks God and SM!

HA! Fabi you  never needed any help with Poser ;). Might be able to release twice the products in the same amount of time tho! LOL

My credit card is smoking already....hahaha.

Laurie

Laurie... dear... in a house where 3 computers are always rendering something, any help from the softwares is just blessings coming from the sky...

I am VERY eager to see this thing of the fitting room... and the rendering enhancements... really cannot wait.

Btw... thanks darling :)

I'm using bullet library in Modo 601/701.

From this experience, this library is not good enough for

softbody/cloth simulation things.

Sure, it works almost perfect for solid surface, rigid body.

Such as stuffing candy balls in bottle.

But its cloth simulation is awesome, strange folding, easily stopping by error,

and it has not enough parameters for control whole simulation.

In my opinion, Poser's cloth room is far better.

Currently I usually make cloth in poser , and export it to Modo.

So I do not expect much.

But introducing dynamic things in poser is good progress for the program.

I am excited about how Poser Pro 2014 will make it easier for me to use the non-mainstream figures I like to use, like Mankahoo's Angela, BVH's Angela, Michelle, Bella, Kez, Koz and Cynthia, the new Renithra as well. And also the older figures - it will be so much easier to clothe them.

I have to agree! 

quote]I was sooo exited during testing I just kept going around the clock. :-)

This is a combination of what most end users wanted for a long time.

All tools, be it for Poser 10 or for Poser Pro 2014, are such a big step forward that this is a true "Game Changer".

The SM - Poser  team did an extremely GOOD JOB here.

They have my deepest respect.

I'm very curious about the new realistic characters. Alyson 2, regardless of her looks was exceptional in bending and BH took her to the next level. How do these new characters compare I wonder.

Does the new Poser-native bullet physics implementation supercede PoserPhysics then, or does the latter still offer extended features?

Anyway, bring on the 21st. I only wish I had a bit more time to be playing with it when it arrives... least it sounds like it will let me get more done in the time I do have! :)

Looking forward to these new realistic human figures... and I also really like the look of those new toon figures that Teyon has been working on :)

Quote - I'm very curious about the new realistic characters. Alyson 2, regardless of her looks was exceptional in bending and BH took her to the next level. How do these new characters compare I wonder.

Well Darrell, the man who modeled and rigged Alyson 1 and Alyson 2 rigged Roxie. He also retopologised her based on my sculpts with Poser in mind. So far, everyone who has used her says she's among the best we've done to date. 

Probably on the minimum wage with no health benefits.

Rumor has it ,it will have vector maps.

sigh Wish I could buy but can't afford it right now. But I sure wantz it!

Is it Roxy who is in the Pixar Subdivision surfaces video?

Rex also looks fantastic from the gallery pics.

Just managed to watch those videos in my lunchbreak.

In general, my reaction can be summarised with the following smiley array:-

:tt1: :tt1: :tt1: :tt1:

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Why do I get the idea that on the twenty first, Smith Micro is going to be very difficult to get to?

;)

Doric

so, pushup bras for the ladies should be real easy then?

And NVIATWAS will no longer be the must

but NVJUADWJB  (naked vickie jumping up and down with jangling boobies) will be

.........sorry i have lowered the tone ... lol ;p

Quote - And NVIATWAS will no longer be the must

but NVJUADWJB  (naked vickie jumping up and down with jangling boobies) will be

 

.........sorry i have lowered the tone ... lol ;p

Not knowing many of the BBB (Big Boobie Broads), but knowing a lot of the IBTC (Itty Bitty Titty Committee) , The jangling boobies, I'll probably pass on.

Doric

Shouldn't that be NRJUADWJB?

(newcomer* Roxy jumping up and down with a jelly belly)

;)

*SFW

Quote - And NVIATWAS will no longer be the must

but NVJUADWJB  (naked vickie jumping up and down with jangling boobies) will be

 

.........sorry i have lowered the tone ... lol ;p

You can already do that, anyway . . .

;)

Quote - Shouldn't that be NRJUADWJB?

(newcomer* Roxy jumping up and down with a jelly belly)

;)

 

*SFW

lol thats barney's field, im sure if he jumped hard enough he will go through the ground plane, then again you probably could make that into a trampoline ...BOING BOING

You can already do that, anyway . . .

suppose you can with morphs and magnets , to be honest id rather get barney on the trampoline, alot more fun lol

To be honest, that's the first one of the toon characters that's interested me.  Don't know why.

Doric.

THIS MUST BE THE WORST UPDATE IN SOFTWARE HISTORY...EVER!! DOES SM THINK I WILL BE WASTING MY HARD EARNED CASH ON THIS PILE OF DOG DO-DO! I MEAN, C'MON.....HAHA! I'M JOKING!

This seams a pretty thorough update...congrats to all the developers involved. My only wish, is that they would finally sort out the accurate rendering of caustics and refraction in Firefly. I'm a little flumoxed as to why a run of the mill rendering feature is causing them so many problems for so many years.

I would certainly buy this in an instance, but alas, most of my rendering is done in Vue Infinite, and until I upgrade to a newer Vue with the newer Poser SDK, it's hard to warrant an immediate upgrade to Poser...but then again, don''t underestimate the power of a new toy :P

Bullet Physics is cool.

Adding accurate physics to Poser Hair? - hmmmm, I suspect the hair itself will still look crap! lol!

Jangling boobies should be on the SM feature list page!!!!!!!

Fitting Room features look awesome!

Magnet and Deformer weight map support - looks good, but never have got on well with magnets...I always felt like I was juggling 10 things with one hand all at once with magnets. Trying to get what I wanted, just ended up in a big frustrating mess. Best feature for me was the ability to delete magnets! ;)

Morph Brush Improvements - GREAT! I love the morph brush, so any improvement is good news!

Still no "Make Great Art" button!!!!! Tossers...they need to fire whoever is responsible!

Did we get the PAUSE render button.... please, please....

This a must have version and I can't wait.

Quote - raytraced display mode and simulations gonna mean people are going to be very unhappy with their current video cards, me included. Im glad I wasnt lured into buying PP2012 when they had it on sale.

I didn't see anything that said either were GPU based, so it's your CPU and available RAM that are likely most important there. 

OpenGL preview is GPU based and has been further optimised in this version so it could work better than the current version on the video card you have now.

Quote - Did we get the PAUSE render button.... please, please....

This a must have version and I can't wait.

You can pause renders if you send them to the Render Queue.  I do that all the time.

Hey, maybe this new version will mean I can have a working render queue again? That would be nice. It's been bust for me ever since the last update.

Quote - Hey, maybe this new version will mean I can have a working render queue again? That would be nice. It's been bust for me ever since the last update.

Works great for me still, did you make sure you've installed the updated render queue on every computer you want to make use of?

Quote - > Quote - Hey, maybe this new version will mean I can have a working render queue again? That would be nice. It's been bust for me ever since the last update.

Works great for me still, did you make sure you've installed the updated render queue on every computer you want to make use of?

Yup. I tried everything I could think of and everything anyone else suggested. This version just won't work for me, unfortunately. Be nice to have it working again.

oh Cheers, you know you are going to buy it don't you.  How can you resist.  I can hear it calling you Cheers, Cheers, Cheers where are you???

Goto Poser
Load a test figure and load the suit.
Goto Fitting room and fit
Goto Pose room and conform.

Load second test figure and fit the same ridersuit.
Goto Pose room and conform.

Load 3rd figure, (Posette)
Goto fitting room and fit
Goto Pose room and conform.

I altered the number of thightening steps slightly in between for the demo.

All clothing fits, is rigged, moprhs transferred, autogrouped and conformed.

AND scales as required; look at little posette. :-)

Total time from start in Hexagon to build the ridersuit, to and including this post : 34 minutes.

NO POSTWORK, No clean up, no finetuning, just "AS IS".

Impressive... Thank you.

That looks good Vilters, thanks for the time test! 

Now we are going to have to accumulate a set of spandex morphs (I think there are some out there) so that auto-fit does not suction between the body bumps:

V4 (+morphs)
A4
V4 Elite
A3
Alyson
Miki
etc...

A nice market opportunity for someone  ;-)

I've not had good luck using the morphing tool for that.  Do the new options make this any easier.  This was an immediate need with other figures that had auto-fit stuff.

Oh, if you want loose fitted clothes , no problem either.

This can be adjusted inside the fitting room, or outside with the new morph brush tools.

The demo was a "speed" and "fitting" test.

Quote - Oh, if you want loose fitted clothes , no problem either.

This can be adjusted inside the fitting room, or outside with the new morph brush tools.

The demo was a "speed" and "fitting" test.

Not really loose, but a tight shirt (for example a polo) that does not pull into the chest (same for the pants backside)

...of course there are times when that look is appropriate (or inappropriately appropriate) I guess...

There are some new and improved brushes to work with.
Thighten, loosen, and sag. Sag being controllable gravity. :-)

Quote - Now we are going to have to accumulate a set of spandex morphs (I think there are some out there) so that auto-fit does not suction between the body bumps:

I've not had good luck using the morphing tool for that.  Do the new options make this any easier.  This was an immediate need with other figures that had auto-fit stuff.
 

There are a couple ways you can approach that in the fitting room. One way would be to use the paintbrush to reduce the amount of "tighten" between the breasts. The other way would be to add some "soft feature" in that area.  It could also be a combination of both those things. But it is definitely controllable.

Hello Dee, I just posted a morph brushed touched up version.
But this is not my speciality. :-)
I know, I should practice. :-)

It took 3 minutes. :-)

Quote - Hello Dee, I just posted a morph brushed touched up version.
But this is not my speciality. :-)
I know, I should practice. :-)

LOL me too!  I hear you totally! The more samples we try, the more experiences we all share, the more we will learn. That's the way of the Poser community, eh? 8-)

You are sooo right, and BTW, thank for the manual update.
Check Mantis in a minute will you.

Guys, Dee expanded the manual to a 907 pages piece of art. GOOD JOB.

Thanks Deecey/Vilters, I appreciate the tips!

Quote - > Quote - raytraced display mode and simulations gonna mean people are going to be very unhappy with their current video cards, me included. Im glad I wasnt lured into buying PP2012 when they had it on sale.

I didn't see anything that said either were GPU based, so it's your CPU and available RAM that are likely most important there. 

OpenGL preview is GPU based and has been further optimised in this version so it could work better than the current version on the video card you have now.

It does say under the system requirements that a "recent NVIDIA GeForce and ATI Radeon required for advanced real-time preview features". So, yes, you will need a modern graphics card for these features (raytraced preview and real-time physics I assume). I have a GTX 670, so I should be fine.

TD

That is for all the (improved) open GL preview features.

I've got a GEForce GT540M, is it going to be enough?  Is there more detail on this?

I would like to see the features of the new Poser demonstrated in a belly dancing animation.

Ha- ha- ha- we where exepecting another question for that feature :-)

Quote - It does say under the system requirements that a "recent NVIDIA GeForce and ATI Radeon required for advanced real-time preview features". So, yes, you will need a modern graphics card for these features (raytraced preview and real-time physics I assume). I have a GTX 670, so I should be fine.

TD

Wouldn't the real-time preview features refer to the improved Open GL and new toon and comic display modes?  I'm still under the impression that the raytrace preview and physics are both probably CPU based. 

Anything DX11 capable is still considered modern, right?

Quote - I've got a GEForce GT540M, is it going to be enough?  Is there more detail on this?

I'd think you'd be fine.  I'm on a GTX 650 and that's a few generations away, but not light years.