ajsavill posted at 6:32PM Sat, 14 March 2020 - #4383535

Another Mac user here; one of the problems with DAZ downloads, even if they're labelled for Poser and manually downloaded, is that the folder structure of the zip file places the 'runtime' folder inside a 'content' folder, which is a DS setup and Poser may not recognise it when using the 'install from zip file' option. The easiest workaround is to go into the downloaded and decompressed 'content' folder, compress the 'runtime' folder inside, then install this new zip within Poser. To go back to the original post: Carrara content can't be imported into Poser AFAIK. You need a copy of Carrara and then you can (theoretically at least) import your Poser content into it.

The confusion with Carrara is that Poser files will generally work in Carrara but the reverse is not normally true, not without some conversion anyway. If you are new or returning to Poser I can understand that the difficulty if you are trying to use an install manager to install content. Installing manually is easy once you know the process. As already stated the runtime is the key, unzip or decompress and move the runtime to where you want it to live. If it is a new Runtime launch Poser and then add it to the library. A little difficult if you are new to the process but hardly convoluted.

It should be noted that this is seen as an issue and one Rendo state they are working to improve on in up new releases of Poser.

 

 

I use Poser 13 on Windows 11 - For Scene set up I use a Geekcom A5 -  Ryzen 9 5900HX, with 64 gig ram and 3 TB  storage, mini PC with final rendering done on normal sized desktop using an AMD Ryzen Threadipper 1950X CPU, Corsair Hydro H100i CPU cooler, 3XS EVGA GTX 1080i SC with 11g Ram, 4 X 16gig Corsair DDR4 Ram and a Corsair RM 100 PSU .   The desktop is in a remote location with rendering done via Queue Manager which gives me a clearer desktop and quieter computer room.