Ghostofmacbeth opened this issue on Dec 06, 2001 ยท 28 posts
rbtwhiz posted Sat, 08 December 2001 at 4:43 AM
While I agree that pz2 files are generally (significantly) smaller... their use should be determined by the project. Both, cr2 and pz2, approaches have nuances that, depending on which you'd rather, could/should factor into one's choice in resolving the 'problem'. For a figure like Glen has described, where the base figure will remain constant (with regard to the adjustment in question), the cr2 route would be the better one. With this approach, you'd load the figure from the library with the adjustment already applied... without the requirement of additional steps for selecting and applying a pose. The pz2 route would be more practical for something in the figure dev arena... like building a new figure, based on a similar hierarchy, by which you create new cr2, from scratch. To avoid from having to tediously go through each channel and set limit values in said new figure, you could create a 'pose' file that injected the min/max values... saving you a significant amount of time. Or, in this particular case, the pose would be better suited to reset the figure back to the original default settings. Of course, these are just my opinions on the practicality of it... but, to each their own; it's a case of the end justifying the means.
-Rob
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