Hehe, not going to take that bet Trav! ;]

So folks, I know there are a lot of questions on the table and I'm sure many more will follow. I'll be paying attention to the questions you're asking here. For now I need to leave you with only these samples of what we are doing. Afterall, I have to leave a good scoop for the press or they'll never talk to me again. As I said when I started leading you down this path, we still have a lot to do. But I assure you. This is magical work. And it is proceding very nicely so far. Our staff here is swamped with all the details needed to build this project. I implore you to give us a little space and time. We are going to come back with some fantastic things... and perhaps in the next week or so, I may have a few more tidbits like those above to share. And a last parting favor to ask... please don't be so hard on each other. It's really difficult to see the community splitting at the seams like this. All the players in our realm will come to the right conclusions and do the right thing for the community. Sincerely, Steve Cooper Curious Labs ...where can I buy shares in Curious Labs, heh heh, that was cool.

OMG!!! All this new stuff that Poser can do?? I'm still not done figuring out half the stuff that P4 does!! I'm afraid you're going to have to wait on the release of P5 until the rest of us can catch up. EG
waits for rocks to be thrown at her

J/K!!!!

Ha! Just couldn't stand the pressure of having Renderosibee on the case, could you Steve? He always gets the scoop!;) Seriously, this looks amazing. More than worth the wait. Tell me, have you decided yet which small country you're going to buy with the fortune you're going to make from this?

I won't take that bet either...just figured I'd add another post to the pool:)

HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY!!! What else can I say. :)

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Yes, this is extremely cool, but I have to ask: when? Is Poser 5 ready for beta-testing? Does the product have an official, if approximate, release date... beyond the rumors that it will be "shown" at Siggraph or DragonCon (or the next high-tech convention)? And, most importantly for CL, when will they begin taking orders for Poser 5? --John

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Seems there will still be a kind of after market availability for the hair?? For presets & styles to use in Poser, that is. And oh, help us, the narcissists are gonna have a field day with this G

I'd bet you can save hair styles. We'll doubtless still need the talents of Master Kozaburo.

Oooooooooooh! This is going to be grrrrrrrrrrrreat! :) That face room looks like a lot of fun! And the hair, wow! And shaders! And ... and ... all the good stuff! :)

Did anyone notice the new Library section? Materials, no less! And it looks as though it's jam-packed with good stuff. If Kozaburo can do wonders with the crappy old plastic poser hair, just think what he'll do with this! mac

Pinch me, I think I have gone to heaven.

It's really, really hard to talk when your mouth keeps hitting the keyboard Kupa!! I have a feeling you'll be up for sainthood before this is over. I appreciate this respite more then you will EVER know. Pendy

:D The thought of the poly count for hair scare's me a little, so I don't think my hair props will be going anywhere soon! Gotta love the face room...imagine, actual unique faces! tee hee

uh... uh.... uh.... WOW !!!! and here I was excited about rumors of a new renderer, this is going to kick @ss :)

WOW OWWWWWWOWWWWWOWWWWWWWW !!!!! Face room, check out that dress in the avi !!!! HEY>>>YOU CAN READ THE DIALS AND SELECTORS !!!! HOLY SHIT(1) !!!!! TABBED rooms !!!!...cloth, poses, on and on.. photographs to face....awesome... PHYSICS ???? The cash is in the savings account... (1) shit that has been blessed. 2. an exclamatory phrase from 1975 America.

How about a PDF Manual now so we can learn all the new things in Poser 5....so when it ships we be up and running day one!

Great, now we can all make Poser guys with mullets! ;-}~ Okay, looks like I'm going to be in a race for getting the first commercial copy of P5. Any hints on the release date so I can get a leg up on the race? :-)

Oh my Goddess, pinch me too! I am in awe... P5 is going to be so much fun!

YeeHawwwww!!!!

Thanks for lifting moral and lightening things up around here Kupa... you are one fine dude and running one hell of a company!!

Jazz
by the way... Where is that CL stock being sold? ;D

The whole package looks great, what a great distraction from the current goings on...a post that actually made me smile :) So can I place my advance order :)

Jay Button pokes out head to see if all the fighting is over Wow! Everything looks great, kupa! I hadn't seen the face room, yet. It looks amazing! Can't wait for it to hit the shelves! :) Jay

Drool.. Real Poser 5 post... drool Real material libaries... Drool.. real stand based hair... Droool... Real posable drool.. drool... uhh... hold on the last suggestion. How about clothing? I'm holding up on making new clothing because I'm afraid stuff I make will be out of date by the time I'm done. What is dynamic cloth? Drool... Dang I have to stop that.

Cant wait to see this new interface in MAC OSX!! i wish we could see the animation tools!!

kupa, If you haven't gotten the idea yet about impatient I am about getting P5 - I went out and bought Divx just to see the animations. (I'm sure Divx is wondering why they were suddenly flooded with download requests today.) If you don't want us to badger you with questions, can we at least try to weasel answers out of you?

Man...this is awesome. I just showed the movies to some friends who aren't even into the whole 3d art thing and they even thought it was awesome, especially after I told them it wasn't some monstrous package like Maya or something similar. This is absolutely incredible. I really don't know what to say as it seems it's all been said. But, the library looks much improved. I didn't miss the "up arrow" signifying (I hope) directory browsing within the library. Ooooh...that alone has me drooling, never mind all of the other jaw-dropping features. Thank you Steve and the rest at CL for this sneak preview and for working so damn hard on this thing. It looks great! I can't wait! My fingers are reaching for my credit card already!

WoooHooo 5's Alive!

How about a novice like me beta-test it, only way to tell if its user friendly is to let a learner use it, most of the people here will pick it up quickly, so Steve keep that in mind please lol. Man it looks so coollll

I have always been one of the most critical about the length of time without an update. For the first time in over a year, I am happy to have had to wait. Looks better then I ever imagined!!

GeorgeD, please tell me that that's a Poser version of Johnny 5. I'd really like to have one.

Ya know, me too. J5 would rock to play with in poser. Tom Adding J5 to the wishlist, though P5 stays one top

humming "The Looker" theme. Anyone remember that movie? I have my little dollars saved and ready.

Hmmm.. let me guess release will be when the hardware part catches up :) System requirements, for windows at least. 5 ghz processor. 3.5 gig ram 250 gig hard drive. 3D video card with 600 mhz processor. 5 system cooling fans and a built in microwave, fridge and cathater, cause you know none of us will ever leave the computer again. Lol.

I was just getting ready to put away my "toys", format my hard drive, install Red Hat and live a nice peaceful geeky existance when you go ahead and wave these teasers at me. Sigh... In two weeks, when I'm sailing on the Gulf Of Mexico trying to relax. I'll be drinking Corona, getting tan, and babbling, "It's got a hair editor..." Sigh...

4 cents, 5 cents, 6 cents...

I keep going back looking at the interface... and damn I want to click on it so bad... :)

Ok, I'm passing a tin cup around, hoping to scrounge enough money for when 5 is ready! >:op

Rather impressive stuff, Steve. Will we find some "little" improvements also, such as a more flexible system for managing data files? - Jack

I hope the manual will be new and improved as well. Please let us Mac users know what we will need to run it. To X or not to X...That is the question. I can't wait to play with the hair. What about lighting and reflections?

I've gone back to that cloth demo about 20 times already :)

I dated someone once who teased me this bad.

Good thing I have been putting my renderosity earnings away in savings! This is going to be Fantastic! Steve, I am seriously impressed! If I knew this was what was coming I would have let you spill a few beans when we talked. No I regret the fact that I just said no and you let me.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm........................POSER 5....... (looks like 100 posts by midnight EST)

Wow, I'm so pumped for this! Thanks Steve. Great timing on the release of this new info too!

material lab looks pretty amazing... note that it appears character surface can be changed for the textures beyond the transparency, reflection , bump, highlight now available.

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Kupa, So how much will I have to put away each month until it's released to purchase.

I'd have to say that this looks to definately be worth the wait. This isn't just a litlle jump - this is a huge leap forwards. Can't wait to get my hands on it either :) Questions (that I don't expect you to answer): Procedural textures? Real reflections? Better transmap preview? Are the new p5 figures based on any existing geoemtry? If they are new geometry, do they have high and low poly versions? Are there improved animal models? Can you 'hair' any model? how is the 'hair' area defined? If the color is based off of skin texture, any way to make tips of strands a different color than base? Can the hairs be exported as geometry? How are hair styles defined? Can those be preserved as presets? Ok. Someone elses turn!

Kupa, totally awesome! No...better than that. :O)