crisjon1950 opened this issue on Aug 21, 2002 ยท 21 posts
crisjon1950 posted Thu, 22 August 2002 at 7:24 AM
Howard, think about what Export and Import does. I do believe the idea is to allow you to keep the Poser installation down to a minimum if that is your wish. You accomplish this goal by keeping some things in another folder, or place. You import them into the Poser installation when you need them. You export them when you no longer need them. If you use CDR's for your "extra" stuff, you will have a one-way arrangement. You can import from the CDR. However, once your folder or bank has been imported to your Poser installation, it is there to stay. You can't move it back to the CDR. It's already there. You can't delete items from a CDR. The whole concept of Importing and Exporting resources is much handier with rewritable media. If you use a hard drive, (even a second hard drive), or re-writable CD's, zip disks, etc... you can move back and forth between the media. Move and delete, etc. I love PBooost. I love the ability to switch banks, reorganize, import and export. I just see things at a different level, and deeper than some people do. I think ahead to see just exactly what is involved in exporting and importing. Then I try to formulate the proper approach to make it work. There is nothing wrong with PBooost or the Import or Export functions. It might be a good idea to talk more about the functions and logistics in your tutorial. To summarize, Importing is a one-way procedure if you're using a CDR. You can import into Poser but you can't export back to your original CDR because it is not rewritable. Importing and Exporting has its real flexibility if you use re-writable media such as a hard drive or CDRW.