I just ordered both - I will let people know how I get on - thanks for the tips!
Nick

And I got sent an email invoice for something I bought ages ago...

Quote - I don't find CR Pro hard to use, but it is very diffrent.

that is to say steep learning curve but once you get it, its easy to use.

Thanks Tyger - sounds like its what I need to clean up the old libraries before I start moving them around...

Nick

Thanks for some quick responses!

(And it would also make my life easier if Content Creators would use their names - **WITHOUT the "!" and other characters to get to the top of the $!£"ing list!)
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PBoost looks handy, I'll read some more about that, it could help. CR Pro also sounds like it could save me a lot of time!

Do people feel that these programs are reasonably easy to use? 
Nick

That is correct, V3.

Quote - The IT.A.02 (standard, water and fire) and IT.A.03 Bioborg work with V1 or V2 and V3 with "Vicki 3 to Vicki 2 sr1" (in bundle with V3 product) Best regards; Andygraph

Sorry, I am obviously being seriously stupid here - so what do i do when it asks for the OBJ file I don't have?

Nick

Quote - starbase1, what ITA 02 product do you have ?

Only the basic ITA 02 package works with V3toV2 SAE.
(http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/index.php?ViewProduct=9162)

BTW, Vicky 1 and 2 are more expensive than Vicky 3 because all morphs are already included.
The (free) Vicky 3 only comes with a few basic head morphs, and the morphs have to be purchased separately.

stahlratte

Yep, that's the one I have.

And thanks the pricing makes a bit more sense now!

:-)

I use poser and lightwave quite a bit - more LW than P...

A much under rated tool for converting objects is Accutrans 3d. It's fully functional shareware, cheap to register, and and does a superb job of translating between formats. It can do quite a bit of cleaning up as it goes too, and the author is VERY helpful.

http://www.micromouse.ca/

For more heavy duty stuff with Poser in Lightwave, Greenbriar Tools is pretty powerful, (and also available for other 3d packages). I use it mainly for getting poser content into lightwave. It can get a bit more pricey with all the modules, but it does a good job. It's the best one I know for getting textures intact between programs.

http://www.greenbriarstudio.com/3D/

It's got some rather impressive options for getting models the other way too.

For using poser stuff in lightwave on the cheap I made a tutorial:

http://www.starbase1.co.uk/tutposer1.html

Part 2 still not written which will cover animating.

Nick

Thanks for responding here Andygraph. In case it helps other people:

HI,<br></br>So, if you have V3 you will have the "Vicki 3 to Vicki<br></br>2 sr1.cr2"<br></br>in this path:<br></br>runtime/libraries/character/DAZ People/Vicki 3 to<br></br>Vicki 2 sr1.cr2<br></br><br></br>more infos:<br></br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.daz3d.com/support/faq/index.php?id=12">http://www.daz3d.com/support/faq/index.php?id=12</a><br></br><br></br>the template of Vicki 3 to Vicki 2 sr1 is the same of<br></br><br></br>===========================<br></br><br></br>Now the nearest thing I can find to this file name is "Vicki 3 to Vick 2 SAE.cr2", close but no cigar.<br></br><span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, 'Sans-Serif';"><br></br>I also followed the Daz link - it confirms what the files are for, but I am still no wiser on how to actually use them!<br></br><br></br>RandyM - I have never tried editting files manually as you suggest - is it straightforward?<br></br><br></br>Thing is I still get the feeling from Andygraphs notes that this kind of hack should not be necessary?  Oh, and thanks to Andygraph for helping in what I think is a second language!<br></br>:-)<br></br><br></br></span>

Thanks for the ideas - it all makes sense, but the product said it could be made to work using this tool? I sent a request for info on how to the author, but no response as yet.

It does seem a bit odd that V3 is free, but the inferior V2 is not!

Nick

Doh!  That's it - thanks!

Thanks for the tips guys, much appreciated.

I'm on Windows Xp pro, and the latest patch Vue 5 infinite.

It lowers its priority when sent to the background, always on my machine. It does make a difference to render time, if it is competing with another process for CPU...

If I want it to render in backkground, it works if I minimize then change the prioirty...

Very odd, but at least it's now predictable.
Nick

Well, there are always a lot of things running - but I have never ever seen a process that dynamically changes it's own priority class downwards before...