jbruni@yahoo.com posted at 12:18 PM Sat, 6 July 2024 - #2988438

I then proceeded to try out the "make movie" animation feature, and that's where things went off the rails.

The first thing I noticed was that Poser no longer spools the images directly into movie files. Instead it prefers to generate a ton of individual image files and then merge them afterwards.

We always had the option export Image sequences.  I think it was only changed like this to accommodate the PostFX features, which I think needs pre-rendered images to work.  It's great, if that's something you use, but over-complicated the process for normal preview exporting, which used to be 1 click.  Hopefully it gets more love in the future.  Id really like them to add a Preview Render tab so we can get the simplified exporting features back in addition to the new tab.

ChromeStar posted at 7:04 PM Sun, 7 July 2024 - #4487131

Select and drag does not work right for all figures, some morphs do not carry over properly.

If it's not a bug it sounds like some objects might be locked and/or hidden.  For whatever you have that doesnt move, can you select it and check the Object menu to see if Lock is enabled?  I'm curious about that one.  Ive never had any issues with this myself and all I use Poser for is animation. 

At least for me its just that the Animation Palette is so frustratingly slow it makes editing keyframes a much bigger task than it should

Uncanny_Film posted at 1:42 PM Fri, 26 July 2024 - #4487768

Main thing I always wanted to get improved was the animation panel.

Absolutely agree!  That is all I use Poser for too and its an area that definitely needs some love.  Especially considering the GUI slowdowns that have come over the years.  For example the Animation Palette is lightening quick when I go back to Poser Pro (7) but these days there is a long delay/lag we have to wait for every single time we try to arrow through frames.  it makes the process a bit frustrating.  Especially for more complicated scenes.  I almost need to go back to older Poser just to do the main animation work and then bring it into modern Poser to finish it up.  Id rather keep it all in one place.

keppel posted at 8:29 AM Mon, 15 July 2024 - #4487368

The day Poser adopts the subscription model is the day that I uninstall Poser.

As long as its only optional and they don't remove perpetual licenses like Adobe did its not bad.  That just means people who can't afford the big price tag have the option to try it out.

mooncraft1 posted at 7:17 AM Thu, 7 May 2020 - #2946863

Love discord? Join the unofficial discord server for Daz 3D: https://discord.gg/hjGSPZW

is there an updated link?

Amaranth posted at 7:58 AM Thu, 13 July 2023 - #2980792

Those that have been a long time may remember the Renderosity Chatroom, we always had fun there.

I was wondering since so many use Discord nowadays if Renderosity had a server there.

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Check this post on the topic. I was asking the same a while back
https://www.renderosity.com/forums/threads/2934991/discord

mdbruffy posted at 8:53 PM Fri, 19 April 2024 - #4483823

Sunfire posted at 8:41 PM Fri, 19 April 2024 - #4483821

In the program you will find a purchases tab with the library. Click on it, then click on included and download from there. It will install into a directory called included. It is also where you will find the default content that installs with Poser 13.

I'm looking at Local Disc  (c:). Program Files > Poser Software > Poser 13 > I do not see a purchases tab. I see a Runtime folder, then a libraries folder, but the only thing in that is an empty collections folder. 

If you're ever curious where things exist, in the Lirbary enable the Extended Details Panel (found at the bottom of library if you click the 3 dots).  it will show you the filepath and it even provides a button for "Show in Explorer" to make it easier to go to.  As far as I've seen it works the same for both official and custom runtime locations,


As for the Purchase tab, that is found within the Library IN Poser.  Not Program Folders.    Open the library in Poser and look at the top of it. You will find the normal "Library" tab as well as a Search, Favorites and Purchases tab. 
On the Purchases tab is where you install/download the purchased content.  THEN you should be able to find it in the actual runtime locations once it lives on your harddrive.

I hope this info is helpful to you.

I still have Poser Pro (7) and 2014 installed just to use the D3D scripts.  Its very sad the dev has passed.  They will not get updated. 
The D3D Delete and Figure to Prop were the most useful and quick tools and they were so fast.  Super quick to open and use with a few key presses.

if you really get under the hood editing things in text and animating 2d things outside of poser to place on geometry, you can bring in fx animation.  I like to experiment with those.

Modifiers and bullet physics are fun too

Larissa198 posted at 12:12 PM Tue, 23 January 2024 - #2985955

Hello , i did check poser in YouTube and forums but mostly i seen people using it for still images while poser says it is powerful for animation too so i wonder if poser can be good for animation or it is only good for posing and rendering still images ? 

if i want making animation is poser 13 good choice ? 

also have anyone done animation with it if so i want to see their result please . 

It absolutely is although not often shown to be.   Some of the coolest animations have been made using it despite some limitations.  Those limitations are something I've grown fond of.   Here's a few examples:

MontyOum's work (RIP):
-Haloid
-Icarus
-Dead Fantasy series
-Red Vs Blue Seasons 7, 8, 9 & 10 (its a machinema series, but the action scenes were mostly 1 guy done in Poser at first.  Some other help on later seasons.  I came in at S10)

Examples from RvB:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke9wtbzGjCI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf2C0i5E6Ug

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGTbpXbzPjE

-RWBY Vol 1-3 (with a team) is probably the biggest nationally known production in the world to use Poser
(we mainly used Poser 2014 at the time, but not much has changed in the animation department over the years aside from added features and a few changes...still good)
The initial RWBY Red and White Trailers were only Monty, and then Black and Yellow was he and I tag teaming:

Red
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYW2GmHB5xs

White
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt9vl8iAN5Q

Black

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImKCt7BD4U4

Yellow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCw_aAS7vWI

I have a couple goofy personal projects too:
Mega Man X Fanimation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F991RSOU00Y

Previs Dummies 1&2 (ugly but fun, just to focus on the animation side)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z54Ybs0DZg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAIoEp1pPPQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnrPv7Kd2TI

I'm still using it but have been too busy with animation work lately which requires Blender for the pipeline, but absolutely not done with Poser.  I much prefer doing animation in Poser over Blender, but there is a bit of knowledge for making use of it that can be a little scarce to come by unless you know people who know. 
All of the above mention projects did make use of original models, some game assets, products from DAZ and other places, all modified of course.
Hope that answers you question.

Gave this a try too just to see what's up. Ive never noticed that issue before but also don't think Ive ever used the "Graph..." context menu button to access it. 
It opens a whole new graph window for the same parameter every single time it's clicked.

johnsta2oo posted at 4:44 PM Fri, 15 September 2023 - #4474634

I'm not particulary worried about the version of Python. I grok Python fairly well. What I'm looking for are definitions of the Poser classes,  methods, etc., and that's been a real bitch to find. However, for anyone else looking for similar information, I did find this site useful: https://vdocuments.mx/poser-python-methods-manual.html?page=1. Not perfect, but it is possible to dig out the needed information.

I'm trying to find into too.  That link make all the virus alerts go nuts on my compy. 
How exactly does one access the pydoc server thing?  I'm not knowledgeable in this area.

nerd posted at 3:02 PM Mon, 1 May 2023 - #4463958

...Someday poser will get real particles and make this stuff obsolete...

I hope so. That would be awesome. Its been on my Poser wishlist for over a decade.   Even if its only Playstation 2 particles I'll take it.

ShaneNewville posted at 10:14 PM Thu, 27 April 2023 - #4463618

randym77 posted at 5:12 PM Thu, 27 April 2023 - #2979035

I tried the same file in Poser 12, and it's fine. Click "cancel," and the render cancels nearly instantly.

But with Poser 13, it just hangs. Task Manager shows CPU usage is high, but nothing seems to be happening. Maybe it would resolve eventually, but after several minutes, I killed Poser. Tried it again after rebooting, same results.

Ive run into this too.  For test sake, next time it hangs, see what happens if you press Alt+F4  (make sure you saved your work before attempting, or try with a test scene).
See if instead of forcing Poser closed (as Alt+F4 normally would), see if it cancels render, freezes Poser for a few seconds, and then go back to normal.  If it does, now try to render with Superfly against and then also cancel it again once it starts.   Curious if we are getting the same results.

Quoting myself since Edit is not an option.  

I haven't run into this again since it first happened.  Ive been trying to replicate it but no luck so far. 

randym77 posted at 5:12 PM Thu, 27 April 2023 - #2979035

I tried the same file in Poser 12, and it's fine. Click "cancel," and the render cancels nearly instantly.

But with Poser 13, it just hangs. Task Manager shows CPU usage is high, but nothing seems to be happening. Maybe it would resolve eventually, but after several minutes, I killed Poser. Tried it again after rebooting, same results.

Ive run into this too.  For test sake, next time it hangs, see what happens if you press Alt+F4  (make sure you saved your work before attempting, or try with a test scene).
See if instead of forcing Poser closed (as Alt+F4 normally would), see if it cancels render, freezes Poser for a few seconds, and then go back to normal.  If it does, now try to render with Superfly against and then also cancel it again once it starts.   Curious if we are getting the same results.