Well now it's not giving me problems about recognizing the file, but it's still not loading correctly.  Her leg just shifts slightly, returns to normal and nothing changes!

Another update:  I tried again from scratch, and it does work in the Materials Folder BEFORE I try editing any files, after I go edit the mc6 to a pz2 it doesn't work in either the pose foler or the material folder.  I hope I'm explaining that correctly... point being after I edit, it won't load at all from any folder.  :(

Well all was going well until I went to load the file.  I loaded V4 into my scene, found my mat in the pose folder, doubled clicked and it popped up:

The file being read is not a valid Poser file

Any ideas?  I have version 8 so I changed that to 4, but changed it back and it still didn't work so I don't think that's the problem.  I copied the png over, and that loads in the pose folder.  I edited the file in notepad so I know it's not adding extra spaces or characters or anything weird like that to the code. 

I tested, and it won't load from the Materials folder either!  Grrr!

Not sure what I could be doing wrong then... I am trying to save with the + in the materials room.  I tried it in both the "Pose" folder and the "Materials" folder... and the only way I can add, is if I go back into the materials room.  I can't be in the pose tab of Poser and double click the file like I can for the other Mat files.

I do use both Daz and Poser so it'd be nice to be able to use it in both programs... but first I have to figure out how to save it correctly in Poser.  And I'm fine with it either being in the Pose folder or the Materials folder just as long as I could get it to work!!

Wow thanks all!  :)

lesbentley - Well I'm a little confused, I've seen characters in the marketplace that appear to be dialed morphs, and included they are packaging up as INJ/REM's... I've seen cr2 and such too but no mor's.  Interesting.

SamTherapy:  Gotcha.  Thought that some people might use some of those as shortcuts.

SamTherapy:  That link you included I just glanced briefly... only have a few seconds right now, but I noticed it has "Pre-Made Head Textures"... are people just buying those and using them with their new characters?  That's not what that is for right?!  But just glances that looks like a great site, thanks for sharing!

imax24:  That's a really good point about the clothing and not altering bodies.  Hmmm... hadn't considered that.......

I'd have no problem giving stuff away free... in all likelihood, I imagine, everything I ever make will probably be a freebie.  But it's nice to have ideas and goals.  :)

Thanks for sharing your thoughts SamTherapy.  I think that it's probably true when you are trying to break into anything though, if you aren't as good as those already doing it, you have to break in selling low.  But if you quality is there eventually you can demand more.  At least that has been my experience with certain things in life!  (I was self employed for 6 years selling my crafts online, at the end I was established and known for quality, I was able to sell my items at a much larger price than my competitors.  Anyway, my point, is I think that's probably true in a lot of areas.)

So I've thought of more questions... OK so let's say you make your character, dial morphs or altering with Zbrush or whatever, you paint up your skin textures... but what about the eyes?  Does a seller/giver need to learn to paint up eyes to include in their package as well?

Like Sam said, this is seeming to look like TONS of work with very little reward.  Even being able to sell at $15+ it just seems like the creator/artist isn't getting paid what they should for the time invested.  Or maybe those who are skilled, it just doesn't take them the time it would take a newbie.  Maybe that  is for a different thread though!

Thank you so much all.  I really appreciate it.  Now to pick some and learn them...  :(

Another question:

Is it frowned upon to just dial up a new character, create new mats and sell him/her that way?  Must a person morph the person in another program like Zbrush or Hexagon first?

This is becoming a very expensive hobby!

I look forward to lists of must have programs!!

1.  Crap you mean photoshop won't be good enough to paint the skin in?

And I did want to use the dial morphs as well... at least I have been.

Thank you for your response!

Awesome!  Thank you!!  :)

OK nevermind I think I found more trees... but can anyone tell me with the PLE if I can save/export/import and if there is a size limit on the final render image like Vue has?  TIA.

Thanks!

Oh I guess I don't mean 'zero'?  I mean when you load a character into the screen and their arms are up and feet flat.  When I did the wardrobe wizard and zero'd my characters arms stayed down?