Hello Frank T:
As you indicated, it would be a lot of work to create a proxy scene.  
From what I have seen posted on this forum, Vue Stream does not really work very well, otherwise, I would upgrade to VStream from Infinite.

It appears that Vue will not accomplish what I need, therefore, are you aware of any other software that could be used to create and or build environmental scenes (3D) that could be imported into either Poser or Cinema 4d ?

Thank you in advance,
Ron

It would be difficult to construct the animation without the scene since the story board calls for the characters to move about the scene, sit, climb, etc.  If I were simply dealing with a planar space I could easily export the Vue scene as a PNG and import into Poser as a background but I need the scene to be 3D.  What about importing a Vue scene into another animating program, such as, C4d?

Hello:

I am trying to create scenery that can be imported into Poser 7 or Poser Pro for the purpose of animating a character within that scene.

I am not sure I understood the "Python"method described and which direction it was intended to export or import material.  In any event, I am hardly a Python expert and was searching for a more reasonable method to move a scene from Vue 6 to Poser if that is even possible.

Thank you in advance.

Well, I saved the Vue6 scene by selecting all of the objects in the scene and doing an .obj export but Poser did not like the file.  It did not import any of the .bmp or texture maps, so, all I got was a colored matt (the plane)... basically useless. As for "scene" export, Vue only offers two options, 3ds and Lwo.  Not sure what else to do and after all is said and done it may not be possible to accomplish the desired task.  I might have more success importing the scene into C4d which I will try when i have more time to kill.

I am very open to suggestions if you have any other ideas.

Regards,
Ron

Thank you for the advice,  I will give it a try.

Quote - Monday, March 17, 2008Apple snags 14 percent of US-based PC retail sales in February

By Katie Marsal

Published: 05:00 PM EST 

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Growth in Apple's personal computer business continued to outpace the industry average last month, with Macs accounting for a 14 percent unit share and 25 percent dollar share of all US-based PC retail sales, according to market research firm NPD.

The above information merely references the number of users but it does not speak to a specific sector of users, such as, the percentage of total personal computer owners that use their equipment for graphics, animation, video editing, etc.  With this consideration in mind, the actual numbers could, from a statistical viewpoint, be entirely different ... much higher or lower.

Addendum to above:
IMO the above 14%, with respect to the topic of conversation, may not be entirely accurate because it only references a specific time frame and does not consider the number or percentage of users as a whole which would require knowledge of the actual total number of users.  Taking a poll on this site would assume that the lion's share of Mac users, within the defined environment, are member of this forum and, of course, that may not be the case.

Monday, March 17, 2008Apple snags 14 percent of US-based PC retail sales in February

By Katie Marsal

Published: 05:00 PM EST 

e

Growth in Apple's personal computer business continued to outpace the industry average last month, with Macs accounting for a 14 percent unit share and 25 percent dollar share of all US-based PC retail sales, according to market research firm NPD.

The above information merely references the number of users but it does not speak to a specific sector of users, such as, the percentage of total personal computer owners that use their equipment for graphics, animation, video editing, etc.  With this consideration in mind, the actual numbers could, from a statistical viewpoint, be entirely different ... much higher or lower.

Hello Synpainter:
I too use a Wacom tablet,  but primarily for Photoshop work.  A Shuttle Pro is used for video editing (Final Cut Studio) and the 3D mouse for character creation and animation.  As for the 3D mouse, when it works, it's a great time-saver.

With respect to the "percentage of Mac users" responder, my gut feeling is that the 5% quoted number seems a bit on the light side but as the last poster suggested,  real numbers would be helpful.

Well, it certainly seems that there are a considerable number of Mac users, myself included.

With regards to the 3D Connexion Space Explorer, I just received an updated e-mail from 3d Connexion's support team indicating that their first response was erroneous.  It is now stated that all of the buttons on the Space Explorer should be programmable from within Poser Pro using the 3D Connexion driver but I have not found that to be true, at least, in my case.  I am awaiting an updated response from their "advanced" tech support.

Quote - Actually, it seemed that the mac population in Poser was a a lot higher than normal computer populations based on a survey at DAZ. But I hate the double button mouse and have switched it (but I do use the scroll wheel).

If that is case, then it would behoove the 3DConnexion people to get working on making their driver more effective for the Mac.  BTW, the purpose of my initial question was to determine whether their decision to basically ignore the Mac was based upon sound business practices but if the DAZ survey is accurate, they're missing out on a buying population.

I wasn't aware of the ability to write Python scripts for this purpose, thanks, I'll give it a try.  In the meantime, I am awaiting a controller profile to be used with ControllerMate which should open up the programming potential of the Space Explorer.

As for the Contour Shuttle Pro, I have been using one myself for Final Cut Studio but interestingly enough, its buttons are easily programmable with regards to Poser functions, so, why can't the 3DConnexion people get their act together to do the same?

Hi Stewer:
To clarify, both Poser and Poser Pro Mac allow for 3D movement, i.e. cameras, figures and parts of figures, etc. However, 3D Connexion's controllers have potentially programmable buttons that could be used to control various program functions but neither Poser 7 nor Poser Pro Mac will recognize the programmable macros.  As a result, one is not capable of utilizing those very useful functions (read: buttons), hence, a less than full function controller.  Oddly enough, both Maya 8.5, C4D R10.5 and the Mac OSX (desktop) will read the macros that can be produced from within the 3D Connexion driver panel.  This tends to suggest, IMO,  that there is something odd about Poser/Mac's code.  I am told, however, that the macros do function in the Windows version; Mac users ignored as usual.
Admittedly, everyone has a different work flow but I find that anything that allows me to keep my hands in one place and not jumping from one device to another allows for greater efficiency and speed.  Having to move from the controller to the keyboard and back diminishes that efficiency and it is for that reason that the provision for macro controlled buttons were offered on those devices ... it would be nice if they worked!

Thanks for the info.

Hello Marque:
Thank you for your suggestion, however, it appears that the company's support for Mac is limited at best.  Although 3D Connexion's web site lists the Space Explorer as being "certified" for use in Poser or Poser Pro, their tech people have indicated that it uses the same driver as the Space Navigator and as such is no more functional on the Mac than the SN.  That means that only 2 of the 15 buttons have any function at all!  Nothing has been done to improve Mac compatibility since January 2007 when they "opened" the driver to include the Space Explorer.  So, it appears that they have no intention of supporting the Mac in any meaningful way and that the only means of making the device functional may be to employ a 3rd party program such as Controller Mate.  Admittedly, this approach is less than agreeable and should not be necessary for a device that is allegedly "certified" for use with Poser and Poser Pro.

 Hello:
OK, I reinstalled the driver and it seems to work somewhat more effectively but I cannot seem to get the programmable buttons to work.  I am operating in the Mac OSX (mac/intel) environment.  I tested the Space Explorer for macro function with the mac os and it works as it should on the desktop, however, it does not work with PoserPro or Poser 7.
Have you found the programmable buttons functional in in the above programs, Mac version?