First of all, I am prejudice as the next person. Everyone is prejudice, I don't care what they say. (However I believe everyone should be treated with equal respect) I too also hate people who "speak for God" or speak for their particuliar organized religion. Especially if they try and push their own religion on other people. I don't speak for anyone except myself. I have/had relatives who were directly affected by Hitler and by that Nazi flag that represents HATE! As I said in my previous post, I was just driven to ask the artist what drives him to display such "politically incorrect" symbolism. I don't push my ideals on anyone and I hate people who push their ideals on me.

I'm sorry, perhaps I prejudged you, in which case the worst I can accuse you of is being insensitive, which isn't a crime. Hate and prejudice have many degrees, from simple insensitivity to intolerance all the way to violence. I guess I'm just having a hard time seeing where your artwork is coming from, what motivates you, is there a message? And yes I DO disagree with forms of free speech that cause pain and suffering to others. When I say people hide behind that constitutional right, I mean that the original intent of the law was to allow people to speak out against injustices in the government, not to abuse other people. I'd like to think (hope) I'm wrong about you and that you are just an off-the-wall, fun-loving guy. It's just very hard to tell with some of the artwork you have produced.

Remember the recent controversy over the southern cross flag. African Americans were insulted and degraded by the very sight of it. The good ole boys claimed it was part of their history and they wanted to keep it flying over their government building, irregardless of what it represented to so many people. I agree many people these days are oversensitive to what is not politically correct. While others simply respect other's feelings. The continuous use of such symbolism (Hitler, the swastika, gay stereotypes, etc) shows not only a total lack of respect for other people, it announces to this forum (and the world) that "I am going to send a message and I'm proud of what I'm saying" It makes me sad that the KKK and White supremacy groups used to be somewhat hidden and clandesant, but have now come "out of the closet" using the free speech BS as some sort of sheild. Obviously this problem is not isolated at Renderosity, but this type of "art for the sake of confrontation" saddens me and makes just one more unsafe to be. You all have your right to look at it, defend it, give it life and make it grow. But in the end it's still what it is...a step back into the wrong direction.

I think you know who and what I'm talking about. But since I'm in the "minority" I don't expect much to be done. I just wanted to have my say. Thanks.

Thanks again guys, and geep, I sent you an email. :)

Thanks for the advice Valandar. One question though, why do I see so many models available in the 3DS format for use in Poser? Is there some advantage of using this format over OBJ ?

Wrong Virus, it is extremely offensive to me. That's why I'm so glad that Poser users have a choice of where they can hang out, the PFO where there are some boundaries, taste and common sense or HERE at the wild wild west where anything goes. To each his own.

I could have gone without seeing this. Ah well, I guess I'm a little too sensitive.

Ron, I agree with you to a certain point. I'm guessing you are around my age (in your 30's or 40's) But I'm afraid times change and unfortunately family and social values are going down the crapper. I agree that cursing in public is still socially unacceptable, but there are certain words that are gaining widespread acceptance and there is nothing you or I can do to change that. Television is (again very unfortunately) a mirror of society. And society has come a LONG way in defining what's acceptable. Remember in the old TV shows, you couldn't have a married couple shown in bed together? Or you couldn't even show a woman's bellybutton? Nowadays, you get to see Allie McBeal french kissing another woman! I'm afraid I've learned to go with the flow. My 6 year old son says things that I would have got slapped for when I was that age, including the words butt, jerk and snot. So back to the word "piss"..... I think the refined older folks here in the forum would prefer not to read these types of words. While others see it as a standard part of todays vocabulary. Who's right? I think both sides are right. The evidence is the previous postings and strong opinions on both sides. (much like the abortion issue) The one thing that we CAN agree on is that everyone is entitled to their opinion and there is no need to get nasty because your opinion differs. Ron very politely stated that he was offended by that word, and he got a lot of hostile replies. While you may not agree with him and will continue using the word piss, you SHOULD allow him his opinion and not bash him for speaking his mind.

Thank you!

Thank you, they look great! Now if I'm not pushing my luck, where can we find those fabulous textures?

I just don't understand people saying they doubt Poser 5 will ever come out. To me that sounds more like a "sour grapes" type of statement than a logical well thought out thing to say. Curious Labs bread and butter IS POSER. Most if not all their resources are geared to that one product. It takes A LOT of time to develop a FULL version release. Patience! Unless you have some sort of inside information from Curious Labs, I suggest you hold off on all the doomsday talk. You can bet your 3D Virtual Farm that Poser 5 will be released and it is going to be great!

I've had a similar problem, but also from within Poser itself. When I reopened my PZ3 file, the belt would change to a different setting. It would also export incorrectly into 3DS Max. What worked for me is, change the fantasy armor settings to the correct morphs and then immediately save the file WITHOUT doing any other changes. That will usually allow me to export correctly. (If I make any changes, such as moving an arm or leg, and then save, the incorrect belt setting would be exported into Max) Hope that helps.

The thing that really does the trick is adjusting the Falloff Amount to 0 (from 100) in the Extended Parameters rollout in the Material Editor. This works especially well for the hair.

I'm a freelance graphic artist. One of my current projects is creating people doing various signing. (Like sign language). On this project alone I'm making about $1000 a month and it is only using Poser and Photoshop. I've also made additional money over the years with Poser, on average about $400 a month. So, yes it is very possible for an artist to make money using Poser as one of your tools.