As an artist with much better artist friends, I don't particularly want the integration of a development that's resulting in artists not getting work or laid off because ' AI does it for free'. Also, as an artist, i don't want the integration of a development that was trained on stolen art from artists.  I know the other software did it. Imo it was a mistake the same way NFTs were. We will see.

The official answer was "not sure when the dev team may get to this". Meaning that, IF it's ever considered, it's not priority.

He was offering you an alternative.

Sorry but we are moving away from the question

I know attempting of hijacking a thread when I see one, thanks, don't try to play innocent.

Thank you, moderation team.

I'd post something about D2 here to get us back on track, but haven't had the chance to get her yet, so if someone would please? :D

I mean, yeah, every user should learn how to set things up by themselves, but the best we vendors can do is something like this. We have no shortage of tutorials on that matter, at least.

It's several extra steps, many users are intimidated by that. Many users are even too intimidated to use any of the other tabs in Poser, apart from the default pose/preview tab.

That's why we've taken to including scripts to automate the dynamic simulation process. I'm not sure if that's actually making more people dare to use dynamics, but I've beem making sure to always include those.

DeeceyArt posted at 4:48 PM Mon, 23 September 2024 - #4489653

And yet the barely there bikinis and undies just keep on coming. LOL

The thing with "office" suits is:

-They're hard to model. You have to worry  about things like fabric behavior, the cut and tailoring of the suit, etc.

-You have to rig everything thinking of how things will poke through the figure AND each other - a sweater might poke through the pants, etc.

-Rigging rigid things like buttons is a nightmare.

-And the more fabric coverage, the more you have to worry about texture stretching at the joints.

-Now add having to add working morphs to all that AND still worrying about all that pokethrough and stretching.

Now consider: all that extra work, AND very few people actually purchase that kind of outfit.

And then you understand why vendors don't really make that stuff.

If I can ha e one request. Just once, maybe wuth the cooperation of vendors and the software writes, write a content creator primer for the modern iterations of Poser. The software doesn't attract new vendors because content creation for it is an arcane mystery and it's secrets are hidden in private conversations,  three forums, two if which are extinct, four manuals (with no actual examples) and ancient primers from the early 2000s.

It's the answer to my years-long prayers, it's what that is. LMAO

 I don't remember the process of how to post up a free item here. I'll have to look.

Simple enough - there's a button in the Freestuff menu ;) 

... why did you post that on a thread about Dawn2? Make your figure her own thread.

Little black dress one is clearly LF2 - I can recognize even every asset used, as I made the original LOL - I'm just concerned about what happened to the poor girl's hands XD

That being said, the moment AI (in its current model of machine learning from images without proper permission) is included within Poser is the moment I'll drop Poser for good.

... If I had a penny for every time I've seen ssgbryan say "a week's worth of office clothing" in these forums, I might be able to retire by now LOL. You're the only one, Bryan, sorry to say that. You can't really make it worth our working time alone. You don't speak with your wallet, we won't go out of our way to please you single-handedly specially when I don't see you buying much. This is work for me, my income is on the line.

The thing is, very few of us Poser vendors are left. We can't suppy a figure like V4 could, because in V4 times there were hundreds of vendors making stuff for her. We can't supply figures like DS Genesis, because there are thousands of vendors making stuff for that.

And why is it that only a few of us are left? Honestly, from my PoV there are a few reasons:

-A lot of us - specially tool creators - have passed away or retired

-Poserdom doesn't know how to bring new people in. The software doesn't make itself known, or desirable for modern audiences.

-It's very frustrating to make content for Poser. While the process is simpler, it doesn't automate anything for the end user, leaving vendors to have to hand-make each part of the process (like adding every single morph, making sure their mix doesn't create pokethrough, etc etc), and there are so many bugs through creation that you end up having to redo what you've made several times because something got corrupted or just weird at some point.

-Poser was stuck in limbo for many years, abandoned while other programs evolved and got better.

-Current Poser ownership IS doing what they can to make it better, and I myself have seen a few of my wishlist requests for new features be added in the past couple of years, but I don't think they have enough staff to keep up and try to fix everything in a timely manner.

What to do about that? I don't know, you tell me. I do what I can, which is making figures that are pretty out of the box and as easy to create content for as Poser can possibly allow (and anyone out there who's made conforming clothing for LF and for LF2 can tell you that it's easier for LF2 - but how many of those are left? Me plus one or two other vendors?), and even for those I try to make it so previous content can more easily be used. Other than that? I'm a single person, and I'm not a developer. Can't do any more than that.

'Alternative' sometimes seems to be a cover for AI. I still think AI should have its own gallery for all pure AI and 'assisted' AI.