I got one!  Not sure what I'll do with it but ...  I got one! :)

600x600 for faster renders.  1200x1200 for other output.  I'm such a square.

Quote - Hmmm. One day before RDNA's new store launches.

 

Probably just coincidence.

Indeed! Hmm... ;)

Yes, I agree with Scott.  Poser does check the local stucture to make sure multiple copies are not running at the same time using the same serial.  I think that's fair.  It doesn't phone home to snoop on your or to sell advertising.

Content Paradise is just a convenience portal for those who might have purchased Poser, are brand new and have no idea about CP, Renderosity and Runtime DNA.  Back in Poser 5 (and maybe 6), they was a way to remove the tab.  It is not really necessary now as it doesn't use any resources (that I know of) while idle, so you just don't click on it if not interested.

I don't really care for cloud computing or automatic syncing across the internet to mulitple devices.  That's probably because I really don't have a need for it the way I have things set up here.  I do make backups on a portable device daily and make hard backups though.  However, others might see the cloud and online application services to be convenient and find them valuable for various reasons.  To me, they are too externally dependent and wind up being subscription based, which I often avoid - well I'm not subscribing for software, period.  I'd rather buy as I go and if I fall behind a few versions, I'd rather evaluate on whether I need or want an upgrade and I'll gravitate towards companies that offer a non-sub alternative.  Sorry, bit OT unless we are talking about how it all feeds into company practices. ;)

In your scenario, you would have pretty much the same strand hair features in both programs.

If you are on a 64-bit system, I'd go for Pro 2012 over Poser 10 because with both editions you would have more time-saving features and better performance.

Without Poser 10, you'd be missing Raytraced Preview, Sub-D, Comic Book mode and the Fitting Room.

However... there are other means to Fit Clothes - utilities here and there, Wardrobe Wizard and using a modeler/re-rigging.  Not easy, but it's there.

Comic Book mode is cool, but you can get similar results in post with a graphics application.  There are also free and pay-for toon shaders at various places.  There's also the sketch designer in both, that you could use as-is or composite in a graphics application.

Sub-D and Raytraced preview are dandy to have but not essential.  Not saying they aren't useful - they are.

Poser Pro, you're getting 64-bit, Background Render, Render Queue, Weight-Map creation, etc.  If I weigh both, I find the Pro features more useful in general.

Just my 2 cents.

I have a smart phone (very recent for me) but I certainly won't purchase with it or check my bank account/whatever account with it.  I don't have a problem getting RSS or news feeds with it and that kind of thing... oh and making phone calls :D  I'm still not much for texting.  If I get texted, expect something like "kk" and not much else.

I'm not much for TV either, mainly the commercials.  About 15 minutes of that nonsense and I'm done.  I wait until everything gets streamed or I can otherwise purchase it.  This usually means I'm couple years behind but I have so much entertainment at my disposal already that I don't care about that.

combine SRs:
I'm sure they could.  Why they don't, I don't know.  There are certainly to reasons on both sides of it, to patch or not to patch.

dowload manager:
It seems to me that this was done to have one download system, regardless of retailer that doesn't rely on website access where a connection could be broken or to remove funny behavior of this web browser versus that web browser.  I'm not defending or detracting from the download manager.  I do think it should remember your serial number, but that's also the least "safe" option.

upgrade from rmp:
Can be hard to keep up with depending on how many retailers/partners.

your isolationist situation:
You've put yourself in an uncommon scenario and therefore the extra hoops come with that territory.  So you'll have to deal with transferring downloaded updates/content/whatever from your net-capable machine to the one that isn't.

If you were instead to defend your main machine from threats, I don't think you'd have that much to worry about, in general.  That doesn't mean something unlucky could happen but in mosts cases, it's doing things like opening attachments from sources you aren't sure of, traveling to questionable sites and/or not having up to date or decent protection.

Your stuff isn't going onto the internet unless you put it there, use a synch/cloud service, and/or aren't adequately protecting your machine.  I personally also avoid to put any of my important stuff into any kind of Windows common folders like "My Documents", "My Games", etc.  To me those are high target areas.

I don't think at all that those places/stores would intentionally drop a trojan or other malware but places do get hacked/infected, so you're still taking a risk.

But all-in-all, it comes down to choice and you have a specific way that you've elected to do things and you seem comfortable with it, so it's not wrong, just uncommon and a scenario that is going to require extra steps.

What I would do is:

Fire up the download manager that you'll receive.  Pick a save location that  you can easily find, even if you have to make your own folder somewhere.  Download all the stuff.  Take all of that and burn to dvd-r along with a text file that you create and place your serial number inside of.

Full content is several gigs.  I'd guess around 6 GB?  If you only have cd-r's, it's going take a pile of them.

Due to updates, most of the content and such would have to be re-downloaded anyways.  So the only thing of benefit would be the main program, which also needs to be updated.  IMHO, it would be better to have all the updated content and program in place and burn those installers to disk yourself.

I don't think the boxed version comes with a printed manual, so besides a box, you can just burn the download version to a dvd.

The only difference is that instead of floating elements, as in Poser 7, the elements dock to one another (for the most part).  The same widgets are still there.  I'd screenshot your old Poser 7 setup and do your best to just set up the 2014 UI like that.

To move things around, go near the top of a widget and in most cases, the icon turns to a hand.  Click (keep it down) and drag and you'll get a blue shaded box.  As you move over other things the blue shaded box should appear.  Where you release that item will be placed there and docked in that position (snapping next to other items).

If you click the little box in the upper right corner, you can make it "lock" by un-ticking Drag-Dock Enabled.

Does that help?

Quote - Close! Not bad at all, Coop. Roxie's ball is a little bigger though. Not that I really care.

Obviously, Roxie is having more of a ball :)

Agree with moriador.  You want 64 bit programs, if you can get them.  You also get weight map creation, Background Render, Render to Queue, Poserfusion and several other things.

It is a great tool that does a decent job but it is not a "magic bullet".  Depending on the quality level that you find acceptable, you may need to smooth out the results with the morph brush - with some morphs, not all.

Quote - Is poser 10 any better than 2012?  Better, worse, etc?

I wouldn't advise going from a Pro version to a Regular version.  The losses versus the gains are not good.  Going from PP2012 to PP2014 or P9 to PP2014 is a better route.