Razor42 posted at 9:04PM Sat, 02 December 2017 - #4319202

It's only a problem if you have a business to run.

Earl tbh, Renderosity have bent over backwards over the last few years to facilitate customers with a preference for Poser content. Not that their efforts have been greatly welcomed by that same Poser community who now seem to spend most of their time between the official Smith Micro Poser site with it's (Content Paradise Store) and the Hivewire3D site which was formed by former Daz 3D staff.

I mean do you really think the reason that the OP cannot find as much Poser content these days is that it's all on the back shelf or they can't scroll past a few adverts at the top of the page, which are clearly labelled as "Sponsored Ad's"? Or is it possible that the Poser content market is currently in a decline phase? Could that be the reason why the majority of adverts are for DS products? Why the 'What's Hot!" side bar is full of DS products?

Honestly, I have never heard a DS member demand to have anyone who occasionally opened Poser removed from the DS forums here. Never heard a DS user clamouring for Renderosity to invest in drop down options which separates the market into Poser/DS. Never heard DS users complaining that they're tired of seeing products for Superfly only to find they won't work with DS and that they should therefore be removed from their sight.

Earl tbh sometimes I think this kind of stuff is why the Poser platform is in the position it currently is. It reminds of people arguing about what color the blinds should be changed to, while the building burns down around them.

Okay, I'm getting the message loud and clear. Shut up, sit down and buy what we tell you. Blender is looking better all the time. Oh and there's a reason why I spend most of my time now at Hivewire and the SM Forum. I used to spend that time here. Used to.

AmbientShade posted at 8:58PM Sat, 02 December 2017 - #4319201

EClark1894 posted at 9:26PM Sat, 02 December 2017 - #4319198

No one said it was a Poser- only site. That much is evident by the amount of ads I have to wade through to find Poser content. I'm not even telling or suggesting that Renderosity cut back on ads. Just that they make some adjustments towards who the ads are targeted to. At least that way, the ads will be more effective because they're reaching people who want to see them and may actually have some benefit from seeing them. It will also benefit the vendors who buy the ads because their ads will be appearing in front of people who WANT to see them. Or is that a problem?

I dont think the site is set up for targeted ad campaigns. It would require them to keep track of what everybody searches and buys and tailor the ads to match it, or have people fill out questionnaires to know what kinds of ads they want to see. Plus if you're only advertising to current customers then how are you going to attract new customers? Showing Poser users attractive content for DS can help increase sales of DS content. And if Poser content vendors aren't buying as many ads as DS content vendors are buying then what would they put in the ad spaces? It doesn't appear that ads are paid for per view or per click. Seems they just run for a set period of time regardless of who sees them or how many times they're seen. I doubt seriously that there are that many people who are devout Poser-only users for it to be worth the cost and effort to tailor ads so specifically to each person's needs. This is probably an issue that would be better addressed to the market place customer support anyway. I did mention it in the Marketplace. It was ignored. This thread was in the Marketplace. It was moved.

AmbientShade posted at 8:37PM Sun, 26 November 2017 - #4318697

3-DArena posted at 6:04PM Sun, 26 November 2017 - #4318678

So you are basically agreeing, as a Poser Ambassador, that for a content creator Poser is NOT as viable a software to create content for to earn income.

No, I'm saying that after years of users begging vendors to create content for other figures, and something more than the 100,000th bikini, and consistently being ignored, devs gave end users more tools to create and modify the content that's out there to better suit their needs. It's not much different than what DS does with its autofit features, only it doesn't require templates and isn't limited to a particular set of existing figures. I should make a correction though - the fitting room is usable by vendors for quick transfer of rigging to clothing, that just wasn't the promoted example use of it. The tools don't limit content creation for vendors, they expand the use of content to more figures.

I'm not aware of licensing fees for V4 and the face room. First I've heard of it in fact.

Instead of locking threads, maybe provide examples to counter the negative claims. There's no reason we shouldn't be able to have a productive discussion about content creation for Poser, in the Poser forum, especially if it helps to dispel the myths that it's difficult.

They're not looking for a productive discussion. What have they said that was productive?

jennblake posted at 3:29PM Sun, 26 November 2017 - #4318680

Ok everyone. This was originally posted by a buyer who wanted to know why there wasn't more Poser content. And although I realize that this is a valid discussion...maybe it is one we should have in the Poser forum at this point. I am moving this thread.

I don't think it's a valid discussion. I think it should be locked. It's gone from asking about Poser content to one sided software bashing.

moogal posted at 6:27PM Thu, 23 November 2017 - #4318476

[perpetualrevision]

For what it's worth: I'm only interested in conforming clothes b/c I put characters in way too many poses (and fiddle with the poses in each shot way too much) for dynamic clothing to be practical.

That's a problem with Poser's dynamics. In theory, dynamic (or at least elastic) clothing should be less problematic than conforming one rigid figure to another.

That's a problem of users not knowing how to use the controls properly to get what they want more than anything Poser's doing, or not doing.

Did my first Boolean operation in Blender today. Wasn't as hard as I thought it might be. It looks more intimidating than it really is.

Change up again. I've been working on the Content Creation Category, so all of these freebies are from that research. Today's freebie is a UV Wrapping software,

LithUnwrap 2017 - Free UV Mapper for Windows

Just to switch up from the last three photo editing programs of the last 3 days. today's freebie is a 45 day trial version of ZBrush from Pixologic.

https://pixologic.com/zbrush/trial/

So was putzing around this weekend and decided to try and list my directory with the search engines. I only did two, Bing and Google. I'll do Yahoo tonight. Just wanted to let you know that I checked and Bing has already started returning results. If you type "Poser Content Directory", the directory comes up first page. Google doesn't mention the directory until page 4 and even then it's listed as the "Poser Weapons Vendor Directory." and that's the index page it will take you to.

In response to the original poster's query: Where has all the Poser content gone? Find out here:

adzan posted at 10:15AM Wed, 04 October 2017 - #4315309

Kazam561 posted at 7:09AM Wed, 04 October 2017 - #4315308

I suppose it's better than something like V iteration 105215767.8 lol

lol - her evolution is quite complex when you add in that Daz also called the first few generations the Millennium Figures - she must be royalty with such a convoluted naming system haha

Daz abandoned the Millienium name because some customers were calling her "Millie".

Hey, it finally came back on line. That's why I didn't list him in the directory.

keppel posted at 4:44AM Sun, 01 October 2017 - #4315144

You should have a contact link on your directory page so any vendor who is not listed but satisfies your selection criteria can apply to have their name included. Hint, hint

I'm working on it. If you need to reach me though, you can always reach me through Renderosity sitemail, or the HiveWire Forum messages.. Actually though, you could help me test something out. Could you send an email to Avis at 3dcontentdirectory.com? I need to see if that email is working.And just so you know, you need to be a Poser content vendor with Poser content currently available either from your own website or an online store to be listed. You also need to have at least one product. I would prefer more, but it's not a crucial requirement. Oh, and nothing DSON compatible. It has to be native Poser format.

SeanMartin posted at 12:52PM Tue, 19 September 2017 - #4314437

Well, for a company whose free software has been downloaded millions of times (according to DAZ anyway), they sure seem to be on somewhat shaky financial ground these days — that comes from a couple of merchants to vend there and find DAZ's support... uhm... less than stellar unless you're a top-tier supplier like Stonemason.

As for Poser, Poser users got all POd because Dawn wasnt some hot-yo-mama right out of the box like Vicky. When PP11 was released, that was all the users cared about it — how sexy or not Dawn was. Everything else upgraded in the program didnt matter; it was all about how much usable T&A S/M had provided. True, S/M's flagship characters havent been the best (although the Poser9 guy wasnt too bad, all things considered), but the software itself is lightyears beyond Studio, especially in lighting and animation. It was well worth the lousy 99 bucks I paid for an upgrade to PoserPro 11 last month. If you want more sexiness in your Poser characters, maybe write S/M and tell them? I did. They were appreciative of the feedback. If you're a modeler, maybe pitch them an idea on how to improve these characters?

FWIW. my go-to mesh these days is Kyle 15, whom I've made into a bit of hottie for a toon character. He got zero support from the vendors. ZERO. But thanks to Wardrobe Wizard, I have over 40 megs of stuff available for him. Some of it didnt work as well as I'd hoped, but hauling it into a 3D program and cleaning it up wasnt that difficult. Sometimes, guys, ya just gotta be pro-active about this stuff.

Actually Sean, I don't remember hearing ONE person saying that V4 was a "hot-yo-mama right out of the box " figure. In fact, for the first few months or so all I heard was how sick everyone was of V4's purple underwear and that she was ugly in her default state. I never thought so personally, but what do I know. If they weren't complaining about one of those two points they were trying to get a V3 figure with a V4 head, so V3's clothes would fit V4.

Two Weeks til launch! Fingers crossed.