I'm toying with the idea of using Python to simulate the P4 Material Window in Poser 5. I think it would help transition P4 people to P5 and also helpful when I'm making content compatible with P4. What do you think of this, or am I quite mad?

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Hmm. One of the reasons I don't spend much time in P5 is the whole node business; I partly understand it, but it seems like a lot more trouble for no real gain in the realms where I use Poser. I'd probably get into P5 more if I could use the familiar mtl dialog. But my tendencies are not typical, because I'm more of a technical illustrator than an artist. For the artists, I suspect they'd be better off jumping into the deep end of the pool, and learning the more complicated and more flexible actions right away.

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I don't know what users find so difficult about nodes. Nodes is what I love about P5. They are not so difficult. Are you mad? Nah, just, like most people, resistant to change.

>Nah, just, like most people, resistant to change. Bingo. I think the script is a great idea. While I think the Material Room is the best thing since procedural texturing, there are a quite a number of people who don't want to learn it. Such a script would help them a lot.

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