Could someone explain the difference between a gradient bump as to a regular bump? I looked in the Poser 6 reference manual and it really doesn't say anything in there about gradient bumps or I missed it?

Thanks!!!!

Gradient bumpmaps are a relict from Poser <= 4.
Avoid them if you're using a newer Poser version.

Yeah, the term "Gradient" may sound fancier, but in actuality it is only there for compatibility issues.

A true pain that many don't seem to know about this.  I'm tired of having to change a ton of bump maps by hand. 

Has anyone wrote a Python Script that might ease this task, btw?

There's a collection of python scripts available... someone (though I can't remember who) wrote grad 2 bump, and bump 2 disp, and did versions that both changed only the material you were currently working on, and all the materials on that object/figure.

jonthecelt

Thanks for the info. No wonder the Poser 6 reference manual doesn't say anything about it? I am using Poser 6. Would like to upgrade to 7 but not in the budget at the moment.

As far as changing bump maps go. I though Poser 6 does that automatically?

Quote - As far as changing bump maps go. I though Poser 6 does that automatically?

Poser from PP onwards doesn't convert files into gradient bumps (only P4 or below will do that).
Starting with P5, if you have an existing BUM file, you can use it by plugging it into the Gradient_Bump input (this is done by default), but for unconverted maps it's better to connect them to the Bump input (or the Displacement input).
Moving the connections for several materials is tedious if you have to do it manually, which is where the scripts come in (see Python forum).

See page 299 of the Poser manual.