RedPhantom opened this issue on Jul 28, 2007 · 13 posts
RedPhantom posted Sat, 28 July 2007 at 4:01 PM Online Now! Site Admin
Is there a utility either for free or pay that allows you to browse the p3z files and see a thumbnail of them without having to actually load any of them in poser?
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vincebagna posted Sat, 28 July 2007 at 4:06 PM
Yep, totally free: windows browser! Just right click to see your files as miniatures when browsing.
Miss Nancy posted Sat, 28 July 2007 at 4:23 PM
mcpbrowser (OS X).
Acadia posted Sat, 28 July 2007 at 4:48 PM
http://lcrepiliere.free.fr/softp3dopro.php
I think this views the pz3 thumanails.
Here is another link for the same thing. This one shows all the files it can view:
http://www.senosoft.com/softp3doFileFormat.php?soft=pro
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lemur01 posted Sun, 29 July 2007 at 6:59 AM
So how do you do it with windows browser?
vincebagna posted Sun, 29 July 2007 at 9:28 AM
Quote - So how do you do it with windows browser?
Oops! It only displays the png, not the 3D thing... 
LanceB posted Mon, 03 September 2007 at 10:16 AM
I have P3DO Explorer and it is a great product but it does not give you a thumbnail for pz3s. If you find any software that does this let me know. It would also be nice to have a program that would give you a thumbnail for DAZ zip files.
jenay posted Mon, 03 September 2007 at 10:28 AM
the only idea I've got in this subject is:
before closing your scenefile, save the last view as a pic, resize it if necessary and keep both the image and the scenefile in the same directory. it could be a bit tedious, but is worth the effort.
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kalon posted Mon, 03 September 2007 at 12:37 PM
With P3DOexplorer, if you've exported a PNG of the PZ3 it will associate it with the PZ3 making it seem like it has a thumbnail. When you click on the PZ3 it attempts to show you what the file contains, but in my experience I usually get an isolated mesh, not every mesh used in the scene.
SamTherapy posted Mon, 03 September 2007 at 1:16 PM
AFAIK the only totally foolproof way of viewing a PZ3 is to drop it into Poser.
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Angelouscuitry posted Mon, 03 September 2007 at 1:20 PM
jeney has my technique down.
Whenever I save a .PZ3 I always select and copy the name I'm using, render; and save the render by pasting that same name, and browsing to the same directory as the .PZ3.
When I open WIndows Exlorer, I switch to Thumbnail view, select the thumbnail I want; switch to Details view, order by Name, and open the .PZ3 with the same name(next to) as the image I have selected!
yarp posted Sun, 09 September 2007 at 10:04 AM
The latest version of P3dO pro (1.9.2) has a thumbnail generator. Manual or automatic (it's an option).
The thumb generation depends on the Poser preview render, which is not 100% accurate (far from it) but it's better than nothing.
The thumbs have to be made one by one. A batch thumb generator is under contruction and should be available in november/december.
Yarp
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Yarp - author of P3DO Organizer for Poser
Angelouscuitry posted Sun, 09 September 2007 at 11:39 AM