**Hello Poser Experts,

I read in someone's overall critique on the internet, before I purchased Poser, that there was a limit on how many poses could be maintained in ones library, before Poser either acted up or froze entirely... but sadly, I don't remember where I read it or which Poser version it was discussing.

Does anyone have expert, hands-on-knowledge concerning Poser 6 that they can relay to me.  Our manuals seem so inadequate compared to what I'm accustomed.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated BEFORE I load one of my new Renderosity purchases.  lol

Thanks for your help and happy rendering.

Hugz, Robin**

That imitation applied to Poser 4.
Poser 5 and later can handle very large libraries. My main runtime is over 30 GB, the libraries contain over 100,000 files, which means 50,000 items, and it behaves just fine in Poser 5, 6 and 7.
The only problem of a runtime this size is that Poser startup is slowed down. It can take over a minute before it's ready. After that, Poser works just fine, there's no difference between 5, 6 and 7 in this respect.

**Thank you Svdl!!  That's great news!!  It will be a long time before I reach 30 gigs, but I'm certainly enjoying every minute of Poser and Renderosity!!

Thanks again for the speedy reply!  I just received my first cd from the Market today and want to open and install everything right NOW!  LOL

Hugz, Robin**

You're welcome!

A little tip: Poser 6 supports subfolders in libraries. Most store items will not use those, still adhering to the Poser 4 limitations. I'd suggest thinking out a folder structure for your libraries (for example, I have a "People" folder in my main figure folder, with subfolders for about two dozen figures (Don, Judy, Victoria 2, Victora 3, Victoria 4, Stephanie, Steph Petite, Aiko 3, Aiko 4, Michael 2, Michael 3, David, the Freak, Poser 4 People, and a couple more), in each subfolder I have folders for the base figures, contemporary clothing, fantasy clothing, shoes, etc.
I've organized the other libraries in a similar way.

Another option would be putting stuff in several different runtimes. Poser 5 and up support multiple runtimes, which is also a great way to organize things. I often make a separate runtime for a project that involves multiple renders (I like writing illustrated stores and they all have multiple renders associated with them. My longest running series, "The Stand", is at part number 150 or so, so having a separate runtime containing all the main figures and their outfits/hair/equipment helps a lot).

And welcome to the addiction that is called Poser!