I would like to organize my library but i dont know exactly what I can move and what I cant. The thing is, I can really find poses in my pose tab anymore. There are so many mat poses and inj files that my poses are far and few in between.

What can I move around in my library ( condensing into another folder ) without screwing the pooch?

I don't want to purchase new tools and I don't want to create external runtime folders. What is safe to move around?

I'd suggest making a folder in your Poses library called "Poses" and move all the actual Poses into there as subfolders, which would make them easier to find

Poses must stay within the pose directory but you should be able to move them in or out of any subfolder that you have or create under Libraries/Pose.  Be sure to move the .png thumbnail along with them.

This pretty much is the same thing for all the Library contents.  The only tricky part is moving cr2s as sometimes there is an .obj in there and that .cr2 is probably referencing that exact location for the .obj

I would suggest reconsidering external runtimes.

making external runtimes sounds like ALOT of time. How do you break your content up?  How man y different runtimes do you have and how do you divy it up? By character, clothing, etc?

Who does external runtimes and how do you organize your content.

( i'm not asking for "how to", I'm asking your prefrences of organization)

I currently have 14 external runtimes. I haveone for each figure (M3, V3, M4, V4, etc) plus I have a "P4" runtime for all my dork/posette stuff, an Animals runtime, a Poserworld runtime (for PW content that doesn't fit into any of the other runtimes), one for environments, one for scenes, etc .

 Poser is extremely forgiving of moving runtimes and folders.

 Go into windows explorer or whatever your basic file management system and navigate to Poser 7/runtime/libraries/pose

Within Pose make separate folders for at least Mats, Inj and regular Poses.  Mine is broken up into many different catagories.  For instance, I have separate folders for Aiko Mats and Clothing MAT and special effects and so on.

Move the Mat file AND it's associated PNG file into the new Mat folder.  It should look like
Runtime/Libraries/Pose/Mat/ and then whatever Mat files you have.

Repeat until you are organized.  It may take a bit depending on your content.  But it's well worth it.  I have 25GIG but I have heard of runtimes of 250 Gigs.  Without proper organization your workflow just slows you down.

By the way, something I can't afford right now ($64 american) is the PZDB databate program sold here.  I am using the 30 day FREE  trial and it makes working with so much content fast and fun!  Try it out.  When I can save up my bucks, I'm snatching it up at the next big sale.

Good Luck!

Repeat with all 

Quietrob,

You say you can move the INJ files too? Is this true? I would love to condense all of the !V3inj folders!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Who else will confirm this this? It's not that I don't believe you QRob it's just I don't want to go poking aroound in the file structure without beeing 110%.

I really don't feel like the organization of 10 different runtimes.

Inj/Rem files can reside anywhere within your pose folder.  That is True.  As long as the associated files remain where they can be found you should have no problems.  Pose files can also be relocated without issues also.

So, ANYTHING in the POSE folder can be moved?

I understand not to move geo folders, texture folders, ok.....

What else can be condensed?

a simple yes/no is ok...

Poses (any and all including mat and inj) = YES

Figures =
Expressions=
Hair=
Props=
Lights=

let me know!

My !V3 inj poses are asking where they can be found....... if I move them (like I just did) will they ask every time or just once? Or, would I then have to save that figure back to the library not to have it ask again?

 I'm not sure I can answer this one as I rarely use Vicky but what folder are they referencing when they say it's not there?

its looking for the inj files that I had just moved. I did the add all morphs and then it started asking for them 1 by one. i cancled out , restart, restructure back to the way it was.

:(
Multiple runtimes huh.....waaaaa

Is there any program (pref free of course) that will help me make multi runtimes?

Quote - My !V3 inj poses are asking where they can be found....... if I move them (like I just did) will they ask every time or just once? Or, would I then have to save that figure back to the library not to have it ask again?

The !V3 inj poses shouldn't ask for any files if you got the !DAZ folder in the main runtime (poser 5/6) or the same runtime (Poser 7/8). (Well the very first V3 pose files were poorly coded if you still have those, redownload and reinstall.)