Hello everybody,
I "upgraded" from Daz Studio to Poser 8 a couple of days ago and have some very basic questions that I just can't figure out.

#1: Is there a way to import poses that I have created in Daz?
There are in the *.dsb format and doesn't seem to work in P8.

#2: Is it possible to safe a complete character? (Like: M4+hair+morphs+mats)
In Daz I used to save my favourite chars as a scene and when I wanted a couple of them in one scene, I just opened one scene within another (and so "imported" the char). That doesn't seem to work in P8.

#3: The most embarrassing one: How do I save (or delete) renders?
I created some (test-)renders. But now I can't find a way to save them to my hard-drive and use them in other programs. Or just delete them for good, because some are just not fit to be seen ;o)

Thank you and happy rendering,
O

 First things first: Welcome to the wonderful whacky world of Poser :)

One thing always to keep in mind is that Poser is an odd duck. It has a lot of quirks and sometimes seems to have its own life :) Just so you don't think YOU'RE getting mad when things suddenly go haywire. Most things are fixed with a reboot :)

And now that I've scared you off ;) (well.. I hope not)

As far as I know, there's no way of importing .dsb poses. It may be possible to make a program that can translate it, but I 'm not sure.

And yes it's a shame. I know a lot of people who'd rather pose in DS. One way you CAN do it is to dave your figure in the new pose and load that into Poser and save the pose that way. Not sure if it will work though...

You can save a full character quite easily. Let's say you have Mike4 with hair and clothes. When you click the + in the Figures palette (library) Poser will tell you that this is part of a multiple figure groupiing or somesuch.. just say yes to save the whole thing.
The new clothes character can then be loaded from your Figures palette and will come in with all things attached :)

Save renders: Once the render is done go to Export - Image. that's how you save renders in Poser. And I agree it seems odd. It's just been so ever since at least Poser 4 :)

Deleting them is even easier: Just don't save them :)

Poser keeps by default the last 10 renders. In the Settings you can change that number to like 1 or 2 (anything more will just use up memory) and then they're gone for good :)

Daz studio had a plugin to export poses in Poser format. I dont know if its still needed for the latest version of Daz studio.

To save a complete character id Poser open the figures library, select the figure in your scene and press the + near the bottom. You will get a dialog on saving the figure, just follow the prompts.
You can IMPORT one poser scene into another , just load one scene and select file , import, and select the poser scene to add.

Save a render via file, export, image and follow the prompts. There are probably other ways.

Thank you, TrekkieGrrrl and Mark, for the quick answers. Now I will sleep much better tonight =)

Btw, I just found out how to delete renders. They are cached here:
C:UsersxxxAppDataRoamingPoser8.0RenderCache

PS: Sorry for rez'ing this thread, but maybe someone will be interested in this info

Why not just use the Poser Format Exporter (PFE)?  It is expressly for export of DAZ poses to Poser head, hand and pose files.

It's free.

Here's a link:

www.daz3d.com/i/3d-models/-/poser-format-exporter

Cheers.