Poser 11.

you can find them in {YOURMAINCONTENTRUNTIME}RuntimeLibrariesCollections and you can edit them there. You might need to have poser closed at the time.

I wouldn't pre-edit that collection folder without Poser's involvement. You can very easily break many connections with other runtimes and associated files. Create your folders then use the Poser Library to populate those folders with figures and content. You can accomplish this with the icons located at the bottom of the Library under the Favorites tab. By following that approach, your figure/content original locations will be preserved and you will have an easy link to them from the Favorites tab. The added bonus is that you can copy that Collections folder to another version of Poser and still have an active connection path to the original files.

I believe the issue here is adding an entire folder, not single items out of that particular folder. I have asked for this feature many times for future updates. It seems I can only add individual items to the favorites folder, not an entire folder, this becomes a cumbersome process.

But an entire folder can be copied into the Collections folder. I have done it between Poser versions with established collections. The feature, as it stands, creates a new copy of your content with an established pathway from the originally installed location. Any disruptions to those established runtime will break the connections and render the content useless. The Favorites tab makes easy access to content from within any runtime you have linked to your Library.

davo posted at 4:07AM Tue, 10 August 2021 - #4424852

I believe the issue here is adding an entire folder, not single items out of that particular folder. I have asked for this feature many times for future updates. It seems I can only add individual items to the favorites folder, not an entire folder, this becomes a cumbersome process.

Correct, this exactly.

hborre posted at 4:07AM Tue, 10 August 2021 - #4424857

But an entire folder can be copied into the Collections folder. I have done it between Poser versions with established collections. The feature, as it stands, creates a new copy of your content with an established pathway from the originally installed location. Any disruptions to those established runtime will break the connections and render the content useless. The Favorites tab makes easy access to content from within any runtime you have linked to your Library.

I can't seem to locate the collections folder from within Poser. I can find it in WIn explorer and it shows things in there (which are separate from what is inside the program in favorites). I'm interested in trying to get that to work. Any other ideas?

RedPhantom posted at 4:10AM Tue, 10 August 2021 - #4424812

you can find them in {YOURMAINCONTENTRUNTIME}RuntimeLibrariesCollections and you can edit them there. You might need to have poser closed at the time.

But how can I find the collections folder from within Poser though? I can see favorites, that has been populated with individually added things, and I have found this collections in win explorer, yet I can't seem to locate it from within Poser. Any ideas?

The Collections folder is directly linked to the Favorite tab, which is your only access within Poser. Any manual, custom, external manipulation must be done from the Win Explorer Browser.

hborre posted at 3:22PM Tue, 10 August 2021 - #4424927

The Collections folder is directly linked to the Favorite tab, which is your only access within Poser. Any manual, custom, external manipulation must be done from the Win Explorer Browser.

With the program closed I'm making folders and moving things into there, yet when I load the program it does not show up in favorites. I checked settings in general preferences doesn't seem to be anything to cause a problem here. Any ideas?

Where is your Collections folder located? You should be using the one under Poser 11 Content, not the folder located in Program Files. And my recommendation is not to move content into that folder but to create shortcuts for the files and copies of their icons there if you are so inclined to pursue this route. This is the way the Library feature functions within Poser. If you don't carefully manage and structure your folder hierarchy to reflect the different categories you want to track, you will wind up with an unholy mess. Using the feature within Poser to manage your content will preserve the original location of your files just in case something goes horribly wrong with the primary folder; you can delete everything and start over again without reinstallation.

I don't know why I can't get this to work...Even in the collection folder inside Poser 11 content it does not seem to show anything inside Poser. But thanks for trying to help though.

I can confirm that there is no way I can see that shows a 'Collections' folder in a Windows run Poser (11 or 12) from within Poser . Favorites is there, but as many said before, there is no way to add an entire folder or see it from within Poser, only individual items that then need to be re-sorted into folders again in the favorites tab.

hborre, could you give us a step by step on how you do this, please? I'm sure I'm missing something glaringly obvious here and I feel like a blonde again... ;)

Rhia474 posted at 4:11PM Thu, 19 August 2021 - #4425529

I can confirm that there is no way I can see that shows a 'Collections' folder in a Windows run Poser (11 or 12) from within Poser . Favorites is there, but as many said before, there is no way to add an entire folder or see it from within Poser, only individual items that then need to be re-sorted into folders again in the favorites tab.

hborre, could you give us a step by step on how you do this, please? I'm sure I'm missing something glaringly obvious here and I feel like a blonde again... ;)

Thanks for sharing.

Here is my Collections folder located in the Poser 12 Content runtime folder. As you can see, I have 8 folders within this folder each created in the Poser Library under the Favorites tab. I have my link highlighted within the yellow box.

The Favorites tab in the Poser Library reflects the same folders.

While Poser 12 remained open, I went back to the browser and created a new folder which I left entitled 'New Folder'.

I went back to the Poser Library, refreshed the Library, and now I have the New Folder appear in the folder hierarchy.

Please note, that when you create a new folder within the Poser Library under the Favorites tab and add content the same way, this is what Poser will generate in the Collections folder:

You will get an actual folder plus a shortcut link to your originally installed content from whatever runtime you established. In my case, I have a separate runtime that contains every that belongs to Dawn, and the cr2 shortcuts links to that location. Poser will duplicate the thumbnails associated with the shortcuts.

hborre posted at 12:25AM Sat, 21 August 2021 - #4425693

Here is my Collections folder located in the Poser 12 Content runtime folder. As you can see, I have 8 folders within this folder each created in the Poser Library under the Favorites tab. I have my link highlighted within the yellow box.

The Favorites tab in the Poser Library reflects the same folders.

This is awesome, thx for the help, finally got it to work! Not sure what I was doing wrong before. Thinking about what you said about the shortcuts now. I have gotten shortcuts to work for individual items but not folders. I will have to look into it but think there is a way for windows to make something like shortcuts but with folders.

You can create folder shortcuts in Windows except Poser does not like it when you add them manually to the Collections Folder. I just tried and it had a fit, denying access to the shortcut. You're better off creating new folders externally to save time and adding your content from within the Poser Library. As it is, you can't delete folders in Poser, you need to open your browser to complete that task.