Hi Poser community - I am returning to render art after a few years of inactivity, and I know a lot of things have changed. The last version I used was PoserPro 2014 - but now, with a completely new system [specs pasted below], I've upgraded to the latest version of Poser 13. I have a ton of runtime items purchased since 2010, and while I understand there are a few issues with certain items that require Firefly, I also understand there are workarounds, and I guess I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.

I will check out the newest Poser manual and comb through posts while awaiting replies here, but my main question [if you can call it that] is I've noticed an explosion in figures [further iterations and versions of Victoria, La Femme, Genesis, et al], and [of course] tons of new clothing/accessories for each. I was fine with Victoria 4 and Michael 4; all of my attendant stuff is made for them. Now, one of the last improvements innovated for Poser I recall was the ability to conform any prop or item of clothing to any figure.

Is this correct, or did I completely misunderstand?

If so, please: can anyone explain the advantage [or disadvantage] of working with newer figures? I always found the Morphs++ package plenty useful as is for M4/V4 - but there are tons of cool hair, skins, clothing, pose packages, et al, that I'd love to buy if I can use them easily [or at least with little fuss].

Thanks to anyone reading and replying to this - and now to comb through billions of older posts...

System specs:

  Model Name: MacBook Pro

  Model Identifier: Mac14,6

  Model Number: Z178001ACLL/A

  Chip: Apple M2 Max

  Total Number of Cores: 12 (8 performance and 4 efficiency)

  Memory: 64 GB

  System Firmware Version: 10151.41.12

  OS Loader Version: 8422.141.2.700.1

  Serial Number (system):

  Activation Lock Status: Enabled

  Chipset Model: Apple M2 Max

  Type: GPU

  Bus: Built-In

  Total Number of Cores: 30

  Vendor: Apple (0x106b)

  Metal Support: Metal 3

  Displays:

Color LCD:

  Display Type: Built-in Liquid Retina XDR Display

  Resolution: 3456 x 2234 Retina

  Main Display: Yes

  Mirror: Off

  Online: Yes

  Automatically Adjust Brightness: Yes

  Connection Type: Internal

ASUS VP28U:

  Resolution: 3840 x 2160 (2160p/4K UHD 1 - Ultra High Definition)

  UI Looks like: 1920 x 1080 @ 60.00Hz

  Mirror: Off

  Online: Yes

  Rotation: Supported

Sceptre F24:

  Resolution: 1080 x 1920

  UI Looks like: 1080 x 1920 @ 75.00Hz

  Mirror: Off

  Online: Yes

  Rotation: 90

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