I've downloaded several poses, new figures etc, but what I get in the library is without the image of the pose etc, but a generic image. Usually they are for the pc so I change the creator and file type so that the mac recognizes it. whats with the rsr file....is that part of my problem?

don't mess with type/creator codes use Martin C's maconverter instead

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The Mac has a powerful (which also means complex) file system. Each file has at least two parts, called a Data Fork and a Resource Fork. The Data Fork contains the normal data that you would expect to find in a file. The Resource Fork can contain many things. It always contains the Creator and File type that you were talking about. That is why Mac files don't need any extension (the .xxx thing at the end of the file name). In Poser library entries (files such as .cr2, .ppt, pz2, .fc2, .hr2, etc.), the Resource Fork also contains the pictures (thumbnails) that appear when you look in the libraries. Apparently, the Resource Fork for the Geometries files also contain some extra information, but it's not clear just what that is. When Poser was ported to Windows, there was no mulitple-fork capability. So the authors of Poser used a common technique: they just created two files, one for each fork. The Windows version of Poser knows how to correlate the information, based on the file name. By convention in the Poser community, almost all items posted either in FreeStuff or in the stores is posted in Windows format. Hence the separate .cr2 and .rsr files, and the ZIP file compression format. MartinC created his breakthrough program that converts the PC format to Mac format (it can also go in the other direction, for when you create stuff to share). This program has saved the day for just about everyone, Mac and Windows users alike. Only one version of the files need to be uploaded, and it can be used on both platforms. Get MartinC's program at http://www.soft-rabbit.com/ and Pose happily ever after! - JimX

To answer your question, (and after you convert wit Martin C's MacConverter), select the item (cr2, pp2, hr2, etc.)--with the appropriate library window open--by single-clicking on it. Center the item in the main window exactly as you would like its thunbnail to appear in the library. Click on the "plus" sign at the bottom of the library window. Poser will ask you to name the selection. Do so. Hit return. You'll get your thumbnail. Experiment with placement and size by zooming in or out with the camera dials. Good luck...

OR... in the Finder, drag both the pp2 and the corresponding rsr onto Maconverter, and let it put the thumbnail into the resource fork for you. THEN when you use that pp2, you will see the thumbnail just like a Windows user does. (Works for cr2, hr2, etc. also...).