I currently work in ProPack. When I create a pose, it saves a .pz2 file and a .png file with the same name. I manually go through each .pz2 file in a text editor and change the version number from 4.2 to 4.01 so that when Poser 4 users load the pose they dont get the 'wrong version number' error message. Does anyone know an easy way to convert the .png thumbnails into .rsr files? Besides having to uninstall ProPack, reinstall Poser, update it to 4.01 and resave all of the poses? I have a program called RSR Converter, but that doesnt seem to help because it converts Mac .pict files to .rsr files, meaning I'd have to render each pose, save it, invert the alpha channel in Photoshop, crop it and resize it, then load it into the program and convert it. This painstaking process takes twice as long as if I were to just install Poser 4.01 and resave everything. Not to bash Poser or anything, but this is a really stupid flaw in the design of the program - considering that almost everyone thats so seriously into Poser that they create poses, characters, etc for distribution has to spend an extra half day converting the things to be loadable on Poser 4.01 systems. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated. Cheers, -Gabriel

ProPack does not use .rsr files. It uses .png files. Poser uses .rsr files. ;=]

yes i know that, thats the entire point of my question. this is why when i make a pose/character in ProPack i have to load it in standard poser and resave everything in order to create the .rsr files so that standard poser users can use my poses/characters. i was hoping that theres an easier way than to uninstall poser pro, reinstall poser standardm and resave all of my files that ive created with poser pro. i have to create the .rsrs otherwise the silly default poser ? thumbnail appears for each of the poses/characters whenever a non-popack user loads it.

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Hey blackhearted! The RSRconversion process you describe is exactly what I had to do before I discovered p3do explorer. Now PNG to RSR ( and vice versa) is a snap! The only problem is that sometime it will make RSR files with artifacts. You'll know which ones get garbled because you'll be able to see the result with p3doExplorer. I found that this happens with ceration PNGs, I haven't sat down and tried to figure out the exact set of circumstances that leads to a garbled RSR, I just bite the bullet and use the RSRConverter for the troublesome ones. Hope this helps

many thanks, hopefully this will solve my problem.. hey - maybe you can help me with another one. i have a pose that is set to version 4.01 yet when i load it in 4.03 it gives me a version error... ever run across this problem? i have no idea why this one doesnt work and others do. cheers, -gabriel

nevermind i figured it out - for some reason some of my poses have the version number both at the beginning and at the end of the pose info... 10 min in notepad should fix all of these. muchos gracias for the help, senor rex :)