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Ok, I’ve been working in Poser since version 3. Poser is my main go to program when it comes to 3D. So I figured I’d start a thread for anyone new to Poser or anyone who has Poser questions they need help with. Anyone is welcome to offer helpful hints, tips or general Poser knowledge.

I inadvertently overwrote ALL my PROP FILES that came with Poser 8 yesterday with the prop file of an old content folder I was trying to move into my Poser 8 Runtime Folder.  How can I recover those Prop Files? I am wiling to delete Poser 8 from my hard drive and then install it again since I am just beginning to use Poser I don’t have any new content yet that I will lose by doing this. However, before attempting that solution I thought I’d ask if there is an alternative and also will Poser allow me to reinstall? (I have a Mac OS X.). Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

i’m rather unfamiliar with Macs, but i can try to help.

I believe the Poser 8 program and content had separate installers, so you should be able to recover it just by reinstalling the content portion

I’m unfamiliar with Poser 8. I went from 7 to 2010 then 2012. But with 2010 the content was a separate installer. You can go to their website and see if it is offered.

Xfitz - 27 May 2012 06:10 PM

I inadvertently overwrote ALL my PROP FILES that came with Poser 8 yesterday with the prop file of an old content folder I was trying to move into my Poser 8 Runtime Folder.  How can I recover those Prop Files? I am wiling to delete Poser 8 from my hard drive and then install it again since I am just beginning to use Poser I don’t have any new content yet that I will lose by doing this. However, before attempting that solution I thought I’d ask if there is an alternative and also will Poser allow me to reinstall? (I have a Mac OS X.). Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

First I ahev to say that even as I have Poser 2010 I’m not a “Poser user”. But it sounds like you moved something to your Poser xx(Runtime/Libraries/ that was named Props and it was overwritten.

If you have TimeMachine active and backup of that directory you would be able to just restore from a previous timepoint, othewise I know there is a P8 Content Update download, but I think it require the original content to be intact.

I would say Reinstall P8; I dont remember if the installer has a separate installer option for content only.

/ Totte

got it figured out yet Xfitz?

I am planning on doing some tutorials and such for this thread, but i’m kind of waiting till they fix the image resize thing so I can post larger images

LycanthropeX - 30 May 2012 10:04 AM

got it figured out yet Xfitz?

Am re-installing both Poser 8 and Daz 4 and hopefully that will get me back to the starting line. I have learned that I should back up my files.

Xfitz - 30 May 2012 06:32 PM

LycanthropeX - 30 May 2012 10:04 AM

got it figured out yet Xfitz?

Am re-installing both Poser 8 and Daz 4 and hopefully that will get me back to the starting line. I have learned that I should back up my files.

Separate runtimes are your friend.

I have my runtime backed up in a few places

I’ve got a couple runtimes and backed up in two different places.

If I change my background color in Poser(9) and render it/‘save it (as png) how come the bg color is not kept? It changes to whitish.  Is it because it is saved as png?  Is there a way I can get my preferred choice of bg color to be saved as part of the scene?

png format makes the bg transparent, try saving as a jpg

i use the png format a lot because i like to render my scenes in bits and pieces, then paste them all together in a 2D ap like photoshop, paint shop pro or gimp.

LycanthropeX - 08 June 2012 05:52 AM

png format makes the bg transparent, try saving as a jpg

I figured as much.  I didn’t realize there is an option to save as a jpg.  I thought Poser only saves in png.  Duh@me!  Many thanks.

LycanthropeX - 08 June 2012 05:53 AM

i use the png format a lot because i like to render my scenes in bits and pieces, then paste them all together in a 2D ap like photoshop, paint shop pro or gimp.

And thanks for this tip as well.  I never thought of doing that, which actually makes a lot of sense!