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I have no experience whatsoever with 3d or any other kind of animation. However, I've got a notion to start. In doing some investigation, I've concluded that Poser 5 would be a nice package for my fairly humble goals (animated short subjects for my children etc...). However, I've read about a lot of serious bugs / defects. Has Curious Labs fixed the bulk of the stability problems? Should I go with the more stable but less robust Poser 4?
P5 has a much higher learning curve than Poser 4, but it's also capable of much more.
A number of bugs have been fixed, a few others have reared their ugly heads, and your copy of P5 will either work reasonably well or be a source of endless frustration. There seems to be no middle ground, and no way to predict if you'll be one of the lucky ones.
Joined: Jun 10, 2002 Posts: 787 Location: Ontario, Canada
Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2003 6:55 am Post subject:
From what I've read, a lot of the so-called "bugs" in P5 are more system related than software related. I've had P5 since it was first released and haven't had nearl;y the number of problems with it that some others have -- for instance, I know Hasdrubal has had so many crashes and lock-ups with it that he doesn't use it anymore, but I can count on one hand the number of times it's crashed on me.
If you have an older/slower system, go with P4. _________________ Jim Harnock - ODS
www.OrcaDesignStudios.com
I've got a new PC in the works - 384MB RAM, 2 GB P4 processor running Windows XP. I've got the time to climb the learning curve, so I'm going with Poser 5 and crossing my fingers. Maybe I should get 512 MB RAM?
Joined: Jun 09, 2002 Posts: 288 Location: Southeastern United States
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2003 7:50 pm Post subject:
I would definitely grab as much RAM as you can. I'm operating a AMD 1800 1.5 Ghz computer with a shade over 700 megs, with a Geoforce 2 graphics card, and I even notice how much slow down is involved in P5 when I use more than two of Daz's models.
Which is of course why I am eagerly awaiting tax time next year. I've already decided on going for a Alienware for a graphics computer, unless anyone knows of a problem with that kind of descision...
But Daf I do offer one more product to pick up. And that is if you have the extra cash, and that would be Vue De Espirit. It is a great graphics program that I use for my outdoor scenes, and as long as you save your P5 scenes as Pz3's, you can import them into Vue with generally no problems at all.
Joined: May 31, 2002 Posts: 409 Location: Flower pot Down Under
Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2003 9:17 am Post subject:
Spot on Cavalier.
One quick addition, Curious Labs & E-On (makers of Vue) have a partnership...they r collaborating to make their software 98% compatible, and are at this moment working on a Vue 4 Poser 5 union...they expect to have it all worked out any week now.
E-On and CL also do buncle packages that are a total steal. In a month of sundays you wouldnt find a better one out there, legal eagles
~SR _________________ Due to recent cutbacks,the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off"
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