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"Poser" Format? OK In Carrara?

Steve KSteve K Posts: 3,234
in Carrara Discussion

The Product "Villainous Lair" says the following:

Compatible Software: DAZ Studio 4.10, Poser
Villainous Lair: (.DUF .CR2 and .OBJ)
Poser Material Presets (.MC6)
This product includes:
1 DSON Core Installer
1 Poser Companion Files Installer

I don't recall seeing this combination before, but normally "Poser Core Installer" is what I look for for Carrara use.  Is this gonna work in Carrara?

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  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604

    Ah  you would need the DSON importer to get that into Poser,  That's what the Poser CF is all about.

  • DartanbeckDartanbeck Posts: 21,551
    edited January 2018

    The Poser Material files (MC6) also won't work in Carrara, but the CR2 should. I'm not sure if that means that it's mostly using procedural node-based shader materials or what.

    Okay... (helps to give a link to the store page) I see that it does come with "196 Texture Maps, including Normal, Bump, Metallic & Roughness Maps (4096 x 4096)", which means that we can at least build our own shaders in Carrara. Not sure why only MC6 files are included. Those artists have been pretty good at supporting Poser formats better, like including PZ2, etc.,

    Of course, EddyMI's MC6/MC5 to PZ2 Batch Convertor should do the tring in providing some nice PZ2 material applying files for your Pose menu! ;)

    Post edited by Dartanbeck on
  • Steve KSteve K Posts: 3,234

    OK, thanks to you both.  I think I'll pass.

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    Dartanbeck said:

    The Poser Material files (MC6) also won't work in Carrara, but the CR2 should. I'm not sure if that means that it's mostly using procedural node-based shader materials or what.

    Okay... (helps to give a link to the store page) I see that it does come with "196 Texture Maps, including Normal, Bump, Metallic & Roughness Maps (4096 x 4096)", which means that we can at least build our own shaders in Carrara. Not sure why only MC6 files are included. Those artists have been pretty good at supporting Poser formats better, like including PZ2, etc.,

    Of course, EddyMI's MC6/MC5 to PZ2 Batch Convertor should do the tring in providing some nice PZ2 material applying files for your Pose menu! ;)

    It's due to a change in the way Poser wroks,  Newer versions it is easier the save a material collection (MC) than to build a PZ2.  They have changed python versions and many of us who were used to using helpful python scripts, such as Shader Spider, have suddenly found they fo not work in Poser versions > 7

     

  • DartanbeckDartanbeck Posts: 21,551
    edited January 2018

    Bummer. Looks like a great set, and I'd bet it works great in Carrara. I'm used to building my own shaders from just the texture files, so this one would go directly into my Cart. 

    It's the ones without texture maps that use MC5 or 6 files that are tougher, like TerraDome 2, for example. 

    But there's still the risk that the model or figure might load in without any textures. In those cases (in some cases) it can become difficult to determine which maps go with which domains. Again, seeing who made this one, I bet it would be a smooth sail.

    I love David Brinnen's work and I love Forbidden Whisper's work!

    Post edited by Dartanbeck on
  • TangoAlphaTangoAlpha Posts: 4,584

    DB & FW are awesome yes

  • Steve KSteve K Posts: 3,234
    TangoAlpha said:

    DB & FW are awesome yes

    I own a bunch of their products, and I've got a dozen or so more in my wishlist, all with "Poser Core Installers".  I don't know why the "Villainous Lair"is the only one that doesn't have that.

     

  • ForbiddenWhispersForbiddenWhispers Posts: 1,434
    Steve K said:
    TangoAlpha said:

    DB & FW are awesome yes

    I own a bunch of their products, and I've got a dozen or so more in my wishlist, all with "Poser Core Installers".  I don't know why the "Villainous Lair"is the only one that doesn't have that.

    It does have poser core installers........

    DAZ have started putting DSON core down, and I have no idea why.

    Our sets always have FULL native poser support.

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604

    Store page needs editing, because the description is misleading.  I would have passed it by having read it.

  • DartanbeckDartanbeck Posts: 21,551
    ForbiddenWhispers said:
    Steve K said:
    TangoAlpha said:

    DB & FW are awesome yes

    I own a bunch of their products, and I've got a dozen or so more in my wishlist, all with "Poser Core Installers".  I don't know why the "Villainous Lair"is the only one that doesn't have that.

    It does have poser core installers........

    DAZ have started putting DSON core down, and I have no idea why.

    Our sets always have FULL native poser support.

    ...and I really appreciate that! That's why when it comes to your stuff, I don't even check for that - unless someone wants me to ;)

    Hey, thanks to you and David, and the other great artists you work with. You fill my runtimes with Awesome! yes

  • Steve KSteve K Posts: 3,234
    ForbiddenWhispers said:
    Steve K said:
    TangoAlpha said:

    DB & FW are awesome yes

    I own a bunch of their products, and I've got a dozen or so more in my wishlist, all with "Poser Core Installers".  I don't know why the "Villainous Lair"is the only one that doesn't have that.

    It does have poser core installers........

    DAZ have started putting DSON core down, and I have no idea why.

    Our sets always have FULL native poser support.

    OK, great, its back on my wishlist.  At least one other of your products has the same problem: "Our Permanent Address - Private Graveyard"  

     

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