Second Life Forums Archive - Poser 6 or Avatar Lab?

Guaire Galsworthy

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09-30-2005 13:54

Hello,

I am relatively new to 3d modeling/texturing and very new to SL. I was wondering if anybody has any experience using Poser 6 or maybe Avatar Labs (which seems a much scaled down version of poser for just avatar editting instead of complete scene making), in regards to uploading textures/skins/etc to SL. Most posts and docs I read around the SL forums and support areas refer to Poser 5 or even 4. Can the SL mannequins downloaded from the download samples pages be imported into either?

On the same note, anybody know of a free 3d modeler for avatar editting that is (relatively) compatible with SL and their sample mannequins?

TIA,
-Guaire

PS: Using Gimp 2.2 for Windows for basic editting of graphics.

Zapoteth Zaius

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09-30-2005 14:05

As far as I've heard Poser is the only program that can import animations and poses to SL... But I may be wrong..

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SuezanneC Baskerville

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09-30-2005 16:54

A quick check on Google strongly suggests that Avatar Lab is not what SLers need and maybe not be want anyone needs.

The Second Life Help wiki at secondlife.com/help has a section on third party programs.
at 3rd Party Programs list in SL Help Wiki

Poser 6 will work. Older versions of poser also work. You might want to avoid the first release of Poser 5, it had a lot of bugs.

I believe there is a "Poser Artist" that may work for SL at a lower price.

Blender is a free program that can be made to produce animation files for SL.

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Kage Seraph

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09-30-2005 17:34

Yep, if you can find a cheap copy of Poser 4 Artist, it has all the functionality you'll need, and will be quite significantly less expensive than poser 5 or 6. Been using it for months.

Guaire Galsworthy

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10-01-2005 09:01

Thanks All! The readings on the Wiki will keep me busy for a while!
-Guaire

Poser 6 or Avatar Lab?
Guaire Galsworthy Registered User Join date: 26 Sep 2005 Posts: 2	09-30-2005 13:54 Hello, I am relatively new to 3d modeling/texturing and very new to SL. I was wondering if anybody has any experience using Poser 6 or maybe Avatar Labs (which seems a much scaled down version of poser for just avatar editting instead of complete scene making), in regards to uploading textures/skins/etc to SL. Most posts and docs I read around the SL forums and support areas refer to Poser 5 or even 4. Can the SL mannequins downloaded from the download samples pages be imported into either? On the same note, anybody know of a free 3d modeler for avatar editting that is (relatively) compatible with SL and their sample mannequins? TIA, -Guaire PS: Using Gimp 2.2 for Windows for basic editting of graphics.
Zapoteth Zaius Is back Join date: 14 Feb 2004 Posts: 5,634	09-30-2005 14:05 As far as I've heard Poser is the only program that can import animations and poses to SL... But I may be wrong.. _____________________ I have the right to remain silent. Anything I say will be misquoted and used against me. --------------- Zapoteth Designs, Temotu (100,50) ---------------
SuezanneC Baskerville Forums Rock! Join date: 22 Dec 2003 Posts: 14,229	09-30-2005 16:54 A quick check on Google strongly suggests that Avatar Lab is not what SLers need and maybe not be want anyone needs. The Second Life Help wiki at secondlife.com/help has a section on third party programs. at 3rd Party Programs list in SL Help Wiki Poser 6 will work. Older versions of poser also work. You might want to avoid the first release of Poser 5, it had a lot of bugs. I believe there is a "Poser Artist" that may work for SL at a lower price. Blender is a free program that can be made to produce animation files for SL. _____________________ - So long to these forums, the vBulletin forums that used to be at forums.secondlife.com. I will miss them. I can be found on the web by searching for "SuezanneC Baskerville", or go to http://www.google.com/profiles/suezanne - http://lindenlab.tribe.net/ created on 11/19/03. Members: Ben, Catherine, Colin, Cory, Dan, Doug, Jim, Philip, Phoenix, Richard, Robin, and Ryan -
Kage Seraph I Dig Giant Mecha Join date: 3 Nov 2004 Posts: 513	09-30-2005 17:34 Yep, if you can find a cheap copy of Poser 4 Artist, it has all the functionality you'll need, and will be quite significantly less expensive than poser 5 or 6. Been using it for months.
Guaire Galsworthy Registered User Join date: 26 Sep 2005 Posts: 2	10-01-2005 09:01 Thanks All! The readings on the Wiki will keep me busy for a while! -Guaire

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