Tomsde opened this issue on May 15, 2009 ยท 327 posts
MikeJ posted Mon, 25 May 2009 at 6:36 PM
Well yeah, that's the point I meant to make. I bet most of us wanting better rendering, better lights and so on got the library thing figured out a long time ago. For us, organization is a non issue, something we know we have to do; something we just take for granted has to be done. Just about every program I can think of requires organizational skills and an attempt to do it up right. Not just the 3D programs either.
But especially when you're dealing with 3D programs it becomes a necessity. I have nearly 13,000 textures in my Lightwave content folders, for example. And that's just textures - scripts, objects, scenes and a whole lot of other stuff not included. If I didn't name my files in a way that made sense and put them into a logical structure I'd get lost quickly.
And would I yell at Newtek to make it easier on me? No, it would be my fault - my responsibility to make my stuff usable. They already provided the basic content folder structure scheme, which is all they need to do. If I choose to mess it up, it's on me to fix it, not them.
And the same goes for Poser. The "Runtime" folder structure is comparable to Lightwave's Content structure and, Maya and Max's Projects structures, and can be organized if one puts forth a little effort.
Granted, it's different in Poser that you don't have something like File>Load Figure, but the basic idea is still there and can be worked with.
Nope, I don't have even an ounce of sympathy for anyone who says their library is a mess any more than I sympathize with someone whose kitchen is a mess. Clean it up already, don't wait for someone else to do it for you!
But aside from that, yeah, Joe Public up there does have a great point, with the scale modeling industry.
Maybe it's all these years of the various makers of Poser catering to the lowest common denominator that's caused it to become such a liability, causing everyone to sell it off. Maybe it's time for them to rethink their product and their marketing, rather than just go the safe route.
If you make a quality product, people will buy it. They might lose alot of old users who don't want to pony up for better features, but they could also stand to gain a whole new generation of new users.
But if what BB says above is true - and I see no reason to doubt it - Content Paradise is the most important thing to them, and Content Management will be the #1 improvement in Poser 8. I've actually been predicting that ever since that sorry ass poll many moons ago. ;-)