POSER RELEASE NOTES Thanks for you interest in Poser 12. This is an Early Access release meaning that that some features are still being refined and subsequent downloads/installs of updates may be required. In-app notifications will be received when an update is available. Any Known Issues with this release are listed under "Known Issues" below. Poser 12.0.1028 - 2022-08-18 -------------------------------- - Setting a light's orbit to rotate or revolve is now saved in the Poser scene. #1425, #1047 - Floating the Light Controls palette no longer disables create new light option list . #1406 - Fixed moving several dialogs, windows and palettes by improved dragging from the top /title bar. #1398 Poser 12.0.1025 - 2022-08-16 -------------------------------- - Fixed intermittent crash when multi-installing purchased content or hitting the Next rapidly in the Content Library palette. #1379 - Improvement to light creation process. Prompts for light type and sets reasonable defaults. #1377 - Newly created lights are created near the origin of the scene. They can be moved to any location or orientation using the posing tools. #1377 - User created cameras saved to the library now load with correctly named parameter dials. #940 - Improved visibility and decreased size of infinite light preview display in the Document window. #1395 - Switching light type no longer leaves lights in confused state. #1399 - Added new file types (.mlc & .mlz) for material layers. #1330 - Renaming material layers in Material Room are correctly displayed in layer subset chooser when saving to material library. #1403 - Saving materials now expands the subset chooser for materials zones and material layers. #1378 - Material layer dialog correctly resizes when saving material to the content library. #1386 - Simplified creation of IBL lights, documentation to follow. #1384 - Weave node now renders as expected in SuperFly. #652 - Fixed Poser to clear Python error reporting state between script executions. #1402 - The included Python ChangeGamma (Scripts > Material Mods > ChangeGamma) no longer fails with error message. #1400 - Added workaround to allow PoserPython to handle multiple pose dial changes in one go. #1281, #994 Poser 12.0.993 - 2022-07-18 -------------------------------- Custom cameras are correctly saved in Content Library. #940 Material Room: Deleting last node no longer leads to a crash. #1242, #957 Material Room: Default custom gamma for known PBR image map types now set to 1.0. #1354, #1359 Material Room: Movie texture file now correctly sets to “None”. #1310, #1003 The Graph Editor window now enforces a minimum resize limit. #1351 Queue Manager: Added a button to ‘Delete all’ to clean up used temp files when job has completed. #720, #632 "Copy Morphs From" is now included in the Python API. #1364, #209. Poser 12.0.965 - 2022-06-21 -------------------------------- - Added switch in the Poser.ini file to disable Auto Update/Download of splash screen image. #1309, #1009 - Customizing Python palette buttons (mainButtons.py) are no longer overwritten during a Poser update. #1350, #1251, #964 - Python: call to poser.MainWindow() no longer crashes Poser. #1363. - Python now allows access to "Joint Order" options from the Joint Editor. @1255, #969 - Python now allows access to match centers to Morph feature. #355, #58 - Python poser.Rooms() now returns a list of integers that represent the room ids used by poser.CurrentRoom() and poser.SetCurrentRoom() #1264, #979 - Added ClearCustomData() and ClearAllCustomData() to JSON encoding of Custom Data and fixed SetCustomData() help message by removing "Passing None as value will clear the custom data for that key." since it in fact did no such thing. #1296, #1002 - Python: Several API functions now correctly marked as METH_NOARGS with many more pydoc fixes, misspellings, wrong function names, wrong type names, and formatting issues. #1361, #1031 Poser 12.0.947 - 2022-06-02 -------------------------------- - New feature: Material Layers extended layer controls added to the Material Room. #1325 #1324 - Fixed crash in Talk Designer when switching characters or loading previously saved scene. #1318 - Superfly colored lights no longer render white when previously saved from the library. #1319, #1284, #1013 - Library remembers state of folder thumbnails preference between sessions. #1327 - Figure menu> Pose Symmetry> Custom... Frame Range numerical fields no longer offsets when Poser scale factor is increased. #1329 - Dependency Editor Scale Factor Type In correctly responds to Enter key. #1100 - Dependency Editor Delta value correctly displays actual value instead of 1.0. #1101 - 'CollectSceneInventory.py' Utility script correctly collects image files referenced in extra layers of materials. #1261, #974 - 'CollectSceneInventory.py' Utility script correctly collects image files referenced in Cycles Nodes. #1262, #976 - Python: Poser figure object inequality comparison operator (did NOT work for !=, <, <=, >, or >=) now works correctly #1267, #981, #660 (edited) Poser 12.0.921 - 2022-05-11 -------------------------------- - wxPython/wxWidgets updated to newer version that work with latest Mac graphics API's - cleanup for new wxPython/wxWidgets in Mac specific code - Python build updated on Mac Poser 12.0.752 - 2021-11-24 -------------------------------- - Poser manual updated to address new features. PDF version available on PoserSoftware.com. Poser 12.0.735 - 2021-11-08 -------------------------------- - Added the crease angle setting to the BODY in the Properties Palette to improve unimesh figures created by FBX. - Floating palettes now remember disabled drag dock option. #598 - Drag docking option correctly obeys user settings. #1250 - Extended Details Panel in the Content Library pallete no longer stretches over the content panel. #1253 Poser 12.0.723 - 2021-10-28 -------------------------------- - Content Library search/locate feature now jumps to selected item so the user no longer needs to scroll for it. #1074 - Expand All/Collapse All icons now added to the Content Library. #1248 - Replaced the +/- buttons in the Hierarchy Editor with expand/collapse triangle icons. #1246, #1238 - Toggling visibility of bodypart or dialing joint parameters no longer collapse the entire figure in Hierarchy Editor. #1241, #1247, #958, #963 - Hierarchy Editor improved to collapse the tree nodes up to the 1st and 2nd level, not to the Universe. #1240, #933 - Shift key modifier added to the +/- shortcut keystrokes so the Grouping Tool Grow and Shrink accels correctly work. #1222, #951 Poser 12.0.712 - 2021-10-20 -------------------------------- - Deleting a render will now auto-close any launched PostFX palettes. #1230 - Delete All option added to Recent Renders palette. #343, #32 - Recent Renders palette now has a confirm cancel dialog when deleting a render. #1231, #112 - Collapse All in the Hierarchy Editor tree is now set as the default. #1209, #934 - The Hierarchy Editor tree now has ALT-Click to Expand/Collapse from selected figures and their children #1226, #1214, #893, #948,#935, #753 - The Hierarchy Editor right-click context menu to Delete Selected now gives the Delete Attached option when deleting a figure with attached conformed items. #1202, #929 - Added the new Collapse/Expand buttons to all hierarchy list type windows: #1210, #933 - Joint crosshair no longer remains visible exiting the Setup Room. #1223, #942 - Localized German and Japanese on the Mac: The Cloth Room Collide Against options dials no longer overlap. #1232 Poser 12.0.701 - 2021-10-12 -------------------------------- - Corrected trackpad two finger swipe in the Material Room. #1007, #817 - AnimSets load from scene now connect to correct actor. #1216, #880. Python: - Added Python API to convert string to kParmCode constant. #1212, #930 - Python API method poser.PrefsLocation() now returns full path including filename of Poser prefs file. #1060, #860 - Python: Provided an easier way to identify a library "prop". #1203, #930 - Fixed illegal cast in Python SceneType.DocumentPath() #1208 - Fixed SceneType.ClothSimulator(-1) negative numbers returning corrupted object. #1211 - Python: "SetPreviewCollapsed" command parameter value is no longer inverted. #1155, #908 - Python now accesses some of the Material Room context menu commands. #1151, #907 - Python: "Dark" mode implemented in Python 3 Shell and Python Output window. #726, #608 - Python Shell addon shell now listed as Python 3 Shell. #1215, #939 Poser 12.0.695 - 2021-10-08 -------------------------------- - Python pydoc improvements: help(poser) or help(poser.AnimSetType) now shows more helpful info. #1206, #936 - In Python shell, launch pydoc browser by typing: import pydoc & pydoc.browse(1541) #1206, #936 - Python no longer crashes in scene.CreateClothSimulator() method. #1207 Poser 12.0.692 - 2021-10-07 -------------------------------- - The Material Room no longer starts a thread usage of 1 core with certain content. #1186, #917 - Fixed a specific Material Room crash when picking a material. #1185 - Added + - buttons at the top of the Hierarchy Editor to collapse (top level actors) and expand list. #925, #769 - Added material.SpecularMapFileName() function to Poser Python API. #1204, #931 (edited) Poser 12.0.685 - 2021-10-01 -------------------------------- - Added support for addons-style third-party python scripts that load at start-up #1197, #926 - Added method to find a parameter specifically by internal name. #915, #722 - Fixed issue on install of script packages without a menu specified. #1198, #927 - Added AllCustomData() methods for Actors and Figures to return all associated info. #1094 - Fixed loading/saving customData elements in scene files. - Fixed cameras and lights to load customData elements Poser 12.0.682 - 2021-09-29 -------------------------------- - When an object is duplicated via right-click context menu, it is now correctly selected. #930, #721 - Loading AnimSets from a library pose correctly updates the AnimSet dropdown list in the Animation Palette. #1187, #918 - Removed Attributes button for Animation Sets as it appeared not to do anything when you clicked on it. #1189 - Fixed a crash that occurred when changing parent to a conformed item on the same figure. #1184 Python improvements: - Embedded store installed Python scripts no longer error with lower case paths. #1095, #876 - More management methods provided python actor.AllCustomData() methodCustomData. #1190, #919 - Python API event now recognises when user has switched to another room. #1195, #923 - Cameras and Lights are now loading customData blocks. - Any custom data key names with a space in their name are now saved properly. #1196, #925 - Added detailed information on how an active Python script can regain function when the scene closes and opens again. #1192 #920 Poser 12.0.669 - 2021-09-16 -------------------------------- - Corrected content library auto install to stop the installation when paused or cancelled. #1171 - PoserSoftware runtime is now protected and prevents user from removing. #1176 - Improved content library installations with sanity checks for completion & single-threading of product installs. #1168 - Improved main menu flickering when several Graph Editors are used. #1172, #913, #824 Poser 12.0.661 - 2021-09-09 -------------------------------- - General Improvements on Download/Install of Purchased Content in Poser. Details below. #1156 1. A sub--folder called "Poser Downloads" will be created as needed in the user's Downloads folder. 2. All ZIP files for a product being installed will be placed into a product-specific folder under "Downloads/Poser Downloads". 3. ZIP files with "unknown" content will always be retained in the product-specific folder. 4. No error will be flagged when ZIP files with "unknown" content are encountered. #1121, #892 5. Content Library install status will offer link to folder with additional ZIP files could not auto-installed. 6. Reinstall of purchased product will re-populate the "Downloads/Poser Downloads" product folders on demand. - Quitting Poser while the Content Library is still downloading a content zip file no longer reports a crash. #1163 - Quitting Poser while products are downloading are properly paused and resumed providing a 'user paused zip' message with a Resume button. #1164, #1165 - If a Content Library product with multiple zips is paused, it correctly resumes the last paused zip. #1166 - Library folders with & in the name saved in LibraryState.xml no longer gives a XML parser error popup on restart. #1167, #1159, #910 - Improved performance when Install All Included content. #1142 - Deleting a non-Poser zip file correctly reenables the option to re-install. #1161 - Purchases tab now remembers previous store channel. #1160 Poser 12.0.642 - 2021-08-26 -------------------------------- - Persistent caching added for downloaded splash screen images to speed up launch time. #1145 - Corrected Japanese translation for shoulder and collar that was affecting conforming in P11 figures. #1149 - Improvements made to Hierarchy and Palette palette scrolling and redraw. #1136 - Windows Poser 12 installers correctly update file version build number. #1152 - Corrected HW_GorillaForDusk_02 zip to include missing files. #1153 Poser 12.0.617 - 2021-08-03 -------------------------------- - Open GL Comic Book Preview no longer clips to black adjusting the camera hither/yon parameter #1130 Poser 12.0.611 - 2021-07-29 -------------------------------- - Installer no longer brings up error dialog trying to replace existing files on Windows. #1088, #882 - Material Room significant speed improvements when displaying texture previews. #1117, #1003, #811 - In Comic Book Preview, Geometric Edge Line is no longer turned off when Draw Last is checked. #1124 - In the Material Room, the material eye dropper tool is no longer disabled when Draw Last is checked. #1122, #1029 - Poser Python: Added access to actor locking states in Python. #939, #708 - IK shortcut edits in Poser 12 Japanese localization are no longer blank using a keyboard with Japanese layout. #1064 - Poser 12 Splash screen copyright dates updated. #1043, #836 Poser 12.0.595 - 2021-07-20 -------------------------------- - Scaling figure no longer causes conforming to fail near joint singularities. #1051 - Dragging in hierarchy fixed, correctly shows selected item(s) when dragging. #1093, #881 - Increased the Render Texture Caching text field in the General Preferences palette. #1103 - German localization no longer missing key command modifiers on the Mac. #629 - German, Japanese localization now properly load default translations. #838 Poser 12.0.581 - 2021-07-08 -------------------------------- - Library palette UI improved, no longer opens with malproportioned panels. #922, #767 - Increased Make Movie frame range input text field. #1102 - After execution of Python scripts Poser prepends duplicate paths to sys.path and will remove any duplicates from the path. #867, #737 - More improvements writing to libraries, runtimes or locations specified by UNC. #1059, #859 Poser 12.0.568 - 2021-06-25 -------------------------------- - Display now interactively updates when dialing values. Fall-out from Windows display tuning. #1091, #879 - Selection no longer lost after deleting keyframes in the Animation Palette. #711, #626, #17 - Default scene no longer displays corruption rolling over Preview window on Windows 10. #988 - Fixed startup select to "Body" when a main figure is loaded. #1069 Poser 12.0.559 - 2021-06-18 -------------------------------- - General GUI speed improvements on Windows 10 and related crash bug fixed. #1080, #1003, #870, #811 - Improved texture cache performance by increasing the default max size for Poser temp texture cache from 500MB to 1GB. Reduces CPU usage on launch. #1086 NOTE: Users with an existing poser.ini setting will still the use the default max size of 500M or the value they set. - Improved ability to clear individual Python callBacks instead of clearing all callbacks. #369, #46 Poser 12.0.537 - 2021-05-28 -------------------------------- - Canceling a Material Room edit no longer leaves parameter dials in confused state. When the parameter is reset the changed value is also reset. #1032 - Library Search no longer returns duplicate results. #966 - For the selected default scene on startup whatever actor you set via pickActor shows up as the selected actor. #1066, #1069 Poser 12.0.526 - 2021-05-21 -------------------------------- - Updated factory default startup scene to be rated G. Default scene launches La Femme figure with clothes. #1062, #854 - Fixed creating folders on UNC paths, allows Windows 10 to write to libraries, runtimes or locations specified by UNC. #1059, #859 - Ability to clear individual Python Callback events from Poser. #369, #46 Poser 12.0.519 - 2021-05-17 -------------------------------- - FBX exporter not longer hardcoded to 30 fps now fixed to set the frame rate properly. #1058, #857 - Python API now provides a way to obtain symmetric copy of a weight map. #904, #754 - Python API access to Poser functions handling colon separated HFS format paths. #1055, #853 Poser 12.0.517 - 2021-05-14 -------------------------------- - Changed Serial Number field on Product Registration page to use password style UI handling. Allows pasting into the field, restricts copying the serial number. #1056 - Fixed broken deformers (wave, magnet, etc) object paths when library search set to NONE. #877, #745 - Scene collection no longer fails to find core content. #1052 - Crash avoided on launch when library search set to NONE and prompted not to select missing camera and lights pro script. #1049 - Adding a folder to favorites when item list is selected no longer fails. #1023 - Refreshing the content library during a Included, Renderosity, or PoserSoftware purchases install keeps you locked into that channel, even when reloading the library. #1000 - Limited numpy threads to 3 on startup. #1053 - Added dialog on the Mac to show path to lock file when forced restart terminating Poser leaves single instance lock file preventing Poser execution after reboot. #1034, #545 Poser 12.0.498 - 2021-04-28 -------------------------------- - Fixed crash caused by graph palette windows overflow. #1025, #832. - Reimplemented Make Movie 2D Motion Blur. #432 Poser 12.0.492 - 2021-04-23 -------------------------------- - Removed old Project Guides & Keyframe Categories from menus in localized Japanese and German mode. #1030 - Fixed crash when installing multiple Python scripts at once from the embedded store. #1031, #835 - Changed the time.clock() references to fix hack.py and more code from Py2.7 to python3.7.9. #822, #709 - Added Python SaveLibraryPreview function to create thumbnails. #1014, #823 (edited) Poser 12.0.484 - 2021-04-16 -------------------------------- - Walk Designer no longer crashes when End Frame is set to 2 and saved. #1021 - The Walk Designer walk function correctly stops when the palette is closed. #1020 - Shortcut Editor: Use Inverse Kinematics accelerators correctly save out modifiers without having to restart. #1018 Poser 12.0.480 - 2021-04-14 -------------------------------- - Compound nodes, Gather nodes and Light Probe nodes no longer crashes SuperFly. #1011, #1012, #1013 - Texture Manager correctly updates gamma value on the texture when using "Replace All Textures" feature. #1004 - Shortcut Editor: now saves out Edit>Duplicate and Figure>Use Inverse Kinematics custom keys. #1005 - Shortcut Editor: using old SpacE accelerator no longer crashes Poser on startup. #1010 - The Shortcut Editor now displays the top level menu items Figure, Render and Help listings on the Mac. #997 - Changed PoserPython poser.ScriptLocation() to ensure return of path in fully native format #1009 #818 Poser 12.0.469 - 2021-04-06 -------------------------------- - Mac: Shortcut Editor improvements made to custom keys being saved after restarting Poser. Please NOTE that on the Mac the Shortcut Editor temporarily has missing top level Figure, Render and Help listings that will not save custom shortcuts. #976 - Mac: Shortcut Editor no longer requires the ⌘ key creating custom shortcuts. #998 - Poser's library indexing routine improved for Windows trying to deal with the folder name containing Mac filesystem diacriticals/Unicode characters. #972, #800 - Added ability to present dynamic promotional images as background to splash screen on app launch #1001 Poser 12.0.463 - 2021-04-01 -------------------------------- - Derivative variable nodes no longer leads to a crash either by entering the Material Room or rendering. #970, #789 - More improvements to avoid OPTIX render failings in cases where OPTIX doesn’t yet support ray tracing nodes, for example, ambient occlusion. #987 - Material Room: added Replace All button in Texture Manager. Gives the ability to replace all occurrences of a texture map with a newly selected texture map in a single action. The Replace All button opens a drop down list to replace all occurrences of a texture map in a material, object, or the entire scene. #984 - Material Room: Implemented drag/drop an image map to replace an existing image map node. #965 - Mac: More improvements to saving custom key modifiers in the Shortcut Editor after restarting Poser. #976, #956 - Python API now has the ability to delete morphTarget. #715, #637 - Python API now has the ability to remove a morph from an actor. #978, #807, #637 - Mac: more improvements to bundled Python command line tools and apps, fixed hard-coded paths in the Python framework dylibs. #828, #700 Poser 12.0.456 - 2021-03-26 -------------------------------- - Code changes made to OPTIX GPU in order to help avert SuperFly render crashes if the Anisotropic BSDF tangent node is plugged in. NOTE: OPTIX will still crash renders if the user connects the UV port to a tangent node. #961, #955 - Mac: hitting keyboard delete/backspace key when library is focused no longer causes the library to go blank. #905 - Mac: installer improved to retain previous prefs now allowing the user to launch Poser using existing or backed up UI and library settings. #986, #166 - Added download file sizes and cancel to Content Library included and purchased items. #829, #565, (App), #518 (Beta) - Undo and Redo menu entries no longer become garbled in Japanese version. #942 Poser 12.0.448 - 2021-03-19 -------------------------------- - Added Purchases/Install integration with PoserSoftware.com in Content Library #954 - Added PoserPython actor locking functions #939 - Fixed issue with login dialog when VerifyPurchase called #968 Poser 12.0.443 - 2021-03-18 -------------------------------- - More hard-coded paths in the Mac Python framework dylibs fixed to improve bundled Python command lines tools, modules and apps. #828, #796, #736, #700, #689 - OpenGL Comic Book Preview: Last Draw checkbox option added to improve quality of geometric edge lines. #975 Poser 12.0.437 - 2021-03-12 -------------------------------- - FireFly rendering no longer locks up Poser on Big Sur Mac OSX. #904, #796 - Purchased Python script products now appear in menu immediately when installed from the content library #962 - FBX Export texture map improvements, Certain missing text characters in material export files names fixed. #803, #694 - Popup menu option added to hide Key Count displays in the Animation palette to significantly increase vertical scrolling speed. #870, #739 - Japanese and German localization improvements to Save to Library dialogs. #959, #957 - Japanese localization: Duplicate modifiers keys K and J removed from the display camera menu. Ctrl/Cmd+K General Preferences and Ctrl/Cmd+J Make Movie are now the key shortcut modifiers. #835 Poser 12.0.421 - 2021-02-26 -------------------------------- - After using the Apply material tab, material replacement now gets released allowing figures to load with materials correctly. #932 - The arrow cursor no longer overlap the Pose Edit tools cursors and Material icon cursor on Windows. #586 - Several Help menu commands are correctly linked and now work on Mac. #918 - Major updates to Poser Manual to cover Cycles updates and other new features Poser 12.0.418 - 2021-02-25 -------------------------------- - Maximum background image size of 4095 removed, now allows background image in Superfly GPU to render to full dimensions. #935, #866, #780 - Mac: Bullet and Dynamic Cloth simulations now redraw while calculating. #912, #906 Poser 12.0.411 - 2021-02-19 -------------------------------- - SuperFly using Infinite lights consistently renders specularity on sequenced images. #892 - Removed 4096 limit dialog warning on high resolution images. #734, #650 Poser 12.0.408 - 2021-02-03 -------------------------------- - Fixed HDRI background images corruption., no longer previews or renders red or black. #865, #879, #738 Poser 12.0.394 - 2021-02-03 -------------------------------- - Improved Cycles Volume Absorption and Volume Scatter nodes no longer produce black objects. #762, #669 - Scatter Group Id input has been added to PrincipledBsdfNode and the Cycles SubsurfaceScattering node. #624 - HDR images that ship with Poser are accessible again. #668 - Fixed num-pad enter key and arrow key behavior in animation palette. #864 - Install From Zip Archive preserves folder name case sensitivity from the archive, no longer breaking Python script module searches. #863, #730 - Bundled Python command line tools and apps now have the correct library load path attributes. #828, #700 - A few issues fixed in hack.py with its translation from Python 2.7 to 3.7.9 #822, #706 - Fixed PYTHONHOME paths and added Runtime/Python/lib to allow pip to list and install packages from within the Python Shell. #796, #689 Poser 12.0.385 - 2021-01-28 -------------------------------- - SuperFly motion blur fixed for background rendering and the queue. #735, #653 - Alpha channel from Cycles image node render correctly in SuperFly. #855 Poser 12.0.381 - 2021-01-26 -------------------------------- - Shadow Blur Radius fixed and now working in SuperFly. #767 - Body part seams show in SSS no longer appear when traditional skinning is used. Optix should be working well now -- treating scatter group id as did Poser 11. CUDA and CPU can only support the scatter_id within a single object for now. #679, #628, #624, #568 - Anisotropic in Principled BSDF fixed with improved results. #696, 620 - SuperFly Tangent node enumeration, normal map and tangent inputs fixed with improved results. #800 - Pause/resume Renderosity purchases no longer gives Error getting manifest... messages. #851 - Animation Palette: Pressing ENTER now provides animation playback. #719, #629 - Queue Manager on the Mac no longer crashes on launch. #837 - Mac no longer randomly crashes when you click on the Material tab or the Edit tab. #779 - Localization on the Mac: Japanese and German multibyte text issues are now properly formatted in various parts of Poser 12. #840, #838, #854, #836, #832, - Mac: (Cosmetic) Registration text fields no longer display ghosted lines. #775 (edited) Poser 12.0.376 - 2021-01-22 -------------------------------- - Mac version returns with feature equality to Windows version - SuperFly no longer errors with CUDA illegal address in cuCTXSychronize(). #823, #702 - Render in Background with GPU or on CPU no longer crashes. #731, #638 - Improved download system for Included & Purchased Products. Added status info & resume download option. #829, #518 - Progressive refinement works correctly with Render in Background. #659. #585 - "Diffuse Value" on Poser Surface now correctly functions in Superfly renders. #783, #673 - Sub Surface Scatter no longer mishandles green channel zero value. #798 - Running printFigAndActorInfo.py no longer errors on Windows. #827 - Scripts menu> RenderControl> Python script Render Passes palette button is better formatted. #774 - Better error message when using Ambient Occlusion in Optix render. #842 - Fixed splash screen and About box image on Mac. #844, #717, #589 - More improvements with Retina display on the Mac, i.e. weight brush painting, hair growth assignment. #826 - Poser no longer intermittently launches to a failed content library or missing UI. #496, #374 - Poser no longer fails to print module docstrings or provide help('modulename') output. #812, #699 - Poser objects again allowed be used as Python dictionary keys (unhashable). #744, #656 - The Cycles node Normal map Space enumeration now opens "Tangent" in Poser 12. #830 - Japanese: ctrl/cmd +K shortcut now modifiable to allow General Preferences assignment. #835 - Mac Japanese: Corrected multibyte text right-click in the Recent Render palette. #833 - Phong node output is corrected. Anisotropic better but still needs work #783 - Updated SuperFly presets with improved consistency between threshold value on medium and high adaptive settings, and GPU and non-GPU settings. #815, #677 - SuperFly render settings help rollovers give proper information for new settings. #841, #692 Poser 12.0.363 - 2021-01-15 -------------------------------- - GPU rendering CUDA/Optix no longer fails. #820, #701 - Copy material by drag and drop in the new material assignment is working again. #795, #821, #680 - Until better implementation, default parameter Min and Max limits are reverted back to Poser 11 settings. #541 - New default values for autosave: Seconds before save 10, Interval between saves 5, Number of versions 3 #737, #645 - Retina scaling issues on the Mac, i.e. the figure body circle now centers, click/drag selection is no longer offset. Drag/drop applies from the Content Library #777, #786, #807 - Localization, setting Poser to Japan/German no longer crashes on launch. #787 - Added poser.RenderCacheLocation() to the proper location on the Mac. #791, #687 - printFigAndActorInfo. py is no longer missing on the Mac. #797, #690 - EZ scripts no longer error running the scripts. #788 (edited) Poser 12.0.347 - 2020-12-31 -------------------------------- - Japanese and German installers now display localized Poser 12 EULAs & Readmes. #799, #290 - Improved accuracy drag selecting on Macs using Retina display #786 - Area render now overlays previous render. #410. NOTE: Please test heavily on both Windows and Mac. It still may not work with Separate process, Denoise/PostFX may not apply, may not export to EXR. Please retest. - Unicodeescape error no longer appears running certain utilities Python Scripts. #801, #679 - The material picker icon in the Material Room works correctly on the Mac. #778 - Running the utility wxInspect Python script no longer produces error on the Mac. #784 - Mac: The Help menu> Poser Manual... now launches the reference manual link in the browser. #773 Poser 12.0.336 - 2020-12-18 -------------------------------- - Fixed Mac crash when you type accented characters in Python Shell window. #725, #588 - The Shortcut Editor on Mac (General Preferences, Cmd+K> Interface> is displaying incorrect key commands. Poser 12.0.327 - 2020-12-11 -------------------------------- - Included Content Scene files no longer display errors loading the following: Victorian Giftshop, Romantic Bedroom, Garden Fireplace. #755, #664 - Reduce Polygons has been added back to the Object menu #754, #649, - The PostFX palette Export Image no longer saves an additional _Original image when there's no post effect applied. #756 - Several improvements to Japanese localization. #763, #764, #765 - The Included Content Meeting Point scenes properly display thumbnails. #8 Poser 12.0.322 - 2020-12-08 -------------------------------- - Enabled hashing of Figures and Actor objects in PoserPython #744, #656 - Fixed equals for parm objects, also made them hashable so PoserPython can compare Parameter objects. #747, #660 - Added under Scripts > Utility menu, InspectionTool.py script to allow wxPython widget inspection Tool to run. #750, #662 - Middle button mouse zoom scroll slowed down making it smoother on Windows. #729 - Improvement to the Export Image button in the PostFX palette, no longer need to apply PostFX first. #753 - Partial fix for seams showing in SSS when traditional skinning is used. Now works in single object case where scatter_group_id matches (CPU & CUDA only) #679, #628, #624 Poser 12.0.316 - 2020-12-04 -------------------------------- - "Export Image..." button added to the PostFx palette to replace the Poser 11 Tear off button in the Render window. #743 - Added new configurations for CUDA for additional Nvidia RTX 30XX (Ampere) support. Note that older boards may drop off support. #712, #640 - Fixed issue with the Cameras() function so Python Camera list script now returns camera parented with a figure. #741, #657 Poser 12.0.314 - 2020-12-01 -------------------------------- - Python Equality operator now works on objects, fixed rich comparison functions for many Python wrapper objects. #727, #647 - Shader Node Outputs Python methods, fixed many errors in comparing Python objects #714, #636 - Python Addons no longer gets caught in an infinite loop fixing the crash. #710, #654 - ShaderNode equivalency behavior in Poser 12 is now consistent with Poser 11. #716, #635. - Fixed exporting aux layers in SuperFly renders as .PSD and .PNG the “_Original” layer is no longer dark. #687, Poser 12.0.306 - 2020-11-25 -------------------------------- - Edit menu Copy Picture no longer produces a dark image when pasting into an image editor. #607, #570 - Fixed issue with extra render files left behind even when PostFX or Auxiliary Layers not specified. #728 Known Issues: - sporatic reports of content related render crashes, currently being investigated - PoserPython scripting issue reported with equality operator on objects Poser 12.0.300 - 2020-11-20 -------------------------------- - Rendering with Separate Process On and with Render in Background no longer causes crash. #703 - SuperFly render settings option to Apply Post effects to Render now has an Open PostFX button that allows you to set the adjustments before rendering. #439 - SuperFly render settings now allow user to select multiple GPUs for hardware render. #661, #573 - Local and remote queue rendering now allows GPU for SuperFly renders. #483, #350 - Setting the camera shutter open/close values gives improved results for SuperFly 3D motion blur. Not currently setup for Queue rendering. #707, #224 - File locator dialog now launches when opening scenes that have missing image maps or environment textures. A warning also prompts when textures exceeds 4096 pixels. #671 - Cycles Mix Blend option nodes improved consistency between Poser 11 & 12. #686 - The new SuperFly auxiliary layer options are no longer linked to the FireFly auxiliary layer options. (#644) - Windows installer backup preferences option updated for clarity, now reads "Backup and replace preference files" #702 - Blinn, EZ Blinn node hooked up to the Poser Surface root again renders correctly in SuperFly. #678 Poser 12.0.288 - 2020-11-12 -------------------------------- - Emissive materials are back to rendering in SuperFly correctly, no longer renders invisible, fixed when the Cycle Math nodes were fixed. #697, #617 - Ctrl-click on button in Python Palette to start the editor set in the Poser Preferences properly loads file to the selected editor. #698, #614 - SuperFly render progress bar is back to displaying both text and graphical status. #608 - SuperFly render settings and PostFX dialogs are now localized for German & Japanese. Note: Render presets for both SuperFly and FireFly are not yet localized. #666 - Cycles Texture Coordinate node in particular, reflections between Poser 11 and 12 have been fixed, the main issue was display, it now draws the UV output instead of the generated output. #636, #572 - Consistent Queue Manager local and remote rendering results between both Windows 10 setup and Win/Mac cross-platform setup. #483, #350 Poser 12.0.282 - 2020-11-09 -------------------------------- - Post effects are now being applied to Queue Manager renders. #673 - Exporting rendered image file now saves out two versions. Any time PostFx is applied it saves the pre-postfx as _Original. #685 - Proper naming convention for image sequences with render setting auxiliary layers. #677 - Cycles Math and Vector Math nodes was improved and contain some new optional inputs. - Average node is no longer available and has been converted to Maximum. #680, #681, #684 - Python scripts from partners have been temporarily disabled for upgrade to Python 3 & refactoring by RPublishing staff #683 Poser 12.0.276 - 2020-11-06 -------------------------------- - Shader XML issues triggered by EZDome fixed (#675) - Vector type input is not a menu choice but a number (#598) Known Issues (high priority for next update): - Superfly renders can vary from Poser 11 due to Cycles 2 shader implementations - Raytrace Preview function not working consistently Poser 12.0.274 - 2020-11-05 -------------------------------- - Queue Manager remote rendering network comms fixes #672 - Queue Manager setting added for verbose logging of network comms Poser 12.0.272 - 2020-11-05 -------------------------------- - WxPython fix, poser.WxApp() no longer crashes. #665 - Cycles Surface image texture now loads in correct projection from Poser 11 to Poser 12. #633, #582 - EnvironmentMap node uses equirectangular as default. flipping values now fixed #618, #561 - Mapping node no longer has duplicate fields. #615 - SuperFly Raytrace Preview has no longer Depth of Field turned on. #663, #607 (edited) Poser 12.0.261 - 2020-11-01 -------------------------------- - Local Queue renders work & saving out with the correct PostFX setting (tested in b257). - Scripts menu is repopulated with previous Python scripts. #638 - New SuperFly render presets updated and added to included Adaptive. #658 - Fixed Python threading crash bug. #640 - Python no longer randomly offers to delete figure. #662 - Python CollectSceneInventory script fixed #654 Poser 12.0.247 - 2020-10-30 -------------------------------- - Import background image/ movie no longer renders out corrupted. #606 - Crash fixed SuperFly auxiliary layer options exported as .psd. #645 - Auxiliary layer options now can be exported from main File menu Export image, as well as the Render tab. #647 - Auto Refresh Raytrace Preview improved. #266 - Non-Branched GPU Render Presets now switch to GPU. #616, #559 - Background render with SuperFly auxiliary layer options no longer creates two rendered images. #649 - Cycles image node outputs Alpha, solves using PNG (with Alpha) as material mask. #244, #16. - Color chooser dot for ground now works but requires a repaint by going to the Material Room. #317 - Partial materials are no longer allowed in the Assign tab. #573, #556 - Temporarily removed or disabled: Cycles Principled Volume shader node, SuperFly auxiliary Mist layer #650, 2D motion blur #432 Poser 12.0.242 - 2020-10-29 -------------------------------- - New Poser 12 art for Splash screen & About page. #642 - Content installed items no longer require a Poser restart before appear in search. #610 - Goal CenterOfMass no longer appears after assigning a material. #512, #440 - SuperFly render settings UI has been slightly modified and now has new aux layer options. Poser 12.0.236 - 2020-10-26 -------------------------------- - Fixed Python 3 import numpy library #625, #575 - Fixed right side artifact on renders bug #626, #571 - HiveWire figures no longer crash in the Material Room or when rendering #613, #558 - Pose (PZ2) icons now have identifying thumbnail #621 - SuperFly Tileable shaders, several Basic Shader in the Content library no longer crash. - SuperFly Math Function on Alternative Specular no longer washed out. Poser 12.0.228 - 2020-10-23 -------------------------------- - Added searchable HTML Poser Manual & linked in Help menu - Added PIL & Pillow to Python modules #614, #563 - UI dots now incorporate splitter data #579 - SuperFly larger bucket size works for Background Rendering. #605, #560 - SuperFly Progressive Refinement fixed #597 Poser 12.0.226 - 2020-10-22 -------------------------------- - SuperFly render engine updated to Cycles 2 with several new Render settings, improved performance with Optix, Adaptive Sampling ... - Sketch and Preview (tmp) renders now deactivate the PostFX palette. #585 - Two remaining issues fixed with the FireFly Auxiliary UV-Position map. #559, #543. - Python, wxWidgets & wxPython updated to recent stable versions - Several issues fixed with wxWidgets & Open GL. Document viewport no longer goes black. #595, #594, #590 - Material Assignment tab in Material room: Buttons are now grayed out when they cannot be used.#564, #519 - Fixed random crashes when running render scripts. #335, #87 - New indication icons in library of content type or use.#534, #297 - Undo Delete Group allowed in the Grouping Tool. #339, #51 - Library palette double-check button issues and documentation updated. #498 - Several Python scripts updated (Python 2.7 -> 3.7) and some obsolete scripts removed. #549 - Lights applied from library obey Library Preference Double-click add to scene. #299, #7 Poser 12.0.203 - 2020-10-08 -------------------------------- - Crash fixed in Material Room when object material group name contains a “:” #561, #527 - Crash fixed if you clear recent materials in the Assign Material palette. #555 - Crash fixed when deselecting display elements. #525, #445 - Viewport state are now properly saved between sessions. #524, #187 - Assign Material Panel no longer accepts non-material files. #547, #517. - Drag/drop a material to the Edit Material palette no longer allowed on Windows. #520 - Fixed double file extension when appending the new extension if it doesn’t match the existing extension. #553 - In the Display Control in one case “Element” changes to “Object” in the UI. #552, #490 - Room help for material nodes (custom inputs, normal maps) are now readable. #568 Poser 12.0.186 - 2020-09-24 -------------------------------- - FireFly Auxiliary render maps are now the same with Poser 11. #536, #463 - FireFly now saves out all auxiliary option renders. #537, #450 - Right-click refresh option for thumbnails in the Recent Render. #535, #454 - When no image is selected in the Recent Render palette the menu items are deactivated. #542 - The “parameter changed dot” has been upgraded to a better visible green color. #538, #466 - When creating a new morph default Min and Max limits settings have been changed to more usable default settings. #541, #465 - The split morph limits from the original morph are now carried over. #540, #461 - Materials Assign Room option added to remove materials from the palette. #533, #462 - Popup message to alert users that an instance is already running is in place when attempting to launch Poser immediately after quitting. #539, #467 - If no preferred scene exists this is now handled by force loading the default scene. #450, #154 - Keyframe Category List from Animation Palette removed. #392 - A ball object preview has replaced the head object in the Material Room. Poser 12.0.171 - 2020-09-11 -------------------------------- - Poser no longer crashes when importing fbx from Studio or with custom Poser character. #507, 434 - Poser no longer intermittently launches to a failed content library. #496, #374, #445 - Split morph now retains its newly entered names. (#521) - Mac: The material dragged to the Material Assignment palette previews the thumbnail correctly. #506 - Cosmetic improvements to the Material Assignment palette when the dock is opened. #505 Poser 12.0.154 - 2020-08-26 -------------------------------- - Material Room Simple palette replaced with new Material Assignment palette. Advanced palette renamed Edit. - Grouping a figure or object now displays in hierarchy choosers. #223 and #455 - Double checks hidden in Library palette (when Grid off). #498 - Copy image correctly copying displayed image. #471 - Library search shows complete results without resizing the palette. #444 Poser 12.0.137 - 2020-08-07 -------------------------------- - Crash fixed when modifying material nodes. #323 and #472 - More Poser 11 references removed from Poser User Reference Manual PDF. #491 - Poser Reference Manual now makes reference to Deformer Simple Transforms checkbox. #60 and #354 - Deformer Use Simple Transform checkbox works again. #354 and #495 - Reduce Polygons removed under the Object menu. #490 - Poser Pro figures and Poser Pro Tutorial files no longer installed to the main Poser content library. #464 Poser 12.0.122 - 2020-07-24 -------------------------------- - Many small bug fixes - Fixed occasional, intermittent Renderosity login issue to Purchases in Poser. #475 - Fixed freezing when port or tracking controls get stuck in a modal menu. #317 #481 - No more long delay closing Poser, shutdown no longer prolonged by analytics final web call. #474 - Fixed crash on exit. #198 - Attempting to open actor selection history with right click on No Actor no longer crashes. #473 - Included content now allows multiple installs without error downloads occurring. #449 - Recent Render Show in Explorer now correctly locates denoised fx images. #416 - Install From Zip Archive now has the ability to browse to different path button to save the content. #468 - Magnet’s strength dial now named when created. #434 - Improvement on library menu scrollbars, improved accessibility lower portion when menu is cutoff by UI size changes. #459 and #413 - Superfly render settings resolution button now always labelled Preview dimensions instead of 640x480. #457 - “File...New” no longer prompts for missing texture “Black Texture.png” #454 - Updates to "Poser Reference Manual.pdf" (English version) * All instances of Poser 11 changed to Poser 12 * All instances of Poser Pro changed to Poser * "Poser Only Feature" icons removed from all screen caps where they appeared * Verified URLs in manual and updated as needed (several of the resource URLs in intro section and EULA redirected to new URLs. Those have been updated.) * Updated EULA section in "Installing Poser" chapter to update links to the URLs that they redirected to. Please review EULA and links for accuracy. * Removed the "Tip", "Note" and "Warning" icons as they were misaligned in latest version of InDesign. All notes, tips, and warnings still display with red text, and paragraphs have a red line above and below the paragraph to stand out better. * Deleted Face Room chapter * Deleted Wardrobe Wizard chapter * Deleted Kinect Capture section * Deleted "3D Basics" appendix * Deleted "Basics of Materials" chapter * Removed "What's New in Poser 11" items. Poser 12 new and enhanced features will be updated as added to the manual. * Removed Download Manager sections * Removed old Activating Poser text, replaced with updated steps * Removed Project Guide section * Removed Uploading to Facebook section * Removed Figure > Genitalia command description * Removed Flash Option from Rendering Animations chapter * Removed Figure > Figure Height command info * Chapter 7: Library many screen shots updated. Purchases Tab information added. Search instructions updated to current. * Corrected Poser Software links that still navigated to Smith Micro when clicked * Split manual into individual chapters in source files. All cross-reference links have been updated. Poser 12.0.101 - 2020-07-10 -------------------------------- - Poser 12 user preferences and application data now resides in a "Poser" folder instead of "Poser Pro" folder. #461 - The render cache folder now resides in a "Poser" folder instead of "Poser Pro" folder. #463 - Switching between Purchases and Included no longer crashes. #377 - Included Content Library intact after a clean Poser install using previous or existing preferences. #429 - Added ability to hit Install after an error downloading Included content. #449 Poser 12.0.95 - 2020-07-06 ------------------------------- - Fixed crash when loading scenes containing Flash Movie information in them. #447 - De-noised render now includes alpha channel in exported PNG images. #451 - Fixed PostFX window repainting artifact on Windows. #443 - Fixed missing help text on Render Dimension Button. #452 Poser 12.0.88 - 2020-07-01 -------------------------------- - Extended Purchases tab in Content Library to handle download/install of "Included" content #324 - Support installers no longer required, only main installer required - Addition of PostFX operations on renders & animation: Denoise, Exposure, Saturation #328 - Added detailed usage analytics collection/reporting when authorized by user #186 - Added ability to copy log window text with [ctrl]+C, cmd+C #341 - "Deleted" Renders now get removed successfully from Recent Renders palette. #276 - Face Room removed in favor of 3rd-party solutions & vendor products - Path Palette feature has been removed - Kinect support removed on Windows - Flash support removed since no longer relevant - Decimation disabled until it can be improved - Remove unseen polys disabled until it can be improved - FBX import no longer adds random numbers when selecting body parts in the Properties palette (#421) Poser 11.3.818 - Released 2020-06-07 ------------------------------------ - Reworked previous crash fix that would cause geometry to be null when it wasn’t. This fixes missing morph copy for non-unimesh. #337 - Fixed a setup room memory corruption bug discovered while testing - Fixed registration issue where name/email not always required #371 Poser 11.3 - Released 2020-03-19 -------------------------------- IMPROVEMENTS: - Added Purchases Tab to Content Library to easily download/sync content purchased in store - Improved Search function in Content Library to return more specific results to query terms - Added support for NVIDIA RTX (Turing architecture) GPU cards with SuperFly - Changed to detect Operating System language settings & launch Poser in same language when possible - Fixed various issues related to Catalina on Mac - Mac build process updated and modernized to support Catalina and latest XCode tools - Added the ability to remove missing runtimes. Missing runtimes appear grayed in the remove runtimes menu. - The content library now gives an icon of what materials are MT5 or MC6. (#137) - Versioning in Properties Details (Win) and Get Info about app (Mac) are now in sync with current build number. (#220) - Windows build process updated and modernized to support latest Visual Studio tools - Updates to Windows Component Libraries (Python 2.7.17, latest FBX and Alembix export formats) - LaFemme updates in preparation for release of separate L'Homme figure - LaFemm in correct memorized state for consistency with pose sets - New stand-alone L'Homme figure for improved content creation process - Faster loading of default scene load time by using PMD - Mac: EXR files now displays properly at the end, after the render completes. Some very bright pixels no longer turn black. #135 - Now includes scale data in Expression, hand and Poses saved to the library enabling custom characters and expressions - Retime animation dialog now has additional radio button to retime everything in the scene. - Added ability to export joint center dependencies for animated centers to File > Export > Morph injection ... BUG FIXES: - Ray Trace preview now gets updated pose (#148) - Firefly render previews in Material Room display correctly, not washed out. (#157) - Mac: Pressing Fn key only on MBP laptop keyboard no longer crashes. Caps Lock on a Mac keyboard for desktop no longer crashes. (#211) - Import a sound file on Poser Mac OS X Catalina no longer crashes Poser. (#163) - Saving movie file on Catalina no longer crashes Poser (#189) - Mac: FFRender now gets releases after attempting to cancel Render in Background. (#196) - Mac: Docking a Custom Parameter then File>New clears out correctly. (#203) - Mac: Catalina: Custom Parameters Palette allows adding dials again. (#194) - Added Pauline Walk Designer figure so Walk Designer will launch without warnings. - Queue Manager stand alone installer is available again. - XMP files for saved figures now branding as Bondware (#250) - The Wind Force gadget no longer appears in Renders (#219) - Adding a circle and polyline measurement without any points no longer crashes. (#216) - Scroll bar remains in Local Search after toggling search from store (#193) - Fixed reversed normals on Alembic exports fixing compatibility with Marvelous Designer and other apps. - Subdivision values for Preview and Render can be set differently on the body. #261 and #228 - Render in background, separate render, QM render (FFRenders) now applies Glass_Bsdf node roughness in SuperFly renders. #235 - Export>ZBrush now writes out a file to a destination location and with the saved file name. (#179) - Windows: Cloth and Hair dynamic simulations remain during an unsaved session. (#270 #288) - Windows build version is now present in the main installer. (#313) - Mac OSX: Queue Manager jobs on distributed successfully on Catalina nodes both locally and remotely. (#221) - Queue Manager successfully renders scene with cloth and hair dynamics sims. (#310) - Cloth and Hair dynamic sims are now preserved in preferred state on unsaved scenes. (#312) - Custom pose symmetry fixed to flip centerline actors and include the unusually named parts correctly. #315 - Mac: Jumping from room to room, the UI no longer messes up on the Mac. #223 - Fix for exporting morph injection files to maintain more dependencies. - Option added to dialog to preserve existing geometry when saving a figure to library (for content creators). #319 Poser 11.2 - Released 2019-09-20 ---------------------------------------- - Bridge Release to Bondware Ownership - Changes to SuperFly defaults & Presets to improve usability - Made Help/Manuals language specific - Added ability in to search store for products/assets in Content Library - Added ability to change UI Language inside the app - Set La Femme as Figure Default Scene - New License Management with 21-day free trial, offline grace period, multi-seat licenses - Many, many bug fixes