PoserPro2014SR4Readme.rtf

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Smith Micro Software, Inc. and the Poser team are pleased to announce that the Poser Pro2014 Service Release 4 (SR4 is now availa!le for !oth Mac "S # and $indows. SR4 willupdate %our non&!eta version of Poser Pro 2014 'nlish to the latest version.

SR4 o)ers several enhancements and addresses *nown issues present in the followinareas+

-eneral performance and sta!ilit% updates and improvements

Materials improvements

nimation improvements

Preview Renderin improvements

/inal Renderin improvements

/iure reation improvements

PoserP%thon improvements

ueue Manaer improvements

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SR4 Enhancements and Fixes, by Category

General

Re-enabled axis selection upon BVH import.

Splash screen now shows **** as last 4 digits of serial number.

Undo of deleted figures participating in phsics should now reattach to correct simulation.

!ixed a crash on undo of creation of lights with depth cameras.

"re#enting $"oser Surface$ nodes from being loaded on light sources.

!ixed a problem undoing deletion of figure-parented props.

%ow computing &'( chec)sum on files one at a time to a#oid thrashing dis).

+nabled origin displa for Unimesh s)inning method.
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2/12

%ow #alidating "oser , serial numbers in association with new upgrade serial numbers.

+nabled reading of phsics setup when loading figure or prop from librar.

%ow a#oiding creation of gratuitous )eframes upon importing lights.

Materials

Refract and fresnel nodes now respect in#erse R/total internal reflection.

Animation

mpro#ed scrubbing beha#ior in 0nimation drawer 0nimation palette and 1raph palette.

&o#ie and mage Se2uence exports are now more responsi#e to being canceled.

%ow opening '3% files read-onl whene#er possible.

Bullet "hsics !ixed case where ending li#e simulation would cause instabilit.

Preview Rendering

"re#iew rendering +nabled per-ob5ect bac)face culling option.

ncreased responsi#eness of status bar and cancel button when rendering an image

se2uence with the pre#iew renderer.

pen16 pre#iew now updates correctl when the transparenc of a unimesh figure is

changed.

mpro#ed stabilit of ra traced pre#iew after loading new scenes.

Final Rendering

Re-enabled Render 7 &otion Blur 'ocument for "re#iew renderer 8pen16 onl9.

Unimesh and subdi#ided figures now render with the correct per actor ratracing #isibilit.

%ormal maps now render correctl when seen through ra traced reflections or

refractions.

Figure Creation

+nabled import of s)inned meshes 8:660'0 and !B; onl9.


3/12

%ow pre#enting user from tring to cop morphs to an ob5ect with no geometr.

!ixed crash when coping morphs to ob5ects with no geometr.

%ow clamping texture coords betwen ? and @ before texture atlas remap interpolation.

%ow storing 5oint blending information correctl when selection is AReplaceA.

PoserPython

+nabled :op = "aste in "thon shell 8&ac S ; onl9.

"oser"thon +nabled s2lite module 8Cindows onl9.

!ixed some problems with poser"thon api in#ol#ing compound shader nodes.

mpro#ed stabilit when more than D "thon add ons are installed.

"oser"thon Re-enabled :660'0 export.

Queue Manager

Eueue &anager installer now defaults to pre#ious installation path 8Cindows onl9.

Eueue &anager %ow warning against stand-alone installation if "oser "ro is alread.

Previous SR3.1 Enhancements and Fixes, by

Category

General

F 1eneral "references !ixed case where non-existing temp path would pre#ent successful

launch.

F !igure 7 Smmetr now beha#es correctl for limbs with G enabled

Face Room

F :ontent Updater now includes head databases for Rex and Roxie @.@ figures 8installer

a#ailable as separate download9.

Material Room

F !ixed case where appling a material pose to a hair prop would cause instabilit.

F &o#ie node now pre#iews and renders correctl before looping.

Preview Rendering


4/12

F !ixed random frame see)ing issues during #ideo plabac).

Final Rendering

F Restored rendering performance in some scenes to @?.?. le#el.

AnimationF 0nimation controls %ow alwas reading up to desired frame when see)ing in a mo#ie

8Cindows onl9.

F &a)e &o#ie +xport presets ad5usted to obe user specified frame rate.

F &a)e &o#ie +nabled support for multibte characters in export paths 8&ac S ; onl9.

Figure Creation

F !ixed case where b5ect-7:op &orphs !rom... targeting an existing parameter lac)ing

morph data would cause instabilit.

F !igure 7 Smmetr now copies weight maps onl when explicitl re2uested.

Content Library

F !ixed slowdown displaing folder contents on Cindows D.@ with nternet +xplorer @@.

F !ixed case where search would cause instabilit 8non-+nglish languages onl9.

PoserPython

F +nabled "6 image module 8Cindows -bit onl9.

InstallationF %ow passing necessar information to 'ownload &anager to obtain updates 8&ac S ;

onl9.

F 'ownload &anager +nabled support for non-+nglish format 8&ac S ; onl9 or sstem

locale 8Cindows onl9 regional settings.

PoserFusion

F "oser!usion for :%+&0 4' nstaller now includes student #ersions in search and

application #alidation 8installer a#ailable as separate download9.

Previous SR3 Enhancements and Fixes, by

Category

General

F Hierarchical selection dialogs with multiple selection now allow user to chec)/unchec)

multiple selected items.


5/12

F !ixed problems with :amera palette and custom cameras.

F $Reload Iextures$ now clears on dis) texture cache.

F 'ispla 7 "aste onto Bac)ground now wonAt scale the scene when a custom render si>e

is set.

F :ustom 1U preferences are now stored non-language specificall.

F mpro#ed efficienc of "aste nto Bac)ground and :lear Bac)ground "icture shortcuts.

F :learing hair cloth and phsics simulations wonAt result in deletion of results cache file

8I&" '3%9 an more.

F !ixed case where using color pic)er with multi-monitor displa would cause instabilit

8&ac S ; onl9.

Material Room

F &aterial groups in &aterial palette popup menu are now sorted alphabeticall.

F Vector tpe inputs on material nodes now can be clic)ed and #alues can be entered.

F 'eleting nodes with animated inputs now deletes associated parameters.

F !ixed case where connecting a frame number to a &o#ie node #ia a &ath node would

cause S free>e.

F !ixed Remo#e 'etached %odes wacro.

Cloth Room

F %ow reading static and dnamic friction settings upon reopening scene.

F !ixed case where modifing a group with non-clothified ob5ect selected would cause

instabilit.

Face Room

F Rex and Roxie @.@ head databases now use their respecti#e head shape.

Preview Rendering

F :omic Boo) mode %ow rendering bac)ground image/footage properl.

F :omic Boo) mode !ixed problem accepting Ione parameter changes when usingCestern +uropean regional settings.

F pen16 pre#iew scaling of bac)ground images is now consistent with !ire!l.

F !ixed issue where mo#ies loaded as image se2uences pre#iew blac) 8pen 16

Hardware shading onl9.

F Shaders mar)ed as modified b a "thon script will now update in #iewport 8pen16


6/12

hardware shading onl9.

Final Rendering

F +nabling motion blur in con5unction with smooth polgons does not cause instabilit an

more.

F 'epth of !ield no longer ignores ob5ects close to the screen edge.

F %o more halos or splotches around ob5ects when rendering with 'epth of !ield enabled.

Animation

F 1raph palette !ixed sound wa#e displa problems.

F !ixed a problem in#ol#ing mouse trac)ing while plaing animation where "oser could get

unresponsi#e.

F 0nimation palette %o longer modifing collapse/expand states after toggling figure G.

F 0nimation palette %ow remembering collapsed/uncollapsed states when updating for

added or remo#ed scene ob5ects.

F %ow explicitl pre#enting the creation of )eframes with negati#e frame numbers.

Figure Creation

F Vertex Ceights palette Set 0ll now obes 1roup restriction.

F &orphing tool :reate mode !ixed a problem where parameter selection menu did not

alwas show newl created parameters.

F &orphing tool :reate mode !ixed a problem using Select on context menu to chooseactors.

F &orphing tool :reate mode %o longer forcing drawing of unimesh figures to traditional

s)inning.

F 1roup editor !ixed case where 1row 8+dge 6oop9 would cause instabilit.

F !ixed case where b5ect 7 :op &orphs !rom... would cause instabilit.

F Setup room !ixed case where entering with conformed figures could result in wrong

selection instabilit when creating bones.

F "arameter Settings +nabled editing of internal parameter names 8proceed with caution9.

Content Library

F %ow prompting for extending scene length more reliabl when appling animated pose

exceeding current length.

F !ixed a problem loading 8using Aadd material toA9 sa#ed Anode selection onlA materials

with no root node.


7/12

F Reduced flic)ering of embedded 6ibrar palette 8-bit &ac S ; onl9.

PoserPython

F "thon add-ons are now loaded before double clic)ing or drag and drop opens a

document 8Cindows onl9.

Import!"port

F Bullet "hsics %ow exporting soft bod dnamics simulation results on !igures.

F %ow allowing choice of bod parts upon export for unimesh figures.

Installation

F !ixed case where 'ownload &anager would crash after 2uitting without installing.

F 'ownload &anager f installers ha#e been pre#iousl downloaded but not installed

before a newer installer is a#ailable the older installer is )ept depending on preferences.

!or example setting $%umber of installers to )eep$ to @ will retain one older cop.

Queue Manager

F +nabled image se2uence support for rendering on remote nodes.

F +nabled -bit support in Eueue &anager stand alone installer 8Cindows onl9.


Category

Face Room Resol#es an issue with !ace Room support for Rex and Roxie @.?


Category

Material Room

' Iexture nodes are now able to use ob5ect coordinates again

Previous SR2 Enhancements and Fixes, byCategory

General

%ow pre#enting instabilit while parsing files containing mismatched 2uotes

Restored right-clic) functionalit for top of "arameters/"roperties palette 8shows current


8/12

ob5ect options context menu9

%ow supporting Cindows D.@

mpro#ed stabilit when displaing subdi#ision surface geometr in multi-port #iew

!ixed case where enabling multithreaded bending in 1eneral "references would causemorph target displa issues

!ixed incorrect loading of Hand pose sets when !igure 7 Use 6imits is enabled

!ixed case where creating a new scene after posing with 'irect &anipulation tool would

cause instabilit

:orrected undo label text for ASubdi#ide separatelA

#air Room

Hair simulation Strengthened wind force for Bullet sol#er 8might re2uire ad5ustment of

0mplitude #alue in existing scenes9

!ixed issues with spawning morph targets from geometr with populated hair

+nabled pic)ing b fixing bounding box calculation for dnamic hair props

'na!led savin of hair growth groups for compound figures to librar

Material Room

6oad 8double-chec) 0dd to material9 of &I( file that includes a root node will now import

the root nodeAs #alues and connections

%o longer showing 5oint >one props in &aterial paletteAs ob5ect list popup

:ompound nodes /i3ed issues with 0ppl selected to allA functionalit

Remo#e 'etached %odes Cacro now wor)s with orphaned compound subtree nodes

Re-enabled B6 Cacro

%ow storing )eframe animation when shaders are sa#ed to the 6ibrar

Library

%ow pre#enting double processing of librar sa#e item

!ixed instances where content librar U became unresponsi#e

Preview Rendering

pen16 mip mapping can now be disabled in the "re#iew render settings dialog

Blac) and white :omic Boo) mode now produces an alpha channel


9/12

:omic Boo) Ihreshold popup now accepts )eboard entries

&a)e &o#ie = +xport image Blac) and white :omic Boo) mode now produces an alpha

channel

:orrected box trac)ing beha#ior for "oser Unimesh figures

1roup editor %ow displaing selected polgons in low light situations

Final Rendering

mpro#ed rendering of geometr with in#alid normals

!ixed logic error that could cause incorrect renders or instabilit with complex compound

shader nodes

!ire!l !ixed possible inaccuracies in alpha channel output

!ixed missing pixels in leftmost and topmost row in some !ire!l renders 8some residual

artifacts might remain in rare cases9

mpro#ed stabilit when thread affinit was set to disable cores in Ias) &anager

8Cindows onl9

!ixed case where combining subdi#ided geometr and ' motion blur would cause

instabilit

Refractions beond the first bounce now respect the R

Animation

0nimation palette !ixed instabilities with collapsed states of items with large numbers of

ob5ects

nimation palette+ !ixed drawing problems

0nimation palette %ow drawing >oomScroll icon to expose hori>ontal time sheet scaling

feature

0nimation palette mpro#ed performance of changing parameter #alues on figures with

man bod parts

/i3ed case where *e%frames in la%ers at neative frame num!ers would cause

instabilit upon loading

&a)e &o#ie %ow allowing third part codecs to be specified in preset and showing

related configuration dialogs 8Cindows onl9

5ullet Ph%sics+ onstraint prop position now reenerated when loadin 6ure

with simulation

Figure Creation


10/12

&orphing tool :reate actions now exclude loc)ed ob5ects

&orphing tool :reate actions no longer operate on hidden ob5ects

&orphing tool :reate mode :hanged Restore action sensiti#it b a factor of @? 8e.g.

new ?.( J old ?.?(9

%ow preser#ing 5oint information on parent left behind when deleting bones

!ixed a problem with undo of animated 5oint origin modifications

'ependenc editor %ow forcing AIeachA mode to off when closing palette

!ixed problem where attempting to delete morphs from figures with parented figures

could cause empt hierarch dialog

PoserPython

0dded methods to mar) a scene as changed and to determine whether or not a scene

was changed since the last sa#e

0dded method for getting current document path

0dded notifications for camera changed and lights changed

0dded "thon access to subdi#ided geometr

0dded 066CK"3IH%K"3: option to "oser.ini/"oser"refs to enable creation of "3:

files for add-on de#elopers

!ixed instabilit when wx"thon scripts were re2uesting italic fonts 8&ac S ; onl9

Import!"port dded Preserve e3istin material names e3port option to disa!le creation of

uni7ue material names

Improved sta!ilit% !% saniti8in 6le name !efore callin 6le chooser dialo

(Mac "S # onl%

Previous SR1 Enhancements and Fixes, by

Category

General 'uplicated props now properl reference binar morph data from the original

Cloth Room

Re&ena!led proress dialo and cancellation of cloth simulation

Material Room


11/12

!ixed case where blan) map%ames would cause file to not parse correctl

Preview Rendering

!ixed case where incorrect texture arras would cause instabilit 8Sree' onl9

Cind force lines will now obe the ob5ect and figure #isibilit settings

Final Rendering

mpro#ed stabilit of Subsurface Scattering with #er small shading rates

Shadow maps now render correctl in separate process multi-pass renders

!ixed artifacts in rendering with reflections and certain geometr

Iransparent surfaces now show specularit in reflections

mpro#ed stabilit when rendering with ARemo#e bac)facing polsA enabled

Animation

nimation palette+ %ow preser#ing current actor when camera is ad5usted

0nimation palette :orrected scrolling direction 8&ac S ; onl9

Figure Creation

9isa!led conformin of manet deformers !% default. -reatl% improves /ittin

room wor*:ow without re7uirin dev ri and maneti8e poses.

!ixed case where magnets on props were incorrectl being created to operate in world

space instead of local space

%ow computing magnets for existing figures in local space again. 6oading files with

#ersion @?.? or newer will trigger computation in world space. Ioggle A:ompute magnets

in world spaceA on figure "roperties tab to ad5ust beha#ior.

!ixed case where wa#e deformers on figures were being created to operate in world

space instead of local space

:hanged morph creation brush logic to impro#e interaction when multiple figures or

ob5ects are o#erlapping

!ixed refresh of &orphing tool :reate tab when switching ob5ects

mpro#ed beha#ior of morph creation on props parented to a figure bod part

Setup !itting room !ixed case where collapsed items in selection dialog were not

included in results

:op &orphs !rom +nabled coping of in#isible parameters and lin)ed"arms

:op &orphs !rom %ow connecting meta #alue parameters. Ihese are #alue


12/12

parameters that in addition to controlling target parameters also control other #alue

parameters. Ihis also fixes some other #alue ops that ma not ha#e been connected in

certain cases.

PoserPython

%ow pre#enting running of I)inter scripts to impro#e stabilit. I) as included in S ;causes instabilit when embedded in an application 8&ac S ; onl9.

%ow preser#ing current actor when camera is ad5usted

!"#! $SS%ES $! SR3.1 %orton 0nti#irus remo#es the Kelementtree.pd "thon Script file as a tro5an without

prompting for a confirmation. f ou edit or turn off our Heristic :hec)s before installation

the file will not automaticall delete.

!"#! $SS%ES $! SR3 %orton 0nti#irus remo#es the Kelementtree.pd "thon Script file as a tro5an without

prompting for a confirmation. f ou edit or turn off our Heristic :hec)s before installation

the file will not automaticall delete.

Chen exporting a figure out as a morph target with no real world transformations set the

figure will not be exported in its >ero pose if the figure uses "oser Unimesh s)inning

method. :hanging the s)inning method to traditional 8!igure 7 S)inning &ethod 7 "oser

Iraditional9 will export the figure in >ero pose as intended.

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