exporting poser to max

[lillypusher]

maybe someone can give me a hand here. i want to export from poser to max - which is no problem. file>> export. but the problem is that the model i get in max is immensly heavy polygon-wise. is there any way to lighten the model in poser, first?

thanks.

[EliseuGouveia]

As far as I know, Poser deals a lot with morphs but it has no modeling features;
have you tried breaking down your scenne/model into its basic components and then importing the various parts separatelly?

I find it strange that you´d have problems handling big models im Max and not in Poser, it should be the other way around.

Unless it´s the transition part that´s giving you trouble.

[lillypusher]

it's not difficult for just the one model, but when u have a scene which has 15-30 poser models, it gets rather heavy. importing as several different objects just makes it worse. oh well.

[Ben]

I did a movie in max with Poser models.. all I can suggest is, once you've exported to max, to apply a multi-res modifier and set the res down to about 20% to do all your animating.

If this isn't practicle for what you're doing, then I'd just avoid Poser all together!

[Incitatus]

Well if they're only meant as props in the background you can always slap on a optimize modifier.
Otherwise try viewing your scene in bounding box mode.

Only things I could think of.

[lillypusher]

haven't tried the optimize modifier - i'll c if that helps. because it's not just the viewing in max, it's the render as well.

ben - no need for animtaion, i just need hem as dummies in stills...


thanks all.