About Library Palette Categories

Poser’s new library allows you to quickly select categories and the items contained within them.

If you are seeking more information related to installed third party Poser content, please look in the “ReadMe” Folder located in the Poser installed “runtime” folder. This folder is in the content location that you selected when installing Poser. There are not ReadMe’s for every specific piece of content, but there are some that may help get you more familiar with how pieces of content were designed to be used together, special features of a piece of content or in depth details on how to use it.

Click a Category icon to select a Content category. Then drill down in the hierarchical list in the Library list to select the item you want to add to your scene.

Category icons help you choose a Library category.

The Library palette categories are described in further detail in topics that follow. Please refer to Loading and Managing Items using the Library Icons for information on working with Library palette content.

The default categories are broken down by Poser file type: Figures, Poses, Faces, Hair, Hand poses, Props, Lights, Cameras, Materials and Scene. Please refer to Poser File Types for a brief discussion of Poser file types and how they relate to using Poser. When you switch between categories, the Library remembers which item was selected the last time you used a specific category.

You can navigate through the Content pane as follows:

• When you reach a content folder that contains items, you can navigate through the contents in the folder using your arrow keys. Click to activate a selection in the Content pane, then use the Left and Right arrow keys to collapse or expand folders, and the Up and Down arrow keys to navigate through the folder contents.
• Press the Refresh button to refresh the contents. This is useful after you install content while Poser is running.
• The Library popup menu displays nested menus, but you can also click on a folder or category to switch to it, and then highlight an item to load it.