Interface Preferences
The Interface Preferences tab contains application-level settings for Poser’s general user interface. The Interface Preference options are as follows:
Interface Preferences.
- Launch Behavior: Includes the following options for Poser launch behavior:
- Launch to preferred: If you customize the Poser interface by adding, removing, rotating, resizing, and/or hiding different elements, or by creating your own palette arrangements in any of the Poser rooms, you can save this as your preferred launch behavior. After you finish making changes, click the Set button to save the UI as your preferred state.
- Launch to previous state: Relaunches Poser using the UI layouts that were being used the last time you exited Poser.
- Launch to factory state: If you want your Poser interface to revert to its default (as installed) location and size whenever you launch Poser, select the Launch to factory state button.
- Mouse Input: The Tablet Mode option decreases the sampling rate for greater accuracy when using a graphics tablet as the input device. If your button has a scroll wheel, you can check the Scroll to Zoom option to zoom in and out of your scene. Uncheck the option to disable this feature.
If you wish to operate Poser with a graphic tablet, please make sure to activate Tablet Mode in Edit -> General Preferences -> Interface -> Mouse Input.
- Object Popup Menu: When you use the Object Popup menu to select an actor in your scene, the menu arranges them in a series of submenus. The value entered in the Hierarchical Threshold field determines the maximum number of actors that are allowed to appear in a menu item before they appear in a branch beneath the previous level. Lower values increase the number of submenus. If you want all items to appear in a single level in the hierarchy, enter a higher value such as 200.
Object Popup menu hierarchy.
- UI Scale:
- Interface Scale Factor: Allows you to set interface scaling values for high resolution displays, such as Mac Retina displays. UI scaling is also helpful for those who require larger font sizes. The default is 1.00 for normal resolution displays. Be careful not to use values that are excessively large or small. The changes will not take effect until you restart Poser.
- Language: Use the dropdown list to choose between English, German, or Japanese.
- Display, Color Blind Accessible: Check this option to use an interface that is designed for those who are color-blind.
- Display Units: Poser allows you to work with real-world units, enhancing your ability to make accurate recreations. Use the Display units pull-down menu to make your selection. The available choices are:
- Poser native units
- Inches
- Feet
- Millimeters
- Centimeters
- Meters
One Poser native unit is the equivalent of 8.6 feet, or 262.128 centimeters.
Multiply Poser units by 8.6 to convert to feet
Multiply Poser units by 2.62128 to convert to meters
Multiply Poser units by 262.128 to convert to cm
Multiply Poser units by 2621.28 to convert to mm
- 3D Mouse: The 3D Mouse options control the behavior of a 3D input device such as 3Dconnexion’s SpaceNavigator. Checking the Reverse Cameras box changes the direction the main and auxiliary cameras rotate when using a 3D mouse. Checking the Reverse Dolly Cameras box reverses the direction the dolly cameras rotate when using a 3D mouse. Checking the Reverse Actors box reverses the direction actors move when controlled with a 3D mouse.
When using a 3D Mouse (such as SpaceNavigator or similar), by default all rotation axes and translations will be transmitted. Holding down the Shift key will filter out translations, and holding down the CTRL key (Windows) or CMD key (Mac) will filter out rotations.
- Shortcuts: Press this button to open the Shortcuts Editor. For more information, see Menu Commands and Shortcuts.