Poser 5 Free right now until Sept 4th

http://www.contentparadise.com/us/us..._product_21989

If you don't have Poser and want to play with 3d humanoid figures and animals, it just can't be beat for free. I've been a Poser registered user since version 3 and have version 5 and 6 installed now but got a second license for version 5 anyway since I can put it on my second computer.

From ad:
100% FREE!! 4 Days Only!!!
Just for registering with Content Paradise...

September 1 00:00:00 PST - September 4 23:59:59

CP Exclusive! Electronic Download Only!

Diana, Thanks for posting this.

Folks, Get it while you can!

Thanks Diana.

I'll have to wait until tomorrow night. My bed time comes several hours before midnight Pacific time tonight:)

You have to register to download - which is not the end of the world for a deal like this. $0 is pretty much as good as it gets! :) However, I don't want to be the first one.

I a member gets it downloaded and everything is ok - please post...

... then we'll ALL get it...

...AND give Mr. Bailey a nervous break-down with all out crazy question! :) ;)

Risto

Their server has been hammered with all the folks downloading but if you get in, sign up and get it in your shopping cart, check out, you can download it later when the servers cool off - your serial number is given you when you checkout. I don't know how long the download links will be active after purchase but normally it's several downloads allowed for any product you "purchase" (even freebies) and not a time out function. I got in early and got both sections. High speed connection recommended as it's a really large download at 286MB and 344MB for the two parts. It won't seem like high speed with the servers so clogged and folks are recommending using a download manager (one is built into the Opera browser), as their server has cut lots of folks off in the middle of the download and it won't resume. I didn't have the download problems, only used IE6 and no download manager but it was slower than normal.

The two parts, one is the program with the latest service pack already included and one is the the content on the 2nd CD that comes with the boxed product. Try downloading the setup file only first, then get the content file - it is worth downloading with several models included. Folks attempting to download both at the same time tend to have more download failures from what I've read at Daz3d and Renderosity.

The link is unavailable at the moment I guess your posting the link has caused a frenzy of attempted registering that it's overloaded alas! it was ever thus, I got as far as registering and e-mail acknowledgement then on going back into the site it went haywire and is I believe and hope it is temporally unobtainable. thanks anyway for the info Diana.

...........Norman

Yes I have been trying since last night!! with no luck even just getting the Poser main file! I even emailed them and expressed my discontent, they should have alternate download sitles available in my opinion.
Jim

me too, same experiences
but i will keep trying - later...

While your waiting you should get the free copy of Bryce 5 so you can make some wonderful landscapes and skies to use in your scenes.

http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=22772

thanks mike, just grabbed bryce3freeversion

do i need the other thing too? will it work with poser?

welp, i registered at Content Paradise and have been waiting for about an hour now for the email confirmation....
norm, did yours come right away???

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just grabbed bryce3freeversion

do i need the other thing too? will it work with poser?

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Cool, that will entertain you for a while. The Turbo plugin only works with Daz studio, Daz Studio is free but the plugin is not, I think it cost around 20 bucks. I would wait and goof around with Bryce for a while. Your gonna have a lot on your plate if you get into this stuff so take your time.

well Mike, i loaded up bryce 5 and at first i could not for the life of me find out how to close the prg
this was very discouraging
until i figured it out - DUH!!!!

anyway, it looks really cool - i SHALL play with it - but am now still trying to get poser - actually got to the checkout and my invoice but every time i click on download i get another page that says one thing:


ERROR

hahahahahaha

guess will keep trying

well now... i filled out a ticket at content paradise and just went back there to see if i could dl the files and now there is this MUCH MORE INFORMATIVE (than just "Error") notice:

(i particularly like the word "indefinitely"!!!!!)
[just thought others in here might to know about this and not have to go thru what i did to find it out]

The same here, Bob. I think, the zero "Download (0 of 10)" is the same as a I see at DAZ 3D: You're able to download this file up to 10 times (for example, if your download crashes).

I've got the following message from contentparadise.com:
Download Limit Reached

Due the the high demand for the Poser 5 free download your download has been delayed temporarily. Please wait several hours before attempting to download again.

We apologize for the inconvenience however your Poser 5 free download will remain available to you through the MyStuff tab indefinitely.

:)

Remi

I had no problem d'loading either file ... except the files I d'loaded were but 56k each and unrecognised.

So I have a tcket also ...

Yea, I get the same messages as well... oh well, least ways we are in the door to another fun looking freebie :)

Me thinx Mike will have his hands full this season :)

Mike, when i go to help in Bryce5 nothing happens. Didn't i get the help files with the free Bryce5?

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Didn't i get the help files with the free Bryce5?

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I don't know? My Guess is no.
Here's a link to down load the manual.
http://www.daz3d.com/support/downloa...?product=bryce

VERY nice!!!!
Ive been wanting to get this program and make my own charecters for my signatures!
Thanks for the notification!

Due to high demand...Poser 5 AVAILABLE TILL / Or THRU (?) THIS FRIDAY (9/8/06)
nance

Sweet Margaret (that sainted woman who so many years ago married me) says that I'm an "ornery old goat." I suppose she's right because now I'm complaining about my inability to download Poser 5, even though one can argue that I have certainly received my money's worth. :rolleyes:

Now that they have seduced me into selling them my email address and my soul in exchange for an piece of unsupported software and a mess of porridge, they ought to make it possible to download. I mean, are they really that cramped for bandwidth?

While I'm being cranky, why do they have to say "Due to high demand"? That sound so bureaucratic. They could just as easily have said "Because of high demand"

Okay, now Sweet Margaret has come dashing into my home office, alarmed by the loud clacking of keys and mutterings. She says I must wipe the spittle off my beard, put my computer to bed, take my meds, and retire to the bedroom myself like a good chap. So I guess I'd better do that.

Regards,

Alan

---Denial is just a negative word for positive thinking.

I have just managed to download Poser first part at 100k+0r- The zip file I have attempted to download twice it goes the full way each time but comes up with zero bytes winzip so will try and I am trying again I wonder if anyone else is getting this result . I hope at the end of the day after several attempts I will have the brains to use the program. Time will tell.
Norman

Got it all now and Thanks again to Diana. The second download was a lot faster.

Hi Parahandy,

I finally got the first download. But I could not download the zip file. Kept getting error messages. It was also a very slow download. I have download speed of 6 Mbps and it went on for a couple of 3 hours the last time I tried.

What was the hint that Diana gave you, Parahandy?

Regards,

Alan

I was going to buy Manga 3.0 but felt it was kind of pricey. Does anyone have it? Is Poser better? (I believe they are made by the same folks.)

I do hand drawn manga stuff but just beginning. I've done some stuff using the Ayupan font, too, but this would be neat to try.

I don't even mind buying it outright if it's worth the money.

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I was going to buy Manga 3.0 but felt it was kind of pricey.

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I would hold off buying from Content Paradise or e-frontier for a while, their servers are so busy with the Poser giveaway, you may experience problems trying to download a large file.

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Does anyone have it?

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I looked at the features and did some reading at the Manga forum. I already have Xara so I decided it was not for me. http://www.contentparadise.com/forum...p?showforum=14

http://www.runtimedna.com/mod/forum/...es&forum_id=67

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Is Poser better?

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Totally different applications. Poser is 3D rendering and animation, Manga studio is 2D comic drawing software.

I just now got both files and all is installed. Haven't gone and dl'd each thing from the cd yet. Just played around a little with poser and took a peek at the acrobat help file: 398 pages!!!! (almost same as Bryce)

But thanks to all for the heads up on this freebie - I look forward to playing with it and hope it doesn't take me away from my beloved Xtreme!!! :)

I did find some Manga proggies on ebay for not TOO much money. Animation (animated graphics) is not my thing. I think that's more likely my better option.

I love working with bases.

Wow, just got the app opened and fooling around a bit... tons of features and the like... will have to play around some before saying anything further :D

Ugggh,

So after hours of trying to download the programs, I finally got through and BOTH of them are HTML not .EXE files and I can't install them.

Hi Judi,

I managed to download them just today. One is a zip file and the other an exe.

Creative Content made a boo-boo. This offer is supposed to be a promotion. But what they did was like setting up a tent outside a stadium where some huge football match is going on. The sign at the front of the tent says

Free Beer!
(If you sign up to be on our mailing list)

Naturally, a hearty throng of hot, thirsty football fans (and a few football hooligans) stand in the queue. Once inside the tent, one observes a big table where people line up in yet another queue to sign up to be on the mailing list. A bevy of smiling beautiful young women sign up those eager souls who make it to the front of the line. The young women then direct the signers to a small voting-booth type structure wa-a-a-ay far at the back of the tent in a dark inhospitable corner, instructing all to go there to collect the free beer.

A second huge, slow-moving line snakes around a tiny lugubrious entrance of this second tent, and on the other side of the entrance (after waiting hours in line), upon entrance, the stalwart observes a single sad pickwickian individual dispensing beer to those hardy people who have managed to get to the bar. The bartender is quite old and croflin, not well, and moves very slowly. Moreover, the tap is extremely small and the beer pours out very slowly. The faulty spigot causes so much foam that often the glass must be emptied and another trial at filling it must be made.

For some odd reason, the ungrateful football fans who signed up for the mailing list are a bit surly and do not order much from the garish adverts they receive in the mail, and a few of them make rude gestures.

Go figure!

Regards,

Alan

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Ugggh,

So after hours of trying to download the programs, I finally got through and BOTH of them are HTML not .EXE files and I can't install them.

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So, how big are these files?

If they are small (in K), you've saved the linking html download page and not the software itself, otherwise you just need to rename the files.

Paul

The setup file is 286mb and the zipped file is 344mb, Judi.

Got the files and they were also html. If you don't want to change settings of your OS (way it shows files and extensions) you can open the C:\ Command Prompt window and use the DOS command "rename" getting rid of the html extension and use the exe and zip extensions. Works fine.

danifou

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Originally Posted by danifou

Got the files and they were also html. If you don't want to change settings of your OS (way it shows files and extensions) you can open the C:\ Command Prompt window and use the DOS command "rename" getting rid of the html extension and use the exe and zip extensions. Works fine.

danifou

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Hi danifou,

simpler solution: select the file (a simple click on it, no double-click), type "F2" and change the name. No Command Prompt necessary under Windows.

Remi

Got 'em today.
Good clean d'load of both files.

Lyfe is gude ...