+++ Camera Panel Plus 2014 +++ (c) 2014 Netherworks Studios All of this product's content was created by Joseph Dennison (aka Netherworks) + Description + Camera Panel Plus is a flexible toolbar that allows you to easily switch between Poser’s camera. It features customized zooming, panning and rotating the camera (separate from Poser wheel zoom), Camera Presets , Amazing layout and customization and support for multiple Poser rooms. + Documentation + --- Please view the "Camera Panel Plus 2014 - Guide.pdf" (accessed via the addon) for instructions, overview and tutorials --- ** System Requirements ** OS: Windows XP+, Mac OSX 10.4+ Requires Poser 9 or higher ** Installation ** Please unzip the contents of this zip file to your core Poser installation folder, where the Poser or PoserPro executable resides. + File Manifest + \Netherworks Docs\ Camera Panel Plus 2014_README.txt Renderosity_License.txt \Runtime\Python\addons\Camera_Panel_Plus\ Camera Panel Plus 2014 - Guide.pdf nwsCPP.pyc __init__.pyc \Runtime\Python\poserScripts\ScriptsMenu\ +CPP 2014 (Toggle)###Alt+C.py >>> Usage Restrictions Commercial and Non-commercial renders and animations are fine. Please view the included license agreement. The original contents of this file may not be redistributed in any form and cannot be included in any archive. Have fun and happy rendering! >>> Updates + Camera Panel Plus 2.1 + The focus of this update is to smooth out some of the insides of CPP, fix some compatibility issues, add management features and to make some areas more streamlined and less cumbersome. - Several Changes were made for better compatibility with DSON in Poser when a DS asset is loaded in Poser. In a nutshell, processing menu commands directly was removed. Cameras should switch as fast (or slow, as the case may be) as they do within Poser with a DS asset loaded. - Increased Compatibility with Octane and Poser Physics. This is due to CPP using the older style "callback" system for Setup Room detection. CPP (and my other scripts) refresh the callback, while scripts by other authors may not be doing this, causing their scripts to function oddly. If CPP is not being shown in the Setup Room (via Room Visibility), then the callback is not used. If you wish CPP to be visible in the Setup Room, you can check "Skip Setup Room Detection" under Miscellaneous in the Configuration menu. This option, if checked, will avoid the callback but use the same layout and position in the Setup Room as it does in the Pose Room. - Memorize and Restore system is now separate from Poser's own Memorize and Restore. Works like a calculator button (M+) and is still done on a per-Camera basis. You'll need to memorize a Camera's settings prior to having the ability to restore them. Memorized cameras are not remembered between Poser sessions, only for the current session in which CPP is running. This can be made persistant under the Miscellanous Configuration menu. - Presets have been tweaked: -- Add Preset features a new custom dialog that allows you to specify a Category, along with the option to Automatically load that Preset when CPP starts. If upgrading from a previous version of CPP 2014, all presets without a category are moved into a category named "Default". Furthermore, the old system of defining a preset called "auto" that is automatically loaded has been removed (this is now handled differently internally). -- Delete Preset(s) also features a new custom dialog that shows which Category a Preset is in, along with the ability to quickly select all or none of them. You also have the option to remove empty Categories. -- As mentioned you may now Categorize your presets as you see fit, allowing them to be shown in a subfolder for each category. -- You may now have virtually unlimited Presets per Camera. The hard limit is 3000 individual Presets. - New Maintenance features are available via the Configuration menu: -- Reset Camera Buttons to Default essentially resets all the CPP buttons to their default configuration and labeling. It also removes Custom Cameras from being shown on CPP's interface (their configurations, if you use them in the future are not removed). -- Cleanup Unused Customized Cameras allows you to select old Customized Cameras, thier Settings and Presets from CPP. This will not affect any Custom Cameras that are currently being used in CPP and you can select exactly which to remove. -- Open Preferences in Windows Explorer (or Mac Finder) allows you to manually customize (move and delete presets, create categories, and so on via Windows Explorer or Mac Finder). Do not tamper with any folders starting with an underscore. Custom and Standard Cameras are clearly labelled as main folders. This is for advanced users. -- CPP now includes a Backup and Restore System so that you can backup and restore your CPP 2014 Configuration, Categories and Camera Presets at any time! Never again loose or have to rebuild your settings from scratch. - CPP features a new Orbit Correction system for preventing the visual glitches that can occur when the X, Y or Z Orbits exceed 360 degrees and you opt to use the Orbit Selected Mode. This might not be optimal for animators and can quickly be toggled on and off. - CPP now supports Compressed Camera Files and resolves any previous issues with Compression on in Poser. - All Custom Cameras are now built when CPP loads instead of requiring you to press one of CPP's camera buttons. - CPP now handles layout changes better when docked in the Poser interface. - CPP's settings files and preferences have been optimized and will be re-organized when you launch this new update for the first time. It only takes a fraction of a second. There are 3 new folders that CPP uses in it's Preferences location on disk: _Config, _Memory and _Temp. - CPP's internal code has been tweaked and optimized with modern programming techniques. - PDF Guide updated when necessary. As always, thank you for your patronage and I hope Camera Panel Plus 2014 users will enjoy these new features and fixes as my 2014 Christmas Gift to you for your faith in me and support for my work! Bless each and every one of you and may you have a wonderful, bright holiday time. + Camera Panel Plus 2.0 + Camera Panel Plus has been removed from the addon system and now runs as a regular script. Please view "CPP_2014_Update 2_0 READTHIS.txt" for Installation Instructions and details on Loading in Poser, Working Across Rooms and Showing and Hiding the script. At the time of this writing, CPP is not recommended to be used while DSON content in Poser is active. DSON may block the Camera Switching ability of CPP and cause Poser to become unstable. + Previous Update + - CPP now correctly switches to Face, L Hand and R Hand Cameras. - CPP now uses ProcessCommand method when switching to all but Custom Cameras. - CPP's Zoom Acceleration is now tweaked according to Camera Focal Length. - CPP's now applies "Zoom" to Cameras with static views (Front, Back, Right, Left, Top, Bottom) by affecting Camera Scale. This is non-accelerated. - Zoom Acceleration can now be turned off in Configuration under Mouse. This is helpful with using older tablets versus a traditional mouse. - Please note that Mouse-Over Focus must be turned off when using Python scripts that create new frames outside of Poser (EZSkin 2, for example). This is an un-solvable focus issue. See next tweak. - You can now Enable or Disable Mouse-Over Focus quickly via Right-Clicking an empty part of the toolbar and selecting "Disable Mouse-Over Focus" (or Enable, if disabled). This is a toggle. It is also "all or nothing" - when enabled, both Scene and Panel Mouse-Over are enabled. When disabled, both are disabled.