Poser

New Poser User

nobull408 — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:18:27 GMT

Hello all! I''m a beginner of 3-d Modeling in general and found Poser to be great so far. My question is, I just downloaded some Poser Content from their site and when I try to import from my library it comes in pieces. I click YES to each answer but the model never comes together and I get an error message.

Does anybody know what I could be doing wrong?

Thanks!

Dave

DAZ|Studio 2.3.3.50 released

jonnyray — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:39:42 GMT

DAZ3D has released a new stable version of their free 3D application DAZ|Studio. It has gone through several beta releases as the development team works to clear out incidents in the bug tracker database. Other than stability improvements, no major functionality changes are included.

Windows: http://www.download.com/DAZ-Studio/3000-6677_4-10717523.html?part=dl-DAZStudio&subj=dl&tag=button

Macintosh: http://www.download.com/DAZ-Studio/3000-2187_4-10717526.html?part=dl-10717526&subj=dl&tag=button

Poser vs Daz Studio Question

Masked Man — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 12:42:27 GMT

I've used Poser before (but not since v3) and recently tried out Daz Studio. Daz seemed unintuitive to me, whereas my memories of Poser were that it's dead easy to use.

So my question to any more experienced users out there - do I buy Poser or persevere with Daz? Big price difference (!) but is that all that counts?

Free models for Poser

carly801 — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:51:42 GMT

Anyone know where I can get free models for use in Poser?

ODD?????

paganeagle2001 — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 21:42:46 GMT

I'm sure there used to be more posts on Poser in here, where have they gone?

All the best.

Richard

Poser FREEBIES By MatrixWorkz

MatrixWorkz — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 19:35:40 GMT

I have a few freebies available for your Poser needs. You can find them here .

What figures are included with Poser?

LordAlgol — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 00:40:30 GMT

I'm interested in getting Poser 7 to work out poses to use as reference in my digtal painting and traditional clay sculpting work. But I'm wondering what is included on the software "out of the box" other than the application? I'm most interested in having a male and female figures (of just muscles would fit most of my needs) and also a poseable skeleton of both sexes. My understanding is that with this program I could adjust the parameters of a figure (bigger muscles, smaller waist, custom face, etc), pose it and print out turn around reference images (I know I can probably do alot more but I'm just interested in it for a "virtual lifemodel" refference tool.

Now here is what I'm kinda confused about:

I know DAZ Productions & Content Paradise websites sell all sorts of different male and female figures and skeletons for Poser but are there none of these types of figures included in Poser right out of the box? They also sell "body Morphs" I thought poser allowed you to make custom bodies and faces (bigger muscles, fatter, etc) as well as posing. Am I mistaken by thinking I have to buy all the different muscle morphs, body maps and special skeletons to make the best use of poser (for my uses) or is this just for people who don't want to do their own shaping?

Does anyone have poser 6 or 7 and can tell me what kinds of figures (if any are supplied)?

Thanks for anything you can tell me!

Do You Want More Poser In ImagineFX?

paganeagle2001 — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 12:08:54 GMT

If you do, then let them know as at the moment it seems as if 2D takes most of the space.

If you don't ask, you don't get.

All the best.

Richard

Howdy!

johnfields — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:39:47 GMT

Noobie here @ Imagine FX - my work can be seen over at Renderosity - got couple in the gallery here.

Poser 7 Any users here....

Beltazar — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 19:55:48 GMT

Hey all.. I am use poser 6, 3d Max, Vue, and photoshop 7.. I was wondering if anyone has gotten the new poser 7 yet.. This would be a good place to start a thread.. of .. Poser 7, the good, the bad, and the ugly.. LOL... I just want to know if it is worth it and what it really can do...

Poser Tutorials

Kirisute — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:32:58 GMT

Wanted you all to have access to these if they will help people out.

ive been using Poser for a good few years now and ive written several tutorials on Poser and Postworking renders from it....

thought you might like to grab them if you wish:

http://www.startiste.com/KiriForge/files/Firelight.pdf a step by step guide through a piece of artwork, start to finish

http://www.startiste.com/KiriForge/files/book1.pdf adding metallic glints and glows in postwork

http://www.startiste.com/KiriForge/files/book2.pdf using photoshop to touch up renders and sort out clothing "ppek through"

http://www.startiste.com/KiriForge/files/book3.pdf adding landscapes and water using filters and brushes in photoshop

http://www.startiste.com/KiriForge/files/highlightstute.pdf adding skin tone highlights to your figure renders

http://www.startiste.com/KiriForge/files/book5.pdf complete step by step guide through a piece of artwork.

http://www.startiste.com/KiriForge/files/book6.pdf compositing Poser and Terragen renders

http://www.startiste.com/KiriForge/files/book7.pdf hair painting in photoshop

http://www.startiste.com/KiriForge/hairnew.pdf another hair tutorial for hair in photoshop

http://www.startiste.com/KiriForge/woundstute.pdf postworking wounds and bloody gashes in photoshop

http://www.startiste.com/KiriForge/dramaticposertute.pdf creating dramatic scenes and lighting in Poser

i hope these come in useful to someone.

happy reading

Poser Cameras

Sinistral — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 11:49:07 GMT

Ah! been away for three days because of no broadband connection and suffering withdrawal symptoms. (Shh.. don’t tell anyone but I’m using the network at work….)

Thought I’d start some useful tips for Poser because… Well, because.

Cameras: The default cameras (Main and Face) come with the focal length set to 38mm and 25mm respectively. These are frankly useless, but it is a common fault to leave unaltered. The Face camera at 25mm produces a distorted image. Change the Face one to about 100mm to avoid this distortion. The Main camera needs to be set to between 50-100mm. Opinions vary but I tend to use about 80mm. Once you have set the cameras to these new settings make sure that you don’t have to do it again by going to edit à Preferencesà Set Preferred State.

BTW Don’t just use the main camera for the final render. Obvious I know but for portraits or close-ups use the render from the Face camera. So much easier.

Sure, Poser is always the last to get attention ... :-D

Ptrope — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 21:30:40 GMT

I've never had the distinction of being the first person to post in a forum, and it's only typical that the Poser forum is the last one to get any posts, anyway. We're the redheaded stepchildren of 3D ... and proud of it!

Just to be productive, however, rather than waxing long on how much I admire Poser and those who do so much more with it than simply hunting for the "make art" button (hint: it's not there, folks!), I'll throw out one little tidbit that I'm always surprised is such a stumbling block for even some of the experienced users:

Thumbnails!

Whenever you save a character, a prop, a pose in Poser to the appropriate library, it creates a thumbnail image. This image is a 91x91 pixel 32-bit (NOT 24-bit!) PNG image, with transparency, so that the subject matter floats and has a dropshadow in the library, as with all the ones that come preloaded. However, that thumbnail is taken from the preview image, not the rendered image, so all of your carefully-composed lighting and effects are lost, and especially, anything that uses transparency is lost in the thumbnail, such as hair. Who wants Bald Vickie In A Temple With A Sword?

The trick is to first save your character, prop, pose, etc. to the correct library. THEN, go up to your render settings on the menu bar, and choose "Render dimensions," setting them to 91x91. Then, render the image, and you'll get a very small - but accurate - rendering of your subject. Go to File>Export image, and it should bring up the dialogue box, already pointed at the folder in which you saved your library item (this is about the ONLY time that this particular default in Poser is useful!). Make sure that your fiiletype is set to PNG, and select the PNG file that was created when you saved the library item, telling it to overwrite that file. Save it, and you're done! Wasn't that easy?

Now, when you go back to the program, you'll still see the same old thumbnail, most likely. Not to worry - Poser just hasn't refreshed them. Go to the top of the Library panel, pick another section (if you're in Props, pick Faces or some other library), then, once you've shifted to the new section, go back up to the top and reselect the library in which you started; it will go back there and display the new thumbnail you created.

Now go drink a cup of coffee and feel the warmth of both caffeine and accomplishment, even if your accomplishment is only 91 pixels square - we all have to start somewhere!

Now, on to the "Poser isn't really a 3D program" discussions that we all know and love ...