Poser (and Poser Pro) is a 3D computer graphics program distributed by Bondware. Poser is optimized for 3D modeling human figures, and has gained popularity due to beginners being able to produce basic animations and digital images, as well as the extensive availability of third-party digital 3D models. Poser 9 is a program developed by Smith Micro Software. The most used version is 9.0.0, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. The software is designed to connect to the Internet and adds a Windows Firewall exception in order to do so without being interfered with. The main program executable is poser.exe.
Developer(s) | Smith Micro Software |
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Initial release | 1995; 24 years ago |
Stable release | |
Operating system | Windows, OS X |
Type | 3D computer graphics software |
License | Proprietary software |
Website | my.smithmicro.com/poser-3d-animation-software.html |
Poser (and Poser Pro) is a 3D computer graphics program distributed by Bondware. Poser is optimized for the 3D modeling of human figures, and has gained popularity due to beginners being able to produce basic animations and digital images, as well as the extensive availability of third-party digital 3D models.
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Overview[edit]
Poser is a 3D rendering software package for the posing, animating and rendering of 3D poly-mesh human and animal figures. Similar to a virtual photography studio, Poser allows the user to load figures, props, lighting and cameras for both still and animated renderings.
Using a subset of the Alias object (OBJ) file format and a text-based markup for content files, Poser comes with a large library of pre-rigged human, animal, robotic, and cartoon figures. The package also includes poses, hair pieces, props, textures, hand gestures and facial expressions. As Poser itself does not allow for original modeling of objects, a large community market of artists has emerged, in which Poser content is created and sold through various third party channels.
Poser is available in multiple languages including English, Japanese, German and French. Poser is available for both Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems. While Poser's interface has evolved since the product's introduction in 1995, the current Poser 11 and Poser Pro 11 preserve many of the application's original interface elements so that legacy users can move into the newest version and navigate without relearning the program's controls.
Features[edit]
Poser includes a library of pre-built, ready-to-use content including body and hand poses, materials, props, facial expressions, hair pieces, lights, cameras and scenes, and a Reyes-based render engine called Firefly which supports nodes for the creation of complex materials. Furthermore, it provides import of sound, image, and video files, motion capture data and 3D content for the creation of scenes or the addition of new library items. Poser exports content in many 3D formats. Poser is capable of material editing, facial photo matching, dynamic hair, dynamic cloth and new figure rigging. Online content is also available. Python enables third-party developers to create additional features ranging from custom libraries, rendering engine control panels, metadata editors and utility scripts.
Usage[edit]
Poser is a digital stage that gives the user total control. Poser is used to create original images ranging from human figures, human renderings of medical and industrial design illustrations, editorial illustrations, informational graphics, graphic novel illustrations, comics, and much more.
Poser contains many animation capabilities and is regularly employed by broadcast professionals including animation staff at Fox Bones, Colbert Report and Jimmy Kimmel Live!, as well as in industry applications, such as in the animated instructions for automated checkout machines at Albertsons, Save-On stores and Wal-Mart, and in at least one full-length Star Trek fan-film, Star Trek: Aurora.[2] Poser characters and animations were used for early computer games from 'buddies' game creators ('Desert Rifle' games and 'Cake shop' from Qi and ELEFUN(TM) game developers).[citation needed]
Standard Poser characters have been extensively used by European and US based documentary production teams to graphically render the human body or virtual actors in digital scenes.[citation needed]Humanoids printed in several science and technology magazines around the US are often Poser-rendered and post-worked models.[citation needed]
Library[edit]
Poser is packaged with ready-to-use 3D content that allows new users to get started without immediately needing to purchase additional content. Items are stored in Poser's drag-and-drop-enabled Library and are organized by type and name, e.g. People/Ryan2. Users can save customized figures or objects into the Library in order to reuse those items at a later point in time. The Library also supports adding in additional 'Runtimes' which are collections of content that legacy users have assembled from third party providers.
The Library includes a configurable, keyword-based Search function that locates content in the Library or connected Runtimes. Content can also be added to the Library's Favorites for quick access.
The Library is set-up with categories that each include collections of similar content items:
- Character: pre-rigged figures including anatomically accurate humans, mannikins, animals, insects, dinosaurs, cartoon characters, human anatomy such as skeletons and musculature and mechanical figures such as vehicles
- Pose: animated and static poses for human and animals covering day-to-day activities, dancing, walking, standing and sitting, as well as action and sport poses
- Face: includes full and partial facial expressions
- Hair: includes prop-based transparency-mapped hair pieces, dynamic hair pieces and hair props such as mustaches or sideburns.
- Hand: hand poses of various types such as action poses and gestures, signals, counting and American Sign Language
- Props: includes primitives such as spheres and cylinders, clothing items grouped by character, scene props, furniture, rooms, vehicles, plants and cartoon elements
- Lights: includes animated or static pre-set lights consisting of spotlights, infinite lights, point lights, diffuse IBL lights.
- Cameras: includes animated or static cameras
- Materials: includes simple and complex node-based materials
- Scenes: full Poser scenes including a Factory, Crime Scene Lab and a modern Apartment.
Program history[edit]
Poser was created by artist and programmer Larry Weinberg as a digital replacement for artist's mannequins. Versions 1.0 and 2.0 were published by Fractal Design. In 1997, Fractal Design was acquired by MetaCreations, and Poser's interface was redesigned by MetaCreations' Phil Clevenger for release as Poser 3 in 1998. This interface has remained as the basis for all subsequent versions. In 1999, MetaCreations sold Poser to egi.sys AG, which established the subsidiary Curious Labs, with Larry Weinberg as CEO to handle Poser development and publication. Curious Labs and Poser were sold to e-frontier, in 2003. In November 2007, Smith Micro Software acquired Poser as well as Anime Studio (now called Moho). Smith Micro Software also acquired the English language distribution rights to Manga Studio (now called Clip Studio Paint), from e-Frontier. The latest versions of Poser were released in November 2015. This iteration introduced a powerful new rendering engine as well as features to streamline workflow and productivity.
Early versions of Poser were bundled with fully clothed humanoid figures specifically designed for Poser. As the program evolved, add-on packages of human figures were sold by the manufacturer of Poser, and eventually third-party companies began creating figures which work with Poser. As clothing became separate from the humanoid figure, collections of 3D garments were created for specific models which conform to the shape and pose of the Poser figure. 'Poses' for figures were packaged and sold by the software vendor and by third parties. 'Morphs', allowing customization of body or face shape or other features, are also sold. Different skin textures, frequently combined with settings for morph technology, are marketed to allow one base model to be customized into many different 'characters'. Similarly 'texture' packages allow one garment to take on many different appearances, an animal to represent different breeds of the same species, or a vehicle to show many different color schemes.
On July 2, 2009 Smith Micro Software announced the creation of a new platform for distribution of assets for use in Poser called Content Paradise.
On November 9, 2018 Smith Micro Software announced the closure of Content Paradise on December 3, 2018., the content moved to Renderosity.
On June 20, 2019, Smith Micro Software announced they sold the productline of its Poser software to Bondware, Inc., owner of the popular online marketplace, Renderosity.com, and longtime Smith Micro resale partner.
Version | Release date | Publisher | Improvements / Notes |
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1.0 | 1995 | Fractal Design Corporation |
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2.0 | 1996 | Fractal Design |
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3.0 | 1998 | MetaCreations |
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4.0 | 1999 | MetaCreations |
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4.0.3 | September 1999 | Curious Labs |
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Pro Pack | February 2000 | Curious Labs |
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5.0 | 2003 | Curious Labs |
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6.0 | March 2005 | Curious Labs; e-frontier |
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7.0 | December 2006 | e-frontier |
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Poser Pro | May 2008 | Smith Micro Software |
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Poser 8 | August 4, 2009 | Smith Micro Software |
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Poser Pro 2010 | March 10, 2010 | Smith Micro Software | Enhanced User Interface
Professional Art and Animation Tools
Refined Lighting and Rendering Tools
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Poser Debut | February 13, 2011 | Smith Micro Software |
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Poser 9 | September 21, 2011 | Smith Micro Software |
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Poser Pro 2012 | September 21, 2011 | Smith Micro Software |
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Poser 10[4] | May 21, 2013 | Smith Micro Software |
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Poser Pro 2014[4] | May 21, 2013 | Smith Micro Software |
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Poser Pro Game Dev[5] | August 5, 2014 | Smith Micro Software |
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Poser 11[6] | November 17, 2015 | Smith Micro Software |
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Poser Pro 11[6] | November 17, 2015 | Smith Micro Software |
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Poser Upgrade 11.1[6] | December 17, 2017 | Smith Micro Software |
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Poser figures[edit]
Poser's specially designed figures are commonly known as Poser Figures, Poser Models, Poser Content, Digital Actors, or Digital Puppets. Early versions of Poser were bundled with fully clothed humanoid figures specifically designed for the then-current version of Poser. Next, add-on packages of human figures were sold by the manufacturer of Poser. Soon, third party companies began creating figures which work with Poser. As clothing became separate from the humanoid figure, collections of 3D garments were created for specific models which conform to the shape and pose of the Poser figure. 'Poses' for figures were packaged and sold by the software vendor and by third parties. 'Morphs' allowing customization of body or face shape or other features are also for sale. Skin textures, frequently combined with settings for morph technology, are marketed to allow one base model to be customized into many 'characters'; similar 'texture' packages allow one garment to take on many appearances, an animal to represent different breeds of the same species, or a vehicle to show many colour schemes.
Development of figures[edit]
Each major release of Poser has come with a new generation of figures for use with the tool, however separate figures rapidly became available as the content market developed. Notably Zygote (later DAZ 3D) made a Poser model of a young woman, higher-resolution than Posette, and called her 'the Millennium Girl'. Poser users often colloquially shortened this name to 'Millie'.[7] Zygote, disliking this name,[citation needed] officially named her Victoria, which is often colloquially shortened to Vicky. Victoria then became the initial member of a large family of figures which has developed across multiple generations of technology. After they merged with Gizmoz in late 2009, DAZ 3D released all[citation needed] their Poser figures as free downloads, but withdrew the free versions of their pre-Genesis figures when Genesis was released.
Content market[edit]
Because Poser figures are very inexpensive and useful for commercial illustrators, an entire cottage industry has developed to create and market Poser figures and other content. The market is a combination of several large distributors, who often also develop products, and of individual artists who often use one or more of the larger distributors to handle the sale of their products. Both the distributors and individual artists are involved in the creation of Poser figures, clothing, poses, morphs, textures and characters.
Figure families[edit]
Rather than unconnected single figures, Poser figures are now generally produced as families of models linked by technology generation and creator. Certain add-on products, most often poses and skin textures, but including some clothing models, may be usable across more than one model within a family, but in general are not usable across different generations of the same model. Examples of notable families of models are:
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^'Poser - 3D Character Art and Animation Software – Smith Micro'.
- ^Vining, Tim (2008). 'Star Trek Aurora'. fan fict.
- ^Poser 5 Reference Manual. eFrontier. p. 4.
- ^ ab'Poser - 3D Character Art and Animation Software – Smith Micro'.
- ^'Poser Pro 11 - Professional 3D Character Art and Animation Software'.
- ^ abc'Poser Pro 11'.
- ^Hoagland, John. 'Terms & Definitions'. JCH Digital Designs. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
Also called 'Millenium Woman' or 'Millie', this new Poser female model was developed by Zygote, Inc. and then further developed (and sold) by DAZ Studios.
External links[edit]
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Features
Real-time OpenGL Scene Preview
With Poser Pro’s OpenGL improvements, you’ll see accurate, real-time previewsof Spot, Point, Infinite and IBL (Image Based Lights) Lights, Shadows, withScreen Space Ambient Occlusion, Normal Maps and Back Facing Polygons in a GammaCorrected scene. The Light Properties control allows the user to togglespecific lights to preview in the scene, with accumulated brightness for eachselected light. MIP Map support improves performance when previewing largetextures. Our OpenGL hardware improvements preview textures more efficiently,with reliable onscreen display of lights, shadows, and color, for smarter,quicker interactive scene creation.
With Poser Pro’s OpenGL improvements, you’ll see accurate, real-time previewsof Spot, Point, Infinite and IBL (Image Based Lights) Lights, Shadows, withScreen Space Ambient Occlusion, Normal Maps and Back Facing Polygons in a GammaCorrected scene. The Light Properties control allows the user to togglespecific lights to preview in the scene, with accumulated brightness for eachselected light. MIP Map support improves performance when previewing largetextures. Our OpenGL hardware improvements preview textures more efficiently,with reliable onscreen display of lights, shadows, and color, for smarter,quicker interactive scene creation.
Subsurface Scattering
Skin, wax, and marble are just some of the materials that are translucent whenstruck by light. To recreate this subtle yet crucial effect when renderingthese materials in Poser, we’ve incorporated a set of easy to configureSubsurface Scattering Material Nodes. New Nodes include Subsurface Skin, CustomScatter, and basic Scatter. The Scatter Node includes a number of optimizedpre-sets for Skin, Marble, Milk, Fruit and Vegetables. With Poser’s newSubsurface Material nodes, you’ll transform your scenes into renderedmasterpieces with lifelike translucent surfaces.
Skin, wax, and marble are just some of the materials that are translucent whenstruck by light. To recreate this subtle yet crucial effect when renderingthese materials in Poser, we’ve incorporated a set of easy to configureSubsurface Scattering Material Nodes. New Nodes include Subsurface Skin, CustomScatter, and basic Scatter. The Scatter Node includes a number of optimizedpre-sets for Skin, Marble, Milk, Fruit and Vegetables. With Poser’s newSubsurface Material nodes, you’ll transform your scenes into renderedmasterpieces with lifelike translucent surfaces.
Rendering Performance Improvements
Poser’s FireFly Rendering Engine keeps getting better with numerousimprovements in reflections, transparencies, depth of field and 3D motion blurquality, netting visibly smoother results without significantly impactingrender times. We’ve invested time in Indirect Lighting (IDL) which now can becombined with Ambient Occlusion (AO), and is faster when renderingtransparency. We’ve also enabled Light Emitting Objects which are invisible infinal renderings yet contribute indirect illumination to the scene. In additionto our new Subsurface Scattering Nodes, we’ve included a new Custom ScatterNode to support effects such as bioluminescent skin.
Poser’s FireFly Rendering Engine keeps getting better with numerousimprovements in reflections, transparencies, depth of field and 3D motion blurquality, netting visibly smoother results without significantly impactingrender times. We’ve invested time in Indirect Lighting (IDL) which now can becombined with Ambient Occlusion (AO), and is faster when renderingtransparency. We’ve also enabled Light Emitting Objects which are invisible infinal renderings yet contribute indirect illumination to the scene. In additionto our new Subsurface Scattering Nodes, we’ve included a new Custom ScatterNode to support effects such as bioluminescent skin.
Weight Map Rigging
High-end professional 3D applications like 3ds Max and Maya have set the standardfor vertex Weight Map Rigging, and now both Poser and Poser Pro provide themost open vertex Weight Mapping support available to Poser users today. WeightMap Rigging offers several benefits including smoother bending folds and bulgeswith vertex by vertex control over every bend or bulge. Weight Maps can beadded to any joint bend, to twist and scaling channels and can be used tocontrol bulges. Plus Poser takes the standard of Weight Map Rigging severalsteps further with support for Hybrid Joint Rigging (combining traditionalPoser Sphere/Capsule Zones with Weight Maps), using either single mesh geometryor traditionally grouped geometry, and enables Weight Maps or zones to affectany number of body parts beyond the current joint. Poser’s new Weight MapRigging provides a platform that will support third party figures that useWeight Mapping, by expanding the open, well documented and easily editablePoser PZ3 file format, to encourage creativity and user driven enhancements toPoser figures.
High-end professional 3D applications like 3ds Max and Maya have set the standardfor vertex Weight Map Rigging, and now both Poser and Poser Pro provide themost open vertex Weight Mapping support available to Poser users today. WeightMap Rigging offers several benefits including smoother bending folds and bulgeswith vertex by vertex control over every bend or bulge. Weight Maps can beadded to any joint bend, to twist and scaling channels and can be used tocontrol bulges. Plus Poser takes the standard of Weight Map Rigging severalsteps further with support for Hybrid Joint Rigging (combining traditionalPoser Sphere/Capsule Zones with Weight Maps), using either single mesh geometryor traditionally grouped geometry, and enables Weight Maps or zones to affectany number of body parts beyond the current joint. Poser’s new Weight MapRigging provides a platform that will support third party figures that useWeight Mapping, by expanding the open, well documented and easily editablePoser PZ3 file format, to encourage creativity and user driven enhancements toPoser figures.
Grouping Objects
Need a way to move, scale or hide a bunch of objects in a Poser scene, at thesame time? Now you can simply add any number of scene elements, from figuresand props to lights, into a Grouping Object. They can be moved, rotated, scaledand animated or even hidden and revealed. Create multiple Grouping Objects tohold different areas of a scene, or related props and figures. Adding selectedscene elements into any Grouping Object is easy using our powerful new ContextMenu controls. This significant new feature will change how you manage yourscenes, providing you plenty of control over whole groups of objects in thatscene.
Need a way to move, scale or hide a bunch of objects in a Poser scene, at thesame time? Now you can simply add any number of scene elements, from figuresand props to lights, into a Grouping Object. They can be moved, rotated, scaledand animated or even hidden and revealed. Create multiple Grouping Objects tohold different areas of a scene, or related props and figures. Adding selectedscene elements into any Grouping Object is easy using our powerful new ContextMenu controls. This significant new feature will change how you manage yourscenes, providing you plenty of control over whole groups of objects in thatscene.
Expanded Context Menus
Sometimes, it’s the simple things that make the biggest difference. Poser’sexpanded Context Menus will vastly improve interaction and scene creation, andchange the way you work with Poser forever. Six unique Context Menus have beendeveloped for Figures, Actors, Objects, Lights, Cameras and Backgrounds toprovide quick access to the most useful menu operations including selecting,toggling IK on/off, copying symmetry in poses, pointing lights, conformingclothing, setting parenting, changing light types, and even hiding/revealingall items in a Grouping Object. Once you start using Poser’s new Context Menus,you’ll enjoy working and playing with Poser all over again.
Full Scene Category in Library
In the past, if you wanted to re-use a Poser scene with that perfectenvironment settings, lights, cameras, props and dependencies and even rendersettings, you had to build it, save it, then find and import it. With the newScene Category in the Library you simply add that full Poser scene with lights,cameras, all props and figures in place, and with all dependencies right intothe Library. From there your new scenes can be dragged directly from theLibrary into the Poser workspace. For Poser content developers this new featurewill enable you to deliver fully constructed scenes with dependencies andoptimal render settings that require less user support and are far easier touse.
In the past, if you wanted to re-use a Poser scene with that perfectenvironment settings, lights, cameras, props and dependencies and even rendersettings, you had to build it, save it, then find and import it. With the newScene Category in the Library you simply add that full Poser scene with lights,cameras, all props and figures in place, and with all dependencies right intothe Library. From there your new scenes can be dragged directly from theLibrary into the Poser workspace. For Poser content developers this new featurewill enable you to deliver fully constructed scenes with dependencies andoptimal render settings that require less user support and are far easier touse.
Multi-select Drag and Drop Library Support
When we introduced Drag and Drop support in Poser’s Library, our users found itso much easier to apply materials, or conform clothing, or drop a pose rightonto a figure. With the Library’s new Multi-select feature, you’ll be able toselect several items of clothing and drag them right onto a figure andauto-conform them in one step. But it gets even better when working withmultiple categories of items in your Favorites; Multi-select a hairstyle,several clothing items and a pose all at once, then click and drag them rightonto your target figure. Poser will automatically apply the items. It doesn’tget much easier. Within the Library, you’ll be able to drag and drop items fromfolder to folder making it easy to reorganize your Content
When we introduced Drag and Drop support in Poser’s Library, our users found itso much easier to apply materials, or conform clothing, or drop a pose rightonto a figure. With the Library’s new Multi-select feature, you’ll be able toselect several items of clothing and drag them right onto a figure andauto-conform them in one step. But it gets even better when working withmultiple categories of items in your Favorites; Multi-select a hairstyle,several clothing items and a pose all at once, then click and drag them rightonto your target figure. Poser will automatically apply the items. It doesn’tget much easier. Within the Library, you’ll be able to drag and drop items fromfolder to folder making it easy to reorganize your Content
Morphing Tool Tablet Support
If you own a Wacom pressure sensitive tablet, Poser is going to make you a veryhappy camper. We’ve engineered Wacom tablet support into the Morph Tool so youcan have much finer control when creating morphs. Vary brush strength withpressure for any brush size you’ve set. The Morph Tool is powerful, but withtablet support, it’s gotten even better. The new ‘Flatten’ option for MorphingTool Create mode moves points toward a 'best fit' plane determined bythe affected vertices.
If you own a Wacom pressure sensitive tablet, Poser is going to make you a veryhappy camper. We’ve engineered Wacom tablet support into the Morph Tool so youcan have much finer control when creating morphs. Vary brush strength withpressure for any brush size you’ve set. The Morph Tool is powerful, but withtablet support, it’s gotten even better. The new ‘Flatten’ option for MorphingTool Create mode moves points toward a 'best fit' plane determined bythe affected vertices.
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Constraint Channels and Constraint Objects
For our animators that have been looking for a way to animate a ball beingthrow or caught, we’ve introduced Constraint Channels and Objects. Basically,the Constraint Object is an animatable handle for an object that will allow youto parent it to a figure’s hand as it winds up for the throw, and then have theobject leave the hand and fly through the air as if it’s being thrown.Constraints are a simple to use feature that will permit all kinds of coolanimation effects.
For our animators that have been looking for a way to animate a ball beingthrow or caught, we’ve introduced Constraint Channels and Objects. Basically,the Constraint Object is an animatable handle for an object that will allow youto parent it to a figure’s hand as it winds up for the throw, and then have theobject leave the hand and fly through the air as if it’s being thrown.Constraints are a simple to use feature that will permit all kinds of coolanimation effects.
Light Emitting Objects
We changed the face of rendering in Poser when we introduced Indirect Lighting(IDL). Poser users quickly discovered that, with high ambient values to castlight that with a few tweaks, they could open up a huge array of lightingeffects. Now you can create Light Emitters; toggle off visibility in renderingfor objects, yet still enable them to cast light. Build light domes,environment domes and large area lights to cast ambient light without beingrendered in the scene. Combined with our new Poser Scene Library category, thisfeature will be a great way to deliver a fully lit IDL environment.
We changed the face of rendering in Poser when we introduced Indirect Lighting(IDL). Poser users quickly discovered that, with high ambient values to castlight that with a few tweaks, they could open up a huge array of lightingeffects. Now you can create Light Emitters; toggle off visibility in renderingfor objects, yet still enable them to cast light. Build light domes,environment domes and large area lights to cast ambient light without beingrendered in the scene. Combined with our new Poser Scene Library category, thisfeature will be a great way to deliver a fully lit IDL environment.
Frame Selected Object
In complex scenes it can be a little challenging to keep your camera focused onan area that you’re working on using Poser’s original camera controls. To helpout, we’ve introduced the Frame Selected Object Camera. With the click of abutton, your current camera will zoom in on the selected object, allowing youtake a closer look at exactly where you’re working on. This makes it easier tonavigate in and out of your deep scenes and saves you time when creating them.
In complex scenes it can be a little challenging to keep your camera focused onan area that you’re working on using Poser’s original camera controls. To helpout, we’ve introduced the Frame Selected Object Camera. With the click of abutton, your current camera will zoom in on the selected object, allowing youtake a closer look at exactly where you’re working on. This makes it easier tonavigate in and out of your deep scenes and saves you time when creating them.
Orbit Selected Object Mode
Poser also includes a new mode as a companion feature to the new Frame SelectedObject Camera. Simply toggle on the Orbit Selected mode and your currentcamera will rotate around the center point of the currently selected object.This makes it easier to focus on a selected element, and view it from everydirection by spinning Camera trackball controls.
Poser also includes a new mode as a companion feature to the new Frame SelectedObject Camera. Simply toggle on the Orbit Selected mode and your currentcamera will rotate around the center point of the currently selected object.This makes it easier to focus on a selected element, and view it from everydirection by spinning Camera trackball controls.
Faster Dynamic Hair
Our engineers spent time under the hood to speed up Dynamic Hair. Now Poser’spowerful Dynamic Hair calculates collisions faster and renders it faster aswell.
Our engineers spent time under the hood to speed up Dynamic Hair. Now Poser’spowerful Dynamic Hair calculates collisions faster and renders it faster aswell.
Pre-render Texture Caching
We’ve heard your requests for faster pre-render texture handling and deliveredtwo new methods that will save time the minute you press that Render Nowbutton. Poser now preprocesses all scene textures in the background making useof your multicore processor, in prep for that first render, and can cache thosetextures session to session if you desire. Choose between traditional and thenew Crisp' texture filtering options.
We’ve heard your requests for faster pre-render texture handling and deliveredtwo new methods that will save time the minute you press that Render Nowbutton. Poser now preprocesses all scene textures in the background making useof your multicore processor, in prep for that first render, and can cache thosetextures session to session if you desire. Choose between traditional and thenew Crisp' texture filtering options.
Python 2.7 Support
Poser keeps improving and so does Python. We now provide Python 2.7 support totake full advantage of improvements to the scripting language.
Poser keeps improving and so does Python. We now provide Python 2.7 support totake full advantage of improvements to the scripting language.
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Support
Poser Pro 2012 and Poser 9 are now fully Cocoa based and supported on Apple’slatest OS X 10.7 Lion.
Poser Pro 2012 and Poser 9 are now fully Cocoa based and supported on Apple’slatest OS X 10.7 Lion.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Windows
- Windows XP, Vista or 7
- 1.3 GHz Pentium 4 or newer, Athlon 64 or newer (1.65 GHz or faster recommended)
- 1 GB system RAM (2 GB or more recommended)
- OpenGL enabled graphics card or chipset recommended (recent NVIDIA GeForce and ATI Radeon required for advanced real-time preview features)
- 24-bit color display, 1024 x 768 minimum resolution
- 3 GB free hard disk space (5 GB recommended)
- DVD-ROM drive (physical product only)
- Internet connection required for Content Paradise
- Windows® Internet Explorer® 7 or newer
- Adobe® Flash® Player 9 or newer
Mac OS X
- Mac OS X 10.5, 10.6, 10.7
- 1.5 GHz Intel Core processor (Core 2 Duo or faster recommended)
- 1 GB system RAM (2 GB or more recommended)
- OpenGL enabled graphics card or chipset recommended (recent NVIDIA GeForce and ATI Radeon required for advanced real-time preview features)
- 24-bit color display, 1024 x 768 minimum resolution
- 3 GB free hard disk space (5 GB recommended)
- DVD-ROM drive (physical product only)
- Internet connection required for Content Paradise
- Adobe® Flash® Player 9 or newer
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