Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: Curious Labs, Inc.
EAN: 0814956004018
Format: CD-ROM
Label: Curious Labs, Inc.
Manufacturer: Curious Labs, Inc.
Number Of Items: 1
Packaged Height: 268 hundredths-inches
Packaged Length: 984 hundredths-inches
Packaged Weight: 260 hundredths-pounds
Packaged Width: 787 hundredths-inches
Platform: Windows 98
Platform: Windows 2000
Platform: Windows Me
Platform: Windows XP
Publisher: Curious Labs, Inc.
Release Date: 2002-09-07
Studio: Curious Labs, Inc.
Product Description:
Whether you're a 3-D novice or an experienced digital artist, Poser 5 makes it extraordinarily easy to create complete 3-D character stills and animations. Yet while this new edition definitely has advantages over previous versions, it is not without its glitches. Pay attention to the system requirements on install. This program needs room and power. With more than the recommended 256 MB of RAM, rendering seems a bit sluggish in spite of the new FireFly micropolygon-based rendering engine. Though considering all Poser 5 does, immediate rendering of complex 3-D objects might be asking a bit much. Working in Poser 5 is remarkably simple considering the capabilities of the software. The workspace is clean and easily customizable, with a majority of the tools accessible from floating palettes and windows. A collapsible library palette gives you fast access to all available content such as figures, poses, faces, and expressions. Plus, there is an entire CD of additional content including sound files, props, textures, templates, samples, and demos. The interface is broken down into different rooms: Pose, Material, Face, Hair, Cloth, Setup, and Content. The new Face Room lets you map any face onto a 3-D head using just front and side photos of someone's face. Use the Hair Room to grow actual 3-D hair for figures in just a few steps. Go to the Cloth Room and convert objects into fully dynamic cloth with complete control of behavior. A full, revised reference manual is included. So many things are under your control, it's hard not to want to tweak every little detail. However, on more than one occasion making an adjustment caused the software to lock up and quit. At other times, it would complete the changes, but the document window would be blank, making it necessary to close and reopen the program to continue work. Instability issues aside, Poser 5 is loaded with fun tools, content, and utilities, making an upgrade worthwhile for serious users. Ease of use makes it a good choice for beginners and hobbyists as well. --Joshua Goldman
Customer Reviews:
6 of 6 customers found the following review helpful:
 A powerful tool, 2006-11-22
I am a hobby illustrator who runs the gamut over many types of art, traditional and digital. Originally, I got Poser 3 free in a magazine.
I bought a discount copy of Poser 5 from here, and had no problems. Within a half hour I'd installed the software and downloaded a bunch of free props from Daz3d, renderotica, etc.
Now, for all purpose 3D, you need a more versatile tool. Like Caligari TrueSpace, one I'll vouch for. Or Maya, Lightwave, if you have a few thousand to trash or know a Pir8.
Generally, I like to draw by hand, then color with Painter or make a Vector image. For 3D, I use lots of time with TrueSpace setting up detailed mini-worlds. Right now, I'm building a figure from scratch for one of those projects.
So, why do I get Poser? For 'figure base' experiments. Good fast tool for getting all the poses/perspective right. I'm going to do an 80 panel project soon, and I'll use it for the figures, but draw over them with my Wacom.
I'll highly reccomend Poser 5+ for artists, specificly Illustrators. BTW-That was its original design, Poser1 was advertized in comics fan magazines to aspiring artists, a "Wooden manequin" that you could position any way you want. This is a good 'base' to help with perspective and get a start.
Other uses are for animators. Ever hear of the "Rotoscope"? With this software, and another good graphics utility, (Toon Boom, Flash) you could make another "Fire and Ice". Just have a good character design / storyboard, then have the poser characters act out the scenes. Then split the AVI and trace over the frames.
[...]Check out Renderotica.
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