“With Practical Poser 6, Denise and Audre do a great job ofexplaining both basics and details of the Poser creative work-flow for noviceand experienced users alike. You’ll discover how to get the most out ofposable 3D figures, make your own custom content, set up your Poser workspace,and work through detailed tutorials. This book enables artists to leverage thefull power of Poser 6 in their day-to-day creative work.”
—Ulirich Klumpp, Poser Product Manager, e frontier

Book Description

Practical Poser 6 teaches Poser artists the tasks you want, and need, tolearn so that you can get up to speed quickly and achieve your best results.Whether you’re a hobbyist or professional, you’ll learn how to create Poserscenes, how to add realism to your Poser characters, and even how to make yourown Poser clothing. You’ll learn practical, real-world tasks that will helpyou reach your goals and, most important, you’ll have fun learning. In thefirst part of the book you’ll get a quick overview and review of what you needto know in the Pose Room, starting with the Poser 6 interface and progressing,in a logical manner, to building scenes. You’ll also learn how to use lightsand cameras, and how to create and save your own light and camera sets to thePoser library. ~520pp
From there, you’ll learn a plethora of practical skills including how to:

• Work in the other Poser rooms
  
• Prepare photographs in the Face Room and create and save custom faces
  
• Use the Hair Room to add hair to Poser clothing or props, and how to pick up hair colors from underlying textures
  
• Work with various types of Poser clothing, and learn the differences between conforming clothing and dynamic clothing
  
• Decipher materials in the advanced Material Room view
  
• Create and customize Poser clothing
  
• Use magnets to create morphs in Poser
  
• Export and import morphs to and from an external morphing program
  
• Model a simple piece of clothing, create UV maps for common clothing articles (shirts, skirts, and pants), assign materials in clothing, and group them correctly
  
• Save different types of Poser content into the Poser libraries so that they work properly
  
• Enhance your Poser renders so that they look their best by learning how the render engine works

On The CD

Content

• Anton Kisiel’s Apollo Maximus 2005 Compact, a special version of his original, optimum Poser male figure http://www.runtimedna.com
  
• Audre shares hundreds of seamless, tileable textures for your use
  
• DAZ Productions (Win/Mac) versions of several Poser figures http://www.daz3d.com
  
• e frontier: Selection of poseable figures http://www.e-frontier.com
  
• RDNA shares several sets of Poser 6 Materials for the Material Room http://www.runtimedna.com
  
• Sixus 1 created a totally new toon figure for this book— Gunther, the Toon Werewolf http://www.sixus1.com

• e frontier: A demo version of Poser 6 in Windows and more http://www.e-frontier.com
  
• The Forge: Sample animation poses from their new PoseAmation 2 set http://www.the-forge.ie
  
• UV Mapper: The free “classic” and Professional version demos of UV Mapper (Win/Mac) http://www.uv-mapper.com

• Images from the book and the color insert

Author Bios