If you use animation, you’ll find it a lot easier in version 7.

It’s become the industry standard tool for the artists working with 3D human figures and recent additions to it’s toolset including dynamic hair and clothes and massive improvements in rendering have made its image both realistic and controllable.

For animators who can't stomach the idea of spending thousands of dollars on software, Poser 7 is the ideal choice. Poser is all about designing and editing 3D figures, and version 7 ships with some new human models (named Simon and Sydney) as well as a slew of third-party forms, including an eagle, a wolf, a crab, a cockroach, and not one, but two alien beings. There are enough sentient life forms here for just about any 3D creative endeavor.

What distinguishes Poser from other 3D packages are that it is built for the artist and that it is easy to use.

e frontier Poser 7 has great potential for being used in production situations as well as in personal projects.

Clearly, Poser 7 represents a host of buzzword features that rival applications costing 10 times the price. Included are tools for things such as global illumination, ambient occlusion, walk cycles, render passes, technical/toon shaders and physics driven cloth/hair simulations.

Advanced 3D features for artists

Well, the group at e frontier did it again! The new version of Poser (7) is on the shelves and more impressive than ever. Poser 7 brings to life any digital project with animation and 3D imagery that will bene everyone from animators to professional graphic artists.Originally intended for Illustratorsrs and graphic artists who wanted posable models for their projects, Poser 7 redenes itself as a viable alternative to the high-end (and costly) 3D programs on the market today. Poser has become a great tool for creating traditional art, comics, education and training materials, lm and television productions, game development projects, illustration and print media, product package design, and Web and online media.

Now in its seventh incarnation, the software has come a long way, offering fast and sophisticated character creation, animation and rendering tool.

Poser 7 continues to offer spectacular value for the money.

The enhancements in this upgrade provide dramatic improvements in productivity and usability.

Originally designed as a quick-reference aid, in the past ten years Poser has become an essential tool for digital artists of all levels. In fact, you’re likely to see Poser’s distinctive characters anywhere the human figure is needed in video, print or on the web. Poser’s overall performance has been improved with support for the multi processors systems and the native support for Intel Macs. Productivity is enhanced by better-organized assets, such as lights, cameras, scripts and content.

Poser is an indispensable tool for the professional ad amateur CG artist. Poser features similar tools to those found in professional applications but at a fraction of the cost and at a shallower leaning curve.

The intuitive work flow interface takes you through the set up process allowing you to decide on a Poser garment and expression for your figures - a god send to all traditional and mixed media artists.

I was pleasantly surprised on how easy it was to get Poser up and running.
The software is an affordable alternative to models and photography. It’s relatively easy to learn and master and the results are pretty amazing.

P7 is about refining workflow while adding enough completely new features that make the reasonable upgrade an easy decision. Highly recommended.

e frontier Debuts Poser 7

e frontier today announced the release of the English version of Poser 7, a new version of its 3D figure design and animation software that will include many new features, new content and improvements to its architecture.

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Using Cheaper, Easier 3D Software

There are two low-cost but very high-end software packages on the market that should be on every designer’s computer, Poser 6 and Vue 5 Infinite. With a total investment of under $1,000 these two packages could save you time, money and downtime from migraines. With Poser and Vue you have both an in-house library of human models and the software to generate any interior or exterior scene imaginable.

By Richard Schrand

Poser 6 – Desktop Supermodels

Ahead of Its Time

Poser let’s you play with all-new high-resolution figures that feature fully articulated hands for maximum possibility. These models look amazing and compare very favorably with those models created in Maya and 3D Studio Max.

By Keoni Chavez
Five Stars

La Matrice ou l’usine a humains

Poser, plus que jamais le chef de file an matiere de creation de personages 3D, avec une qualite croissante au fil des versions, est aujourd’hui devenu un veritable outil profesionnel. Il sera a present difficile a dtroner.

Par Francois Kerbo

Poser 6 für Mac und Windows

Modellieren, animieren, schöpfen

Poser 6 richtet sich an alle 3D-Animateure, die Animationen in Flash-Filmen bis hin zu fotorealistischen Szenerien oder Cartoonbildern erstellen möchten. Neu in Version 6 sind unter anderem mehrere vorgefertigte Figuren mit fotorealistischen Texturen sowie detailgetreuen Händen und Füßen. Auch wurde die integrierte Content-Bibliothek um mehrere Posen, Frisuren und Kleidungen erweitert. Darüber hinaus will der Hersteller die Umsetzung von weichen Schatten und Lichteffekten verbessert haben. Ebenso soll Poser 6 nun auch die Open GL-basierte Hardwarebeschleunigung unterstützen.

Von Christoph Gripentrog
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"This current version provides options to make renders and animations look even better, continuing to raise the bar as to what can be achieved with the software."

"Poser 6.0 offers high-resolution, realistic rendering with the included figures and a wealth of third-party props and models, as well as provides great cartoon work for Flash and film/video. Combined with realistic cloth dynamics and an intuitive user interface, Poser 6.0 is hard to beat."


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Frank McMahon
Computer Graphics World
June 2005

Poser 6 earns four and a half stars and a Digit Best Buy.

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March 22, 2005 - PC Magazine awards Poser 6 3.5 stars and says, "...for creating realistic 3D human avatars, Poser 6 has no peer for the price."

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In the July/August 2004 edition of the MetroMac Express, the Metropolitan New York Macintosh Alliance calls Poser 5, "a competitively priced, cutting-edge marvel of software engineering that offers a lot, as it demands a lot. It is well supported by Curious Labs and a dedicated community of users, which is critical for getting the most from this application. All great art is but an experiment and Poser is yet another wondrous medium to explore in the digital age."

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