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Subject: Poser 5 Max Plugin, Press Release


reiss-studio ( ) posted Thu, 12 June 2003 at 3:33 PM · edited Wed, 11 December 2024 at 6:05 PM

Attached Link: Reiss Studio, Home of the BodyStudio professional Poser Plug-ins

Hello All, The press release just went out this morning, and I wanted to let everyone here know about it as well.

The Poser 5 plugin for 3ds max has been released and is available now at www.reiss-studio.com.

Right now the full version is available, and we are working with curious labs to have an upgrade discount for pro-pack users. This should be available soon.

here's the release below.
cheers,
-Josh


Reiss Studio Releases BodyStudio 2.0; Software Allows Poser 5 Content to be Incorporated with 3ds max

OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 12, 2003--Reiss Studio, in cooperation with Curious Labs(TM), the publisher of Poser(R), has developed and released BodyStudio(TM) 2.0 for Windows(TM). BodyStudio seamlessly integrates Poser 3D character animation technology into Discreet(R) 3ds max(TM). This innovative plug-in software allows Poser users to easily render and playback Poser animations directly inside of 3ds max.
Artists that work with 3D software will notice the many improvements that have been made from the original version of the popular Pro Pack plug-in for 3ds max. Reiss Studio is a leading developer of 3D plug-ins for Poser translation software.

"The Windows version of the first BodyStudio was a big success," states Josh Reiss, developer and CEO of Reiss Studio. "We have taken the suggestions from our customers and the recommendations from our development team and come up with many features that make a fantastic upgrade."

Some of the new features of BodyStudio 2.0 are:

-- Playback of Poser characters

-- Playback of Poser 5 dynamic cloth

-- Support for the latest versions of Poser and 3ds max

-- Translation of Poser base shaders to Max shaders

-- Scale conversion between Poser and 3ds max

-- Importation of Poser Lights

-- Access to the largest source of pre-built 3D characters and props in the world.

"It used to take teams of people to create characters," states Reiss, "but now the artist can work with pre-built and pre-rigged characters and easily drop them into their Max scene and start rendering."

BodyStudio is being used by many professionals for web, game, television and video production.

"BodyStudio has allowed us to easily integrate Poser assets into our production pipeline, giving us convenient access to Poser-based content," says Chris DiNardo, animator at Turner Studios. "It allows us to offer more options to our clients and gives us cost-effective solutions to our production needs."

"With 200 pots of coffee and BodyStudio we created 30 'actors' and used them for 'extras' for our 70's style epic in only a month," says Ben Stokes of the San Francisco based video production company, Mission Control. Stokes used BodyStudio for a music video for an upcoming album from the popular musical artist, DJ Shadow titled, "Mashin on the Motorway." This video presented a challenge of creating a variety of characters to be involved in a car chase. "We had the unique ability to create characters based on real people, including Josh (DJ Shadow) and others," states Stokes. "Josh was quite happy with the results and used still frames from the video for the album cover art."

For a limited time, BodyStudio is available at the introductory price of $179.00, and can be purchased at www.reiss-studio.com.

About Reiss Studio

Reiss Studio was established to develop and promote graphics tools for 3D Professionals. Reiss Studio is located in Oakland, California USA. For more information about Reiss Studio and BodyStudio, please visit our website at www.reiss-studio.com

About Curious Labs, Inc.

Curious Labs, Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of EGISYS AG, designs, develops, and publishes software tools such as Poser(R), which focus on 3D human and character visualization for artists, designers, and web developers. The company is located in Santa Cruz, California. For more information, please visit the Curious Labs web site at www.curiouslabs.com.


aleks ( ) posted Thu, 12 June 2003 at 4:04 PM

great news! poser5 was useless to me because it couldn't export to max4 properly. do you have a date and price about upgrading from pro pack? :)


Archangel_Gabriel ( ) posted Thu, 12 June 2003 at 4:06 PM

file_62473.jpg

Way Cool!

Finally I can speak out!, I've had the wonderful opportunity to work with the fine folks at Reiss Studio and aid them in the development of this plugin. It's a great tool and integrates seemlessly into MAX. The results? Well check for yourself.

The above figures were created in Poser and using the Riess Plugin, imported into MAX. Enough said.

I would highly recommend anyone who wants to take Poser figures to the next level to checkout this plugin. [jezz, I sould like an infomercial don't I?]

I can't thank Josh, Jack and all the cool folks at Riess for allowing me to help.

Daniel


Archangel_Gabriel ( ) posted Thu, 12 June 2003 at 4:11 PM

file_62474.jpg

Another image of GHOST [c] created using the Riess plugin. [shameless self promotion department Ltd. Peking, New York, Helsinki, London and Flotsoms Mistake New Jersey]


Spaghead ( ) posted Thu, 12 June 2003 at 4:12 PM

Daniel, very cool picture! Is anyone (Riess, Caligari or CL) working on a similar tool for TrueSpace? I'd seen a press release earlier in the year (might've even been last December) stating that Caligari and CL were working in partnership ... but it didn't say what they were working ON in partnership ...


3ncryptabl3_lick ( ) posted Thu, 12 June 2003 at 4:44 PM

Oh man!!! starts scrounging around for loose change


Archangel_Gabriel ( ) posted Thu, 12 June 2003 at 4:53 PM

Please pardon my typos. I'm a spelling slug. I ment to say, I can't thank Josh, Jack and all the cool folks at Riess ENOUGH for allowing me to help. That's me, Captain Faux pas


reiss-studio ( ) posted Thu, 12 June 2003 at 5:33 PM

Aleks, We're actually working through setting up the upgrade process as we speak. if you send e-mail to service@reiss-studio.com, maybe we can use you as a test case to do the first upgrade when it's ready. Daneil, no problem on the typo ;) Spaghead, we're not involved in a truespace, and I'm not sure what else Curious has worked out. cheers, -Josh


3ncryptabl3_lick ( ) posted Thu, 12 June 2003 at 7:21 PM

Will it be available on CD in the future or strictly a download?


ryamka ( ) posted Thu, 12 June 2003 at 8:12 PM

Please don't let this message throw water on the announcement as I for one am very excited and desperately waiting for this functionality, but I have seen way to many promises/statements regarding this type of functionality between Max and Poser for too long. And the reference to suport and help from CL leaves me doubting this more. They have let me down way too many times in this department (Pro Pack, P5). ANd yes, I know you guys are a separate company. Is there any way that you can provide more descriptions and/or show off the functionality of this product (video of the plugin in action, put up the documentation for review). Maybe have a tutorial created and put up at 3DBuzz. I am sure many share a similar desire. I know that I will not be making this purchase until I can see some objective third party reviews (magazines) and/or demo. Please do not take this as an insult for the obvious effort you guys have put into this product. I just need more than a press release to make this purchase, ESPECIALLY because it is related to Poser 5. - Ray


reiss-studio ( ) posted Thu, 12 June 2003 at 8:49 PM

Attached Link: preview of BodyStudio tutorial from 3-axis

Ray, I don't take it as an insult at all. So far we've had great feedback from the people using the plugin, and I think it's always a good choice to find out about a product when you go to buy it. We have a tutorial which we're giong to be putting up. The guys from 3-axis actually got happy about the plugin and put together a great step-by-step. I love the tutorial they did, because it also contains a basic cloth tutorial as well. we're still formatting it, but you can see a preview of the tutorial at www.reiss-studio.com/article/articleview/51 we'll also look into getting the documentation online for download. cheers! -Josh


3ncryptabl3_lick ( ) posted Thu, 12 June 2003 at 9:56 PM

Wow! Very nice indeed.


megalodon ( ) posted Fri, 13 June 2003 at 12:14 AM

Is there a timeline available for the Poser5 to LightWave plugin? Curious Labs said that a plugin WOULD be available for LightWave but had no idea WHEN this would happen. If I missed an earlier announcement I apologize. I look forward to the info! Thanks! Megalodon


3ncryptabl3_lick ( ) posted Fri, 13 June 2003 at 5:22 AM

Why wont this be available on cd? I'm taking to 'no answer' as a no and the lack of a cd is holding me back...


reiss-studio ( ) posted Fri, 13 June 2003 at 7:28 AM

Hi 3ncrypt, apologize for missing your first post. There will be a cd in about 2 months. At that point we'll have the option for people who have already purchased to pick up the cd for a small charge (depending on cost, $20 or less) + shipping cheers! -Josh


tbird10 ( ) posted Fri, 13 June 2003 at 12:47 PM

Is this a separate product from the intended Curious Labs upgrade to Poser 5 to include Pro Pack functionality. From the curious labs website- 'The Poser Pro Pack plug-ins are not currently updated to work with Poser 5. Poser 5 will be updated to include the hosting plug-in support, but some high level functionality found in Poser 5, will not be available in the 3rd party host applications. Full details on the update to the plug-ins and its projected delivery schedule will be available soon'


reiss-studio ( ) posted Fri, 13 June 2003 at 1:02 PM

Hi tbird, these are the plugins spoken about on curious labs's website. Curious Labs press release from march 5th (in their press area) introduced our involvement, and these are the result. Curious Labs will be updating their website with the new information soon cheers, -Josh


reiss-studio ( ) posted Fri, 13 June 2003 at 1:04 PM

Megalodon, we should be able to talk more about the lightwave plugin soon. As you know, we are waiting until we can release more accurate information. cheers, -Josh


megalodon ( ) posted Fri, 13 June 2003 at 2:58 PM

Josh, Thanks for responding! At least we know that the Lightwave plugin is "in the works" - which is somewhat of a relief. Thanks Again! Megalodon


tbird10 ( ) posted Sat, 14 June 2003 at 2:55 AM

In that case, when I bought Poser 5 as an upgrade from the Poser Pro pack, I was under the impression that this functionality would be included in Poser 5 as a free upgrade, can you give a rough figure for the upgrade cost ?


gstorme ( ) posted Sat, 14 June 2003 at 4:29 AM

-Join-


clearstar ( ) posted Sat, 14 June 2003 at 9:05 AM

I'm also waiting for the lightwave plugin. Hopefully it will be much smarter than propack which made you go through lots of gyrations to get poser stuff to work. I'm not even going to think about upgrading to p5 till a lightwave plugin is available.


billy3d ( ) posted Sat, 14 June 2003 at 12:27 PM

so i can use this with poser4 too?


reiss-studio ( ) posted Sun, 15 June 2003 at 2:47 PM

Attached Link: Reiss Studio, Home of BodyStudio Professional Poser Plug-ins

Hi tbird, There will be an upgrade discount available, and we should be able to announce the price in the next few days. We're actually looking for some people who are interested in purchasing to test the upgrade system in advance, if anyone is interested, please e-mail service@reiss-studio.com thanks! -Josh


reiss-studio ( ) posted Sun, 15 June 2003 at 2:54 PM

Hi Clearstar, We are all for making the plugins smarter as we upgrade them. We're especially interested in looking at all the "little" things that really are not that little when you work with them every day! That was one of the big hit lists for the upgrades. We did it with the max plugin in a few ways (turns out with the new update you save 390mb when rendering a mapped vicky! and about 250mb just when loading) I strongly encourage everyone who uses the lightwave plugins to send mail to service@reiss-studio.com, and let us know about any issues you have. This is the best chance to get them fixed, and as our max users will testify, our main goal is to listen to how we can make these easy to use. Also, we ususally take the people who send us the best explained feedback, and get them involved in the beta program when it's available. cheers! -Josh


EdW ( ) posted Sun, 15 June 2003 at 2:55 PM

Are you doing a plugin for Cinema too? Ed


reiss-studio ( ) posted Sun, 15 June 2003 at 3:07 PM

Hi Billy3d, You can use this in some ways with Poser 4, but a valid Poser 5 installation is needed. The new features in the plugin require us to use the Poser5 libraries which means you do have to have Poser 5 on disk, there are also more features coming which should make this even more exciting. Here is the workflow we are recommending for people who want to keep working with Poser 4. 1) Install Poser 5 2) Use Poser 5's multiple runtime feature to add your poser 4 runtime directory 3) keep working Poser 4 Now you can keep working in poser 4, and the plugin will be able to load your files. You might need to just open, and save the files again from poser 5 before import, but you should be able to keep using poser 4 in this way. cheers! -Josh


reiss-studio ( ) posted Sun, 15 June 2003 at 3:09 PM

Hi Ed, We actually just installed Cinema 4d v8. I should be able to offer more information soon. also, anyone with items they would like to see fixed in the c4d plugin, should send e-mail to service@reiss-studio.com (this is how we determine which issues to update, and also where we find out about people for beta testing) cheers, -Josh


reiss-studio ( ) posted Fri, 20 June 2003 at 2:32 PM

Attached Link: Reiss Studio, Home of BodyStudio Professional Poser Plugins

For those that haven't heard, the official upgrade to the Pro Pack's Max plugin has arrived. There is now upgrade pricing available from Pro Pack for $179 - $50 = $129. It's currently available at the Reiss Studio website at www.reiss-studio.com and should be available on Curious Labs' website soon as well. Cheers,

-Jack Walther
Lead Engineer (BodyStudio 2.0 for 3ds max plugin)


ryamka ( ) posted Fri, 20 June 2003 at 2:36 PM

Jack, You may want to post this also into the 3DSMax forum here on the site.


ryamka ( ) posted Fri, 20 June 2003 at 2:41 PM

Jack, DO you know of any third party (magazine/web sites/etc) that may have already obtained this software or were provided it by you guys that may have or are planning an independent review? I know you guys are proud of this product, but I am looking for an objective review before making a purchase. Normally I would wait til Siggraph and search you guys out there this year, but unfortunately, delivery deadlines are keeping all of my team from the show this year... Thanks, - Ray


reiss-studio ( ) posted Tue, 24 June 2003 at 3:33 PM

Hi Ray! We just released 2 weeks ago, so we don't have any magazine reviews yet (these usually take a few months from sending them the software) we should have some soon. In the meantime, if you search this site, the user reviews have been very encouraging for all of us. cheers, -Josh


gordonttg ( ) posted Mon, 14 July 2003 at 6:04 AM

Anyone know if curious labs is planning to update their poser plugin to work with poser 5? I am currently enjoying a harmonious relationship between poser 5 and max 5, I am not using the cloth simulator in poser 5. For those of you itching to use your wonderful poser 5 creations in max, here's what I did. I had a my poser pro pack installed, and I renamed the poser.dta file to poserold.dta and copied it to the poser 5 folder. I completely uninstalled poser pro pack. I downloaded the updated max plugin installer as that works with max 4. I then installed the max plugin by manually specifying the 3ds max folder (the max 5 directory), and manually specified where poser was (my poser 5 folder). Now comes the fun part. To export characters from poser 5 to max, you have to rename the poser 5 poser.dta file to something like posernew.dta, and rename the poser 4 dta file (poserold.dta) to poser.dta. Then you can insert poser 5 scenes (saved as poser3 pz3 not poser 5 pzz) into max. For simplicty's sake, I created a couple of .bat files that do the copying for me so I just click on the right one and viola I either run poser 5 or use them in max. Haven't tested this with the poser 5 hair.... if anyone finds this useful, let me know.


aleks ( ) posted Mon, 14 July 2003 at 6:14 AM

nice! do you get textures loaded also?


gordonttg ( ) posted Mon, 14 July 2003 at 8:02 AM

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yeah the textures come over fine, but I always redo the texture in max for the hair so I can get the transparency right and I make the hair texture 2 sided. Hopefully you guys can see the attached image of a max 5 render.


aleks ( ) posted Mon, 14 July 2003 at 9:13 AM

gordon, i'm gonna forward this to the more recent thread about poser5 figure import.


gordonttg ( ) posted Mon, 14 July 2003 at 11:32 AM

cool, had a scan and couldn't find anything, guess i didn't look hard enough.


aleks ( ) posted Tue, 15 July 2003 at 1:35 AM

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