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Poser - OFFICIAL F.A.Q (Last Updated: 2024 Dec 23 7:38 pm)
hmm..more than 2 years, less than 3..started with 4, then 3 (hey, isn't that supposed to go the other way?..;) I've only in the last coupla months actually used it, except as a way to populate Bryce renders..;)
I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit
anahl nathrak uth vas betude doth yel dyenvey..;)
wow, Damn, I've just barely begun to understand P4 been at it for no more than under a year. I always wondered what the older versions were like. I'm just a beginner compared to you guys lol. Do you ever find yourself running out of ideas though?
Pats won so I can get back to poser. ;)
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I started with Poser 2 and I'm guessing here, but it might have been around 1995 or 1996. (Maybe later, but my memory is pretty well shot, lol) Talk about a totally different interface! But I didn't really get into it till I started coming here when it was called (Poser Forum?) and Zygote, now Daz, had just released the V2 Fairy.
What's 'Poser'?? Oh, that program hogging up my whole second hard drive!!! OK, well I think it was around 1997 when I got Poser4, my brother had a copy of Poser3 on his old computer when he gave it to me but he had lost the manual and I never quite figured out what it did but it look interesting...so when Sharp Electronics gave me a corporate card and said "Go buy yourself some somewhere and learn about graphic artists" I saw a copy of Poser4 on Fry's shelf, grabbed it and have been hooked ever since.....It was something else before Metacreations wasn't it? I think it was an update that changed the name but I can't remember the original company's name anymore.....oh well, DAMN YOU CURIOUS LABS, DAMN YOU TO H*LL!!!!!
Poser 1 eh?,what features did the first version have? I started a couple years ago on Pro pack.
I heard about Poser at a computer trade show prior to Poser (one's) release. I remember calling every 2 months for over a year to find out when "that posable mannequin program" was due out while deadline after deadline for release was missed. Got to where the woman on the switchboard and I were on first-name basis, and chatted more often than I did with most of my family members. G I think it was about 11 months before Fractal Design (I think that was MetaCreation's previous name) would accept my credit card order, and even then they were obliged to offer to cancel the transaction every 6 weeks thru several more missed deadlines before they started shipping. Nostalgic Sigh Memories, memories . . . What a change from today - Those were the days, eh?
I started with Poser 1 too, but only used it to print figures that I could trace. Bought 2, 3, and 4 as soon as each came out, started making digital art with 4. I skipped Pro Pack and Poser 5, now I'm using DAZ Studio. If 6 looks to be an improvement over 5, I might give it a try. ;) SnowS
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I'm another user since the first version. I think ten years is about right ... 94 or 95-ish. What has changed? Yikes ... back then, Poser was basically just a digital mannequin that artists could use as a guide for their artwork. It was a far cry from what it is now. The figures were VERY low resolution, and I can't even remember if they used textures. No clothing either.
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AHA! I found the thread that shows Poser 1, 2, and 4 figures as well as some interface shots. We've come a LONG way! LOLhttp://www.renderosity.com/messages.ez?Form.ShowMessage=541446#15
I scanned this ad from a Tiger Direct catalogue; I still have a copy.
About a week before the official retail release of Poser1 ... I was working in a software store at the time and specialised in graphics programs. I remember thinking at the time what neat thing it was and if they kept working it would be a very useful program some day. And now .. well we're looking at a new release soon from what I've heard and I make my rent from making stuff for Poser. Life sure does move along doesnt it. Lyrra the Ex-Evil Overlord
Poser 1 in the mid 90s.
I was teaching at an art and media school. I tried to convince the 'never been close to art creation in my life' people (them who made the decisions) that we should try 3D art and use Poser as one of the tools. No, that was too far away to be grasped tone of irony.
Anyhow, I continued working with Poser my self now and then.
Which version came with the first animals? Remember I got hilarious because I was working on my first computer horse game and there was a horse among the animals. Didn't use it though.
Those threads and images sure brings up a bunch of memories. :o)
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Since 2001. My husband found Poser 3 somewhere and showed it to me, thinking that I might have some interest in it. I still have the very first picture I made with it:) I have been hooked ever since. It's the one in my Elfwood gallery called testing the strings.Poser 1 - from a UK personal computer world cover disc. card CD sleeve says 96. Lent the poser cd out (mostly likely to play Doom) and a mate lost it. Recall very strange blob like figure and thats it. The machine would've probably been a 486 with 4-8mb of ram. Around that time no sites like rendo, internet access was via Uni (Telnet and VAX) and later via compuserve at home. 30 a month plus call charges to a local node that could only take 6 users - so you called around to see who was going online. Did'nt bother with poser until 3 was on a disc. Now it's not the technology thats the problem it's the girlfriend discovering ho much I spend on poser stuff!
Pinky - you left the lens cap of your mind on again.
When did Poser One come out? I have been using poser since then. I have Poser 1, still have the disks and manuals, Poser 2, Poser 4 and now Poser 5. I spend hours a day using poser and it is a good thing that I am retired and the time otherwise I would be in a world of trouble. I could see calling into work and trying to explain that I wouldn't be in today because Vickie's joints had exploded or something.....
Oh, well....I've answered similar questions several times in various threads.....there's certainly no harm in doing it again. Since Poser 2. I don't recall the exact date when I purchased it. I suppose that I could make the effort to look up the date, if I was interested enough. I'm not really interested enough.
The first pic in my gallery here is dated July 2002. So I reckon about 3 or 4 months before that was when I started trying it out. Poser 4 with Propack. Started with that and I've never felt the need to upgrade yet.
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Let's have a fun topic for a change. How long have you been using Poser and which version have you started out with? I'm just curious to know how long some of you guys have been using this program. :) I'm biting my nails right now while watching th Super Bowl. lol.