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Subject: Poser 6

feminadebic opened this issue on Feb 11, 2005 · 10 posts
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feminadebic ( ) posted Fri, 11 February 2005 at 8:30 AM · edited Thu, 30 January 2025 at 4:43 PM

For those who don't receive the Curious Labs news letter, they sent me one last week telling me there is Poser 6 on the cards for spring. The only bit of info they let out was that it will have a shadow controller enabling an artist to put their shadows where they wish.

anxcon ( ) posted Fri, 11 February 2005 at 8:42 AM

i dont get that part cuz i can do that now lol

maxxxmodelz ( ) posted Fri, 11 February 2005 at 9:20 AM

"i dont get that part cuz i can do that now lol" This is actually a new feature that allows you to render shadows accurately on a background image, which you can't do now (well, you can using certain material settings which makes the ground plane invisible except where shadows are cast, but it doesn't work well on some kinds of lighting situations). This "shadow catcher" feature is something high end 3D packages have had for a while now (in Max it's called a matte/shadow material), that allow you to composite 3D elements seamlessly into background images, complete with shadows.

Tools :  3dsmax 2015, Daz Studio 4.6, PoserPro 2012, Blender v2.74

System: Pentium QuadCore i7, under Win 8, GeForce GTX 780 / 2GB GPU.

maxxxmodelz ( ) posted Fri, 11 February 2005 at 9:43 AM

file_183800.jpg

Here's a simple background photo...

Tools :  3dsmax 2015, Daz Studio 4.6, PoserPro 2012, Blender v2.74

System: Pentium QuadCore i7, under Win 8, GeForce GTX 780 / 2GB GPU.

maxxxmodelz ( ) posted Fri, 11 February 2005 at 9:43 AM

Here's a simple 3D object placed over the photo using a "shadow catcher" type material on the ground plane...

Tools :  3dsmax 2015, Daz Studio 4.6, PoserPro 2012, Blender v2.74

System: Pentium QuadCore i7, under Win 8, GeForce GTX 780 / 2GB GPU.

maxxxmodelz ( ) posted Fri, 11 February 2005 at 9:50 AM

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screwed up the last post... here's the image...

Tools :  3dsmax 2015, Daz Studio 4.6, PoserPro 2012, Blender v2.74

System: Pentium QuadCore i7, under Win 8, GeForce GTX 780 / 2GB GPU.

AntoniaTiger ( ) posted Fri, 11 February 2005 at 12:49 PM

Portmerion? (Well, it would be the place to demo Poser 6)

TheVelvetFoxx ( ) posted Fri, 11 February 2005 at 12:58 PM

I bought Poser 5 a while back and just haven't installed it because I'm scared to death of it. I know. Huge waste of money. I got the Curious Labs newsleter the other day too. Guess this means I need to ggo ahead and install 5 so I don't get such a big shock when I upgrade to 6. :-)

feminadebic ( ) posted Fri, 11 February 2005 at 1:11 PM

Attached Link: http://femina-kitten.com/

Oh dear VelvetFoxx, you really need to get to grips with it you are depriving yourself of so much fun. Femina

Lucifer_The_Dark ( ) posted Sat, 12 February 2005 at 5:53 AM

yeah VelvetFoxx just wait till you open that materials room, it'll blow your mind :D

Windows 7 64Bit
Poser Pro 2010 SR1

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