Good afternoon all,

I am a newbie to Poser and I am interested in learning how to use the program. I have been reading this forum as well as others and to be honest, this is very overwhelming and quite confusing! lol. I would like to know if I could get any help on where to begin first and if there are any beginner tutorials. Also, when you purchase items how do you go about setting up folders and such? Any help would be very much appreciaed thank you!! :D

First suggestion is to a search in the forum for Dr. Geep. He has made some fantastic tuts on Poser, from the beginners to the more adavanced user. Second suggestion, when you are ready to install a new product, extract it to a dummy folder and double check the folder structure. Sometimes things are not where they should be, those you would have to correct. Again, refer to Dr. Geep's tut on folder structures for the version you are using.

Here is Dr. Geep's Tuts Dr. Geep Here is a higly recommended starter tutorial by the famous SnowSultan: Start tutorial This is part 2 of the above starter tutorial: Part 2 I've got tons more, but this should get you started. Don't be afraid to just dive in and create crap like I did (and still doing) ;-)

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I am new too and have treid to find Geep's tutorials here. . . but to no avail. I can find his artist page - but the links to all the tuts do not work. Can anyone explain how to acces this info?

Ohh wow! Thanks guys for your help and for the link to Dr.. Geep's tutorials. I see this is going to be a busy evening for me and having a lot of patience lol.

Look at the top of the your screen, under the banner ad here at r'osity, you'll see a link to tutorials.

"I see this is going to be a busy evening for me and having a lot of patience."

Evening? Just one?

Coo! You're a fast reader and learner..:-))

Slightly more seriously, it'll take you several weeks (at least) to get familiar enough with Poser and it's vagaries, but the results can be well worth the effort.

Regarding buying content: DON'T! Not yet.
Learn how to the basics in Poser first using the supplied content, including loading and posing figures, setting up lighting, making some of your own props (from the primitives - Geep's tutorials are invaluable for this bit), and handling cameras.

And still, before buying, download some free-stuff. If you can't use it or install it or there are other problems, then you've lost nothing except a bit of time...:-)

Be warned: much of the available content (both free and bought) are add-ons (even some that specify stand-alone); you need a specific character for them to work.
(an example of stuff that might be advertised as "stand-alone" which aren't might be some conforming clothes. Yes, they're stand-alone items, but they've been created for a specific character. If you don't already own that character then you'll have problems...)

Welcome to the Wonderful, Whacky, Woefully-addictive World of Poser:-))

Cheers,
Diolma
Edited to add: Dr. Geep is currently driving through the southern states of the USA, whither bound I know not. But it means he's mostly off-line for the next few days. Once he's back in his residence, expect to see him showing up in this forum with great regularity..

Message edited on: 10/25/2005 15:04

Reading the forums is a good place to start. And yes, Dr. Geep is probably your best bet for clear (and funny) help.

Or, alternately -- you can choose to learn Poser by using the same method that I did back around Poser 2.

Just load up the software and start punching buttons. Something's bound to happen.

In other words: don't be afraid of the software. Don't let it intimidate you. Conquer it. Try new stuff.

((It's a fun ride, too.))

Message edited on: 10/25/2005 15:36

Wow you guys are most helpful!!! When I first opened Poser I quickly clicked the "x" button because it was intimidating lol but I'm determined to learn how to create some beautiful Posers so on that note I'm off to view Dr. Geep's tutorials!

Question!!! I clicked on the first tutorial (joint parameters) and I didn't see anything??

Attached Link: Beginner's Tutorial Poser 5

Which Poser version do you have? If you've got Poser 5 or 6, go have a look at my "absolute Beginner's Tutorial" Link is here above this post :o) It's written for Poser 6, but except for the fact that Poser 6 loads with another base character, it's absolutely the same :o)

I have Poser 5. Thanks for the link you posted. I'm going to go have a look at it now :)

I have another question lol. The characters that are posted for sale don't worry diolma, I'm not buying anything yet lol, state that they are for Victoria1, 2, Michael1, 2, etc., can you use those characters for the Victoria or Michael3 base?

No. Victoria 1 & Victoria 2 are not the same as Victoria 3. Likewise, Michael 1 & 2 use a different mesh than Michael 3. Nice and confusing ain't it? Victoria 2 can use victoria 1's textures and likewise Michael 2 can use Michael 1's textures. But when DAZ went to version three they used totally different meshes for both characters with unique mapping.

Bleh I meant to write that it's written for Poser 5 So it should fit right in :o) Also adding that Mike 3 and Victoria 3 comes with a M3 to M2 and V3 to V2 character as well. It takes M3/V3's face morphs but not the body morphs (and those are sold btw) But it DOES enable you to use the CLOTHES out there for Mike 2 / Victoria 2 (and 1, they have same bodyshape)

Whoa that's very confusing!! lol. I see I'm going to have a lot of questions that will need to be answered before I really get the hang of this. Thanks guys again for all your help :D

Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/messages.ez?Form.ShowMessage=2434533

I still consider myself a "newbie" when it comes to Poser. There is still so much to learn. I made "newbie information" post in another thread. If you care to read it, it's post #8 in the above link. Looking back at it, I see I failed to add Dr. Geeps tuts in... shame on me! In addition to the link posted by Bandolin, you can also get Dr. Geep's tuts in .pdf format here: http://www.ebonshire.net/tut-geep/index.php

Has anyone mentioned Dr. Geep yet?..;) It's a monopoly..;)

Attached Link: http://www.ebonshire.net/tut-geep/index.php

hehe. Yep, a couple of times. I was bad though...totally forgot to include his link in my other post :( Here it is again in clickable form for good measure :)

Hi guys. Thanks again for your help and for the links. It is very much appreciated! :D