Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Can Poser be used to make anime?

lhphoto opened this issue on Jan 05, 2010 · 10 posts


Miss Nancy posted Tue, 05 January 2010 at 6:01 PM

anime is a japanese style of animation which, for reasons of cost and speed, uses thin linework of uniform thickness and mono- or duo-shaded colour zones for the moving characters, and rendered stills for backgrounds.  the linework and shading can be achieved in poser with toon shading (no lines) for colour zones and fall-off shader for linework.  in contrast, manga style is for b/w comic book pages and it involves dramatic line-width variations and other tricks that may require artistic skill and the ability to draw, or possibly one of the toon applications linked above (if any).  the manga covers are a third, more dramatic, smooth-shaded colour style that can be approximated with poser.  hence it's necessary to post an example of what one wants to duplicate in poser.