Hi all,

I 'm a newbie in poser, I kept on searching on the net for a good tutorials ,pdfs or videos, I've downloaded poser pro 2012 reference manual which is a like a washing machines manuals , all technicals explanations no examples.

All the tutorials , manuals are not connected with each other , there is no single project and within it explainations for all tools but in the end all go the the goal which is a final big project that covers alllllll.

If anyone ever find such project please leave the link

thanks

How about these? right on the SmithMicro site:

http://poser.smithmicro.com/tutorials.html

Thanks Robyns

I checked it but check this url "www.karibousboutique.com/shares/poserfordummies.pdf" that will explain the idea of learning the software within a project but with a profound , start ->moderate->advanced , step by step but it will encourage to get started and go from step to the next .

Check out dr Geep's Poser University

http://www.drgeep.com/NPU/Lobby/LobbyCentral.htm

He has excellent step by step tutorials for almost everything in Poser

Inside Poser :

In Window (top menu)
Goto Quick Start

A bunch of tutorials with video's are build in the application.
They cover all the basic operations for new Poser artists.

Thanks wimvdb

Quote - check this url "www.karibousboutique.com/shares/poserfordummies.pdf"

I read some of that - it's a very nice document.

Just one word of caution - it's not completely accurate. Some of the inaccuracies are pretty wild, which will make you do things you don't need to do. Example:

Quote - Even in Poser 8 and Pro, the

materials folder can’t be used outside the material room, though you can browse its contents at

any time.

Simply not true. You can double click material collections from any room. You can drag and drop individual materials onto polygons in the preview in any room. And you can double click a material and you will be prompted by Poser with a dialog asking where you want that that material to go, in any room but the material room. If you're in the material room, then double clicking a material will load it into the current material zone you're editing in the material room.

Also, the categories of content are now just suggestions - you may find figures in props, for example, if appropriate. Figures are things with joints - you can pose them. But that's a distinction that is not so obvious that beginners recognize the implications. For example, a man, woman, or horse - you expect to find in figures. How about a shirt? Technically that's a figure, too, if it's conforming. But what if it's a dynamic shirt? Then it's a prop. Artificial distinctions like that are no longer enforced. Poser allows any type of content to be offered in any part of the library. This is why the clothing that comes with the newer versions of Poser are all kept in props. They're not people or animals, and new users expect that figures are strictly people or animals or aliens, not clothing.

all (legal) Poser software comes with a Program manual plus a Tutorial manual. So what about "I downloaded the program manual"?

Smith Micro, Daz3D, Renderosity, Dr Geep, PhilC, a shipload of good other people and the Wordy Wild Web offer masses of info.

Limit yourself to the Pose room, learn camera, light and rendering first, learn all tools in the Poser Room user interface, construct a library of things and master just plain portrait photography. And do visit the galleries, here and everywhere else.

See you next year when you've done al that (and see your gallery contributions earlier, i hope). Forum questions welcomed.

**aRtBee

**First thanks for the advice.

Before I buy any software I take a look to the manuals "software support and

download section " how it's written , how it will help going from the getting started to

the advanced stages.

fair enough.

Please observe that PhilC as well as Bagginsbill are/were part of the Poser development teams. Also note that BB is close to his 15.000 th (!!) forum contribution. Note that Smith Micro is member of this site as well, with just two (?) contributions. Note that I started a new Missing Manuals website on Vue and... Poser.

Software is nice, Tutorial manual is fine, Program manual is not too bad (well, for just a program manual is quite good, actually), supplier support is considered alien sometimes, some websites (especially this one) are a wealth.