Poser 4 Pro Pack, still factory sealed.  ^^

   (And no, I don't have the base P4 program for it.)  I didn't get into this until midway through the P6 era.  I was searching for something quite else, and Amazon popped up a promo for Poser 6.  I was intrigued at the idea of being able to make CGI art on a home computer.  I bought P6 and bought my first PC, then had to learn to use both.

:)  I have a full shelf with Software I bought, because on Sale and never used.

Books, for Photoshop  technices, I guess I have 7-8. Not one I read. ( They was on Sale too) 

We are addicted . 

I tried a couple of years ago to get donations of older versions of Poser and Photoshop so I could install them for my students.  Didn't have much luck.  But I'm with you on the concept.  I've got several computer games I don't play because I can't remember what keys to push to make them do anything. ; }

Y'know, the promo image is actually pretty good considering this dates from around 2000 (pre-FireFly). I wonder if it was actually rendered in Poser, or exported to something like C4D?

 I have that program!

I bought Poser2. Poser3 was released a week later-so I never used it.

Back then there was no transparency- so hair looked like solid shiny plastic.

MacOS has changed so much I can't run them anymore. Be nice to make some nostalgic renders.

My Poser 4 doesn't run on Windows 7 64 bit (at least I can't get it to work). It does run on Virtual Box where I have Windows XP Pro 32 bit installed..lol. And yes, I actually did install it :P. I do get nostalgic every now and then and there are some really nice characters I bought for Posette and Dork back in the day ;).

As for the image on the case...that IS awesome. Some didn't need firefly to make a beautiful image. Anyone remember the Four Seasons image? It's the one that inspired me back in the day...hehe.

Laurie

Quote - Y'know, the promo image is actually pretty good considering this dates from around 2000 (pre-FireFly). I wonder if it was actually rendered in Poser, or exported to something like C4D?

It was indeed rendered in Poser 4; pre-Firefly. Martin Murphy. It was retouched in Photoshop for sure. His Pro Pack hero is image #13 in the gallery. The number 12 image in this gallery is one of his most famous 3D images from the late 90's. Image #10 was a piece he rendered for us that was used for a series of Poser 4 illustrations. He was a joy to art direct.

Steve Cooper
Smith Micro

Posser 4 came with a 3d paint program on it.  Never could get it work.  The menus are screwy looking.  Read  something about a 2gb partition limit.  tried it on a 1mb flashdrive.  didn't work.

I have that version on the shelf in the back room.  Poser 4 with Propack was a very stable and usable edition.  Thanks for the look see.

Quote - > Quote - Y'know, the promo image is actually pretty good considering this dates from around 2000 (pre-FireFly). I wonder if it was actually rendered in Poser, or exported to something like C4D?

 

It was indeed rendered in Poser 4; pre-Firefly. Martin Murphy. It was retouched in Photoshop for sure. His Pro Pack hero is image #13 in the gallery. The number 12 image in this gallery is one of his most famous 3D images from the late 90's. Image #10 was a piece he rendered for us that was used for a series of Poser 4 illustrations. He was a joy to art direct.

 

Steve Cooper
Smith Micro

Number 12 was the image I was referring too...lol. Always loved that one. I'd never think of anything like that myself ;). I forgot about "Autumn Flirts with Winter" (#10 - actually what I thought the 4 seasons one was called) as well....another favorite of time from times (and versions) past. :)

Laurie

Hey Robyn/Steve

I remember being very impressed with Martin Murphy's images! Time to check his website again!

  Eric

Quote - > Quote - Y'know, the promo image is actually pretty good considering this dates from around 2000 (pre-FireFly). I wonder if it was actually rendered in Poser, or exported to something like C4D?

 

It was indeed rendered in Poser 4; pre-Firefly. Martin Murphy. It was retouched in Photoshop for sure. His Pro Pack hero is image #13 in the gallery. The number 12 image in this gallery is one of his most famous 3D images from the late 90's. Image #10 was a piece he rendered for us that was used for a series of Poser 4 illustrations. He was a joy to art direct.

 

Steve Cooper
Smith Micro

     More Poser archaeology - this just arrived today.  Used full box version of Poser 3.  Works in Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT v4+ or Mac 7.6.1+

Pentium processor recommended.  32 MB RAM recommended.

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What a lovely hair helmet he has....lol.

I'm starting to feel misty for crappy shadows, flat textures and props with seams...sniff.

Laurie