Hi, Im new to poser4. I own 3D Studio Max and want to know more about poser. I have seen some realistic characters done in poser 4. How are these done. Do you make texture maps of yourselves? are there higher end models you can buy for poser? 3D Studio Max render engine is 100x better then posers and I understand you can get very realistic characters. I dont have time to learn to model humans and would like information on how to make the most realistic human characters as possible before i fork out 250 bucks. Thanks to all.

You're in luck. Poser 5 is coming out. Click on top right of this page "sponsors" = Curious Labs, the makers of Poser, and they recently released info about it. Or wait a little bit 'cos every other thread is about P5 lately.

It's not clear yet what the P5 people are like. The P4 people are pretty good but most of us wind up buying the excellent Millenium people from www.daz3d.com, which would add a lot your overall cost. Last time I checked, the Millenium people were also sold in 3ds format at Zygote but with a much higher price tag. Hi quality photo-based textures are another thing we tend to wind up buying ($5 to $35 per texture depending on exactly what you need), but if you have a digital camera and a friend who'll let you photograph them you can do it yourself. It's hard work though. If you want this for commercial projects and depending on what you have planned in Max, you could also wind up investing a fair bit in hair models and clothing models.

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I have seen some realistic characters done in poser 4. How are these done. With lots of practice, asking questions and going through tutorials. Artistic talent is always a plus. >>Do you make texture maps of yourselves? Some people do. Cake1 has a tutorial on how to do that. All the Poser models have templates that you can draw on to create human textures (or alien, it's up to you.) There are also a lot of textures available free or commercially. >>are there higher end models you can buy for poser? There are default models that come with the program, and commercial models that you can purchase. The most commonly purchased models are Victoria (Vicki or Millie - she was originally called the Millenium woman or Millie for short), Michael (Mike), Stephanie, and Dina (variants include Vina and Dina V). The first 3 are purchased exclusively through Daz3d. The fourth can be found at here, among other sites. The models themselves are created in other programs. Poser isn't very good at creating models. (Poser 5 may be better.) One nice thing about Poser is that many models have embedded morphs to change the shape of the model so you can get different looking people with the models. There are 2 versions of Vicki and Mike currently, with substantiated rumors of a Vicki 3 coming out. Vicki 2 and Mike 2 have more morphs. (IMO, it's worth the upgrade.) >>Thanks to all. De nada, and welcome to the cult ... um club. ;-)

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