Metacreations Poser 3/4 Tutorial Video - Try for FREE

Introduction to tutorials

• Introduction to poser Demo
• What's New In Poser 3 Demo
• Follow the Manual Demo

Interface Overview

• Application Overview Demo
• Menu Overview Demo
• Document Window Demo
• Camera Controls Demo
• Light Controls Demo
• Document Display Tools Demo
• Editing Tools Demo
• Parameter Dials Demo
• Numerical Entry with Parameter Dials Demo
• Libraries Palettes Demo
• Animation Controls Demo
• Dot Tool Demo
• Interface Summary Demo

Poser Basics

• Setting Up Demo
• Document Window Settings Demo
• Placing a Figure Demo
• Make Custom Figures Demo
• Delete Figures & Custom Library Demo
• Working in the Studio Demo
• Posing Hands Demo
• Paste into Background Demo
• Hide and Name Figures Demo
• Displaying Guides Demo
• Save Open Close Quit Demo

Case Studies #1

• Intro Case Study 1
• Make Angry Sitting Guy
• Add and Pose Second Figure
• Place Hair Props
• Change Lighting
• Position the Camera
• Add Background and Render

Posing in Detail

• Intro to Posing in Detail
• How Posing Works
• Figure Hierarchies
• Setting Figure Height
• How To Select a Part
• The Edit Tools
• Symmetry, Drop to Floor & Auto Balance
• Posing Hands
• Face Posing
• Body Shaping

Props

• Props Intro
• Hair as a Prop
• Add a Default Prop
• Import Props
• Replace Body Parts with a Prop

Cameras and Lights

• Intro to Cameras and Lights
• Ten Camera Types
• Save Camera View in Library
• Set Camera Preferences and Name Camera
• Camera Controls
• Light Controls and Saving Lights
• Shadow Settings

Case Studies #2

• Case Study 2 Intro
• Place Props and Figures
• Add Hair
• Pose Figure 1
• Pose Figure 2
• Pose Figure 3
• Change Lighting & Camera & Render

Animating Your Figures

• Intro to Animating Figures
• What You Can Animate
• Creating Animations
• Setting Up Animation
• Import AVIF or Background
• Using the Timeline
• Recording Key Frames
• Add & Delete Keyframes
• Intro to the Animation Palette
• Using the Animation Palette
• Retime Keyframes
• Keyframe Interpolation
• Change Keyframes on the Graph
• Add an Animation to Library

Animation Study 1

• Animation Study 1 Intro
• Place Character & Props
• Rough out the Animation
• Detail the Animation
• Animate the Camera
• Animation Study Summary

Animation Study 2

• Animation Study 2 Intro
• Create Walk Path
• Create Walk
• Save Walk

Surface Materials

• Intro to Surface Materials
• Apply Bump and Texture
• Setting Object Color Settings

Rendering

• Intro to Rendering
• Setup Render
• Screen Render
• Rendering to a File
• Render Animation

Poser 4 Addendum

• Intro Movie
• Conforming Figures & Clothing
• Conforming Figure Example
• Bendable Props
• New Lights
• Magnet Deformer
• Wave Deformer
• Morph Face And Ethnicity
• Morph Target General
• Using External Morph Targets
• Copy Cut Paste
• The Sketch Designer
• Rendering Sketch Designer
• Hierarchy Editor
• The Grouping Tool
• Useing New Poser Features Example