Playing with Poser

[electric_hare]

N3TGraph - Yep, it'll be an adventure game (are there any other kind? )

Igor - It's certainly possible to build your own figures for use in Poser , it just isn't all that easy. I built this robot guy as a static figure using Amapi, and with any luck a rash volunteer will have turned it into a poseable figure by the weekend (cheers Jim). I don't have the know-how myself, although apparently I could learn from this book:

'Secrets of Character Creation with Poser 5' by B.L.Render

Despite the title, the bulk of the info is supposed to be good for Poser 3 & 4 too. It's available from Amazon.

I think one of the reasons for Poser's success is that it sets out to do one thing, and for the most part it does it well. I've just bought Carrara Studio, which claims to be the 'complete, accessible and productive 3D solution', and has a 600 page manual to prove it!

Learning how to use one app is starting to feel like learning 3 or 4 apps simultaneously.

- Graham

PS - cheers to Neole for the image upload space, much appreciated.

[ratracer]

Nice work with that robot!!!!

It's doubly effective since it is (at least, it looks) simple but it conveys all the "right" things - the expression, the pose, all very well done ...


Great, really!!!! - simple modelling, great effect!!!

And thanks for the advice on the Poser book-

[Igor]

Fantastic work Electric_Hare!