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Metacreations Poser Tutorials

Metacreations Poser Tutorials
Author Name   Matt Neutra
Total Movies   95
ISBN   1889347590
Duration   4 Hours

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Curious Labs Poser 5 is the ultimate 3D-character design and animation tool for artists and animators. Create 3D Figures using a diverse collection of ready-to-use 3D human and animal models. Poser's innovative interface makes figure design, posing and animating fast and easy. Map facial photos, grow and style dynamic hair, and create dynamic cloth to add extraordinary realism to your figure. Poser is a 3d character animation and design tool for digital artists and animators. From an included collection of human and animal models and props, this program enables you to create movies, images, and posed 3D figures. With Virtual Training Company's tutorial, Poser becomes easy for any user, artist, or animator to master. Author Matt Neutra starts with the basics of Poser and takes you further using various case and animation studies. To begin learning, click on any of the sections below. To learn more watch our Poser Tutorials.Quickly output movies and images from your posed figures for content in Web, print, and video projects. Add life to your 3D worlds using exported, posed figures.

This training course is designed for fast learning and covers all the fundamental points of the application, all cds work on a mac or pc and no application is needed.

The links below are free MetaCreations Poser 4 tutorials. The entire contents may be purchased either on CD or watched via the Online University


Introduction
 Introduction
 What's New In Poser 3
 Follow the Manual

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

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

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

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