Animating with Poser
Poser allows you to animate figures and props, giving life to your scenes. You can use your work in multimedia projects, on the Web, and in videos by exporting rendered results to Windows AVI, or Macintosh QuickTime. AVI movies are rendered in 32-bit color, which by default includes an alpha channel (mask) for each frame. This can aid in compositing the animation with other movie footage. QuickTime movies can also contain an Alpha channel if set to render at millions of colors.
Once rendered, exported animations can be opened and edited in post-production tools such as Adobe Premiere and Adobe After Effects, where you can edit sequences and add special effects. While you can create long animations, we recommend creating a series of shorter animations and piecing your scenes together using an editing application. Real movies follow this guideline as well: Each time a camera angle changes, you’re seeing a new take of a scene or a different scene altogether. This includes cases such as conversations, where the camera is switching back and forth between the participants. Poser includes many powerful tools designed to help you create stunningly realistic animations. Animation is easy to learn but hard to master. Start with short simple movies and work up as your skills improve. The results may surprise you!