Poser Tutorials

Poser 12 Basics: How to use HDR lighting

Sep 29, 2021 at 10:00 am by Michelle Willard

Good lighting is a key element of getting any scene to look right when you render it. Lights can add mood to your scene, highlight colors, reveal cues in forms, enhance muscle.... Read More

Poser Basics: How to use the Group Editor

Poser 12 Basics: How to use the Group Editor

Sep 15, 2021 at 10:00 am by Michelle Willard

The Group Editor is one of the most powerful tools in Poser and allows users to perform many useful tasks without having to go into another application. Poser different.... Read More

Poser Basics: A brief tour of Poser's Rooms

Poser 12 Basics: A brief tour of Poser's Rooms

Sep 08, 2021 at 10:00 am by Michelle Willard

Much of Poser’s functionality is available through different "rooms," along with floating palettes and windows within the rooms themselves. These rooms allow you to pose.... Read More

Poser Basics: 2 things to know about how to use Anime Girl

Poser 12 Basics: 2 things to know about how to use Anime Girl

Aug 25, 2021 at 10:00 am by Michelle Willard

Anime Girl is an easy-to-use morph for Poser's La Femme. Anime Girl comes with three materials — Anime for SuperFly, Anime for OpenGL and Anime for Comic (FireFly) &mda.... Read More

Poser Basics: How to export files for other programs

Poser 12 Basics: How to export files for other programs

Jul 28, 2021 at 10:20 am by Michelle Willard

Other software — Blender, Unity, Unreal, etc. — accept a wide range of file formats that can be used to import and export files. You can use Poser along with thes.... Read More

Poser Basics: How to create sketch-style renders

Poser 12 Basics: How to create sketch-style renders

Jul 07, 2021 at 10:00 am by Michelle Willard

Most Poser users start and stop at the thumbnail presets under the Sketch Render tab in the Render Settings window. An often overlooked feature is the Sketch Designer, which c.... Read More

Poser Basics: How to use Poser's Morphing Tool

Poser 12 Basics: How to use Poser's Morphing Tool

Jun 29, 2021 at 05:47 pm by Michelle Willard

Have you ever wanted to use a particular head covering in Poser but found the included morphs limiting? Was your choice of hair determined by that? The Morphing Tool in Poser.... Read More

Poser Basics: How to use light emitters in Poser

Poser 12 Basics: How to use light emitters in Poser

Jun 23, 2021 at 10:00 am by Michelle Willard

It is said that in the right light everything is extraordinary and in Poser users can create extraordinary art with light emitters. Any object can cast light in Poser, and ev.... Read More

Poser Basics: How to set up & use Memory Dots

Poser 12 Basics: How to set up & use Memory Dots

Jun 16, 2021 at 10:00 am by Michelle Willard

Being able to customize your workspace wouldn't be useful if you had no way of saving your preferences. In Poser, users can put Memory Dots to work as a way to easily.... Read More

Poser Basics: How to apply material layers to characters

Poser 12 Basics: How to apply material layers to characters

May 26, 2021 at 10:00 am by Michelle Willard

You can quickly and easily expand the possibilities of your character by adding textures with Material Layers. Firefly deals with layers in a more complicated manner and.... Read More

Poser Basics: How to set up & use motion blur

Poser 12 Basics: How to set up & use motion blur

May 19, 2021 at 10:00 am by Michelle Willard

When you shoot a photo of a fast-moving object, it appears blurry. The amount of blur is directly related to the length of time that the camera’s shutter remains open w.... Read More

How to set up and use Depth of Field in Poser

Poser 12 Basics: How to set up and use Depth of Field

May 12, 2021 at 10:00 am by Michelle Willard

Depth of Field is one of the most important tools in an artist's chest. Using it correctly in photorealistic renders can take your art to the next level. You can d.... Read More

Poser Basics: How to control the quality of your SuperFly renders in Poser 12

Poser 12 Basics: How to control the quality of your SuperFly renders

May 05, 2021 at 10:00 am by Michelle Willard

The quality of your render is controlled by the SuperFly Render Settings, which is a dialog box containing settings that control render properties and quality while using the.... Read More

Poser 12 Basics: How to Assign Materials in the Material Room in Poser 12

Apr 14, 2021 at 08:26 am by Michelle Willard

In Poser 12, the Material Room Simple palette was replaced with new Material Assignment palette and the Advanced view was renamed to Edit view. The Material Assignment tab al.... Read More

An introduction to Camera Controls in Poser 12

Poser 12 Basics: How to use the Camera Controls in Poser 12

Mar 31, 2021 at 10:03 am by Michelle Willard

Every view you see of your scene inside Poser is done using one or more cameras. Every Poser scene comes with a variety of cameras that are aimed at the workspace from differe.... Read More

Poser 12 Basics: How to add and conform clothes to figures

Mar 17, 2021 at 01:00 pm by Michelle Willard

There are two main types of clothing used in Poser 12: conforming clothing and dynamic clothing. Because conforming clothing is rigged like a figure and includes the same joi.... Read More

What's new in Poser 12: How to use Adaptive Sampling (and a software update)

Mar 03, 2021 at 12:15 pm by Michelle Willard

With the Poser 12 update, we improved the SuperFly render engine by updating to Cycles 2. This update includes improved performance with Adaptive Sampling, which uses machine.... Read More

How to fix your Runtime now that Adobe Flash has reached end of life

Jan 20, 2021 at 10:00 am by Michelle Willard

Adobe didn't just end support of Flash on Dec. 31, 2020, it killed it. The company suggested uninstalling the program after Dec. 31, 2020, because Adobe will not issue F.... Read More

What's new in Poser 12: 3 things to know about automatic installation of content

Nov 18, 2020 at 10:00 am by Michelle Willard

Poser 12's library system now includes automatic installation of included and purchased content. This means you can easily install the bonus content that is inc.... Read More

Poser 12 Update: How the new SuperFly improves art & render time

Oct 28, 2020 at 10:29 am by Michelle Willard

With Poser 12, the legendary software pulls ahead of the competition with a new version of SuperFly, which is based on the most up-to-date of the version of Blender's Cycles r.... Read More