Metacreations Poser 3/4 Training
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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 Poser 3/4 tutorial, this application becomes easy for any user, artist, or animator to master. Author Matt Neutra starts with the basics of Poser and then takes you further using various case and animation studies. To begin learning, click on any of the sections below.
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Introduction
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Introduction | (01:51) | |
Whats New In Poser 3 | (02:19) | |
Follow the Manual | (00:15) | |
Interface Overview
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Application Overview | (01:56) | |
Menu Overview | (05:55) | |
Document Window | (02:38) | |
Camera Controls | (03:00) | |
Light Controls | (01:03) | |
Document Display Tools | (02:05) | |
Editing Tools | (01:54) | |
Parameter Dials | (02:32) | |
Numerical Entry with Parameter Dials | (01:03) | |
Liaries Palettes | (03:33) | |
Animation Controls | (02:19) | |
Dot Tool | (03:32) | |
Interface Summary | (01:08) | |
Poser Basics
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Setting Up | (03:33) | |
Document Window Settings | (01:57) | |
Placing a Figure | (03:04) | |
Make Custom Figures | (03:29) | |
Delete Figures & Custom Liary | (01:30) | |
Working in the Studio | (04:15) | |
Posing Hands | (01:13) | |
Paste into Background | (01:09) | |
Hide and Name Figures | (01:28) | |
Displaying Guides | (03:16) | |
Save Open Close Quit | (01:13) | |
Case Studies #1
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Intro Case Study 1 | (00:44) | |
Make Angry Sitting Guy | (04:55) | |
Add and Pose Second Figure | (03:52) | |
Place Hair Props | (02:33) | |
Change Lighting | (02:08) | |
Position the Camera | (02:26) | |
Add Background and Render | (01:44) | |
Posing in Detail
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Intro to Posing in Detail | (01:27) | |
How Posing Works | (04:51) | |
Figure Hierarchies | (02:58) | |
Setting Figure Height | (00:56) | |
How To Select a Part | (01:39) | |
The Edit Tools | (08:33) | |
Symmetry, Drop to Floor & Auto Balance | (01:59) | |
Posing Hands | (03:19) | |
Face Posing | (03:03) | |
Body Shaping | (02:04) | |
Props
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Props Intro | (01:38) | |
Hair as a Prop | (02:33) | |
Add a Default Prop | (02:25) | |
Import Props | (01:57) | |
Replace Body Parts with a Prop | (02:25) | |
Cameras and Lights
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Intro to Cameras and Lights | (05:15) | |
Ten Camera Types | (04:10) | |
Save Camera View in Liary | (00:59) | |
Set Camera Preferences and Name Camera | (00:24) | |
Camera Controls | (02:58) | |
Light Controls and Saving Lights | (03:11) | |
Shadow Settings | (01:12) | |
Case Studies #2
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Case Study 2 Intro | (00:54) | |
Place Props and Figures | (09:44) | |
Add Hair | (01:01) | |
Pose Figure 1 | (04:02) | |
Pose Figure 2 | (04:39) | |
Pose Figure 3 | (03:14) | |
Change Lighting & Camera & Render | (02:44) | |
Animating Your Figures
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Intro to Animating Figures | (00:45) | |
What You Can Animate | (00:43) | |
Creating Animations | (01:41) | |
Setting Up Animation | (01:24) | |
Import AVIF or Background | (00:46) | |
Using the Timeline | (01:11) | |
Recording Key Frames | (03:10) | |
Add & Delete Keyframes | (02:01) | |
Intro to the Animation Palette | (04:53) | |
Using the Animation Palette | (04:12) | |
Retime Keyframes | (03:52) | |
Keyframe Interpolation | (06:43) | |
Change Keyframes on the Graph | (03:21) | |
Add an Animation to Liary | (01:25) | |
Animation Study 1
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Animation Study 1 Intro | (00:49) | |
Place Character & Props | (02:36) | |
Rough out the Animation | (04:15) | |
Detail the Animation | (03:27) | |
Animate the Camera | (03:18) | |
Animation Study Summary | (00:58) | |
Animation Study 2
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Animation Study 2 Intro | (00:28) | |
Create Walk Path | (01:32) | |
Create Walk | (06:10) | |
Save Walk | (02:07) | |
Surface Materials
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Intro to Surface Materials | (02:22) | |
Apply Bump and Texture | (02:30) | |
Setting Object Color Settings | (02:49) | |
Rendering
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Intro to Rendering | (00:29) | |
Setup Render | (02:25) | |
Screen Render | (01:10) | |
Rendering to a File | (00:34) | |
Render Animation | (03:05) | |
Poser 4 Addendum
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Intro Movie | (07:40) | |
Conforming Figures & Clothing | (07:35) | |
Conforming Figure Example | (07:09) | |
Bendable Props | (03:04) | |
New Lights | (04:17) | |
Magnet Deformer | (05:16) | |
Wave Deformer | (04:17) | |
Morph Face And Ethnicity | (03:52) | |
Morph Target General | (08:48) | |
Using External Morph Targets | (03:28) | |
Copy Cut Paste | (03:19) | |
The Sketch Designer | (14:10) | |
Rendering Sketch Designer | (01:44) | |
Hierarchy Editor | (12:32) | |
The Grouping Tool | (09:22) | |
Using New Poser Features Example | (11:33) |
Title Information / Pricing
Title: | Metacreations Poser 3/4 |
Author: | Matt Neutra |
SKU: | 33065 |
ISBN: | 1889347590 |
Release Date: | 1999-01-01 |
Price: | |
Duration: | 4 hrs / 95 lessons |
Work Files: |
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Captions: | No |
Compatibility: |
Vista/XP/2000, OS X, Linux QuickTime 7 |
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