Tutorials

Learn all about how to use Poser—from basic useage tips to expert techniques.

Recent Releases

Pose and Editing Tools 101	Poser Cameras 101
Poser Lighting 101	Poser Lighting 102-Attenuation
Poser Lighting 103-Shadows	Poser Lighting 201-Ambient Occlusion

Character Creation

• Modeling & Prep (Poser Pro)
• Character Creation (Poser Pro)
• Grouping (Poser Pro)
• Rigging (Poser Pro)
• Texturing (Poser Pro)
• The Face Room (Poser Pro)
• The Setup Room (Poser Pro)
• Figure Circles
• Deformer Magnets
• Sticker Maps
• Morph Brush Video
• Morph Prop

Poser Fusion

• Poser For 3ds Max (Poser Pro)
• Poser For Maya (Poser Pro)
• Export a Camera Pose from Maya (Poser Pro)
• Poser For CINEMA 4D (Poser Pro)

COLLADA

• Quick Start Video (Poser Pro)
• Feature Set (Poser Pro)
• Export Matrix (Poser Pro)

Rendering/HDRI

• Render Queue Video
• Gamma Correction (Poser Pro)
• Gamma Correction Video (Poser Pro)
• Shading Polygon Groups
• Node Tricks
• Depth of Field
• Firefly Rendering Tips
• Ambient Occlusion
• Displacement Map
• Applying an Image Map
• Wet Look Renders
• Color Ramp Node
• Isometric Cameras
• Toon-Style rendering
• HRDI Optimization (Poser Pro)

Posing

• Posing 101: Getting Started
• Pose and Editing Tools 101
• Drawing a Pieta Image (Poser Pro)
• Grouping Objects
• Auto Balance
• Controlling a Figure's Eyes (Poser Pro)

Animation

• Animation Basics
• The Animation Process
• Layered Animation (Poser Pro)
• Material Room Textures
• Prop Parenting
• Smooth Looping (Poser Pro)
• Animated Background Images
• Keyframe & Graph Palettes
• Matrix-Style Camera Effect (Poser Pro)
• Poser Cameras 101
• Introducing Actions in Mid-Walk
• Walk for High Heels
• Animated Guitar Strap
• Making Flash Movies in Poser (Poser Pro)

Lighting

• Poser Lighting 101
• Poser Lighting 102-Attenuation
• Poser Lighting 103-Shadows
• Poser Lighting 201-Ambient Occlusion
• Lighting Basics
• IBL and HDRI (Poser Pro)
• Make Your Own IBL Images
• Image Based Lighting Fine Tuning
• Shadow Mapping (Poser Pro)
• Specular Lighting
• Parent Infinite Lights in Poser Radiosity (Poser Pro)
• Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function
• Underwater Atmosphere Lighting

Hair & Cloth

• Hair Basics (Poser Pro)
• Curley Side-Parted Hair
• Windswept Hair
• Making a Beard
• Clothing 101
• Types of Cloth
• Cloth Basics (Poser Pro)
• Wrap Around Cloth
• Cloth Parameters
• Cloth Collision Parameters
• Clothing Creation (Poser Pro)
• Importing Clothing

Working With Content

• Overview
• Installing
• Poser Interface
• Poser Library 101
• G2 Character Docs
• G2 Add Deformers
• Managing Runtimes
• Transfering Files from Shade into Poser
• Installing Figures with Encoded Geometry Files

3rd Party Integration

• Integrating Poser Figures in LightWave (Poser Pro)
• Aligning a Poser Figure to a LightWave Path (Poser Pro)
• Using Poser Figures in Mimic
• Using UV Mapper to Generate Templates
• Serializing and Activating VirtualFashion Basic for Poser
• Rendering a Poser Figure in Vue
• Creating a scene using Poser, Vue, and Photoshop
• Creating Block Figures in Poser and Photoshop
• Creating a Hair Image in Poser and Photoshop
• Using the Content Exporter with Adobe Photoshop CS3
• Creating a Simple Figure in Shade
• Creating Shoes in Shade

Utilities

• Morphing and Detailing in ZBrush (Poser Pro)
• Adding Detail with Alpha Maps in ZBrush (Poser Pro)
• Normal Maps (Poser Pro)
• Texturing (Poser Pro)
• Morphing Brush Video (Poser Pro)