Poser 4 Full and Poser Pro Pack

by Curious Labs, Inc.

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006J04T
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 16, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,603 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Poser 4 is a premiere 3-D character animation and design tool for artists and animators. Create images, movies, and posed 3-D figures from a diverse collection of fully articulated 3-D human and animal models. Poser's unique interface makes posing and animating fast and easy. Pro Pack adds powerful functionality to Poser 4. LightWave 7.0b and 3D Studio Max 4.2 can host Poser scenes, and you can create custom PoserPython scripts for even greater control of Poser. Pro Pack also exports 2D Flash and 3D Viewpoint animations.

Poser's Sketch Designer is a rendering engine that creates a scene using a series of brush strokes that define the background, edges of scene elements, and individual elements and figures. The result is a "hand-drawn" image that defies the traditional 3-D rendering look. You can save and load customized brush strokes for the Sketch Designer from scene to scene and can render in color or in black and white. You can also incorporate transparency and reflectivity into whole figures, individual body parts, or props. Poser 4 also lets users add illumination and dramatic effects to their scenes.

Poser's Setup room is where you define a bone structure for the figure and attach these bones to specific parts of the figure's geometry (such as a leg bone to a thigh). The bone structure and its grouping with portions of the geometry is what enables a Poser figure to bend. The Setup room allows you to interactively create custom Poser figures from imported props (geometries) or modify existing figures. Experienced and novice figure builders alike will find that the Setup room dramatically decreases the time it takes to create or modify figures.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Try your hand at 3D character animation!, December 17, 2002

By 

Helen H. Madden "Heat Flash podcaster" (Yorktown, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Poser 4 Full and Poser Pro Pack (CD-ROM)

Imagine being able to create 3D characters and animate them, just like the pros do! I bought this program a couple of years ago, when I was just starting to play around with 3D graphics, and I have not been disappointed with my purchase. It's easy enough for a beginner to start playing with, and yet flexible enough to for seasoned pros to create masterpieces. If you've never seen Poser before, here's what you're looking at. Poser 4 and Pro Pack come with plenty of pre-built models for you to use, including male and female adults and kids, skeletons, and animals. Each model can be customized for a different look. With a turn of a dial, you can change the faces on the people models to create entirely different characters. A fairly complete library of hair styles, clothing, and props also comes with the program, letting you dress your characters up in style. There are also libraries of pre-set poses and lighting sets as well. If you have access to an image editing program like Adobe Photoshop or Corel Photopaint, you can really spice up things up by creating custom textures for the various models (imagine being able to put your own face on a 3D model!). With all these tools, you can create anything from photo-realistic images to abstract style art. The key frame animation tools are simple and easy to use, and allow you to let your characters walk, run, or even dance.

Keep in mind, this is old style Poser. Poser 5 is out now, with a slew of new features, but it's looks like there's a love/hate relationship going on right now between the graphics community and Poser 5 (Poser 5 does have a few bugs and is not as stable as Poser 4). If you've never used Poser or any other graphics program before, Poser 4 with the Pro Pack might just be the place to start. There's a ton of information available online for Poser 4 Pro Pack, including such sites as the Poser Pros Forums (www.poserpros.com) and Renderosity (www.renderosity.com). What's really nice is the price. A lot of other 3D programs cost an arm and a leg. Not this one. The program also works well with other 3D programs, including Bryce, and Lightwave. So if you've ever wanted to create your own 3D characters, this is the way to go.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Program, February 22, 2003

By 

J. Tinsley "Music Fanatic" (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Poser 4 Full and Poser Pro Pack (CD-ROM)

Poser 4 is a wonderful tool, allowing you to create 3D graphics featuring various types of figures. Combined w/Photoshop, it's a great tool to create beautiful pieces of artwork. I honestly love it. If you're looking to reach a new level in digital art, I highly recommend Poser. It is also capable of animation.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Try your hand at 3D character animation!, December 17, 2002

By 

Helen H. Madden "Heat Flash podcaster" (Yorktown, VA United States) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Poser 4 Full and Poser Pro Pack (CD-ROM)

Imagine being able to create 3D characters and animate them, just like the pros do! I bought this program a couple of years ago, when I was just starting to play around with 3D graphics, and I have not been disappointed with my purchase. It's easy enough for a beginner to start playing with, and yet flexible enough to for seasoned pros to create masterpieces. If you've never seen Poser before, here's what you're looking at. Poser 4 and Pro Pack come with plenty of pre-built models for you to use, including male and female adults and kids, skeletons, and animals. Each model can be customized for a different look. With a turn of a dial, you can change the faces on the people models to create entirely different characters. A fairly complete library of hair styles, clothing, and props also comes with the program, letting you dress your characters up in style. There are also libraries of pre-set poses and lighting sets as well. If you have access to an image editing program like Adobe Photoshop or Corel Photopaint, you can really spice up things up by creating custom textures for the various models (imagine being able to put your own face on a 3D model!). With all these tools, you can create anything from photo-realistic images to abstract style art. The key frame animation tools are simple and easy to use, and allow you to let your characters walk, run, or even dance.

Keep in mind, this is old style Poser. Poser 5 is out now, with a slew of new features, but it's looks like there's a love/hate relationship going on right now between the graphics community and Poser 5 (Poser 5 does have a few bugs and is not as stable as Poser 4). If you've never used Poser or any other graphics program before, Poser 4 with the Pro Pack might just be the place to start. There's a ton of information available online for Poser 4 Pro Pack, including such sites as the Poser Pros Forums and Renderosity. What's really nice is the price. A lot of other 3D programs cost an arm and a leg. Not this one. The program also works well with other 3D programs, including Bryce, and Lightwave. So if you've ever wanted to create your own 3D characters, this is the way to go.