Poser Tutorials

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

3 ways to enhance your scenes with imported content

3 ways to enhance your scenes in Poser 12 with imported content

Sep 23, 2020 at 10:00 am by Michelle Willard

Poser allows creators to import and export various types of content such as background images, movies, and 3D objects. This allows creators to use third-party applications to.... Read More

How to manage your Poser Library in Poser 12

Aug 05, 2020 at 10:00 am by Michelle Willard

There is an amazing amount of content available for Poser. As you buy third-party content or create custom poses, custom lighting set-ups and more, you may want to orga.... Read More

How to set up your Poser 12 workspace

Jul 22, 2020 at 10:00 am by Michelle Willard

The Poser workspace can be overwhelming for first-time users. It contains the entire Poser screen, controls and dials, the Document window, and other room-specific interface e.... Read More

Poser 11: 3 ways to create toons in Poser

Jul 08, 2020 at 10:00 am by Michelle Willard

Poser 11 includes powerful features for comic style renders. Poser's already impressive comic book mode has several additional options that give you a new level of contr.... Read More

Poser 11: How Subdivision will give you more detail in Poser renders

Jun 24, 2020 at 10:00 am by Michelle Willard

Many products and assets for Poser are created with the lowest poly count possible. This allows for small file sizes and eases use on less powerful computers. But what do you.... Read More

Poser 11: 3 ways Poser works with other programs, plus the DAZ workaround

Jun 17, 2020 at 10:00 am by Michelle Willard

Since last week's post about the DSON Importer from DAZ, we've gotten many questions about a workaround, as well as using Poser with other software. As you probably know, Pos.... Read More