WOW!

And in case I was unclear, well… WOW!!!

The way that this new feature adapts what’s in the viewport of Poser to a very traditional pen and ink style is beyond amazing. What’s more, if you dig in on the material nodes in your scene, especially playing with ambiance settings, you’ll find a striking amount of possibilities opening up. Since I’ve only cracked the surface on this, I’m sure that as I dig around and explore more of the way the materials interact with this render mode a lot of cool things will be uncovered. At first glance my only critiques are simply that I would LOVE to see the nuts and bolts of how the rendering is executed made available through some kind of interface where can have finer control over things like line weight, and the especially the way in which it interprets very complex textures like cloth patterns into the ink. Still, with further exploration I may run into ways to do just what I’m talking about, and if I do, will certainly post back here about it, but for something I’ve literally spent minutes playing with, it’s incredible. -Les

Testing the new comic book style rendering in Poser 2014

Most Poser users at this point are aware, at least to some degree, of the availability of subdivision surfaces inside Poser by way of the “smooth polygons” option in the renders settings, though from my interaction with users it seems that the meaning of this option is still rather unclear. In simple terms, what it means is that by checking “smooth polygons”, any objects in the scene which also have smooth polys checked in their parameters will have their poly count multiplied by a factor of four and somewhat relaxed at render time to produce a smoother, more organic look. To date, Poser users have been stuck with one degree of subdivision and while that allows a certain extra level detail, by embracing the OpenSubdiv Architecture in the newest build of Poser, users will now not only have the option to subdivide at render time, but to see the results of subdivision in the viewport plus being able to dial in as many degrees of subdivision as they like. This opens up a whole new realm of possibilities for those of us creating content and the users of Poser alike, and I plan to go into some of those in a future installment. For now, however I’ll leave you with a link to the official pages at Pixar detailing the nuts and bolts of just what Open Subdiv Architecture is. Be forewarned: this is the deep stuff when it comes to 3D but it’s very interesting and I think, kinda cool to understand the deeper workings of the software we’re using to do this crazy art form of ours.  -Les

Open Subdiv Architecture from Pixar

After the Fall of Civilization, the future of mankind is DANGEROUS….and it takes a SURVIVOR to make it. This is the story of a woman, both STRONG and BEAUTIFUL like a PREDATOR; she possess INTELLECT and WIT, FREEDOM of Spirit, the sheer WILL to SURVIVE it all.
What story are you going to tell?

Package Includes:
10 ‘Super Conformers’ – Belt, Boots, Gas Mask, Goggles, Hair, Shirt, Shorts, Vest, Shoulder Pad & Waist Wrap

22 Clothing Hide/UnHide Utility Poses for added Versitility
10 V4 Poses
Default Poser Material Settings (mc6)

*See the Readme.txt file for full listing of morphs !

Package Includes:
Sledge Original Figure (cr2)
Conforming Harness/Armor (cr2)
Hammer and PickAxe Smart Props (pp2)
WheelBarrow w/smart prop rock pile (cr2 & pp2)
5 Sledge Poses; 1 default; 2 animated walk-cycle (upper and lower body)
5 ‘Friend’ pose sets for Sledge and V4 (pz2)
5 ‘Victim’ pose sets for Sledge and V4 (pz2)
14 Sledge ‘Prop’ poses (pz2)
Poser Material Settings (mc6)

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