Here’s a round-up of what interests me, from the recent Poser and DAZ releases, and also from related software. The last such was back at the end of April 2024. I’m pleased to find that Renderosity has stopped their show-stopping captchas, so I can access it again.
Science fiction:
HF Bad Hym for Genesis 9, a sort of cross between The Silver Surfer and Adam Warlock.
Orbital! from Coflek-Gnorg. Build your own near-future space station.
Retro sci-fi:
Nitaka Aurora for Poser, rather cute anti-gravity scooters.
Atomic shelter for Poser by 1971s. Also available for DAZ.
Robby The Robot (Forbidden Planet), for fan-art although I think he may be public domain by now?
Steampunk:
Steampunk Bus for Poser. Also available for DAZ.
Giant pipes for Poser from 1971s. Also available for DAZ.
EV Flamethrower with animated flames. Don’t let it anywhere near the giant gas-pipes room… oh, too late.
Horror:
WyldWood, a new stylised trees set from Poisen.
A free Demon Chair. Looks fairly compatible with WyldWood, given some re-texturing.
The Metro, an abandoned metro tunnel entrance for DAZ. Could be used with the new End of Days for DAZ Studio.
Superhero:
Peacemaker For G8M. Yup, he’s definitely brave enough to go down the old abandoned subway tunnel.
SuperHero Speed for G8M Volume 6. More ‘running really fast’ poses. Also SuperHero Leap for G8M Volume 2.
People, clothes and poses:
Free Crumpled Clothes props for Poser, dropped and cast aside clothes.
El Zorro outfit for G8M.
Police Artist for Genesis 9. Work with a police identikit process, to accurately recreate the face/head of a historical figure in G9. Also available for G8.
Toon:
Waste Paradise for Daz Studio, just the sort of place you might find a discarded but oh-so cute ‘lil robot. Or cute aliens hiding their flying saucer.
Fantasy Mandrake for DAZ Studio.
Plushi Birthday Cake and Red Panda Plush with lots of materials.
A free PB Snowman Plushie for DAZ Studio.
Animals:
Smilo Poses for AM Smilodon. A type of prehistoric sabre-tooth tiger.
All the Rabbits by AM. Rabbits galore, and also what looks like a hare.
Nature’s Wonders: Grasshoppers.
Songbird ReMix: Flowerpiercers & Leaftossers.
Songbird ReMix: Mynas. The birds that can mimic talking.
Power Rat for Daz Studio, a standalone figure.
Photo Props: Fence Construction Kit is classic weathered white. Looks useful if you have a horse and pony collection.
Gorilla Motions for Genesis 1.
A free Waterfowl INJ for the free Poser Low-Poly Bird Prop. Put lots and lots of flying geese in the sky.
Plants, outdoors, ocean:
Bow Wave 1 and Bow Wave 2. Bow wave props for DAZ.
Photo Props: Potted Plants for Poser and DAZ.
UltraScenery 2: A Comprehensive Guide for DAZ Studio.
Jurassic Forest scene for DAZ. With HDRIs.
Historical:
Neanderthal 9 Starter Bundle and XI Neanderthal Cave.
Servi Domini – Monks for G8M. Medival monks and a variety of outfits.
Free, Aircraft Leonardo Da Vinci. With ceiling hangers.
An Edwardian style Circus Ringmaster for G8M. And a matching Circus Strongman for G8M.
A classic pioneers / woodsman Log Cabin for Spruce woodland.
Uncle Sam for Genesis 8 Male & Genesis 9.
Elegant Movie Room from perhaps the late 1930s.
Hr-262, a late 1950s bobby-socks hair for V4.
Late 1960s Hippy Van, anniversary edition.
GWR Sleeper Wagon by DryJack, another fine addition to his ‘model railway in Poser’ collection. Also a 20 Ton Coal Wagon.
The Pool Hall with an early 1980s vibe.
Movie Theater, again with a 1980s vibe.
A free Nuclear Explosion and an .OBJ file.
Tutorials:
Using colour to change the mood of your 3D scenes.
Improving Firefly render speed in Poser. Not that it’s slow, but you may want it to go even faster.
How to convert DAZ tileable shaders to Poser.
How to access your Poser content in DAZ Studio. Easy, when you know how.
The Hidden DAZ Studio Master Light Switch. Yes, there’s an ISO film setting few know about.
The Creative Cart: TangoAlpha’s Modular Super Sets.
Tutorials for other software:
Vue: Export anything with the new Export Central in E-on VUE 2024. 2024 is now supposedly free, but download attempts always fail.
Vue: Seamlessly Integrate Vue and DAZ Studio.
PD Howler: Scripting with AI.
Clavicula: Cavicula : Physics I.
TinkerCAD: Tinkercad – Easy Modeling to Create DAZ Studio Assets.
AI:
Stable Diffusion XL (SDXL): ControlNets for SDXL models. Still not great, but apparently better than previous attempts.
InvokeAI: How to Get Regional Control In Images using layers and a few other items.
Camera-control example: Place angled camera view, seen from (slightly above:1.9), at or very near the start of your prompt. Vary as needed. Adding the opposite – e.g. seen from below – in the negative prompt can also help. Better with some models than with others.
It seems the perma-offer of a Poser 12 licence for around $50 has vanished, presumably ahead of the planned Poser 14 release. The bargain licences had been sold via Graphixly, the Clip Studio Paint store. I guess we may see Poser 13 on a similar perma-offer once v14 is out, but that’s just a guess.
That’s it for now. More next time.