The Moonbeam 33, a gorgeous new retro-future flying car, over at Renderosity. Sadly it’s not in Poser or DAZ 3D form, but it seems there’s an .OBJ in the package.
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Free webinar with a Poser expert
A free one-hour recorded-video webinar from Stefan Werner, Senior Software Engineer for Poser: “Getting the Most Out of Your Poser 3D Renders”…
“He demonstrates how to leverage the new and improved rendering features, including Subsurface Scattering, available in Poser 9 and Poser Pro 2012. Stefan also discusses how to optimize your render settings to master features such as depth-of-field, indirect light, and ambient occlusion. Learn why more isn’t necessarily better when it comes to rendering, and find the perfect balance between quality and performance.”
3D content survey: spaceship interiors
Here’s my survey of human spaceship interiors for DAZ Studio or Poser. There are a great many available, so here are what I think are the best.
I’ve avoided those that could too-easily double as a 20th century factory or a submarine interior, and the starship bridges and freighter/fighter cockpits. Mostly this is starship corridors…
The famous Stonemason has a nice selection. His The Tin Can has a retro pulp-era feel to it, and Nightshift’s Argos Hangar can serve as a matching third-party addition for the Tin Can…
Stonemason also has his excellent new range of CryoTube and Sci-Fi Consoles, plus his new Sci-Fi CryoEnviroment and Sci-Fi Corridor 2013 to put them in…
Stonemason’s new sci-fi content could match nicely with this…
Stonemason also has earlier spaceship / space-station corridors: the 20th century industrial style The Arc; the wide vehicle-friendly Skyline Hall; the flexible (though overused by now) Dark Star; and the smooth Mass Effect -style Utopia Deck C (seen here)…
Saros 7 has a nice 1970s retro look to his corridor…
Applejack’s AJ Research Center is similar to Saros 7 and might complement it…
Starcarrier and Powerstar Final offer a good shiny hangar deck with depth. They match well with the well-known Vanguard and Stinger smaller spaceships.
LuxuryStar can ship your elite passengers to the stars…
With its cathederal-like windows the GIS Nova, part of the GIS series, could make a good observation deck for that Thruxian alien you have on board as your mystical star-navigator…
The GIS series also has a good flight deck called GIS Terminal, which has an add-on Future Flight texture set…
Andromeda Station is very affordable, but you may need to swop out the system-intensive lights and fix a few materials…
Hull Breach is an unusual space-ship interior from Coflek-Gnorg…
And finally, Dreamland’s Movie Sets Hypersleep Chamber has nicely designed sleep-chambers, though it has the odd addition of a 20th century lavatory. Don’t 22nd century deep space-o-nauts have bio-engineering in them that removes that need?
That’s it. Happy voyages!
Learn DAZ Carrara 8.5 – new training video
Infinite Skills have a new Carrara 8.5 Tutorial Video. 11.5 hours of training to help you get started with the latest version of Carrara, DAZ Studio’s ‘big sister’ software.
UK users may find it cheaper or as-cheap on Amazon.
The Lost World
Alessandro_AM has just released his new The Lost World for DAZ Studio or Poser…
“The Lost World is a complex environment specifically designed for DAZ Studio 4.6+”
…but note that he kindly also includes a Poser installer.
Stickman for DAZ
Stickman is a new addition to the DAZ character range, just released. Comes with a variety of accessories. Useful for custom stock pictures for business promos and in-house / specialist trade magazines.
Maybe it’s just the render but he looks a bit plastic, and not quite as cute/attractive as the similar iClone Mr. Pose character…
Tutorial: export an FBX from DAZ Studio
Part one of the tutorial is more generally useful for those who need to export FBX files for non-standard toon characters from DAZ…
Part two shows you the steps needed in 3DXchange Pro 5 and iClone…
More quality from London224
London224 continues to produce quality 3d sci-fi and steampunk content for DAZ and Poser. His latest at the Renderosity store is hard sci-fi. It’s a nicely Kirby-esque MS13 Cyron Chamber that would also suit superhero scenes very well (it reminds me of Jack Kirby’s vision of the interior of the Baxter Building in Fantastic Four)…
There’s also his matching MS13 Search Helmet and MS12 Prometheus Two spaceship.
Plant Factory Producer
There’s now a free Personal Learning Edition of the new Plant Factory Producer, from the makers of 3D landscape software Vue. It’s a…
“3D vegetation modeling, animation and rendering software [to create] fully custom intricate 3D plant models.”
Users of free never-expires version can apparently…
* Create complete projects and save their work
* Export their plants to other applications as standard geometry [standard .OBJ, .FBX]
Like most Eon/Vue freebies it’s also heavily crippled. Model exports are crippled in the free version because…
“Exported geometry removes 1 polygon out of 5”.
Although I’m guesing that those willing to experiment with smoothing (3DXchange), repairing (PolyTrans), remeshing by adding polys (I think the latest Poser can do that) or decimating (DAZ Decimator) the .OBJ models might make the plants acceptable for middle-distance use in DAZ or Poser?
Frisk-a-tron
Just what every Christmas party needs, a cool Frisk-a-tron machine instead of some ugly bouncers on the door. Free, for Poser and Daz Studio…
Poser to Anime Studio / Manga Studio
Did you know there’s now a free script to export OBJ 3D models from Poser and import the OBJ into the 2D animation software Anime Studio Pro? It’s been possible for some years now, but Smith Micro now offer the free Poser Python export script — along with two tutorial movies, one of which shows how to adjust the toon line weight on the object.
See also this 10 minute tutorial video, in which DutchWorkingMan shows how he uses Poser and Anime Studio Pro to get a believable cartoon cel-shaded look on an exported character.
The Smith Micro comic-book software Manga Studio can also apparently import OBJs — but in that case you simply drag the OBJ onto your Manga Studio canvas.
Update: script still available via Archive.org. Works for Poser 11 to Clip Studio.
Stonemason’s new Sci-Fi Corridor
Following Stonemason’s recent quality sci-fi content, there’s now another Stonemason set for DAZ Studio or Poser: Sci-Fi Corridor 2013. It’s a highly detailed starship corridor, complete with med bays…
And over at Renderosity, coflek-gnorg is also riding the sci-fi vibe with his new Hull Breach starship set…
Video guide: new Comic Book options in Poser Pro 2014
A short Infinite Skills video guide/tutorial, on the new Comic Book render options in Poser Pro 2014…
Content survey: academic types for V4
Inspired by today’s free lecture theatre here’s my quick survey of bookworms, librarians and teacher types for V4 for DAZ Studio or Poser. Such characters and accessories are pretty rare, but here’s the few I found — followed by some similar semi-toon items.
Characters:
Poses and expressions:
The Teacher poses and expressions for V4…
Ex Libris poses (for DAZ Genesis only), including the classic librarian “shhhHH!” pose…
Clothing:
Cosmopolitan Girl Suit for V4 and its Stylish addon has the right sort of modern vibe…
V4 Ruffle is a ruffle-front chiffon blouse of the sort that lady librarians might have worn back in the 1960s and 70s…
Accessories:
Some nice old-fashioned steampunk style Pince-Nez Glasses for V4…
Late Nights at the Library has bonus props such as books and bookcases, pens, and chairs, as well as V4 librarian poses.
Semi-toon:
Corporate Shuffle 1 and Corporate Shuffle 2 would make good semi-toon teachers (requires various K2 Mix-n-Match clothing items) for the Krystal character.
Granny for Toon Gramps could make a good old-school librarian, if you removed the pinafore …
There’s also The Librarian, a set of old-fashioned librarian clothes for Lenore.
V4/M4 to DAZ Genesis: new video tutorial
This new nine-minute tutorial video might be useful for some. Morgan Schweers shows how to quickly convert Victoria 4-based characters (inc. morphs) to the new DAZ Studio Genesis format…
To work through this new tutorial you will need to have the DAZ Genesis Generation X (aka GenX) plugin installed, plus the V4 and M4 Shapes for Genesis pack.