Now even the Daz/Poser dinosaurs are going “semi-toon”! This cute dino is new from dinosaur expert Dinoraul…
Category Archives: Poser
Video: Tour of the Poser Pro 2014 Interface
New Renderosity video tutorial, for Poser Pro beginners, A Tour of the Poser Pro 2014 Interface, and How to Reset It (10 minutes)…
It’s part of a premium series of video tutorials intended to get users started with Poser Pro 2014. These are set to be released soon…
“Beginning in January, we’ll be releasing a new tutorial each month that will build on the knowledge you developed in each of the previous lessons.”
New freebies round-up
So what cool free stuff has been released for DAZ Studio and/or Poser, over the Christmas break?
Simple Wood Sign is a nice example of the species. Could be combined with the werewolf above, maybe pointing the way to granny’s house?
Granny’s Old Sewing Machine, ready to animate. Are you sensing the Little Red Riding Hood theme, yet…? 🙂
Nubian Complex looks impressive and has lots of nice comments, although I haven’t loaded it yet and the maker rather ominously states… “textures do not load appropiately, the textures are located in the texture files.”
Unusual Melted Snowman at Poser Direct, along with other new toons. Including the Tremblin’ Terrors for Halloween which I must have missed back in October/November…
I also seem to have missed Poser Direct’s huge Toon Train set.
PzDB updates
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I’m pleased to see continuing development on the PzDB DAZ/Poser content library management software. (My review of PzDB). Version 1.3 is currently in public beta testing…
“We’ve expanded to PzDB to work with more of your favorite CGI programs, so many in fact, we have introduced a new File Types window to enable you control which files PzDB indexes for you. You can now index more kinds of bitmaps and CGI Content files from Anime Studio, Corel Creative Suite, Google Sketchup, iClone, Maya, Quindam, Softimage, Wings3D, and even movies and audio files.”
Yep, iClone content indexing, as well as DAZ/Poser! Nice. Plus better indexing of those annoying new-fangled DAZ 4.x file types. It has a new and more polished look, too…
Turbo charge your Daz or Poser
Got your racing snails in good shape? Powerage has released a complete and massive new Power Speedway set for Poser (not tested in DAZ Studio).
You can get Racing Snails here for Poser and Daz, although they’re not as cool as those in the excellent new movie Turbo. But you could probably have a lot of fun customising them with jet packs and suchlike, scavenged from other content.
And I’d suggest Ollie the toon octopus as the perfect TV race commentator for your racetrack.
Black Friday round up
Ok, ‘Black Friday’ is here. Time to take a look at what’s on offer at the DAZ Studio or Poser content stores.
* Nothing on my wish list at Content Paradise has any discount on it, at the moment.
* Not much on my DAZ Store wish list is discounted yet, although there are a few discounts scattered here and there from 33% to 71%. I note that a lot of the Daz Originals environments and monsters are on heavy discount. The Steam Dragon character is a nice bargain at just $5.
On my DAZ wish list the Aslan Court interior architecture and its extensions and addons has chunky discounts. Carrara 8.5 Pro is also on a nice 50% discount at the DAZ Store.
* Renderosity has a couple of fairly light discounts at the cheaper end of my wish list. Nothing major though, and generally I’m really having to hunt to spot any “on sale” signs inside my huge Renderosity wishlist.
* Runtime DNA is a much better. They were the best and widest discounter last year, and this year about half my Runtime DNA wish list is on discount. Some of the discounts are quite heavy. The Sassafras semi-toon cat character is less than $10, which I’ll pick up along with discounted poses. Yep, it looks like Runtime DNA will be getting the big bite of my PayPal balance this year.
* Teknology3D has got the right idea, with a no-nonsense “50% off everything” one day sale. Including their merchant-resource clothing template kits for Sammy and Sadie…
* FoRender has a Black Friday vote on which item should get a 65% discount.
Nevara
A virtual Tilda Swinton character for Poser and DAZ Studio (3 and 4.5)…
Heads up!
A useful new free headphones and microphone accessory for Poser.
Sunday surprise
Here’s a DAZ Store coupon code, apparently valid through November 2013. Don’t blame me if it doesn’t add the discount at the checkout, but enjoy it if it does 🙂
Coupon code: SAVE-30
“30 percent off on any purchase at Daz3D”
Moonbeam 33
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.
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!
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.
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.
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…
