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”
Category Archives: Poser
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…
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.
Learning Poser 10/Poser Pro 2014 – DVD
Newly available from Infinite Skills, their Learning Poser 10/Poser Pro 2014 – Training DVD
New Mr. Sparky freebies
Nice retro Mind Chair Book for DAZ Studio or Poser, free from Mr. Sparky…
Plus a nice toon-style steampunk Red Tape Generator, for use with Dr. Pitterbill or other semi-toon characters, also free…
Lecture time
A usefully realistic 500-seat lecture theater in Poser runtime format and OBJ, for free.
PZDB free upgrades – now supports new DAZ file types
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If, like me, you use the excellent PZDB (my review) to find and load DAZ 3D and Poser content, then you’ll be interested to hear that there’s now a free upgrade patch from Rocketship.
Get PzDB 1.2.5. Warning: you will need to do a full reindex of your 3d collection after patching, so don’t update just before you start in on a deadline job.
It now supports those pesky new types of DAZ files…
“PzDB 1.2.5 now indexes and supports all current DAZ Studio filetypes, in addition, DAZ Studio files are now sorted among PzDB Categories as follows: DAZ files are still DAZ Scenes; DS, DSB, DSE, DSA, DSX and now DUF and DSF files are listed as DAZ Scripts; DSO, DSD, and DSVs are considered Geometries; DSI, DCB, and DBMs are listed as Materials; DBC is a Camera; and a DBL is a Light.”
It can also now double as an entertainment media index, since it now supports…
“AVI, MPG, MP4, MOV, and WMV files and … MP3, WAV, WMA, and FLAC files”
PzDB 1.3 Beta Testing has also started…
“The PzDB 1.3 Public Beta Test is open to all PzDB 1.X Licensees.”