{"id":21402,"date":"2023-04-28T17:45:09","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T17:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/dazposer\/?p=21402"},"modified":"2023-04-28T18:14:26","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T18:14:26","slug":"whats-new-for-poser-and-daz-april-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/dazposer\/index.php\/2023\/04\/28\/whats-new-for-poser-and-daz-april-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s New for Poser and DAZ, April 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s time for another monthly round-up, offering my pick of what’s new for Poser and DAZ users.<\/p>\n

As usual, freebies are not noted if they’re ‘non-commercial use’, unless they’re such obvious fan-art that no-one would consider using them commercially. Indeed, there’s a new fan-art sub-category this month.<\/p>\n

There’s also a new G8\/G9 store, 3D Shards<\/a>, with some freebies. Takes quite a while to load, but looks great.<\/p>\n

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Science-fiction:<\/strong><\/p>\n

A generic futuristic Billionaire’s Office<\/a>. Plus 30 cool hi-tech props.<\/p>\n

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A free CyborgLuna for Baby Luna<\/a>, the free creepy baby which ships with Poser. There are some earlier Baby Luna’s Creature Heads<\/a> morphs, but I see that only two of these might pass muster for a sci-fi look. Probably now needs a pack of cyborg head morphs.<\/p>\n

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Coflek-Gnorg’s Hostile Surface I<\/a> and Hostile Surface II<\/a>. Basic ‘first landers’ pioneer-era surface space-cabins for Poser, with quality interiors. <\/p>\n

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A big futuristic comic-book style Tank Model-X<\/a> for DAZ. Needs some “Hulk… SMASH!” punch-blow morphs, I’d suggest.<\/p>\n

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Colony Control Tower<\/a>, looking like it could be of use for re-making lost episodes of classic 1970s British TV sci-fi?<\/p>\n

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Sci-fi Fan Art:<\/strong><\/p>\n

James T. Kirk for Poser<\/a>, which requires M3 Low Res and the David 3 texures. No hair, but I’m fairly sure there’s some Kirk hair around somewhere for Poser.<\/p>\n

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Marvel Ultimate Galactus Outfit for Genesis 8 Male<\/a>. Looking pretty much like the original Kirby Galactus, as far as I can see. Rather cheekily, there’s a Marvel logo and also an Extended Licence for sale.<\/p>\n

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Desert Spaceport for DAZ<\/a>, a large Mos Eisley a-like town from Star Wars<\/em> with lots of angles. Not identical, and there’s clear prior-art, so commercial use as a standard desert town would probably pass the Disney lawyer sniff-test.<\/p>\n

A Twi’lek for Genesis 8 Female<\/a>, and Twi’lek Headpeice for Aiko 4<\/a>, for non-commercial Star Wars<\/em> fan-art.<\/p>\n

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Steampunk and Dieselpunk:<\/strong><\/p>\n

A pleasing retro-look helmet Protective Gear 018 MMKB<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Christmas Steampunk Car for Poser<\/a>. An old model from Meshbox, but new on Renderosity. Likely to have a single texture-atlas texture, making it difficult to re-texture.<\/p>\n

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Fantasy:<\/strong><\/p>\n

FireShow<\/a>, an unusual addition to a circus or medieval hall with jesters and minstrels. Though you’d need some wooden planking to cover the modern struts.<\/p>\n

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Halloween:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Free Fangs for LaFemme\/L’Homme<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Morphing Skull<\/a> together with Stands for Morphing Skull<\/a> and Morphing Candle for Morphing Skull<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Leviathan for Daz Studio<\/a>, a gloopy monster with tentacle sliders for posing.<\/p>\n

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Figures and poses:<\/strong><\/p>\n

A free pack of sitting and kneeling CRP Floor Poses 1-12 for G8F & G9<\/a>.<\/p>\n

40 x G8 expressions on sliders, in the Ross_Expressions G8 01<\/a> pack.<\/p>\n

Young Anime Heroes for Genesis 9<\/a>, stylised manga\/anime type morphs.<\/p>\n

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Storybook:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Essential Stationery Props<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Coin-Operated Rides Mega Pack<\/a> for DAZ. You could probably hide bits, such that the plane really takes off and flies the passenger through the clouds.<\/p>\n

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Smoking Pipe<\/a>. With smoke and holding poses for G8\/G9. For your old-school Tolkien-type storyteller, with a pipe by the fireside.<\/p>\n

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Toon:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Toon Horse for Daz Horse 3<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Animals:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Songbird ReMix Bee-eaters<\/a> of the World, for Poser and DAZ.<\/p>\n

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Snitch<\/a>, a strange creature for Poser and DAZ. Likely to appeal to those who have enjoyed playing the videogame Spore<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Landscapes and settings:<\/strong><\/p>\n

City Waterway<\/a> by Predatron, looking useful for action-movie type scenes.<\/p>\n

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A2Z SciFi Loading Dock and Warehouse I v1<\/a> for Poser. A bit sci-fi, but could also be of use for those who need to make modern-day warehouse worker training videos.<\/p>\n

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Historical:<\/strong><\/p>\n

A free dForce 1940s Men’s Suit for G8M<\/a>. Also a tweed trousers and pullover set. Also get the 1940’s inspired suspenders and bowtie for the free G8M men’s suit<\/a>. “Suspenders” = “braces” in British English.<\/p>\n

A free Sniper U.S. Ranger standalone<\/a>, a low-poly figure for M3 Low Res and Poser, so you can have many soldiers in your scene.<\/p>\n

DryJack’s Match Truck and Crane<\/a>, the sort of thing you might see in a mid 20th century heavy industry rail-yard.<\/p>\n

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Those who like DryJack’s excellent British railway models and tracks\/stations may also want the free Sign 14<\/a>, the new British ‘Men at Work’ road-sign. Part of a larger free set of such things<\/a>.<\/p>\n

VZ-9 Avrocar Flying Saucer<\/a>, which was really made (though barely flown) in the 1950s by the U.S. Air Force. Complete with interior, controls, smart-props, poses. For Poser and DAZ.<\/p>\n

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A free classic mid\/late 20th century Cinema Part 1<\/a>, with iRay textures. Also get Part 2<\/a>. <\/p>\n

A manky Industrial Warehouse Scissor Lift<\/a> of the sort you might have found in an old abandoned warehouse in the early 1990s.<\/p>\n

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Utilities, scripts and similar:<\/strong><\/p>\n

A free Simple POV Camera for G3 & G8<\/a>. Your scene shows what the figure sees.<\/p>\n

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A Procedural Braid Generator<\/a> for Blender.<\/p>\n

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Free AND \/ OR \/ XOR Logic Nodes for the Poser Material Room<\/a>, for Poser 12 and 13. Also an accompanying “Wondering how to use Logic Nodes for Poser material room?”<\/a> tutorial.<\/p>\n

A free Value Viewer for Poser SuperFly<\/a>, a node for Poser 12 and 13.<\/p>\n

A paid MAT Tiler for Poser 12<\/a>, which… “automates working with seamless textures in Poser”.<\/p>\n

A free Poser script ShowLightsInPreview<\/a>, for Poser 12. I’m not sure I even understand the user problem it’s trying to solve, and I think it may already have been solved<\/a> by an earlier Poser 12 script (‘Remove Wires in Preview’) which toggles the visibility of the lights wireframes on the scene lights. But you may be interested.<\/p>\n

Also, there are now Renderosity gift certificates, starting at a $150 Gift Certificate<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The free script Lock & Unlock them all from here<\/a> for DAZ Studio. For example, lock everything below the wrist. There’s also a similar Hide & Show parts of a figure<\/a> below a certain point.<\/p>\n

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Software:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Poser 13<\/a> for Windows, in Early Access. Ignore the “Windows 10” spec, as it runs fine on Windows 7 (although it won’t then load encrypted store-purchased scripts). SuperFly is now the new Cycles 2 for much faster x2 rendering, especially for animations and this can also work on CPUs. The Intel Denoiser is updated, and PostFX is expanded and can now do Glow. An updated Walk Designer and Talk Designer, and more.<\/p>\n

The 2D paint software SAI2 has a dark mode<\/a> at long last. For fast painting with big brushes on a big canvas, there’s SAI2, PaintStorm, and the superb vector brushes in the free Microsoft Expression Design 4.<\/p>\n

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Tutorials:<\/strong><\/p>\n

How to convert DAZ to Poser – Part 1 Geometry<\/a> and Part 2 – Materials and lights<\/a>. But first watch Converting DAZ scenes to Poser the super easy way<\/a>, which involves going through (shudder) Collada. Don’t forget there’s also the Automatic OBJ Exporter<\/a> for figures, with poly-reduction in the streamlined semi-automated pipeline. <\/p>\n

How to Bring all your Poser 12 scripts to P13<\/a> without re-installing.<\/p>\n

E-on Vue – controlling materials and EcoSystems with the wetness index node<\/a>, a new 20 minute video tutorial.<\/p>\n

Controlling camera-angles in AI-generated image production<\/a>, a YouTube playlist.<\/p>\n

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That’s it for April 2023. More picks next month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s time for another monthly round-up, offering my pick of what’s new for Poser and DAZ users. As usual, freebies are not noted if they’re ‘non-commercial use’, unless they’re such obvious fan-art that no-one would consider using them commercially. Indeed, there’s a new fan-art sub-category this month. There’s also a new G8\/G9 store, 3D Shards, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,5,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-companion-software","category-daz-studio","category-poser"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/dazposer\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/dazposer\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/dazposer\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/dazposer\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/dazposer\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21402"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/dazposer\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21434,"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/dazposer\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21402\/revisions\/21434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/dazposer\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/dazposer\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/dazposer\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}