Smith Micro has launched Poser 8, the newest edition of the popular and powerful
3D character animator!
Poser 8 is the world's most complete
solution for creating art
and animation using 3D characters. With Poser, it's easy to make 3D art, whether
you're an experienced artist or you're dabbling in graphics for the very first
time. Poser includes over 2.5 gigabyte of ready-to-pose, fully textured, human
and animal figures, basic accessories such as hair, clothing, pose sets, real
world props and 3D scene elements so you can start creating 3D character art and
animation in minutes.
New features include:
8 new fully rigged, fully-posable, photorealistic human characters
1.5 GB all new content
Cross Body Part Morph Tool
Improved rigging system for better bending characters
Tone mapping and Exposure control for more accurate brightness and
luminance
Powerful, yet easy-to-use 3D character
animation solution
Includes 3D character tools and over 2.5 GB of ready-to-use content
Includes 8 brand new, ready-to-pose, fully
textured human characters
No need
to model 3D characters from scratch
Render photorealistic or stylized art and
animations for print, web or video projects
Create
3D figures to use in other applications
Easily manage and use your scene assets and
content
Fit
existing clothing assets to new figures
Create full body morphs
Create
better-bending new figures
Link objects in scene to interact
Very
affordable compared to other tools
With Poser 8, it's easy to make 3D
art...
Generate new
characters from your facial
photographs. Add hair and clothing. Dress Poser's virtual stage with props,
lights and cameras to construct 3D scenes. Automatically generate walking or
running animations and talking characters. Import motion capture files for even
more animated realism. Animate lights and cameras, and then render your scene
into photorealistic images and video for web, print, and film projects. Export
3D figures to add characters to other 3D applications.
Better than ever
Along with 8 brand new 3D human characters, Poser
8 includes an improved user interface to maximize your
workspace
while providing better workflow, a new search-enabled library so you can find,
organize and use your content easier, a dependant parameter tool that lets you
teach objects in the scene to interact with each other, cross body morph brushes
to smoothly sculpt a figure across every body part, new photorealistic rendering
features that more accurately reproduce light and shadows, and improved
character rigging for even better character bending. To save time, Poser 8 has
been performance optimized so you can pose your characters and render them
faster on today's multiple processor systems.
If you're a serious
artist, illustrator or animator or simply dream of playing with 3D characters,
you'll love getting creative with Poser 8!
Overview:
Easily Create 3D Character Art and Animation
Poser 8 is the world's most complete solution for
creating art and animation using 3D characters. With Poser, it's easy to make 3D
art, whether you're an experienced artist or you're dabbling in graphics for the
very first time. Poser includes over 2.5 gigabyte of ready-to-pose, fully
textured, human and animal figures, basic accessories such as hair, clothing,
pose sets, real world props and 3D scene elements so you can start creating 3D
character art and animation in minutes.
Generate new characters from your facial
photographs.
Add hair and clothing.
Dress Poser's virtual stage with props,
lights and cameras to construct 3D scenes.
Automatically generate walking or running
animations and talking characters.
Import motion capture files for even more
animated realism.
Animate lights and cameras, and then render
your scene into photorealistic images and video for web, print, and film
projects.
Export 3D figures to add characters to other
3D applications.
Along with 8 brand new 3D humans, Poser 8 includes
an improved user interface to maximize your workspace while providing better
workflow, a new search-enabled library so you can find, organize and use your
content easier, a dependant parameter tool that lets you teach objects in the
scene to interact with each other, cross body morph brushes to smoothly sculpt a
figure across every body part, new photorealistic rendering features that more
accurately reproduce light and shadows, and improved character rigging for even
better character bending. To save time, Poser 8 has been performance optimized
so you can pose your characters and render them faster on today's multiple
processor systems.
If you're a serious artist, illustrator or
animator or simply dream of playing with 3D characters, you'll love getting
creative with Poser 8!
Key New Features
8 new fully rigged, fully-posable,
photorealistic human characters
1.X GB all new content
New User Interface with improved workflow
Dependent Parameters editor enables teaching
of interaction links
Search-enabled Content Management system in
the Poser 8 Library
Cross Body Part Morph Tool
Indirect Illumination for Global
Illumination effects
Improved rigging system for better bending
characters
Improved OpenGL real time scene preview
displays up to 8 lights more realistic lighting
Physically correct light attenuation for
more accurate light falloff
Tone mapping and Exposure control for more
accurate brightness and luminance
Normal Mapping support at render time
Performance optimizations for posing and
rendering improvements on multi-processor systems
Wardrobe Wizard to fit existing clothing
items onto new figures
wxPython support provides 3rd party add-on
developers more control and extensibility
Key Product Benefits
Powerful, yet easy-to-use 3D character
animation solution
Very affordable
Includes 3D character tools and over 2.5GB
of ready-to-use content
Includes 8 brand new, ready-to-pose, fully
textured human characters
No need to model 3D characters from scratch
Render photorealistic or stylized art and
animations for print, web or video projects
Create 3D figures to use in other
applications
Easily manage and use your scene assets and
content
Fit existing clothing assets to new figures
Create full body morphs
Create better-bending new figures
Link objects in scene to interact
System Requirements:
Windows
Windows XP or Vista
700 MHz Pentium class or compatible (1 GHz or faster recommended)
512 MB system RAM (1 GB or more recommended)
OpenGL enabled graphics card or chipset recommended (recent NVIDIA
GeForce and ATI Radeon preferred)
24-bit color display, 1024 x 768 minimum resolution
2 GB free hard disk space (4 GB recommended)
Internet connection for Content Paradise
Windows® Internet Explorer® 7
Adobe® Flash® Player 9
DVD-ROM drive (physical product only)
Poser 8 for Windows Digital Consist of 3 Large File Downloads
Poser 8 Win (625.6 MB .zip)
Poser 8 Content (1.75 GB .zip)
Legacy Content (1.31 GB .zip)
Macintosh
Mac OS X 10.4 or 10.5
700 MHz G4 processor (Intel Core Duo or 1GHz G4 or faster
recommended)
512 MB system RAM (1 GB or more recommended)
OpenGL enabled graphics card or chipset recommended (recent NVIDIA
GeForce and ATI Radeon preferred)
24-bit color display, 1024 x 768 minimum resolution
2 GB free hard disk space (4 GB recommended)
Internet connection required for Content Paradise
Adobe® Flash® Player 9
DVD-ROM drive (physical product only)
Poser 8 for Mac Digital Consist of 3 Large File Downloads
Poser 8 Mac (630.7 MB .dmg)
Poser 8 Content (1.91 GB .dmg)
Legacy Content (1.37 GB .dmg)