By: David Biedny
Human, cockroach, alien, and more – if you can imagine a creature, you can render it in lifelike form with this app.
For animators who can’t stomach the idea of spending thousands of dollars on software, Poser 7 is the ideal choice. Poser is all about designing and editing 3D figures, and version 7 ships with some new human models (named Simon and Sydney) as well as a slew of third-party forms, including an eagle, a wolf, a crab, a cockroach, and not one, but two alien beings. There are enough sentient life forms here for just about any 3D creative endeavor.The overall look and feel of Poser hasn’t changed much, which is comforting to longtime users (are loyal Poser users called Posers?). Even better, if you’re running it on an Intel Mac or a multiprocessor PowerPC Mac, you’ll see significant performance improvements in Poser 7. The performance boost is especially important given the app’s new rendering capabilities, including HDRI (High Dynamic Range Image) support for the IBL (Image Based Lighting), which takes render quality to a whole new level of realism. On a quad-processor PowerPC Mac, you’re looking at a speed boost of two to three times over previous rendering times. Working with complex hair and cloth simulations also benefits from the multithreaded support.
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