Considering what it is capable of doing Poser 7 is truly a bargain at $249.99 USD (Upgrades from Poser 4 and up; 129.99). It does a remarkably good job of creating figures that look almost real, and animations that have realistic moves. The morphing tool that is new to Poser 7, may be one of the best features since it makes some of the bending issues in past versions, no longer a problem.
For those who know some programming, there is a Python programming interface that allows you to execute Python scripts from two locations; the scripts palette, or directly. Poser 7 comes with a 135 page PoserPython Methods Manual that gives you direction on how to use the scripting language.
Poser 7 is great for graphic and web design, to create faces and figures for your illustrations, and web designs. It would work well for fine art and illustration, as you could eliminate the need for mannequins, or even live models. It would be a breeze for creating story boards, and pre-visualizations. It could be used for medical illustrations, as well as for Architecture and Design. It could even be used for Anime, Comics, and Photorealism.
If you want to see what some have done in the past with Poser, you can check out the gallery that is located on the e frontier website. There is also a pretty active community forum available as well.
The first reported sighting of a Poser Drummer is a scene that mixes Poser animation with live video and it's an alien at that! Watch the video at the bottom of the page.
Article comments
1 - erica
great info..but does it run well with Vista
2 - T. Michael Testi
Hi Erica,
Thanks for the comment, but to be honest with you I do not run Vista at this time and have never tried it with it.
What I would suggest is to down load the 30 day demo and see how well it works. While there are some limitations on the demo, you should be able to test the compatibility with Vista.
You can get the demo at the following link.
Thanks again
T.
3 - Alex
Thanks to poser, it has realy made character animation easy. but they should walk more sceen modeling and visual effect tools like those in 3d Max
4 - Nicole
Any suggestions on how to get the demo to run with Vista? :( I really want to try this product out before shelling out the cash for it.. but it doesn't want to load.