United States Poser 5 Tutorials
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Course Description
Poser is a 3d-character animation and design tool for digital artists and animators. From an included collection of human and animal models and props, this program enables you to create movies, images, and posed 3D figures. With Virtual Training Company's Poser 5 tutorial, this application becomes easy for any user, artist, or animator to master. Author Dwayne Ferguson starts with the basics of Poser and then takes you further using various case and animation studies. Work Files are included. To being learning today, simply click on one of the Poser 5 lessons.
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Introduction
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| What is Poser? | (01:30) | ||
| Mac and PC Conventions | (00:37) | ||
| System Requirements | (01:36) | ||
| Understanding 3D | (02:47) | ||
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Interface
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| Menu Bar | (03:28) | ||
| The Studio | (01:08) | ||
| Editing Tools | (02:43) | ||
| Document Display Styles | (02:02) | ||
| Parameters Palette | (01:20) | ||
| Properties Palette | (02:50) | ||
| Library Palette | (02:02) | ||
| Adding to the Library | (01:26) | ||
| Animation Controls | (02:21) | ||
| Light Controls | (02:14) | ||
| Camera Controls | (02:13) | ||
| Memory Dots | (02:02) | ||
| Hiding/Showing UI Controls | (01:04) | ||
| Room Tabs | (03:31) | ||
| Setting Preferences | (01:43) | ||
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Modifying Elements
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| Modifying Colors | (01:30) | ||
| Parenting | (01:32) | ||
| Replacing Parts | (02:13) | ||
| Pointing At | (01:20) | ||
| Restoring | (01:04) | ||
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Posing Figures
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| Symmetry | (02:15) | ||
| Inverse Kinematics | (02:11) | ||
| Hierarchy | (01:17) | ||
| Selecting/Naming Figures | (01:23) | ||
| Selecting Elements | (01:04) | ||
| Choosing a Figure | (01:43) | ||
| Auto Balance | (01:29) | ||
| Posing Faces Pt 1 | (02:57) | ||
| Posing Faces Pt 2 | (01:40) | ||
| Custom Faces | (03:16) | ||
| Posing Hands | (03:25) | ||
| Saving Poses | (01:44) | ||
| Direct Manipulation | (01:13) | ||
| Paste onto Background | (01:18) | ||
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Props
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| Using Props | (00:51) | ||
| Importing Props | (01:52) | ||
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Importing/Exporting
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| Exporting Poser Items | (01:51) | ||
| Importing Images | (00:58) | ||
| Importing Video | (01:25) | ||
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Clothing
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| Conforming Clothes | (02:34) | ||
| Clothing Props | (01:57) | ||
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Lights
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| Working with Lights | (01:23) | ||
| Aiming Lights | (01:23) | ||
| Coloring Lights | (02:16) | ||
| Shadows | (02:41) | ||
| Light Sets | (02:12) | ||
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Cameras
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| Camera Controls | (02:27) | ||
| Dolly and Roll | (02:12) | ||
| Multiple Views | (01:23) | ||
| Mini Camera | (00:46) | ||
| Depth Cue | (01:05) | ||
| Targeting | (01:11) | ||
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Deformers and Dynamics
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| Magnet | (01:27) | ||
| Collision Detection | (01:15) | ||
| Wind Force Fields | (04:13) | ||
| Wave Deformers | (01:52) | ||
| Morph Putty | (02:27) | ||
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Scenes
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| Building a Scene Part 1 | (02:25) | ||
| Building a Scene Part 2 | (02:34) | ||
| Building a Scene Part 3 | (02:55) | ||
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Rendering
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| Antialiasing | (01:32) | ||
| Ray Tracing | (02:32) | ||
| Motion Blur | (01:05) | ||
| Sketch Rendering | (02:02) | ||
| Rendering with Firefly | (02:28) | ||
| Saving a Still Image | (02:27) | ||
| Saving a Movie | (03:18) | ||
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Animation
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| The Timeline | (03:42) | ||
| The Graph | (01:47) | ||
| Animating a Figure | (03:44) | ||
| Locking Parts | (01:18) | ||
| Chain Break Tool | (01:06) | ||
| Fine Tuning Animation | (03:16) | ||
| Walk Designer | (04:01) | ||
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Poser Rooms
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| Understanding Nodes | (03:09) | ||
| Groups | (02:24) | ||
| Material Room Part 1 | (03:44) | ||
| Material Room Part 2 | (02:32) | ||
| Painting a Custom Texture Part 1 | (02:56) | ||
| Painting a Custom Texture Part 2 | (05:09) | ||
| Painting a Custom Texture Part 3 | (02:49) | ||
| Face Room Part 1 | (03:21) | ||
| Face Room Part 2 | (04:14) | ||
| Hair Room Part 1 | (03:46) | ||
| Hair Room Part 2 | (03:37) | ||
| Cloth Room Part 1 | (01:22) | ||
| Cloth Room Part 2 | (04:56) | ||
| Setup Room Part 1 | (03:06) | ||
| Content Room | (00:48) | ||
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Poser Resources
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| Web Resources | (02:17) | ||
| Other 3D Resources | (02:20) | ||
| Texture Resources | (02:53) | ||
| Audio Resources | (01:40) | ||
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Conclusion
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| Final Thoughts | (00:57) | ||
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Credits
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| About This Author | (01:56) | ||
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| Course: | Poser 5 |
| Author: | Dwayne Ferguson |
| SKU: | 33642 |
| ISBN: | 1-932808-85-X |
| Release Date: | 2005-09-28 |
| Duration: | 4 hrs / 99 tutorials |
| Work Files: |
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| Captions: | No |
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