For those unfamiliar with the product, it is an scene translator and exporter for LuxRender, which is a physically based unbiased render engine. Pixar subdivision surfaces (OpenSubdiv)Īlso hard to pass up over at Smith Micro, is Pret-a-3D’s Reality 3 for Poser (currently $27.95).Indirect Lighting (Global illumination).Advanced OpenGL preview – high quality shadows and materials.Fitting room (refit clothing designed from one model to another).Physics simulation – Soft and hard body dynamics (cloth, hair, jiggly fleshy bits etc).I prefer DAZ Studio for its user interface, integrated 3Delight render engine, and native Genesis support. I love the additional features of Poser, especially the easy to use “indirect lighting”, physics and animation tools. For DAZ Studio users looking for something a little more robust, while still very cost-effective, Poser might just be the way to go. What’s So Good About Poser?Ĭonsidering the amount of content and features Poser Pro 2014 packs, this is a pretty darn good deal. Upgrades from previous versions of Poser are also on discount, ranging from $140 for older versions down to $100 for Poser Pro, Pro 2010, and Pro 2012. Iray by Jim-Zombie on DeviantArt Posted in News | Tagged Iray, Poser Pro, renderman | 2 Replies Poser Pro 2014 60 Percent Offįor a limited time Smith Micro is offering Poser Pro 2014 for $199, which is about 60% off the regular price. Happy 25th birthday to Renderman! Iray TestsĪnd just because, here’s a few tests I did recently with Iray. So, great news, and ok news right there.Ĭommercial versions of the engine have had a huge price cut. Poser, as far as I can tell is also RM compliant and can also export RIBs. DAZ Studio with it’s tight integration with 3Delight (which is Renderman compliant), can export RIB files, which can be readily rendered with RM standalone. There are a number of other programs that have various levels of compatibility with RM. While this is super-cool news, it’s also somewhat muted by the fact that Maya and Katana are the only programs currently supported by Renderman directly via plugins. The really big news comes from Pixar, who have just released a fully featured non-commercial release of their wildly famous Renderman. As only an occasional user of the software I haven’t noticed much of a change, but there are likely others out there that are eager for their fixes and boosters. I hadn’t updated since service release 2, so it was a nice surprise. Poser Service Release 5.2Īlong with the sale, Smith Micro has pushed out the “5.2 service release”, which includes a bunch of enhancements and fixes. Not sure when this happened, but if you can live with rendering with the 32-bit limitation, then it’s a good buy.

There’s that and then it seems Poser 10 has dropped in price significantly to just $69.99.

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