{"id":63,"date":"2012-02-25T21:26:46","date_gmt":"2012-02-25T20:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.book.artbeeweb.nl\/?p=63"},"modified":"2015-09-17T16:29:44","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T14:29:44","slug":"which-poser-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.book.artbeeweb.nl\/?p=63","title":{"rendered":"Which Poser version?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Although the full details are revealed at the Smith Micro website, I&#8217;ll summarize the main differences between the various Poser versions. This might be of help for those who consider an upgrade, or might be of help in the &#8220;to Pro or not to Pro&#8221; quest. Hence:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Upgrading to Poser 9?<\/li>\n<li>Upgrading to Poser Pro 2012?<\/li>\n<li>Poser or Poser Pro?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Roughly, my advice reads as follows.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When you&#8217;re relatively new to this software or to this kind of imaging, it&#8217;s better to concentrate on learning the main features and on developing the artistic side: camera, light, rendering, post-processing, materials, posing. And hence to leapfrog versions. From Poser 8 to 10 to \u2026, from Pro 2010 to Pro 2014 to \u2026 .<br \/>\nI see no need to rush.<\/li>\n<li>When you&#8217;re a seasoned user on the edge of the features Poser \/ Poser Pro offers, then following versions makes sense. From Poser 8 to 9, from Pro 2010 to 2012.<\/li>\n<li>When you&#8217;re suffering scene-size or render-speed issues, when you&#8217;re on 64-bit, when you really want more grip on scene handling, posing detail and render quality, then taking the step from Poser to Poser Pro might be just for you.<\/li>\n<li>When upgrading, the preliminary, initial offer from Smith Micro is by far the cheapest. From the moment the new releases are out, prices won&#8217;t drop to that level anymore.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Upgrading to Poser 9?<\/h2>\n<p>The main features you&#8217;ll get when upgrading from Poser 8 to Poser 9 are:<\/p>\n<p>Various former Pro features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Recent Render palette, so you can easily compare two recent render results<\/li>\n<li>Indicator for parameter change, indicator for Joint Strength<\/li>\n<li>Full Body Morph import<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Plus:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Support for scripts in Python 2.7<\/li>\n<li>Expanded Context menus<\/li>\n<li>Morph brushes are pressure sensitive (handy for Wacom \/ tablet users)<\/li>\n<li>Object grouping and Hierarchical Scene Inventory<\/li>\n<li>Camera&#8217;s for Frame Object and Rotate Object<\/li>\n<li>Full Body Morph deletion<\/li>\n<li>Single mesh characters (as derived from Daz Genesis)<\/li>\n<li>Using Weight Maps for rigging (making WM&#8217;s is a PPro2012 feature)<\/li>\n<li>New Subsurface Scattering and Skin materials<\/li>\n<li>Improvements on: focal \/ motion blur, reflection and indirect lighting<\/li>\n<li>Realtime (=Viewport) support for soft shadows, ambient occlusion etcetera<\/li>\n<li>Some performance improvements<\/li>\n<li>More content with the package, and a somewhat improved Library<\/li>\n<li>More constraints in Animation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Upgrading to Poser Pro 2012?<\/h2>\n<p>The main features you&#8217;ll get when upgrading from Poser Pro 2010 to Poser Pro 2012 are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Everything you&#8217;ll get from upgrading Poser 8 to 9, except for those features which were already available in Pro 2010<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Plus:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>64-bit application for the Mac (was: Win only)<\/li>\n<li>Weight Map creation tools (as Poser can only use created weight maps)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Poser or Poser Pro?<\/h2>\n<p>The main features you&#8217;ll get when upgrading from Poser 9 to Poser Pro 2012 are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Interfacing with other software (Photoshop, 3DS MAX), via COLLADA or PoserFusion<\/li>\n<li>64 bit application, 64-bit Firefly rendering, Render queue and network rendering, and background rendering<\/li>\n<li>HDRI import\/export, PSD export with layers for post-processing<\/li>\n<li>Gamma Correction for shadow\/highlight strength management,<\/li>\n<li>Weight Map creation tools (as Poser can only use created weight maps)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although the full details are revealed at the Smith Micro website, I&#8217;ll summarize the main differences between the various Poser versions. This might be of help for those who consider an upgrade, or might be of help in the &#8220;to Pro or not to Pro&#8221; quest. Hence: Upgrading to Poser 9? Upgrading to Poser Pro &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.book.artbeeweb.nl\/?p=63\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Which Poser version?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[133],"series":[],"class_list":["post-63","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poser","tag-poser"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.book.artbeeweb.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.book.artbeeweb.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.book.artbeeweb.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.book.artbeeweb.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.book.artbeeweb.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.book.artbeeweb.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103,"href":"http:\/\/www.book.artbeeweb.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions\/103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.book.artbeeweb.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.book.artbeeweb.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.book.artbeeweb.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.book.artbeeweb.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fseries&post=63"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}