Poser Reviews & Product Details

Software is versatile and allows you to make animations--I just haven't figured it out yet, but once I do it will probably be used pretty frequently in my work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's a little more complicated and time consuming than I thought. Still trying to figure it out... I'm no animator, I'm in marketing but I can see the benefit for marketing purposed once I learn how to use this software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Poser allows the user to create complex, realistically rendered 3-D images and animations at an entry level price point far below that of most 3D modelling and animation systems. This is possible because Poser's open ended architecture supports a broad after market of figures, models, textures, and presets in a wide variety of subjects. While the marketplace can tend to be weighted toward the sci-fi/fantasy/superhero genres, there's a good mix of "real world" clothing, furniture, props, and scenery. Additionally, "morph targets" are available to modify the standard figures, and the application provides options for generating your own (with a bit of practice). There's also support for dynamic hair and clothing (that responds to "physics), a robust, multi-layer shader system, and export to widely supported formats like OBJ, STL, and FBX. There are several rendering engines, and output plug-ins to support export to higher end systems like Max, Maya, or Lightwave. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Poser's greatest detriment is that it's something of an orphan software. It's bounced around from one major software vendor to another without always having the best support or needed R&D funding. The most current owner is Renderosity, the largest of the aftermarket model vendor communities, but it's current development has slowed significantly. In fairness, though, this is likely to be the best place for it, since it's connected to the largest number of end users. There are few competitors, but it's a niche product. Adding more features to bring it in line with higher end systems will likely price it out of the hobbyist range it was developed for, and excels at. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The library system is easy to use and find your content Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The interface is clunky and hasn't changed in years, it needs an update to something modern but it is good for new users Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- easy to use, little learning curve

- cheaper than Autodesk programs

- the newer versions support animation! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Since it is a simpler platform, there's not as much control over creating new parameters for joints or re-rigging items like you would in a more advanced program. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Poser is a handy software for people looking to experiment or integrate complete human body models in an intuitive and reasonably easy to learn interface. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I've used this software a while ago and it was very easy to create models and positions. On the down side the software tries to be more than it actually is, presenting a somewhat confusing render/animation interface and extensive 3D features that are commonly solved through more generic 3D software workflows (like 3D max, maya, Rhino and so on). Although the version I tried is probably outdated, I could spot some minor bugs and glitches, but I'm sure they've sorted this by now. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I used a lot of 3D programs when I was back in college, and I loved the way how the program works. It is very convienient for me as a user. I used to work with a lot of characters in my art work, and I just don't want to model an entire character from scratch, it just takes too much of my time, in order to shorten my time, I tend to utilize Poser a lot, I modify a lot of the character features in Poser and export them to obj then import to Maya. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I thought the user interface was a little confusing, maybe it's just for me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The best thing about Poser is the capacity to build quickly and easily complicated human positions. So, It is very useful for my work as a graphic artist in the editorial area, where time is money and at the same time you need careful graphics.

The program is very intuitive so you can use without any knowlegde. The different cameras are very helpful too to have a better control. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is a complementary program, that I don't use so often as Ilustrator and photoshop. So, sometimes I feel frustrated when in the torsion of one arm, for example, ends completely deformed. The lighting are tricky too. Anyway, I must confess that I still am a basic user. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Quick posing and export to lwo (Modo) for more enhancement Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Accuracy of model deformation (Poser 10) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I liked that the marketplace was full of items as well as the finite details available to customize little things. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This isn't a knock on the software as much as my own hardware but the rendering time for me often took serious time and I couldn't upgrade my hardware then to help. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

wide variety of models, library of poses, easy to morph bodies Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

User interface is a big problem of Poser, hard to control poses, very hard to navigate, a bit too slow,

final exported models are not perfect, required a lot afterwork in other 3d modeling programs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.