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Description ~Multimedia Poser Tutorial 1~

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**IMPORTANT**
You will need Adobe "Flash Player 10", so make sure to upgrade your player to the latest version or else the tutorial might not run at all. Updating your Flash player is very easy - just go here [link] and get it installed. If you can press a button, you can do it!

Want to get started with the 3D program I used to create my entire dA gallery? Here is your chance! This is an easy to follow interactive multimedia presentation that will give you step-by-step instructions to help you learn the Poser 7 basic concepts and functionality.

The tutorial covers the basics such as configuring the 3D workspace, loading figures, posing them, loading clothes, conforming clothes to figures, using materials, hair, lights, cameras, and much more. I wrote about 13 chapters for this tutorial, and you will be asked which ones you want to see, so you can skip chapters whenever you want. Each chapter is loaded with notes and hints that might help you get the best out of Poser 7.

This is my very first tutorial and I don't have a clue how useful it will be to you, so feedback is important if you want it to improve. This was designed for you to use side by side with Poser, so you can follow the instructions hands-on directly in the program. This was NOT meant to teach you how to use Poser without the program. For that I would have to go insane with screen-caps and the tutorial would be come too large to be practical. As it is now it is about 750Kb, which is not bad for 13 interactive multimedia chapters.

As a side note, people have asked me to create a tutorial about how to get started with Poser, but I never gave it much thought until I've learned Flash programming. A Poser tutorial would otherwise be too much work to do with plain HTML on a web page, but with AS3 (ActionScript3) it's a different story. Not only I can present much more information in a single area, but I can also make it multimedia and interactive.

Instead of fiddling with rather painful Flash timelines, I decided to use my "AGE-4" game engine (written entirely in AS3) and create a tutorial that runs like a Japanese graphic novel. I don't think anybody has done that before (that I know of). This way, creating the tutorial was a matter of writing a text script for my AGE-4 game engine and let it generate the interactive multimedia presentation for me. So in the end, no painful Flash timelines were used (yay!!). ^^

All AS3 programming here was created 100% by me from scratch, including the "AGE-4" game engine that was used to create this tutorial. The "Ken" 3D avatar shown in this tutorial was designed by me, 3D clothing created by me, and figure is AnimeDoll by MayaX. A Spanish version is coming next, kindly translated by ~villena-mx directly from Mexico! Many thanks to him for the Spanish translation collab work! ^__^

Hope you like and thanks for coming by!
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Comments: 292

ken1171 In reply to ??? [2010-05-28 21:18:43 +0000 UTC]

DAZ|Studio will need 3D models for you to play with. DAZ3D.com offers a bunch of free stuff and also tutorials to help you get started risk-free. ^^

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MetaGuyXD In reply to ken1171 [2010-05-28 21:39:05 +0000 UTC]

Thankies

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ken1171 In reply to MetaGuyXD [2010-05-28 23:45:01 +0000 UTC]

Have fun! ^____^

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MetaGuyXD In reply to ken1171 [2010-05-28 23:55:14 +0000 UTC]

It say the download will be finished in 200 and something days after an hour of downloading it 0% progess

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ken1171 In reply to MetaGuyXD [2010-05-29 05:22:09 +0000 UTC]

DAZ3D usually has some pretty fast downloads. Have you checked your connection? ^^

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MetaGuyXD In reply to ken1171 [2010-05-29 08:14:46 +0000 UTC]

I have real fast internet,most things download in a minute or less

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ken1171 In reply to MetaGuyXD [2010-05-29 11:24:17 +0000 UTC]

Hehe can't complain about free stuff, can we?

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MetaGuyXD In reply to ken1171 [2010-06-02 18:52:00 +0000 UTC]

nope,I suppose I'll just stick to drawing

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ken1171 In reply to MetaGuyXD [2010-06-02 19:06:30 +0000 UTC]

^_______^

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MetaGuyXD In reply to ken1171 [2010-06-02 19:38:37 +0000 UTC]

lol,I tryed 3D before,too complicated

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ken1171 In reply to MetaGuyXD [2010-06-02 21:32:49 +0000 UTC]

Anything is complicated until you learn it.

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MetaGuyXD In reply to ken1171 [2010-06-03 15:56:35 +0000 UTC]

I used a tutorial and it still was too confusing...maybe it was the just the program

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ken1171 In reply to MetaGuyXD [2010-06-03 20:19:58 +0000 UTC]

Learning new things takes patience and time. I am now learning Carrara 8 and have no one to help me, so I am taking my time in baby steps.

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MetaGuyXD In reply to ken1171 [2010-06-03 20:23:22 +0000 UTC]

What's Carrara?

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ken1171 In reply to MetaGuyXD [2010-06-03 21:29:49 +0000 UTC]

It's a 3D program that is compatible with Poser contents, but has a much more advanced renderer.

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MetaGuyXD In reply to ken1171 [2010-06-03 22:03:36 +0000 UTC]

cool

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AzureSheep In reply to ??? [2010-04-21 20:39:54 +0000 UTC]

Very nicely done. Im so new to poser right now. This really helped me.

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ken1171 In reply to AzureSheep [2010-04-22 04:03:18 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, glad you found it useful. ^_______^

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FrozenStarART In reply to ??? [2010-04-20 16:05:26 +0000 UTC]

Now I know why half the clothes in my library don't work when I change the pose. As a beginner, I'm sending out a big Thank You to you for this really helpful tutorial.

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ken1171 In reply to FrozenStarART [2010-04-20 19:43:55 +0000 UTC]

I am happy my tutorial was helpful to you. I wanted to give a helping hand to those who want to get started with 3D. ^^

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Scilentor In reply to ??? [2010-04-09 12:14:31 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, really useful Shame you can't download it to your computer :< Can't watch it with my laptop which has something wrong (doesn't detect wireless internet)

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ken1171 In reply to Scilentor [2010-04-09 20:19:05 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! My own laptop couldn't detect wireless internet either, but last week I finally fixed it.

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Gustvoc In reply to ??? [2010-02-19 14:43:41 +0000 UTC]

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ken1171 In reply to Gustvoc [2010-02-20 00:02:01 +0000 UTC]

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Sinisterurge In reply to ??? [2010-02-10 06:22:46 +0000 UTC]

Fantastic!

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ken1171 In reply to Sinisterurge [2010-02-10 06:34:29 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! Are you learning Poser? ^^

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Sinisterurge In reply to ken1171 [2010-02-10 09:08:02 +0000 UTC]

after about a year of fiddling around. Your tutorial was great hope you make another!

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ken1171 In reply to Sinisterurge [2010-02-10 10:53:48 +0000 UTC]

Glad you found it useful - I've packed a lot of info and hints into it.

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MadMax210 In reply to ??? [2009-12-12 02:30:51 +0000 UTC]

wow. awesome tut. thanks to your Poser 8 review I finally decided to buy it. can't wait to get my 1st 3d animation program so i can follow along with the tut. thanks again

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ken1171 In reply to MadMax210 [2009-12-12 03:16:15 +0000 UTC]

Version 8 is a huge step comparing to older versions of Poser, but chances are this only happened because of pressures from the DAZ3D competition. Consider that Poser never actually had any competition until DAZ Studio came out. That may explain *why* there were nearly no significant improvements until version 7 and now 8 - after over 10 years of existence. I hope DAZ keeps up with this to push Poser to get even better.

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lenoueveo In reply to ??? [2009-12-10 10:42:14 +0000 UTC]

Ken, you are a star , I have always used Daz and have found it hard to change to Poser, Your Tutorial has opened up my world. I have Posaer 8 so the Tut still works for that too.. So well written and easy to follow, I'd gladly pay for tutorials like these especially about tanimation and cloth room. sadly ones i have bought before are not so clear or easy to use.. Once again great work my friend.

adding you to dev watch as a treasure like you has got to be kept hold off

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ken1171 In reply to lenoueveo [2009-12-11 01:31:39 +0000 UTC]

I am glad you liked my tutorial. I might make new ones later on.

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lenoueveo In reply to ken1171 [2009-12-11 10:20:17 +0000 UTC]

Hope so, it really helped me understand .. so well written !

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ken1171 In reply to lenoueveo [2009-12-11 10:29:05 +0000 UTC]

To create this tutorial I used the game engine I wrote myself to create real games like this [link] one.

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Niekra In reply to ??? [2009-12-10 03:48:24 +0000 UTC]

Hahaha that's very cute, totally reminds me of those Anime dating sims. XD without the dating sim part. Cute idea.

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ken1171 In reply to Niekra [2009-12-10 04:03:15 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! This tutorial was indeed done using my own AGE (Anime Game Engine), created especially for dating sim games. You can see my latest here [link]

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wheeter In reply to ??? [2009-12-10 02:30:49 +0000 UTC]

This is the first time I've heard of your tutorial, so even though I've been using Poser for over a year, I took a peek. You did a very nice job. (maybe a button to go back to a previous page would be useful). If you decide to do more tutorials, I'd be interested in learning more about dynamic cloth (never did figure that out) and basics on what some of the shader nodes do. Poser is hard to pick up since so many tutorials are for much older versions. Thanks for doing this one!

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ken1171 In reply to wheeter [2009-12-10 03:54:45 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for trying out my Poser tutorial! You can scroll the dialogs back and forth by using the left and right arrow keys in your keyboard (hit "H" to see the Help page). I've posted this tutorial earlier this year but got very little feedback, so I haven't done any others for the time being. ^^

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crowgirl99 In reply to ??? [2009-11-20 04:33:53 +0000 UTC]

whats the link for the program???

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ken1171 In reply to crowgirl99 [2009-11-20 06:16:35 +0000 UTC]

I think I already replied to that in the other message.

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crowgirl99 In reply to ken1171 [2009-11-21 04:21:28 +0000 UTC]

yup thx srry didnt see it i have it downloaded but i ct get a model on i dl the adobe flash but it wont lemme play ur video

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ken1171 In reply to crowgirl99 [2009-11-21 05:42:00 +0000 UTC]

You mean you can't play my tutorial? All you have to do is go to the Adobe website and update your *web browser* flash player plugin. Should be version 10 and it's easy to install. You must have administrator privileges to install anything in your computer depending on what OS you have installed and what kind of user account you use.

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crowgirl99 In reply to ken1171 [2009-11-23 02:59:17 +0000 UTC]

i did

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ken1171 In reply to crowgirl99 [2009-11-23 06:31:37 +0000 UTC]

Maybe your web browser is set to block Flash contents? What happens when you play it?

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crowgirl99 In reply to ken1171 [2009-11-25 17:45:20 +0000 UTC]

idk it just goes bac and fourth

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ken1171 In reply to crowgirl99 [2009-11-25 20:30:59 +0000 UTC]

Chances are that your web browser is blocking flash contents. If you already know that your web browser flash plug is updated, then that's the most probable thing. ^^

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Kjherstin In reply to ??? [2009-11-19 19:06:26 +0000 UTC]

A great help

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ken1171 In reply to Kjherstin [2009-11-19 22:56:15 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I wish more people would give me feedback on this tutorial, so I greatly appreciate yours!

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Kjherstin In reply to ken1171 [2009-11-20 01:04:54 +0000 UTC]

Well I am moving from Daz to Poser at the moment and this really did help

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ken1171 In reply to Kjherstin [2009-11-20 01:08:23 +0000 UTC]

Oh really? What made you decide to switch? I am really curious. ^^

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