Poser figures

Poser figures are special 3D human models optimized design for use with Poser. Poser figures themselves are not designed to work with DAZ Studio, though DAZ Studio is mostly compatible with the changing Poser file formats.

Poser figures are separate products which are designed and sold independently from Poser.

Overview

Poser is a software program which position (poses), shapes, and renders specially designed figures which are commonly known as Poser Figures, Poser Models, Poser Content, Digital Actors, or Digital Puppets.

Early versions of Poser were bundled with fully-clothed humanoid figures specifically designed for the then-current version of Poser. Next, add-on packages of human figures were sold by the manufacturer of Poser. Soon, third party companies began creating figures which work exclusively with Poser. As clothing became separate from the humanoid figure, collections of 3D garments were created for specific models which conform to the shape and pose of the Poser figure. "Poses" and "movements" also were packaged and sold by the software vendor and by third parties. Morphs (special modification for specific 3D humanoid figures) are also for sale.

Named Poser figures bundled with Poser

*Poser 1 and Poser 2: names not yet given to figures
*Poser 3 high-resolution man and woman: over time Poser users started unofficially naming them Dork and Posette
*Poser 4 high-resolution man and woman: the names Dork and Posette stayed in unofficial use
*Poser 5 man, woman, boy, girl: official names: Don, Judy, Will, Penny
*Poser 6 man, woman, boy, girl: official names: James, Jessi or Jessica, Ben, Kate
*Poser 7 man, woman, boy, girl: official names: Simon, Sydney, Ben, Kate

Other models

*Zygote (later DAZ 3D) made a Poser model of a young woman, higher-resolution than Posette, and called her "the Millennium Girl". Poser users often colloquially shortened this name to "Millie". Zygote, disliking this name, officially named her Victoria, which is often colloquially shortened to Vicky.
*Soon after, Zygote brought out:
**A high-resolution model of a young man, officially named Michael.
**Stephanie, which is Michael's mesh reshaped to female, so that it can use morphs designed for Michael.

Cottage industry

Because Poser figures are very inexpensive and useful for commercial illustrators, an entire cottage industry has developed to create and market Poser figures.

Individual artists create the Poser figures (as well as the clothing, poses, movements, and morphs.) But the sale of these figures has become large enough that distributors now do most of the marketing.

Figure families

Rather than individual figures, Poser figures are now available in families. Examples of families of models are:

External links

* [http://www.e-frontier.com/article/articleview/1156/1/281 Poser Official Site]
* [http://www.poserpedia.com Poserpedia Wiki Site]
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