Poser is a 3D computer graphics program optimized for 3D modeling of human figures. It is known for enabling digital artists to easily produce 3D animations and digital images, as well as the extensive availability of third-party digital content. Since 1995, Poser has been the go-to software tool for 3D characters in illustration and animation for over 500,000 digital artists.

Poser is a digital stage that gives you full creative control. Work with 3D figures for any project requiring rendered images or animated video. Drag 3D content right from Poser's own library of over 5 GB of content onto the stage and into your scene.

Poser 13 is the latest release of the world's leading 3D character design and animation software. It provides a powerful set of tools for artists, illustrators, and animators to bring their creative visions to life. Poser 13 comes packed with a host of new features and improvements that make it easier than ever to create stunning 3D artwork. It boasts a completely redesigned user interface that provides a more intuitive and streamlined workflow, allowing users to focus on their creative process rather than getting bogged down in technical details.

One of the standout features of Poser 13 is the new SuperFly rendering engine, which provides unparalleled realism and detail in your final renders. With SuperFly, you can achieve lifelike lighting and shadow effects that make your characters and scenes come to life. Poser 13 also includes a vast library of pre-built content, including characters, clothing, props, and environments. These assets can be easily customized to fit your specific needs, or you can create your own assets from scratch using the powerful built-in tools.

Other features of Poser 13 include enhanced posing and animation tools, advanced rigging options, and support for industry-standard file formats like FBX and OBJ. Overall, Poser 13 is an essential tool for anyone looking to create high-quality 3D art and animation. With its powerful features and user-friendly interface, it's the perfect choice for artists and animators of all skill levels.

New Features in Poser 13
- Updated SuperFly render engine utilizing the latest open source Cycles engine. GPU renders of complex scenes benchmark at under half the time required for the same scene on Poser 12.
- New Post FX options for rendered images including: denoise, exposure, saturation, gamma, brightness, contrast, bloom, blur and pixelate.
- Updated animation rendering system for better productivity rendering movie sequences.
- GPU rendering on remote nodes with Queue Manager allows creation of a powerful render farm on your local network
- New app launcher with Recent and Start Up scene templates
- Updated Walk Designer and Talk Designer for better compatibility with all figure types and support of imported libraries.
- Improved adaptive sampling for faster renders.
- Improved Intel Open Image Denoise (OIDN) that uses AI to denoise SuperFly renders.
- HDRI environment rendering for SuperFly.
- Enhanced shadow catcher and included HDRI environments enable realistic 360-degree VR-like environments inside Poser
- Improved morph and weight map copying system makes creating clothing easier.
- Streamlined installer, less than a 1/4 the size of previous version.
Improved included content delivery using Poser's content library. One click installation of included and store assets. Over 25 GB of updated and re-organized content from Poser versions over the years.
- New online help system works in your web browser with translation & bookmarks.
- Downloadable PDF version of the manual for off-line reading.

Returning Features
- Firefly render engine for compatibility with scenes from previous versions.
- Powerful non-photographic render modes including Cartoon, Comic Book and Sketch Renders.
- Python 3 API updated for more versatile Python scripts
- SuperFly shadow catcher objects and background transparency.
- Material manager allows you to quickly and intuitively copy materials.
- Continued support of LaFemme and L'Homme figures.
- HiveWire3D's Dawn, Dusk feature updated SuperFly materials.
- Control handles provide interactive controls to make posing and animation more intuitive.
- Improved Library Search for internal and external content.
- Render layers for Firefly.
- All former Pro options are included in Poser


System Requirements
- Windows 10 or later (64-bit OS required).
- 2 GHz Intel Core 2 or newer, Athlon X2 64 or newer (2.5 GHz or faster, 4 core or more recommended).
- 4 GB system RAM (8 GB or more recommended).
- OpenGL enabled graphics card or chipset required for hardware accelerated preview.
- 24-bit color display, 1440 x 900 minimum resolution. (2k monitor recommended)
- 3 GB free hard disk space (25 GB required to install all included content).
- USB drive (physical USB product only)
- CUDA and Optix enabled device recommended for hardware accelerated final rendering (2 GB RAM minimum, Compute Capability 5.0 minimum).
- Optix-accelerated raytracing requires Nvidia RTX or Turing GPU, or newer.
- ZBrush 2022.7 required for GoZ interoperability.

Supported Languages
English, German, Japanese

Homepage

https://www.posersoftware.com