Talk:Poser

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moved this from Poser here, please integrate into main article:

Curious Labs' Poser is a computer software that renders 3-D scenes and people by Curious Labs (previously by MetaCreations). This and other 3-D rendering programs have created a subculture of animation professionals, that render their fantasies. The current version is 6.

Poser is able to make animations as well (multiple renders in different camera views or different scenes).

External Link: [1]

(clem 17:34, 4 May 2005 (UTC))

The meaning of the word poser/poseur (not the software) is missing from this article. It should be integrated ASAP because German and French articles... And I'm sure chances are almost all users will think about persons, not software when reading "poser"... --Evilboy 21:18, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

There's a link to poser in Wikitionary. It shouldn't be in the article, as Wikipedia is not a dictionary. Wiktionary is. See What Wikipedia is not PirateMonkey 23:52, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
There should be a wikipedia article about poseurs and there should be a link at the top of this page saying something like poser is also an alternate spelling for poseur. The definition of poseur isn't good enough. A wikipedia article would most likely end up very long with an even longer discussion page. There are many apects that should be included in the article, like notable differences between a poseur and someone more "hardcore" about something, how insecure people often will use the term against others, or people being prejudice against others and assuming others are poseurs before questioning them. 24.154.173.50 02:41, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
Feel free to create such an article and link it appropriately once done. --Pmkpmk 06:06, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Poser is not a modeling program, dispite the Setup room, thus I changed modelling to rendering in the defination at the top. N Nuri 21:17, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

What is your definition of a modeling program then? --Pmkpmk 16:48, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Poser isn't a modeling application. A modeling application would allow you to create new mesh figures -- poser relies on preexisting content.

Made a change to the Community setting while I figure out how to work in the marketplace aspect of the community, either via a new article or as part of this one.

Reformatted and updated the program history section, moved some info from that to overview. --Phl3djo 20:44, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Poser Linklist

What happened to the rest of the websites containing Poser art? --Dark_Rain 00:16, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not a linklist. The added link to the DMOZ/ODP at the end of the linklist covers it all. --Pmkpmk 08:40, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
I never said it was.
While it is not a link list, it is still helpful to see external links of where one might go for more information, as long as it isn't abused or unruley. -- Hellmark 07:04, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Agreed that it is not a link list, agreed that it does get out of hand readily, but disagree that DMOZ/ODP is a useful alternative at this time -- aside from not containing links to a significant number of sites, it doesn't provide the new or unfamiliar user with a quick overview of the community that has built up around the program -- essential information, imo.

I checked out every single link in the DMOZ listing and only found a handful of sites which gave a 404 or have changed focus since being listed. Therefore it is still a valid ressource, though I admit that the majority of listings still focus on Poser 4. You have updated the list with the community names without linking to them. I think that is OK - any reader should be able to find the ressources with minimal effort now. --Pmkpmk 10:57, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
At the time I posted that, the DMOZ had very few sites in it, and at present is still missing several. Possibly due to internal community politics, but most certainly it needs to be actively expanded as it represents at best one fifth of the number of active sites I have links for.Ynsaen 00:02, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Further Directions and expansions

These last changes I'm pretty happy with -- kudos to ya. Finding a good balance giventhe disparate uses and areas of this program (inclusive of the rabid views for for and against it within the larger 3D community) is hard.

I'm now curious if we should run a stub for the DAZ|Studio entry, given its history and the mainline linkage one can establish for it.

Edit: I've gone ahead and started a stub for the poserverse while I contact a few individuals to verify some details.

THis will allow us to eventually move the community aspect there, where it can be explored in greater detail, and reduce the potential for abuse of this page.

Also, perhaps we should go into some of the theories behind certain functins (such as the method of animation, the style of rigging, and the surface versus worldspace model of lighting and texturing, or the RIB compliant Renderer and its origin in Pixels3D).

Thoughts?Ynsaen 23:17, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

I doubt that an article on Poserverse is necessary. Technicalities might be better in one of the general 3D articles, unless they are special to Poser. Go ahead - be bold! --Pmkpmk 20:48, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
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