Intermediate Poser Tutorials
Don't see what you're looking for here? Don't forget about Dr. Geep's Poser Primers. Check out the Basic Poser Tutorials as well.
Rendering Tricks:
Cel Shading with Poser. NEW! Want that anime/cartoon look for your renders? With Poser and Photoshop (PSP, etc.), you can quickly achieve the hand drawn look you want. Beginner/Intermediate level. (2 pages.)
Creating Poser files
Packaging Poser Files. How to package up Poser files with WinZip like the Pros do.
Making Creative Thumbnails. How to make thumbnails with transparencies showing and put neat logos, etc. on your thumbnails.
Skin colors by Anton Kisiel. NEW! Anton Kisiel is a master Poser creator and texturer. He was kind enough to create these color charts to make creating skin textures easier.
Dicing up your props. NEW! How to import a basic prop created in a modeling program and make it Poser friendly.
Poser and UVMapper
Grouping a mesh to make conforming clothing. Now that you've made a fantastic outfit in a modeling program, how do you get it to conform to a Poser model? Here's one way to do it, using a free software program called UVMapper. This tutorial works best if you download the tutorial files, including a free shirt. (3 pages.)
Also available - the entire tutorial in .pdf format including the tutorial files. (1MB.)Breaking Up is Easy to Do! Have some clothing that's more than you need? With the help of UVMapper Pro, you can cut out what you need without messing up the texture map - all the old textures you've bought and/or created can be used on the new object.
MAT Files - one file to change all the materials on an object
Sama1's Virtual Make-Up Tutorial Set. Sama1 was kind enough to share his method of extending colors in Poser without making new texture maps for every small variation, such as nail polish color, etc. (7 pages.)
Sama1's MAT file Look Up Table. Although part of the Virtual Make-Up Tutorial Set, Sama1's MAT file reference page is so useful, I'm giving a direct link to it.
Creating a MAT file. I've expanded upon Sama1's great MAT tutorials, diving into the nuts and bolts of MAT files. (3 pages.)