Smith Micro have just officially announced Poser Pro 2014, and they’ve even priced and dated it: 21st May 2013! Here are the new features, with my comments on each: * There’s a new Pro-version only “Fitting Room”… “to convert your existing clothing and props to fit any figure”. Useful, although third-party software such as CrossDresser
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Booking now, a new free webinar from Smith Micro, “Using Poser to Create the Ground-Breaking Graphic Novel Anomaly“. With artist Brian Haberlin the creator (with writer Skip Brittenham) of Anomaly. The date is Thursday 28th of February 2013 (11am Pacific Time USA, 7pm UK Time). “Anomaly is one of the most innovative and rousing epic
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I’m always been a fan of comics, and the chance to combine comics with animation seems like a dream come true — to someone who was a kid in an age when the coin-operated photocopier was the best advanced comics-production technology we had access to. So it’s exciting that Smith Micro, of Poser fame, have
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Digital comics makers who draw or paint over their DAZ/Poser renders for might be interested in a free webinar from Smith Micro on “What’s New in Manga Studio 5?”. Despite its somewhat misleading name, the specialist graphics software Manga Studio 5 is not just for manga artists. It’s just about the best dedicated comic-book production
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Loving the look of the new Lenore and The Raven for Poser, which currently have their launch-discounts applied. Perfect for a webcomic. Suitably retextured in black/white, I’d say that the Waffling Shruggle would be a nicely matching “third character” for a Lenore-based comic strip. Godfrey Lil’ Death could also work. Apparently, DAZ users should adjust
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Evilinnocence has a sale on his toony “eye” characters. Perfect for those considering undertaking a webcomic, I’d say. Because you won’t have to do mouths.
Toon character specialists 3D Universe have a new character out today. The new Toon Rabbit is styled with an “Alice‘s White Rabbit meets steampunk” look and it looks very usable for comics, animation, and more. There are separate Poser and DAZ versions, so make sure you get the right one.
A new 10 minute video tutorial from DutchWorkingMan, showing how he uses Poser and Anime Studio Pro 8 to get a believable cartoon cel-shaded look on a character.
Here’s Kevin Richter taking you through the whole process of using DAZ Studio 3d, a bit of Maya, and Photoshop Extended to make a finished digital comic. Kevin creates this as a regular comic-strip for the biggest newspaper in the UK, The Sun. It’s a fine (if a little dizzying) 8-minute speed-run… If you need
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