40 Beginner and Advanced Poser Tutorials to Make you an Absolute Pro

For those of you who don’t know yet, Poser is a 3D rendering and animation software program (by Smith Micro Inc., 8th release at the time of writing) optimized for models that depict the human figure in three-dimensional form, mostly used to pose and animate the figures in a similar way as a mannequin. This is done by so called “Primitive zygotes”, spheres, cubes and other shapes. Combinations result in incredibly realistic 3D models of humans. Poser is a user-friendly program, which you can master easily if you invest some time in researching some tutorials. Best of all, it’s compatible with 3DS-Max and Maya, so you can easily import realistic looking 3D renders from Poser straight into your 3D software. In this post we’ve collected 40 of the best Poser tutorials for you, from beginner to advanced. If you’re already familiar with Poser, you can skip straight onto the advanced section!

Beginner Level

Getting Started

Getting Started

Cloth Room Introduction

Cloth Room Introduction

The Graph Editor

The Graph Editor

Firefly Rendering

Firefly Rendering

Image Based Lighting

Image Based Lighting

Getting Started with Animations

Getting Started with Animations

Texturing for Beginners

Texturing for Beginners

Color Me Brilliant

Color Me Brilliant

Rendering with Depth of Field

Rendering with Depth of Field

Intermediate Level

The Shoe Converter

The Shoe Converter

Setting Up Specular-Only Lighting

Setting Up Specular-Only Lighting

Creating Conforming Clothing

Creating Conforming Clothing

Building a Morphing Prop

Building a Morphing Prop

Creating a Beard

Creating a Beard

Velvet Effects

Velvet Effects

Making Metallic Hair

Making Metallic Hair

Create Perspective UVs and Lenses

Create Perspective UVs and Lenses

Creating Your Custom Planets

Creating Your Custom Planets

Beautiful Skin and Translucence Nodes

Beautiful  Skin and Translucence Nodes

Creating a God Character

Creating a God Character

How to Make a Morf Target

How to Make a Morf Target

Speed Render

Speed Render

Thinner Brow – Morph Targets with Grouping

Thinner Brow - Morph Targets with Grouping

Using Partial Dynamics for Clothing

Using Partial Dynamics for Clothing

Great V4 Eyes

Great V4 Eyes

Wind Force

Wind Force

Organizing Content: External Runtimes

Organizing Content: External Runtimes

How to Make a Glass Object Sparkle

How to Make a Glass Object Sparkle

Advanced Level

Animating a Guitar Strap

Animating a Guitar Strap

HeadForge and INJ Poses

HeadForge and INJ Poses

Displacement Maps

Displacement Maps

Low Resolution Texture

Low Resolution Texture

Rigging Figures

Rigging Figures

Working with MAT and MOR Pose Files

Working with MAT and MOR Pose Files

Injection Pose Builder 101

Injection Pose Builder 101

Making Partial Mats with Mat Pose Edit

Making Partial Mats with Mat Pose Edit

Create a Stunning 3D Liquid Explosion Artwork

Create a Stunning 3D Liquid Explosion Artwork

How To Create “Block Figures”

How To Create "Block Figures"

Building a Working Door

Building a Working Door

Juggling Droid

Juggling Droid

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6 Responses:

  1. Raman says:

    Very nice collection of tutorials.Thanks for sharing.

    ( 2 years and 4360 days ago )
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    ( 2 years and 4206 days ago )
  3. Killy says:

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    ( 2 years and 4090 days ago )
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  6. natasha says:

    I learning poser for the first time. My first project is illustrating a little girl with dark short dark curly hair, standing next to a boy with wings. Do you have any tutorials on how I can go about doing this?

    ( 2 years and 3172 days ago )