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Chapter 22: Poser Intergration

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For more information on PoserFusion, please see

Chapter 13: PoserFusion in the New Features Guide.

PoserFusion

The PoserFusion feature allows you to host Poser

les directly within Shade 8. Unlike import/export

functions that translate data from one format to

another, PoserFusion serves as a liaison between

Shade and the Poser
les, actually opening Poser

les and accessing their contents directly in Shade.

This allows you the option of using Poser for
gure

creation, posing and animation, and then combining

Poser
les with Shades powerful modeling,

rendering, and animation capabilities. For example,

an architect could design a shopping mall in Shade

and open Poser
les of people walking through the

stores, sitting on benches, and so forth.

Why File Hosting?

Modeling articulated pose-able
gures is a dif
cult

and time-consuming task, especially if one wants

to include more than one
gure in a scene and have

them each look like individuals. Enter Poser. Poser

allows you to load one of numerous ready-made

gures and select from a wide variety of clothing

and preset poses, enabling you to get high-quality

results in a short amount of time. Here are just a

few examples of how using Poser within a powerful

rendering, effects, and deforming application such as

Shade can bene
t you:

" A product designer is working on a new line of

of
ce furniture. Adding Poser
gures can help with

the process, helping to ensure that both the style and

ergonomics function as expected.

" A hobbyist is modeling a spacecraft and wants to

include a pilot sitting at the controls. Add a Poser

gure with a few props, and the pilot is there, ready

for the next mission. And, like the designer, the

hobbyist can ensure that the cockpit is realistically

laid out.

" A
lm studio is creating an animated movie using

Shade to model and render the scene. PoserFusion

allows them to add key-framed Poser animations,

which they can re-map to seamlessly integrate into

the
nal production, thereby combining Posers ease

of use and Shades powerful rendering engine to

create professional results.

You can also use Shade 8 with Poser as follows:

1. Create a geometric object using Shade.

2. Import the geometric object into Poser and convert 

it into a
gure using the Setup Room (described in

the Poser user documentation).

3. Save your new 
gure to either *.pz3 or the 

compressed *.pzz format

Chapter 22: Poser Integration

Shade and Poser complement each other in a both fascinating and ef
cient way.

First, we will present the PoserFusion integration feature. For detailed information about Poser, please

refer to http://www.e-frontier.com/go/products/poser