Real or Poser?

If you go to my blog, I have a picture of Jessica Alba.
Does it look like Jessica Alba to you? No that image was made in Poser. With realistic appeal like this, soon there will be no need for actors. Poser is an amazing program that allows you to create realistic people in 3D.
Poser, a 3D rendering software package for posing, animating and rendering 3D humans and animal figures. Akin to a virtual photography studio, Poser allows the user to load actors, props, lighting and cameras for still and animated renderings.
Poser will use a subset of alias obj. files. Formated and text based markup for content files, Poser comes with a basic libarary of human, animal, robotic, and cartoon figures. The Poser package also includes. Poses, hair, props, textures, hand gestures and facial expressions. Poser is available in German, Japanese, English and French for both Windows and Macintosh platforms. Poser can re model existing figures almost like you are working with clay to give you the power to create new characters.
Poser can export to any other 3D program with no problem at all. The latest versions even includes direct export plug-ins to directly open Poser characters into Maya, Carrara, 3DS Max and even Adobe Photoshop, to paint the models.
Poser comes with a host of features, such as the inclusion of Primitive zygotes, spheres, cubes and other shapes at both low and high resolution. As with Poser 5.0, it is compatible with 3ds Max, LightWave and Maya. That enables Poser version 6.0 and higher to render more than simply people. Poser has become limitless in the characters it can render. Poser has become a popular tool for digital artists creating original images featuring human figures. It is used for both individual images ("pin-ups") and comics. While Poser has animation capability its use is less common. However, Poser animation can be seen in industrial applications, such as the animated instructions for checkout machines in Albertsons, Save-On stores and Wal-Mart. Poser figures and animations have been seen in some computer games from budding game creators (Desert Rifle-Qi games and Cake shop-Elefun games). Several Poser figures and animations have been used on different Discovery channel documentaries. Showing a way to explain how a human or animal moves. Infography present in several science and technology magazines around the world is often Poser retouched or postworked models.


Rick Shoop was a starving artist from Hillsboro Oregon until he found the internet.
Give a look at Jessica Alba and see what you think. Real or Poser?