What Is the Difference Between Poser & Poser Pro?
Poser is a popular 3-D animation application offered by SmithMicro. It has been used for years by amateurs, but as the program has evolved with new versions it has become more popular with professionals needing 3-D animation or stills. Poser currently comes in several version, including the standard Poser version and the Poser Pro version. Poser Pro is a more powerful version of the program. There are major differences between it and standard Poser.
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Network Rendering
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Poser Pro has the ability to perform network rendering. In this process, the rendering of a large single image or an animated sequence can be distributed across a number of computers connected together in a network. This has the advantage of greatly decreasing how long it takes to render the project.
HDRI
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Poser Pro has the ability import or export HDRI images. HDRI images are a type of high-resolution image that can be projected in a scene to govern the way lighting is handled. The result of using HDRI is that images look more realistic.
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Collada Import Export
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Collada is a new 3-D file-transfer industry standard. This standard allows Poser Pro users to export figures complete with certain textures and animation data to any number of programs. However, Collada does not yet support dynamic functions like hair or cloth.
Poser Fusion Plug-in
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The Poser Fusion plug-in allows users to export the figures from Poser Pro to major applications like Maya, Cinema 4D and 3D Max. The 3-D figures come in the the host program with their animation intact, including cloth and hair dynamics.
Background Rendering
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Poser Pro has an ability known as background rendering, which allows the user to begin rendering an image or animation sequence and then open another Poser project and work on it while the first rendering continues unaffected. This greatly improves efficiency, since the user is not forced to waste time waiting for the rendering to finish.
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