How to Select Photos in Poser Face Room

Touching up the photos in a photo manipulation software increases your success ratio after bring the images into Poser, a 3-D figure design and animation software that features the Face Room where artists can create digital models of family and friends. Two quality photos are essential for creating an accurate 3-D model.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Take high-resolution photos (2000 pixel minimum) of your subject in a well-lit area. Have the subject look directly into the camera with a straight face and closed lips. Hold the camera at subject level and zoom in. Take ten head and side shots each.

2. Upload the pictures into your computer and start your photo manipulation software. Select "Enhance," "Adjust Lightning" and "Shadows/Highlights." Use the slide bar to improve the images.

3. Choose "Enhance/Adjust Colors" and then "Adjust Hue/Saturation." Slide the Hue, Saturation and Lightness controls to improve the photos. Spend only five minutes per photo. It is better to retake photos than to spend hours performing software tweaks.

4. Inspect the photos. Discard pictures where the model's features don't show up because of shadows or if they have too much light. Using these images create distorted Poser texture maps.

5. Choose the best front and side photos. Compare them for tonal quality. Poser reads information from the two photos shaping the model and creating a texture map. Perform final adjustments if necessary. Exit photo manipulation software. Start Poser, choose a G2 model and load the photos into the Face Room.

Tips & Warnings

• Do not use the auto image adjustment commands. They are not accurate.