Review: Poser Pro 11

We take the latest iteration of popular 3D character creator and animation tool Poser Pro for a test drive.

Our Verdict

Despite Poser starting to show its age a little, and if you don't mind the learning curve for Cycles and shaders in Poser 11, the other new features are fairly decent for hobbyists, content creators and forensic artists alike.

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Poser Pro 11 comes with many new features and tweaks, including Smooth Translation of Joints, adaptive rigging, area lights, volumetric materials and caustics, subdivision morph targets, metrics and an FBX exporter. Of course, the standout feature from this release is the new PBR renderer, SuperFly.

Based on a forked version of Blender's Cycles, it brings Poser's rendered output on par with Reality, the Lux-based PBR plug-in for Poser, and Daz Studio's iRay.

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The Verdict
4

out of 10

Poser Pro 11

Despite Poser starting to show its age a little, and if you don't mind the learning curve for Cycles and shaders in Poser 11, the other new features are fairly decent for hobbyists, content creators and forensic artists alike.

Cirstyn Bech-Yagher

Cirstyn is a freelance CG artist and educator, with over 15 years' experience in 3D. Her clients include AMD and Daz, and she has written for 3D World magazine for a number of years. She is a certified agile (software) project manager, an avid reader and gamer.