Have you ever wondered how some artists are able to create great effects in Poser? Have you ever said, "I wish I could do that."  Well here are some fun tips and trips to use in your Poser work.

Poser Lighting Tips and Tricks

     Black Dragon Lighting Effect - This is a lighting trick that I often use to add a sense life, energy, and movement to my fantasy dragons.  This lighting method was specifically used in the creation of Dragon Archer.  It's really easy to learn and you can apply this method to a wide range of art styled renders.

     The main focus of this type of lighting is to use lights to "paint" certain areas of your 3D models.  Instead of using Poser's lighting system to light the entire scene, I use the lights to "paint" certain parts of the dragon, for example the eyes and mouth of the dragon.  This method will require more than 3 lights that are commonly found in 3 point lighting and Poser By Designs triangular lighting technique. 

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Poser Pro 2010 Gamma Tips and Tricks

     Kirei na Kanjou for Aiko 3.0 - One of the ways you can improve on the realism of some of your older characters is to use Poser Pro 2010's Gamma Correction option and it's built-in script Change Gamma.  This is great for many character skin textures that came out during the years of Poser 6 - Poser 7 because now you can make these skin textures more realistic with minimum effort.

     This is a guide that will introduce this method to you.  If you are familiar with the Poser's render settings and it's scripts, then you'll be able to follow along.  If you are a beginner user and Poser is new to you then this guide will at the least point you in the right direction in terms of knowing what to focus on.

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