Editing Poser (software) (section)

==Poser figures==
Poser's specially designed figures are commonly known as Poser Figures, Poser Models, Poser Content, Digital Actors, or Digital Puppets. Early versions of Poser were bundled with fully clothed humanoid figures specifically designed for the then-current version of Poser. Next, add-on packages of human figures were sold by the manufacturer of Poser. Soon, third party companies began creating figures which work with Poser. As clothing became separate from the humanoid figure, collections of 3D garments were created for specific models which conform to the shape and pose of the Poser figure. 'Poses' for figures were packaged and sold by the software vendor and by third parties. '[[Morphing|Morphs]]' allowing customization of body or face shape or other features are also for sale. Skin textures, frequently combined with settings for morph technology, are marketed to allow one base model to be customized into many 'characters'; similar 'texture' packages allow one garment to take on many appearances, an animal to represent different breeds of the same species, or a vehicle to show many colour schemes.

===Development of figures===
Each major release of Poser has come with a new generation of figures for use with the tool, however separate figures rapidly became available as the content market developed. Notably Zygote (later [[Daz 3D]]) made a Poser model of a young woman, higher-resolution than Posette, and called her "the Millennium Girl". Poser users often colloquially shortened this name to "Millie".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cocs.com/poser/terms.htm |title=Terms & Definitions |last=Hoagland |first=John |website=JCH Digital Designs |access-date=16 June 2017 |quote=Also called "Millenium Woman" or "Millie", this new Poser female model was developed by Zygote, Inc. and then further developed (and sold) by Daz Studios.}}</ref> Zygote, disliking this name,{{citation needed|date=November 2018}} officially named her [[Victoria (3D figure)|Victoria]], which is often colloquially shortened to Vicky. Victoria then became the initial member of a large family of figures which has developed across multiple generations of technology. After they merged with Gizmoz in late 2009, Daz 3D released all{{citation needed|date=November 2018}} their Poser figures as free downloads, but withdrew the free versions of their pre-Genesis figures when Genesis was released.

===Content market===
Because Poser figures are very inexpensive and useful for commercial illustrators, an entire [[cottage industry]] has developed to create and market Poser figures and other content. The market is a combination of several large distributors, who often also develop products, and of individual artists who often use one or more of the larger distributors to handle the sale of their products. Both the distributors and individual artists are involved in the creation of Poser figures, clothing, poses, morphs, textures and characters.

===Figure families===
{{Incomplete list|date=August 2008}}
Rather than unconnected single figures, Poser figures are now generally produced as families of models linked by technology generation and creator. Certain add-on products, most often poses and skin textures, but including some clothing models, may be usable across more than one model within a family, but in general are not usable across different generations of the same model. Examples of notable families of models are:

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{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
|+ Exhaustive list of Poser characters
! Family
! Category
! Designer
! Names
! Notes
! Distributor
|- 
| Poser 11.1
| Realistic Human
| Smith Micro Software
| Paul 2 (male), Pauline 2 (female)
| 
| Included with Poser
|- 
| Poser 11
| Realistic Human
| Smith Micro Software
| Paul (male), Pauline (female)
| Paul released in content update 1
| Included with Poser
|-
| Poser 10
| Realistic Human
| Smith Micro Software
| Rex (male), Roxie (female)
| 
| Included with Poser
|-
| Poser 9
| Realistic Human
| Smith Micro Software
| Ryan 2 (male), Alyson 2 (female)
| Weight-mapped update of Poser 8 figures.
| Included with Poser
|-
|Miki 4
|Realistic human
|Smith Micro Software
|Miki 4
|Weight-mapped update of Miki 3.
|Content Paradise
|-
|Miki 3
|Realistic human
|eFrontier
|Miki 3
|
|Content Paradise
|-
|G2
|Realistic human
|eFrontier
|James G2, Jessi G2, Koji G2, Kelvin G2, Simon G2, Sydney G2, Olivia G2
|G2 male figures were partially cross-compatible, as were the G2 females.
|Content Paradise
|-

|Dawn
|Realistic human
|HiveWire
|Dawn
|Weight-mapped female figure for Poser 9 and DazStudio 4.5
|HiveWire store
|-
|Dusk
|Realistic human
|HiveWire
|Dusk
|Weight-mapped male figure for Poser 9 and DazStudio 4.5
|HiveWire store
|-
|adanimals
|Realistic animals
|adh3d
|adHorse
|A new horse bundle for poser
|adh3d poser models [https://www.adh3d.com/adhorse.html]
|-
|adtoons
|Toon anthro figures
|adh3d
|Joe the bear
|A new toon figure for Poser 9+
|adh3d poser models [https://www.adh3d.com/JoeTheBear.html]
|-
|adHuman
|Realistic human
|adh3d
|adMan v2
|The next genetation male for Poser 9+
|adh3d poser models [https://www.adh3d.com/adman2.html]
|-
|-
|adHuman
|Realistic human
|adh3d
|adMAn
|A free realistic male figure 
|adh3d poser models [https://www.adh3d.com/adman.html]
|-
|-
|adHuman
|Realistic human
|adh3d
|adMan/adWoman WM
|A free realistic human figure with a complete female morph pack and weight map rigging.
|adh3d poser models [http://www.adh3d.com]
|-
|Miki 2.0
|Realistic human
|eFrontier
|Miki 2.0
|Often mistakenly included within the G2 family. She was created by eFrontier and represents a similar (but earlier) generation of technology, but is an upgraded version of Miki 1.0
|Content Paradise
|-
|Miki 1.0
|Realistic human
|eFrontier
|Miki 1.0
|
|Content Paradise
|-
|Koji
|Realistic human
|eFrontier
|Koji
|
|Content Paradise
|-
|Poser 8
|Realistic human
|eFrontier
|Ryan (man), Alyson (woman)
|Included in Poser 8. The two base Caucasian figures each have African, Asian and Hispanic counterparts provided: Marcus, Tomo and Diego and Alysha, Izumi and Maria, respectively.|
|Content Paradise
|-
|Poser 7
|Realistic human
|eFrontier
|Simon G2 (man), Sydney G2 (woman), Ben 2 (child), Kate 2 (child)
|Included in Poser 7. The adult figures are the G2 figures listed above.
|Content Paradise
|-
|Poser 6
|Realistic human
|eFrontier
|James (man), Jessi (woman), Ben (child), Kate (child)
|Included in Poser 6. The Poser 6 James and Jessi are distinct figures from the G2 James and Jessi; the G2 figures are a later generation of technology.
|Content Paradise
|-
|Poser 5
|Realistic human
|eFrontier
|Don (man), Judy (woman), Will (child), Penny (child).
|included in Poser 5
|Content Paradise
|-
|Poser 4
|Realistic human
|eFrontier
|High-Resolution Man, High Resolution Woman.
|Included in Poser 4. The names Dork and Posette remained in unofficial use.
|Content Paradise
|-
|Poser 3
|Realistic human
|eFrontier
|High-Resolution Man, High Resolution Woman.
|Included in Poser 3. Over time the unofficial names 'Dork' and 'Posette' were adopted by the user community.
|Content Paradise
|-
|Poser 2
|Realistic human
|eFrontier
|Names not yet given to figures
|Included in Poser 2
|Content Paradise
|-
|Poser 1
|Realistic human
|eFrontier
|Names not yet given to figures
|Included in Poser 1
|Content Paradise
|-
|Genesis 3 (Generation 7)
|Primarily realistic human
|DAZ originals
|<u>Core Figures</u>: Genesis 3 Male; Genesis 3 Female
|Weight-mapped figure with posable facial expressions and toes.
|DAZ store
|-
|Genesis 2 (Generation 6)
|Primarily realistic human
|DAZ originals
|<u>Core Figures</u>: Genesis 2 Male; Genesis 2 Female
|Weight-mapped figure, usable in Poser with the DSON plugin available form DAZ3D. Restores the male/female split that was removed in the Genesis figure.
|DAZ store
|-
|Genesis (Generation 5)
|Primarily realistic human
|DAZ originals
|<u>Core Figures</u>: Genesis
|Weight-mapped figure, usable in Poser with the DSON plugin available form DAZ3D. Morphable into male, female, and humanoid characters.
|DAZ store
|-
|Millennium Figures (Generation 4)
|Primarily realistic human
|DAZ originals
|<u>Core Figures</u>: [[Victoria (3D figure)|Victoria]] 4, Michael 4, Kids 4; <u>Morphs of Victoria 4</u>: Aiko 4, Girl 4, She Freak 4; Stephanie 4; <u>Morphs of Michael 4</u>: Hiro 4, Freak 4
|These morphs are injectable. This makes it easier to make clothing usable across multiple figures. The Kids 4 figure represents a pre-teen child and it has been stated that no specific teenage figure is under development, with the adult figures meant to be morphable into teens.
|DAZ store
|-
|Millennium Figures (Generation 3)
|Primarily realistic human
|DAZ originals
|[[Victoria (3D figure)|Victoria]] 3, Michael 3, Aiko 3, Hiro 3, Stephanie Petite 3, David 3, the Girl, She Freak 2, Millennium Kids - Young Teens (aka Luke & Laura), Millennium Kids- Preschoolers (aka Matt & Maddie), Millenium Baby 3.0, Troll.
|'The Girl', a stylized female figure, was developed by Kim Goossens in conjunction with Daz, but is marketed as and technologically indistinguishable from the other third generation Millennium figures.
|DAZ store
|-
|Millennium Figures (Generation 2)
|Primarily realistic human
|DAZ originals
|[[Victoria (3D figure)|Victoria]] 2, Michael 2, Aiko 1, Stephanie 1, Millennium Girls, Millennium Boys, Millennium Baby.
|These Victoria and Michael figures keep the mesh shapes of Generation 1, but add morphs and are an unusual case of some add-on compatibility being maintained across generations.
|DAZ store
|-
|Millennium Figures (Generation 1)
|Realistic human
|DAZ originals
|[[Victoria (3D figure)|Victoria]] 1, Michael 1.
|Victoria 1 was originally released as 'The Millennium Woman', but common colloquial shortening to "Millie" led to Daz 3D renaming her as Victoria.
|DAZ store
|-
|ChibiBel
|Stylized human
|Yamato and BILLY-T
|
|[[Anime]]-style preteen girl
|PoserPros store
|-
|Terai Yuki 2
|Stylized human
|eFrontier
|Terai Yuki 2
|
|Content Paradise
|-
|Terai Yuki
|Stylized human
|eFrontier
|Terai Yuki
|
|Content Paradise
|-
|NearMe
|Stylized human
|eFrontier
|
|Anime-style preteen girl
|Content Paradise
|-
|Phoebe
|cartoon humanoid
|Netherworks 
|
|
|Included in Poser
|-
|LaRoo
|cartoon humanoid
|RuntimeDNA
|
|Laroo 1 and 2 also included as lite version in Poser since V6
|DAZ Store
|-
|Star
|Cartoon humanoid
|Lady Littlefox
|
|Weight-mapped female toon figure for Poser 9 and DazStudio 4.5
|DAZ Store
|-
|Cookie! and Chip!
|Cartoon humanoid
|Lady Littlefox
|
|Gumdrops figures remade as young adults.
|DAZ Store
|-
|Koshini and friends
|Cartoon humanoid
|Lady Littlefox
|Koshini, Ichiro, Koshini 2, Ichiro 2, Krystal, Kiki, Kit
|
|DAZ Store
|-
|Plushies
|Cartoon animals
|Lady Littlefox
|Rufus
|
|DAZ Store
|-
|Wacky World
|Cartoon animals
|3D Universe
|Sal A. Manda, The Heavies Rhino, 3D Universe Toon Baby, Toon Croc, Toon Squirrel, Toon Dragon, Toon Penguin, Eggbert the toon Duckling, Jacko Lantern
|
|DAZ store
|-
|Staci
|Cartoon human
|3D Universe
|
|
|DAZ Store
|-
|Gumdrops
|Stylized human children
|Littlefox
|
|
|DAZ Store
|-
|Project Human
|Open-source realistic human
|Sixus1
|Project Human Male (PHM)/Project Human Female (PHF), HIM
|
|Sixus1, Content Paradise
|-
|HER
|Stylized human
|Pascal Blanche
|
|Though often mistakenly included in the Open Source Project Human family, HER is the poserized (by Sixus1) version of a figure by Pascal Blanche, who has given permission to distribute this version of the figure free of charge.
|Sixus1, Content Paradise
|-
|Apollo Maximus
|Realistic human
|Anton Kisiel
|
|
|Anton Kisiel Designs
|-
|Polymage
|realistic human, cartoon humanoid
|Mychelle-Anne Daigle (Neftis)
|Elle, Esmeralda, Unity, NeftOoN Gal, NeftOoN Pal
|
|Neftis3D [http://www.neftis3d.com]
|-
|Cartoon humanoid
|various
|Meshbox Design [http://www.meshbox.com]
|[http://www.toonsanta.com Toon Santa], Mrs Toon Santa, Taika the Elf Girl, Teppo the Elf Boy, Toon Bunny
|
|[http://www.mirye.net Mirye Software]
|}
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