Poser 6 Revealed: The Official Guide: The Official Guide

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Customer Reviews:

I liked it... [Posted on 2005-11-28]
Got Poser 6 for a birthday gift and I ordered this book. Sorry to go against all the 1 star customers who were expecting an "Answer all my questions now" book. I think the book is great, it steps you through all the basic moves and shows you how to do things the manuel doesn't. I recommend the book to all who haven't a clue about Poser, but, for those who have worked with it, there is nothing new for you to learn from this book.

Just a repackaging of the manual [Posted on 2005-11-29]
If you bought Poser 6 as a download, rather than a retail box with the manual, then "The Official Guide" is a servicable replacement for the user guide. But if you already have the manual, then the only reason to buy this book is if you want a complete description of all the rooms, menus, and settings in a more user-friendly format. "Poser 6 Revealed" reveals very little except what's already in the manual or the help menus. It's complete and it's useful as a quick reference when you want to thumb through pages to find out what a particular dial does, but it contains nothing in the way of tutorials or useful advice on how to create or render Poser figures. This is NOT a book about how to use Poser to create digital art -- it's a book about how to use Poser, period. In its favor, it is better-written and more visually oriented than the manual, but if you're already familiar with Poser, or you learn better by just playing around with settings, then there isn't much reason to own this book.

Save your money. [Posted on 2006-01-29]
Just read the software documentation and save your money. Hardly any difference.

Save your money and buy Practical Poser [Posted on 2006-02-15]
Just a rehash of the manual. Practical Poser is a MUCH better book that really takes you through the intricacies of Poser 6.

Poser 6 Revealed basically teaches you the same the the tutorial manual does.

An excellent basic instruction manuel [Posted on 2006-12-30]
There are some folks who like to piddle around in a program to figure out how it works and have a good foundation for doing so from other programs they've used. But I bought this book on the recommendation of those reviewers who praised the "basic approach" that it takes. I don't have a manual for Poser 6. I don't even have Poser 6. But spending $17.24 for this book and downloading a demo of Poser 6 is far less expensive than buying the full program for $250 and finding out it isn't what I thought it was or it's far more intricate than what I need. Even if I opt to buy Poser 7, the fundamental structure of the program is not likely to change that much. But there is another advantage to this book. Even in programs I've used for years, by reading books which focus on the fundamentals I often find keystrokes, menus or features I had no idea were there. If you already know Poser 6, you might be disappointed. But if you're new to the program and want to know what hoops you'll have to jump through to produce those fabulous looking images you see in ads and high end "show and tell" books, you might consider this book and dowloading the demo from [...]. It will go a long way toward giving you some idea what you're in for.

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