Render Engines

Poser allows you to render still and animated scenes using three separate render engines. You can select which tool you wish to use by clicking on the relevant tab in the Render Settings dialog. The available Poser renderers are:

• SuperFly rendering engine: This rendering engine is a raytraced rendering engine that supports physically based materials. It is based on the Cycles rendering engine used in Blender. For more information about SuperFly rendering, see Using SuperFly.
• FireFly rendering engine: This rendering engine supports the use of procedural shaders, contains many controls that let you control exactly how you want your rendered images/movies to appear, and has the capability of generating truly breathtaking results. Please refer to Using The FireFly Render Engine for information on using the FireFly renderer.
• Sketch Renderer: The Sketch Renderer simulates a variety of fine art techniques, to render your scene as a drawing or painting. This tab also provides access to the Sketch Designer, discussed in The Sketch Designer.
• Preview: If you want to render quality high-resolution wireframe or silhouette (or any other display style) views of your scene, please choose the Preview rendering engine.

You can also select the Preview tab to configure your scene preview window options.

Tips and Tricks

• Experiment with low render settings and gradually increase them until you get the results you want. This will render your scene using the optimal balance between quality and speed. Small Web animations might need lower quality rendering while a piece of fine art might require very high settings.
• Still and animated renders use the currently selected camera. Be sure to select the proper camera before rendering, particularly if camera motion is part of your animation.
• By default, Poser renders using the Texture Shaded display style.
• Use the draft and production rendering options to save time while working and produce highly realistic results.

Use prop-based hair and figure-based clothing instead of strand-based hair and dynamic cloth where you do not need dynamic effects. This will conserve computing resources.