Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Poser and Photoshop Interface Overview -- System Requirements for Poser and Photoshop -- Understanding the Photoshop CS4 Interface -- The Tools Bar -- The Drop-Down Menus -- The Palettes -- The New Adjustment Layers -- CS4 3D Engine -- Modifying Textures in Photoshop CS4 -- 3D Lighting Capabilities in CS4 -- A Quick Look at Bridge -- The Poser Pro Interface -- Poser's Layout -- Material Room -- Camera Views -- Character Display Style -- Camera Views for Selected Body Parts -- Basic Posing Concepts -- Posing with Inverse Kinematics -- Posing with Presets -- Basic Poser Lighting Techniques -- Various Helpful Poser Presets -- Body Morphs in Poser Pro -- What You Have Learned -- Chapter 2 Creating a Profile Carved in Stone -- Creating the 3D Head in Poser -- Integrating the Head into the Digital Scene -- Setting Up Lights in Photoshop's 3D Layers -- Completing the Landscape -- Creating Moss with a Paintbrush -- Applying the Moss -- Adding the Finishing Touches to the Scene -- What You Have Learned -- Chapter 3 Posing and Perspective -- Creating the Initial Landscape -- Creating the Light Goddess in Poser Pro -- Adding Texture to the Figure -- The Camera's Focal Length…A Brief Description of Perspective -- The Camera's Focal Length: Its Vanishing Point and Perspective Lines -- The Camera's Focal Length in Poser Pro -- Integrating Poser and Photoshop -- Adding More Lighting to the Light Goddess -- Give the Goddess Wings -- Adding the Finishing Touches -- What You Have Learned -- Chapter 4 Using the Nodal Texture Engine -- Creating the Initial Poser Figure -- Editing Textures via Nodes -- Exporting the Poser Model -- Creating the Environment in Photoshop CS4 -- Import the 3D Model -- Creating the Chiseled Out Effect -- Creating the Foreground Character -- What You Have Learned.

Chapter 5 Advanced Nodal Texturing in Poser -- Creating the Landscape and Chamber -- Making Further Modifications to the Glass Tube -- Creating a Character in Poser Pro -- Saving Your Poses for Future Use -- Poser Pro's Advanced Nodal Texture Engine -- Adding Other Nodes to Selected Channels -- Applying Photographic Images to Individual Channels -- Using the Nodes to Create Bump and Luminosity Effects -- Adding the Finishing Touches in Photoshop -- Fine-Tuning the Character -- Fine-Tuning the Backdrop -- What You Have Learned -- Chapter 6 Image Based Lighting in Poser Pro -- Creating the Basic Pose -- Understanding How Image Based Lighting Works -- Applying IBL to a More Practical Image -- Creating the Landscape in CS4 -- Finalizing the Detail in the Background -- What You Have Learned -- Chapter 7 UV Mapping in Poser Pro -- Creating the Basic Pose -- The Face Room -- Integrating the Side View Into the UV Map -- Adding Detail Back Into the Image -- Creating the Bump and Diffuse Maps -- What You Have Learned -- Chapter 8 HDRI Lighting -- Sculpting the Head -- HDR and Photoshop -- Matching the Focal Length of the Lens in Poser and Adding HDR Lighting -- Creating the Scene in Photoshop Using an HDR Image -- Editing the Texture Maps in Photoshop -- Adding Some Finishing Details -- Altering the Texture on the Clothing to Look More Futuristic -- Fine-Tuning the Clothing in CS4 -- Adjusting the Surface Quality and Painting on the 3D Object -- What You Have Learned -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.