Smith Micro Software, Inc.

and the Poser team are pleased to announce that the Poser 8 Service Release 2.1 (SR2.1) is now availa le for oth Macintosh and !indows. SR2 will update an" previous version of Poser 8 #n$lish to the latest version 8.%2.1%&11. SR2.1 offers several enhancements and addresses 'nown issues present in the followin$ areas( ) ) ) ) ) ) *fficiall" supports !indows + and Mac *S , Snow -eopard (1%..) /eneral performance and sta ilit" updates and improvements. Material Room improvements Renderin$ and -i$htin$ improvements 0ontent -i rar" improvements Includes all updates found in the previous Poser 8 SR1 and SR2 updaters and the Poser 8 hotfi1.

In order to download Poser 8 SR2.1 or receive technical support for the product, "ou must have re$istered "our Poser 8 application serial num er. If "ou have not "et done so, please re$ister now at( http(22www.smithmicro.com2support2product3re$istration.asp1 !ith "our re$istered "our Poser 8 serial num er, "ou can access and download SR2.1 for !indows( http(22m".smithmicro.com2win2poser2updates.html Macintosh( http(22m".smithmicro.com2mac2poser2updates.html Recommended wor'arounds for 'nown issues( 3 4o improve renderin$ performance( Sin$le3thread renders are less efficient than multiple threaded renderin$s. 4o reduce render times, ena le multiple threaded renderin$. Reduce uc'et si5e to decrease render times. 3 6iles containin$ some hi$h 7S0II characters such as the 8de$ree8 s"m ol can create issues when renderin$ in an e1ternal process. 7void usin$ hi$h 7S0II characters when creatin$ file names if renderin$ in a separate process. Poser 8 SR2.1 enhancements and fi1es, " cate$or"( /eneral 333333333 3 Support for oth !indows + and Mac 1%.. 3 Preview renderer( Improved line drawin$ (74I Mac *S , Snow -eopard *pen/- onl"). 3 0omma can e used as a decimal separator for users with international 'e" oards. 3 9ndo after appl"in$ hair fi1ed. 3 7nimation( Improved sta ilit" when loadin$ fi$ure that was saved with animation la"ers applied. 3 Improved scrollin$ in :ierarch" palettes. 3 9pdated :elp window documentation. 3 ;isual 0<< 2%%8 SP1 Redistri uta le Pac'a$e installs properl". 3 6all3off 5one side to side s"mmetr" cop"in$ improved. 3 =eformer 5one s"mmetr" displa" improved. 3 Minimi5in$ Poser 8 improved. 3 >ormal Maps are ena led. 3 !al' Paths saved correctl". 3 4e1ture path namin$ issues resolved. 3 Poser.ini 4emp Path writin$ issue resolved. 3 Selectin$ materials with depth cue ena le improved. 3 4oon Shader node corruption addressed. >ote( appearance ma" var" from Poser + results. 3 /eometr" Import2#1port plu$3in insta ilities resolved. 3 0ontent path namin$ improved. 3 *ri$in on props displa"ed correctl".

3 4a selecta ilit" improved. Material Room 333333333 3 Material Room( Improved sta ilit" in oth ?asic and 7dvanced modes plus speed performance. 3 Material Room( Improved sta ilit" upon alterin$ material parameters. Set3up Room 333333333 3 Set3up Room( Improved sta ilit". 6ace Room 333333333 3 6ace Room( Improved sta ilit". 3 6ace Room( -oc'in$ shape variations does not re@uire modifier 'e" (Mac *S ,). 0loth Room 333333333 3 6i1ed case where hidden actors included in cloth simulation would cause scene openin$ to fail. 4al' =esi$ner 333333333 3 4al' =esi$ner( Improved sta ilit" upon appl"in$ animation to ase la"er after switchin$ from deleted to new fi$ure. !ardro e !i5ard 333333333 3 !ardro e !i5ard functionalit" improved. 3 6i1ed w1P"thon !ardro e !i5ard initiali5ation. Morph 4ool 333333333 3 6i1ed insta ilities with Morph 0reation 4ool. -i$htin$ 333333333 3 Improved ra"trace shadow control. 3 9ser defina le Shadow Samples ena led in -i$ht Properties Renderin$ 333333333 3 Improved memor" handlin$ when renderin$. 3 7rea Render renders over previous rendered ima$e. 3 #liminated halos or splotches around o Aects when renderin$ with depth of field. 3 6i1ed 66Render crash when renderin$ ra"traced reflections. 3 Improved 66Render conclusion of render process 3 6i1ed spots that can occur durin$ I=- renderin$s. 3 S'ipped uc'ets durin$ multi3threaded renderin$ resolved. 3 Improved I=- performance with ump2displacement maps. 3 Improved @ualit" of indirect li$htin$ renders. 3 Improved I=- renderin$ speed. 3 Improved renderin$ of transparent surfaces in I=-. 3 Improved I=- results at lower @ualit" settin$s. 3 6i1ed outer order artifact in rendered ima$es.

3 Indirect -i$ht Bualit" settin$ now persistent when savin$ render settin$s. 3 7rtifacts in ra"traced shadow improved. 3 7dAusted samplin$ pattern to improve @ualit" of ra"traced shadows. 3 7m ient *cclusion material node includes a chec' o1 to select if it should e active in I=renders. 0ontent -i rar" 333333333 3 >ow automaticall" ne$otiatin$ alternative port num er if default li rar" communication port is occupied. 3 6i1ed 7dd to 6avorites errors and displa" issues when creatin$ >ew 6older 3 Improved sta ilit" when scannin$ folders in lar$e runtimes. 3 -oadin$ networ'ed e1ternal Runtime now displa"s name 3 6i1ed insta ilit" upon refreshin$ selected item view. 3 6avorite thum nail visi ilit" now persistent etween sessions. 3 Improved ro ustness of 6lashPla"er4rust handlin$. Poser app location now remains trusted even after movin$ installation folder. 3 Improved dra$ and drop. 3 Improved scrollin$. 3 #na led support for upper case file e1tensions. 3 More accurate cate$or"3specific filterin$ of search results. 3 Improved displa" of lar$e num er of items in a folder. 3 7dded new controls for settin$ preview icon si5e, tool tip dela", path tool tip displa", tree indentation, folder thum nails and item2folder count. 3 Search under ;ista improved. 3 ;anishin$ li rar" issues resolved 3 4e1ture location issues related to runtime namin$ resolved. 3 =eletion of item from 6avorites preserves item in Runtime.