I have to disagree with the idea that Poser is somehow obsolete and that everyone who started with it has moved on to more professional applications. I think this ignores a number of things. For one thing, it's like saying that $200 cameras have no future because everyone who started with one has felt the need to move up to $2000 Nikon, simply not the case. Another issue is the fact that aside from the still unrealized Daz Studio, Poser is the only application that does what it does without taking a huge leap in price and learning curve. With the proliferation of high speed connections, the web is increasingly going to be used for publishing more sophisticated 3d content. At the moment, it's mainly limited to low resolution figures like Avatar Lab and the Sims but that will change and Poser could be positioned to provide a lot of that content - with the right export capabilities, which is of course the original topic of this thread. Computer generated 3D human figures will always be a compelling application, for everything from art to porn to advertsing and other applications. Despite it's drawbacks, I think Poser is still the "premier" application in that space. Far from being a deadend, I think there are markets which Poser hasn't even tapped yet. I saw something on CL's site or their newsletter about a new Poser 4 based "Poser Artist" program which may be a step in that direction. Hopefully, I'm not imagining the latter, I don't see a reference on CL's site. I think it was in an email. Along those lines, I've thought for a while that a somewhat simplified version of Poser 4 could be marketed as a kind of "Poser for Kids," a real digital paper dolls application.

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