"Does the act of posing models made by others, and assembling them in a program made by others, constitute an act of creation? Are Poser users nothing more than gallery curators gaining plaudits for displaying the works of others? " isn't this just enginering? so someone spends months making a couple of props in Bryce or maya to make a crappy picture- big deal!! if I paint a picture of a chair someone else made if I draw a picture useing photoshop someone else made Ofcourse it's art