First time I here this from 2D people.
For some weeks ago I vas attacked by a Maya using troll how declared no art are made in poser.

It's not the 2D, necessarily, it's the traditional media. 2D digital artists aren't nearly so elitist from what I've seen.

Oh, and everyone knows that Maya users are superior human beings merely because they use Maya!

My husband is a programmer, and has written serious, high-end plugins for serious, high-end programs, including Maya (among others). He's on a very private mailing list for Maya professionals, and we're talking SERIOUS professionals here (Pixar employees, that sort of thing).

On that list, they were recently discussing importing Poser figures to use in mockups and so forth, to get lighting cues, that sort of thing. One person said something about using a Poser-generated animation in a different context (for some sort of pre-visualization work). Someone else on the list even recommended a program that imports Poser figures to Maya quickly and easily. Not ONE person on the list said, "Oh, you used Poser?! You must not be a REAL 3D professional..."

The reason is that REAL, working professionals know that Poser is a tool, like any other. Use it constructively and it's a valuable tool. Yeah, in the hands of a talentless amateur, Poser is a means of producing utter crap, but the same can be said of a pencil or Photoshop or a paintbrush, so I don't see the difference.

Whenever someone gets all snotty about stuff like this I just think, "Well, you must not be a real professional in the field, or you'd understand the value of an easy-to-use, inexpensive tool that accomplishes what you need done!" Anyone who thinks that all 3D professionals just sit around modelling every single thing they use in 100% of their work from the ground up knows nothing about production schedules and effective use of time and money.

bonni
Message edited on: 07/13/2004 21:37

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