There is some validity to the idea that it is "the tool" and not "the artist" - but there is also some reality involved - some tools are so limited that they tend to force the artist into certian patterns. Other tools tend to build a community that tends to certain techniques. You really can almost always pick out a Poser work, or a Bryce work for instance. When you combine that with a community that has a standard set much differently than the 3D community at large and you will come against this often. Someone from the Poser community that is routinely hailed as a render god will usually get crushed int he larger 3d community - because in general the Poser community has very, very low standards.This is a side result of it being a hobby, and not even a bad thing - but don't be shocked when a work that would get a 9 here in poser world is a 5 outside of it. There is snobbery out there, but it has more basis than some think.