There is a wide market for 3D visualization out there no matter the tools in use. But the direction to take depends on the tools you know and use, your skill level and experience, and how viable the employment is. Concerning the last dependency, the movie/tv industry is basically a buyer's market. There are so many 3D CGers looking to fill coveted positions in this lucrative industry that only the 'creme de la creme' get to fill those positions. In other words, you are going to need to sell yourself with resume and demo-reel in hand (unless you have inside contacts, maybe). Otherwise, consider that 3D visualization has many applications: * Logos * 'Flying logos' (stuff you see in sports and news broadcasts, for instance) * Accident and trial recreations * Medical * Science * Entertainment (Special FX) * Scholastic * Models * Plugins * Historic recreations There is more available that just Pixar! ;) As for Poser, I don't think it is going anywhere soon. The transfer of ownership to e-frontier may not seem promising, but then they might just revitalize the app instead of letting it wallow (like some others). Even if Poser releases were to discontinue, people would be using it for at least several years to follow. And companies like Daz3D could not survive without it, so they would most likely find or create an alternative. Hmmmm, Daz|Studio. Yes, that sounds like a good name for an alternative... ;0)

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