My observations of 2004 in review: BIGGEST HIT: EJ for Judy. Finally, someone steps up and makes something out of Judy that is truly a great product and very usable. A real affordable competitor to the "vicki mania" that holds this community by the jugular. HONORABLE MENTION: Poser 5 SR 4. P5 managed to climb out of the mess it created in it's early release, and with the help of a stable service release, made a good comeback in 2004. P5 helped introduce Poser users to some more advanced 3D technology (like physics dynamics and procedural materials), and brought renewed interest in character animation to a community consisting largely of still-image artists. BIGGEST MISS: The Girl. The final release never really lived up to the hype (of course), and it seemed like lots of people were disappointed in the end. The pre-release hype spawned some of the ugliest and most controversial debates I've ever seen on any 3D message boards regarding such topics as the "age" of a virtual model, and the morality of artists using such figures in their works.

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Tools :  3dsmax 2015, Daz Studio 4.6, PoserPro 2012, Blender v2.74

System: Pentium QuadCore i7, under Win 8, GeForce GTX 780 / 2GB GPU.