Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: A (stupid?) thread about Poser and the 3D modellers ...

Casette opened this issue on May 06, 2005 ยท 42 posts


maxxxmodelz posted Fri, 06 May 2005 at 12:03 PM

"Why (some) modellers are so SILLY?" From what I understand, the reason is actually quite simple, and should be completely obvious. To a "purist" modeler, the art of 3D begins at the modeling level. From their perspective, creating a model from scratch in 3D is the very basis of the medium itself. Poser essencially subtracts that experience from the equasion of the process. So, in their eyes, it's like "cheating", or taking a shortcut in the medium to achieve the final result. Mind you, I don't personally subscribe to this mode of thinking, but I've done my share of modeling in the past, and I have spoken to many others about it, and that's basically the gist of the complaint most of them seem to imply. Don't bother trying to compare it to a painter grinding their own pigments to make paint, etc., because in their eyes, it's not really the same thing. They would compare it more to a painter who paints by numbers (that's what one gentleman told me some time ago when I mentioned the "making your own tools" argument to him). Anyway, the only way to really stifle these "purists" (most of whom, I should also mention, are NOT professionals), is to show them what Poser can actually do, or what it can be used for. If you understand that some of these hardcore, purist, weekend-warrior modelers don't even like to texture their creations, then it becomes clear that there's no way to get through to those kind of people in the end.


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

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