lol ;) -- the reason they are dealing in the semantics of it is the way the question is worded. Given your adjustment, the response I'll give is the same -- both of them. The use you just gave is the stated use for poser. That's it. That's all it is. That's the goal of the program designers. To be used as a tool for setting up human figures. everything else we've sorta added -- that is us, as in the users. Recognizing that, the makers adjusted some things and added additional features that would be useful for the purpose to which is is now used widely -- making nekkid vicky renders. Some people can create an incredible picture in Poser in an hour that takes them a month to do in Lightwave. The key and crucial difference is the approach to the prgram and using it with other programs. Knowing how to use your tool can make more difference than the capabilities of the tool. in other words, it is the user. Professional is a specific term meaning a person who has a profession. Anything they use would be a professional tool -- and most of them use a whole crapload of different tools to get the job done. A scalpel and pocketknife can both be professional tools in the hands of a skilled surgeon. Or bloody murder in someone elses...

thou and I, my friend, can, in the most flunkey world, make, each of us, one non-flunkey, one hero, if we like: that will be two heroes to begin with. (Carlyle)