In 1998 I was picking up reseller licenses for graphic, video, and audio programs for bundling in systems and support deals I was selling. Used it to create a series of simple images for advertising, graduated to animations for web and tv, then to training videos for retail stores. All of that aside (that was all for show -- it gave me the excuses I needed), the real reason I picked up poser was previsualization work for story telling. Every character I've created over the last several years has been set out in Poser so I'd have a consistent reference and could check interactions to be sure what I was describing would be possible. When I sold the computer company in 2001, I used the money to invest heavily in my new hobby's toys and tweaks -- most of it a waste of said funds -- buying high end stuff. the poser communites right now sorta remind of where RPG stuff was circa 1981 - 1982.

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)