""Any form of expression, regardless of medium, can be justified as art. Aside from talent, the worth of art is often weighed, though not admittedly, by it's excusivity, meaning those art pieces that are unique or crafted from rare or valuable materials are more apt for consideration into antiquity. That which is mass-produced, or can be mass produced in equal quality to the original, is seem as common and not neccesarily precious."" It seems that is often the very argument made against using Poser... that it's mass-produced, or can easily be mass-produced, making it less valuable. For example, many people who purchase certain items can produce similar renders containing many of the same elements: the same textures, clothing, lighting, etc. Let's face it, art is USUALLY judged within it's own medium... meaning, you don't often see people saying Bach was more of an artist than Van Gogh, because it's like comparing apples to oranges. The point being, unlike Photography, which really had no way to contradict it's own legitimacy from within, Poser will always have an up-hill battle for respect within it's own medium, so long as there are those out there who choose to produce their 3D works from scratch (modelling, rigging, texturing, etc.). Of course, you CAN transcend the medium, but that depends entirely on the individual.

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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.