I never understood this debate. Some - in fact many - people think that the only legitimate way to be interested in 3d in a creative way is if you want to model. Thsi is very odd to me. Take any movie. Someone chose the costumes but they did not necessarily sew them. If you want to say the costume director is not an artist becasue he or she did not actually stitch the clothes together then fine. But whether its art or not it still takes creativity and may be fun to do. Then there is writing and directing the script. They are not responsible for creating all the props on the stage. They don't help construct the stage. Are they therefore not artists? In 3d it seems the "stage hands" (those who literally construct the stage) often become the Self proclaimed one and only artists while the writers and "directors" are considered lower than scum. IMO I really don't care whether I am called an artist or not. I am interested in writing and "directing" animations. I am not the least bit interested in creating a pair of pants for the characters in my animations to wear. Why doesn't the 3d programing world realize there are probably allot more people like me than not. It seems Poser (and now daz studio, and perhaps carrera) are the only programs that tries to make my goals attainable. But even they are awkward to use. Why is there this absolutely stupid tension between people who want to model thier own stuff and people who don't?