"Why should a employer hire anyuone who can do this if he can purchase the packages and do it himself?" That assumes that anyone CAN whis is only true in the most general sense. Yeah, if you can hear thunder and see lightning, you can probably create a Poser image but will it be any good? If I wanted to have a cover for a book or a really nice application, there are several people here whose work I'd pay for. I certainly wouldn't use one of my digital scribblings and I've been playing with Poser for years--I'm no artist though. Even people who may have the ability may not have the time or inclination. There will always be a market for talent. More importantly, the buyers don't care how it was done, as long as it meets their needs. I can see people getting their knickers in a twist when their talents are being dissed but really, I sometimes think the 3D art bullies pick on Poser artists because it's so easy to get them going. That I suspect, comes from an underlying insecurity that says "Gee what if this really isn't art?" Anyone without some subversive agenda knows that "art" is too subjectve a concept for such rigid definitions so why even play the game. Let those fools stew in their own bitter juices. You may as well spend your time debating the superiority of one religion over another. At least no one is going to hell for using Poser. Well, OK, if I do the thing under the library steps picture I might get purgatory.

"Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance." - H. L. Mencken