While I agree with everything you said, destro75, I do have a correction to make.  They work hard to add the features that they like - while ignoring the vast userbase when they request features and bugfixes.  This has been endemic for a very long time.  Great, there is now dynamic hair/cloth, shader nodes, IBL/AO, and so on.  But there has been no change to undos or rigging or anything else in about a decade.

And the idea that a complete codebase rewrite requires them no longer to support the vast content already available is hogwash (!!).  There is no law (legal or scientific) that prevents them from moving to a new paradigm while not continuing to support the current one.  Call it 'figures v2' or something, but if they can hook in all of those third-party additions, then they can 'hook in' a new figure layout (say with NURBS/cage tech and a better rigging algorithm).

At least e-frontier seems to be more competent and have a sincere interest in moving Poser forward. :)

Robert

C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot. C++ makes it harder, but when you do, you blow your whole leg off.

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