Quote - One of the reasons this is a problem is the (possibly unintentional) closed nature of "How to do...(whatever...for Poser" that seems to mark the community.

basicwiz: Sorry.. I have to disagree with your first paragraph. You only have to look through the main Poser forum at just a few of the many 1000's of requests for help to see that the Rendo Poser community can be extremely helpful.

In the past 2 weeks... I asked for technical advice regarding a project I am working on. People within the community know that I am a vendor and know that the project I am working on will be going on sale.

The advice I got... and have often got in the past... came from other vendors in the main, so it is not a case of people keeping their secrets to themselves.

As for tutorials... I highly reccomend Dr. Geeps tutorials as a starting point... dozens of them from the very basics to the... arcane. There are many tutorials at DAZ3D as well.

'How DO people go about creating content?'  Well... it certainly can be complex at times, depending upon what you want to model but I wouldn't call it arcane.

It certainly isn't a case of only professionals with high end machines or modeling programs either. I am certainly no professional, and I doubt the majority of vendors would class themselves as professionals. Most are everyday people... regular jobs... housewives... whatever...

There are people who produce content for Poser who use free or very cheap modeling programs.

The Poser manual is like most manuals I guess... even those for the modeling programs.. basic instructions on how to use the relevant program.

Personally... I learnt what little I know through experimentation. Above all else, a great deal of patience is needed. Modelling can be a pretty steep learning curve... I learn something new... or a better/easier way to do something I have been doing ... every few days.

No... you haven't hooked up with the wrong source.. Rendo is THE source.. for help and advice. Visit the Poser forum... look through the old posts... and ask for help where needed.

You might just find that the Poser community is not as secretive as you currently feel it is 

"You don't have to be mad to use Poser... but it helps"