Welcome to the third world, where money is the measure of a man (or a woman).  If you don't have that Mercedes of a program (Maya, softimage, Lightwave, 3D studio, etc), you are invited to wallow in th gutter.  so, there you are, master of a program that cost you a few paltry dollars, and the people that spent thousands on the big car program are still learning.

Take solace in that you are not alone.  Many of us endure the same insults.  People will see an image or anim done in Poser and ask in awe, "Whence came this?" When you answer "from the pallette of Poser", they will scoff and belittle to cover up that they were the ones impressed and were taken in by the beauty of the image.

such is life