'That's the issue with Poser - the quality of the finsihed work is only a PARTIAL reflection of the skill of the artist. It's also a reflection of the skill of the artists whose purchased items went into making up the image. It's the difference between using Stonemason's awesome sets for a background vs. being able to build and texture sets as well as Stonemason does. Looking at the final image, you'd be hard pressed to tell if the creator is a great talent, or just a half-decent hack who had the sense to incorporate someone else's great talent.'

I was of the understanding that jobs in professional 3d studios were quite specialized in themselves - i.e. you model, make textures or material shaders, construct scenes or lighting etc. An individual would rarely be responsible for all those processes right up to and including rendering.
As such, although the Poser artist might use elements 'made' by someone else (or many others)in a render, the creative use of those items in a scene might be no less impressive than a professional performing the same role - putting all the pieces together. That is a talent all of its own.

Beatifully modelled and textured products on their own do not a great render make.

While I agree that Poser is in a much smaller league to the high-end apps, it does offer the same potential as a tool for an artist to express that talent.

'Only a bad workman blames his tools'.

 

PoserPro2014(Sr4), Win7 x64, display units set to inches.

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