There was a program on some news show last night discussing the proliferation of  "stock photography" on the web, and how it is affecting consumer confidence.  Basically, they touched on the point that consumers can become confused if they visit two websites of a distinctly different nature, but using the same stock images in their website design.

Unfortunately, I think Poser has gained the reputation of being the 'stock image provider' of the 3D art world by some of it's peers.  However unfair that analogy may be, it has no doubt created an atmosphere of prejudice and confusion toward the software itself, and it's users.

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Tools :  3dsmax 2015, Daz Studio 4.6, PoserPro 2012, Blender v2.74

System: Pentium QuadCore i7, under Win 8, GeForce GTX 780 / 2GB GPU.