Quote - yeah, billy, but basically, they wrote poser so anybody could produce renders of humans on the first day of use. so anybody can do renders in poser. what separates the pros from the masses is the ability to read the manual, to do proper lighting, proper shadows, use the right scene and props, pose the figure correctly, do facial expressions, use hair correctly, use clothing correctly, use the correct render settings, etc. ad infinitum. anybody can do it, but it takes quite a bit of patience and experience to do it right (see poser gallery here).

 

oops i may have missunderstood what you said nancy, sorry.

when i first got poser i did a render as any newbie can and i thought this is soooooooo cool. i went back a couple of days later and looked at it again for inspiration to go on and do another great work.  god was i dissapointed lol. i realised looking at the render that my initial euphoria was just my emotionally lacking ego patting me on the back. what i saw staring back at me was an abortion on a scale of one to ten i t deserved a negative. when i say most are 5 and under i'm not knocking or deriding. just mirroring what you say. the masses that use poser use it mainly for enjoyment or hobby, one of the reasons why i thought the questions un-subjective. a lot rise from the masses and do as you say, they learn and expand to do better renders.  and the lucky ones who have a natural eye or talent or what you will learn and rise even higher. none are better than the other three, they're just different groups of people wanting different things.

billy