Vue is pointing to Poser.

The built in Poser Shader importing is an obvious example of this

Not everyone is a professional artist, Mike, like yourself.  And most do not actually have to have Maxwell or 3DSMax on their resumes.

Art is what one produces.  And the manufacturer of the paint or the brushes does not add to it, not one bit.  Do you know what brand of chisel and hammer Michaelangelo used?  Do you know what brand of paint Bosch used?

Now, most artists here are clearly amateurs, like myself, and are not professional artists, like yourself, so one my analogy to the masters is only a rough one, and two I am pretty sure that everyone here is using Vue as intended(or at least intend to use Vue as intended).

Not all of us have the time to walk up the learning curve of modeling in 3DSMax or lighting and shading of Maxwell; and this product produces some remarkably clean drawings, with much less invested time in learning the tools and interface, if you were to ask me.

Now if I were a professional artist, and that day may come, I will indeed put 3DS or Maxwell or Lightwave on my resume.  Until then, I will use the tools, brushes, and paints which give me pleasure making the drawings I am making.  And I would hope, that even as negative my posting style generally is, that my posts here do have some positive insight for the readers of them.

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