LostinSpaceman opened this issue on Jul 26, 2007 · 92 posts
XENOPHONZ posted Tue, 07 August 2007 at 11:08 AM
Quote - Maybe its time for someone like Autodesk or Adobe to buy poser.
If Adobe bought Poser, then Poser would cost around $1000. If Autodesk bought Poser, then Poser would cost around $3000. So......it's just as well for the sake of the hobbyist market that neither one of those companies have bought Poser.
Poser isn't anywhere near as bad of a software package as some make it out to be. No -- it isn't MAX: but MAX doesn't cost under $300. IMO, for what Poser does it's more than worth the pittance that it costs.
Personally, I've had some bumps in the road with Poser 7 -- lke a few crashes back when the program first came out. But I haven't experienced that again since SR1. And Poser doesn't have the best rendering capabilities in the world........but that's why a program like Vue is a great addition to Poser. Vue6I costs considerably more than P7, but if you can afford it: Vue6I can greatly expand your 3D horizons.
By no means is this intended as a slam on Poser -- for what Poser does, and for the small amount of money that it costs: Poser is a fantastic deal. If all that we had in the 3D world was defined by MAX, Maya, Lightwave, et al.......then most weekend-warrior hobbyists wouldn't be in this game.
Poser is fun. Or at least it's fun for me. If I was as miserable over Poser as some others -- then I think that I'd look for another way to invest my time......doing something that I actually enjoyed doing.