Quote - E-frontier has what  -  some 300.000 user for Poser alone?
I don't EXPECT all these people to be "artists".
I read through that whole thread but didn't find the only point that would have really mattered:
"Are the users having fun with Poser".
Those "participants" in this "discussion" don't seem to have too much fun with their work. The wouldn't need to start a flame anywhere, if they were busy doing things with their "art"-"software".
Especially this "jin choung" guy. I really LOVE guys like him. And what I love most about those guys is their faces when I refuse them to taking part in my art classes. (Non-virtual, face-to-face, sculpting classes).
But my question now is: do I have to make my own hammers and chisels to be an artist?
Do I have to make my own marble to be an artist?

 Your eyesight is failing. Check post 166. And my position is the same here as it is there... who cares? And if you do, then why?? It shouldn't alter anyones life either way. Kai is right. Dead Horse ages ago. It's argument for arguments sake, and nobody's opinion ever gets altered in the end anyway, except for solidifying the position of the poster either for or against. And each and everytime any hope for rational discussion is lost when the "what is art" card is played. And Catherine.... I admire you and your work tremendously but I have to tell you that Lightwave does not have an "art button" built in. If it did then I would use it. I'm surprised that someone of your caliber would even say that.