*"FIrst... Leonardis, can you point me to someof your products? I'd like to veiw your PDF files if possible since they may prove instructive (seriously!) but I can;t find any of your product here. A link aould be helpful. "

You won't see Poser made addons from me because I am not (yet) doing any. I was referring to simulation software of another kind and if you would kindly PM me I would be happy to give you a direct link to some PDF files we produce for our customers.

*"I do try to include useful tips in my readme;s including some of the rendering settings I use, but I certainly don;t write a booklet for fairly straight forward conforming clothing... Perhaps I;m wrong in this, I;ll wait to see what developes as others speak up on the subject."

I'm not suggesting a huge or unnecessary amount of guide material, and I don't know much about your particular products, but when dealing with morphs and magnets then even for an experienced user things can get very trying. I recognise this is a basic and long standing flaw in Poser and to some extent Studio too. But to me the whole point of addon software is to take some of the workload off the user, and to that extent I think (and this won't be a popular view) that most products on Renderosity are far too inexpensive, probably due to the vast amount of stuff available to a limited customer base. I would much rather that the average addon was twice as expensive but twice the work went into making them as flawless as possible and providing comprehensive support and tutorials.

I think the whole culture of Poser addons is predicated upon quantity rather than quality. I have been developing a unique character which relies on scaling variations as much as morphs, because morphs alone cannot substantially create the figure I am after. But I have held back because I want it to be as perfect as it can possibly be. But that is my luxury because I do this for fun and no a living. Nevertheless if the quality of Poser addons is to be improved I think developers need to start upping their standards and to start also providing more variation on the doll-like creatures which V3 and V4 seem to encourage.

Leonardis