You must considering the time does take to make some stuff. That is why there is such a difference of prices in the store. I'm working on a project from two months, daily. Like me, many others do the same way. Unique projects requires a lot of time. But when you look in the market that is what does make you saying: WOW. There's much to study about the 3D, and Poser is so hard for shaders... that only does require so long time (imagine to change each time a shader, render it to see the result, change the value, rendering again and so going on and on until you get the wanted result), more the hard work to create. I understand your feeling though, because when i started I was thinking right the same you are. And I was also thinking that best renderings were those having the most expensives items (Aery Soul, sample). That too is not true. I laters have seen how many people are able to do wonderful pieces of arts without the use of nothing expensive.

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Barbara