Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: So Poser is considered crap compared to most 3D "artists" programs ?

Lunedust opened this issue on Dec 29, 2007 ยท 68 posts


SeanMartin posted Sat, 29 December 2007 at 11:55 PM

I trust you're being facetitous, because if one really applies ones self to it, Poser can be every bit as difficult to master as Maya. Sure, there are those who approach it "one from column A, one from column B", but you have those in every software community, and CGTalk is no exception -- if one wanted to truly blunt about it, there's a lot at CGT that's pretty lame and yet hailed as the best thing to come down the pike since the invention of nurbs. For those who claim that Poser is derivitave and monotonous (and yes, I put myself in that category), there are also pages upon pages of repetitive imagery at CGT.

But as we wallop this corpse of a horse, the bottom line is this: who cares? Is there some competiiton that I missed the memo on? Are we in some kind of contest to see who can do a CG image of the best pair of female breasts (which is just as much a running gag there as it is here and just about anywhere else)? If making your images from Poser makes you happy, go for it. If your work calls for you to learn FormZ or 3D Studio Max, go for it. If your life ambition is to make a five minute animation in Maya, go for it. A hundred years from now, all new people, which means no one will give a hoot what you used because chances are real good that a century from now, none of our images will even exist.

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