Frankly -- who cares anymore?

The real pros, those who can model, texture, animate and have the time/inclination/skill etc are uh... yeah. Few and far between. VERY few and far between.

Now, as for "ah but you can dress up V4 easy and you use bought content" uh right. Turbosquid anyone? There are plenty models being bought by pros -- simply because it's too time consuming to do them yourself a lot of the time.
So, next time someone puts Poser down, ask yourself what the difference is between someone  who buys a model from Turbosquid for $500 and rendering it in a $5000 program like 3DMax and someone who buys a model from here for $25 and rendering it in a $250 program like Poser.

I'll tell you what the difference is. -- $$$.
Just because someone has a (usually pirated) copy of 3DMax or Maya, doesn't mean they can actually do shit in it.
And just because someone has a -- generally legal -- copy of Poser, doesn't mean they can't.

I use what I am able to use, what I have available. That's Poser.
A friend of mine, who is a whiz at 3DMax, told me once that he has no clue how I can produce images that actually look good, in Poser. "It's lacking all the features you need to do it with" he said. Whereupon I replied "No. It lacks the features you need. It has all the ones I need."

How did that saying go again? A bad workman blames his tools?
Think about it.

What it comes down to is skill. If I have skill, the tool is unimportant. That's simply a learning curve and can be adjusted.
But without skill I can't produce anything no matter what I use. No amount of high end software is going to make my image/animation better in the end, if I don't have the skill (and the eye!!) to use it.

I do agree on one thing though... there is a lot of crap in the gallery, and it doesn't do Poser any favors. :/
I wish we had an "Invitation only" gallery for it, where you have to demonstrate a certain amount of skill before you're allowed to post there.

Silke