I don't see why so many have a problem with these new figures. No, they're not what we're used to as poser users, but they're not really for us. Smith Micro makes it clear what their purpose is and as a game designer I wish these figures would have been released 2 years earlier. It think it's a great move to tap into new market venues for SM.

Poser Pro comes with a set of four re-distributable 3D characters to help users save production time. This set includes a male and female figure in both medium and low resolutions. These professionally modeled 3D characters include facial morph targets to create expressions and visemes to synch with imported sound files in the Talk Designer, plus they are Face Room ready.

*Use these four figures as a starting point and customize them to create your own real-time 3D or game characters. Modify these fully-rigged characters with Poser Pro’s powerful magnet deformers or sculpt detail using the Morphing Tool. Import them into the Face Room and modify their geometry and texture to match your imported facial photographs. When you’re finished, these four figures can be exported via Poser Pro’s many geometry export options including COLLADA, or hosted via PoserFusion plug-ins, and re-distributed for royalty–free use in your project.

*It's clear, isn't it? Not for really meant for us, but for people who are using game engines or visualization projects and cannot afford to be bugged down by lot's of polygons and many different textures on a model.

Poser needs to expand it's horizon to survive, it should have done so years ago. The poser community is to crowded, too many players on it. I'm afraid that former EF has started way too late with their new/added focus. I really do think that we will not see another version of Poser.

I'm still testing Poser Pro, I'll post later with my first findings.

Artwork and 3DToons items, create the perfect place for you toon and other figures!

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/index.php?vendor=23722

Due to the childish TOS changes, I'm not allowed to link to my other products outside of Rendo anymore :(

Food for thought.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYZw0dfLmLk