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as one of the people at the forefront of poser rigging, surely youll admit that figure rigging in poser is getting a little out of hand, no? i mean figure creators are having to go to great lengths just to get something to pose naturally in poser - which is supposed to be a program first and foremost for figure posing and animation.

most poser 'technology' right now is actually nothing but text file hacks developed by individuals like yourself, nerd, drax, etc. this is all being taken for granted by the developers, and also by many beginner poser users who dont understand how much work is involved in poser content development. in the past half dozen poser versions why have no improvements been made to the heart of the program - posing figures? how much longer are people going to expect figure creators to take up the slack through countless hours of CR2 hacking?

as for those that are already working miracles within poser's limitations - think how much more they could do with more tools and options at their disposal.

I don't think hacks are needed for good figures. This was my point with Apollo. The problem is very few people know all the aspects of figure development. It is vastly time consuming and I agree people take it for granted.

As you know I have consulted with Daz, CL, and ef over the years. The community knows more about content production than the companies do. The companies are aware that their internal staff is less knowledgable about content creation than the community. The staffs at Daz, ef, Cl, etc are broken down to specialized jobs. The executives know little or nothing of the software they manage. They don't really use it, play with it, or create in it. They may be fans, but they aren't generally users like we are.

IMO they are all pretty much the same, justifying decisions internally and aren't generally fond of any external advice or input. Noone wants a "hobbyist' to come into their home telling them their furniture is outdated. Their priorities and perspectives are not the same as ours, for various reasons. It isn;t to say they don't want great software, but a boss can't see where change is needed if there decision making is dependent on advice from their staff, who may be looking to protect their jobs. Very few employess are going to admit they don't know what they are doing, or that their knowledge is limited.

Python was meant for users to add-on additional functionality to Poser. I think this didn't go over as well as hoped and is only catching on now. I think we can only hope that the executives, left over from CL, are eventually fired along with their support staff. In my opinion, a few remnants of CL are inhibiting growth. At least this was true, imo, in 2006.

That said, there is hope. The fact SM now owns Poser is a good thing. I think ef did a brilliant job making Poser stable but I do think they took it as far as they could of or would of. Our best hope remains in the community. It would be great if much of what we use was incorporated natively into Poser, but I don't think we should hold out breath. Nor should we have any expectations of salvation from D/S.

-Anton, creator of Apollo Maximus
"Conviction without truth is denial; Denial in the face of truth is concealment."

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