Hmmmm.  Interesting comments by all.  Poser Pro appears to be getting a mixed reception.  But what new software doesn't?

I must say that I'm not sensing the same level of community negativity as the prevailing negativity which accompanied the last three releases of Poser.  I......tend to take that as a good sign.  So far, the biggest general gripe seems to be over the "Gumby" figures that have been introduced with Poser Pro.  The second biggest gripe seems to be over pricing.

The first gripe about the figures is a legitimate one, IMO -- although I feel that it's a gripe which can be overblown.  At least that's true for me.  As I hinted above: SM might have business reasons for doing things the way that they have, vis-a-vis the content offerings in this release.  Whether or not SM was correct in their decisions others will have to judge.  I'll still be concentrating on the DAZ figures inside of Poser Pro, so it's just not a major issue to me:  although it is for others.

The second gripe about pricing is an illegitimate one, IMO.  $200 seems quite reasonable to me.  It's about the price of a couple of fairly fancy restaurant meals -- or perhaps ~four tanks of gasoline at current pump prices. [Edited to add: or one trip to the grocery store.]  So I don't get the basis of the "costs too much" gripe.  Nor do I agree with it.

Unfortunately for me, while I've downloaded & installed Poser Pro, I just don't have the time to do much with it this week: especially as I'll be traveling this weekend.  And my normal weekdays don't permit for much "Poser playtime" -- if any.  sigh  It'll be a bit before I can form my own opinion of this release.  But in the meantime: it's interesting to see the thoughts of some of the pros in this game.

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